Crafting To Relieve Stress (or just because i'm bored)

Hi!  My name is Melissa Neyor. I am a habitual crafter, and have been since the age of 5.  It all began when my grandmother grave me a square pot-holder loom for Christmas one year.  I turned a cheap gift into an all out business, and by the time I was 8, I was became a flourishing entrepreneur making and selling all kinds of useful crafts!  From pot holders to purses, my sewing, knitting and creative skills became highly developed at a young age. So instead of just making plain old pot holders with the set, I started sewing them together to make pencil holders, hand bags and change purses.  Little did I know that I started to shape trends not only at my local school level, but created some really cool stuff that transcended into the overall fashion market!  By the time I hit Junior High I had already sold hundreds of dollars worth of my pencil bags and purses, (and of course the good ol' pot holder), and I realized I was getting a little bored of that look, so I started on a whole new one...

When the market got stale for those cute pot holder weaves, I decided that I has to start making something that people could use every day, on themselves... maybe a bracelet!  So I took all of those unused nylon colorful loops and started creating unique woven designs to fashion them into bracelets.  Of course I didn't stop there.  I went from bracelets, to necklaces, to hair ties and headbands.  the possibilities of these little loops were endless, and every time I got bored, I created something new with them. But true to form, nylon loops weren't enough anymore.  Just like styles change in the fashion world for adults, tis the same for the younger consumer. 

This is me and my little sister. Yeah, she is wearing one of my earlier creations in plastic fashion jewelry. I was 10 here and she was about 4.  My how far we have come from the 80's... or have we?

So now at the age of 38, I have experienced so many fashionable, (and not so fashionable) trends.  I have seen them come in and out of style, and some come full circle. I am currently a professional jewelry designer attending art shows all over Florida and selling my wares to a much broader crowd of people (world wide actually) and enjoy the diverse group of people I deal with on a daily basis.  

Yes, I still get bored of the mundane. And, I strive to keep creating new things all the time to keep myself at the tippy-top of the fashion industry, as well as to keep my sanity!

This blog is dedicated to all those people out there with vision.  People who LOVE to craft and create as much as I do, and who share my passion for fashion!  Follow me and I will periodically post nee trends I've discovered from across the globe, to local finds that you can easily make at home for yourself, (Or if you want to expand on it and make it your very own!).

I will be posting video tutorials from my Trendy Trinkets workshop, as well as gem finds on youtube, or other locations on the internet that my readers need to know about :-)

Lets embark on this life long journey... Lets share ideas... and lets keep it TRENDY!

Visit my website to check out EVERYTHING I do at www.TrendyTrinkets.net.

Visit my Youtube channel and subscribe to see all the new tutorials as well as showcases of my newest fine jewelry pieces at http://www.youtube.com/user/trendytrinkets

AND visit my Etsy store to get your hands on some cool stuff!  https://www.etsy.com/shop/trendytrinketsbymely