{"id":328396,"date":"2020-08-20T06:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=328396"},"modified":"2020-08-20T06:01:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:01:37","slug":"lifelong-dream-led-to-my-creashens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/lifelong-dream-led-to-my-creashens\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifelong dream led to My Creashens"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
My Creashens owners Angelito Jose Salavaria and his wife Sheena Marie Mettao Salavaria making dreams into a reality. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born and raised on Saipan, Sheena Marie Mettao Salavaria always dreamed of putting her passion to create and design into motion and mid last year, she was ready for changes. This led to the birth of her online business called My Creashens that specializes on unique handmade floral accessories such as flower picks and headbands, vinyl stickers, wood signs, face masks, Island-inspired jewelry, bags, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack when I was in grade school, I was always inspired by my mother\u2019s creativeness and words of wisdom. She always said \u2018If you want a good future, you need to work hard at it.\u2019 Since then, I\u2019ve always dreamed of having my own business to sell my handmade goods,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found that passion for crafting and designing. When I was in 2nd grade, I would try to earn a little money even if it meant selling my somewhat \u2018good-looking\u2019 projects or even bags of popcorn to my cousins right out of my kitchen just to purchase some materials for any kind of project I wanted to make,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

In 2008, Salavaria found herself moving to the Big Island (Hawaii) to pursue her studies but the passion for business kept burning. She shares her passion with husband and business partner Angelito Jose Salavaria. \u201cWe both thought maybe we could start an online shop but because I was still a little doubtful and insecure about my work, I procrastinated. I was afraid of negative feedbacks I may encounter during the process,\u201d she said<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Wood Carvings with special designs carefully made by Angelito Jose Salavaria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWith the help of my husband, my parents George and Sonia Mettao, family and friends who motivated me every day I gained confidence\u2026 and I learned to push the insecurities aside and move on,\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 29, 2019, My Creashens was officially established. The business was so personal to the Salavarias that they used their nicknames and initials to come up with the names. \u201cShen\u201d is Sheena\u2019s nickname, the letter \u201cA\u201d in \u201cCreashens\u201d stands for \u201cAngelito\u201d and the letter \u201cS\u201d at the end stands for \u201cSalavaria.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe business started off on Facebook and as orders grew and website inquiries came in, I decided to create a website and launched it in July of this year\u2026 my products are inspired by island designs such as flowers and Polynesian tribal\u2026 At this time, we are doing giveaways and gifting our big spenders. I also have some items that are currently on sale on our website,\u201d Salavaria said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put extra time into my work and I make sure that I keep my customers coming back. My future plan is to grow this business online and then open up a shop in Hawaii,\u201d Salavaria added.<\/p>\n

For more information, go to www.mycreashens.com or look them up on Facebook: So My Creashens and on Instagram: mycreashens.sms.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Island and Polynesian tribal-inspired jewelry hand made by Sheena Mettao Salavaria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Born and raised on Saipan, Sheena Marie Mettao Salavaria always dreamed of putting her passion…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":328397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}