We’re so excited!

Join Ioni’s Creations and other talented handmade artists for a full week for The Indie Clothes Rack Expo, March 1 thru March 7th

Learn more about us, see our work, and snatch up some deals during our Flash Sales!

 

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It's gonna be a week of Intense Highs!

Our New Venture - The Indie Clothes Rack Expo

I have always believed in communities of business people or artists coming together to meet their needs.  This seems to be even more of a necessity for handmade artists and independent entrepreneurs.  We can share our resources and assist each other, and more importantly than that, we can create our own virtual shops for people who love to handmade work, and things that can't be found in the local mall.  We're here for your style.

That's why I'm so excited to be a part of The Indie Clothes Rack Expo next month.  It will be for the first week in March, and you will get to see not only Ioni's Creation's designs, but that of other artists that we love and respect (and bought from) as well.  This is going to be great!

This flyer showcases Ioni's Creation's work.  The hooded cropped sweater is by Ioni, the cuff if by me (Ta Ankh/Patricia Heath) and the tan vest is by Sherlock.  Throughout the expo, we will be sharing more about our business and our work.

Here's a link to the expo.  If you like, you can scroll down to the bottom of the page and sign up for reminder emails.

Enjoy!
Ioni's Creations



Are You a "Black Friday" Person?

I must confess.  I was never a "Black Friday" person. 

I never went out of my way to get the best bargain, or to attend sales.  As a matter of fact, I was the opposite of frugal...until I began to do my business full time.  That got my attention.

And even then, I still wouldn't go to the Black Friday sales because I hate crowds.  If ever I got my Christmas shopping done early a particular year, you can best believe it was because I thinking about avoiding those crowds.  I sure wasn't trying to end up in the middle of this:

 

 

Now that I am watching my finances a little more closely, I do try to catch the sales sometimes.  For instance, I buy my lingerie just after New Year's when my favorite store is doing the "Buy 2 Get 2 Free" thing.

 

But my best triumph is that I am even more expert at crowd avoiding.  I shop Handmade.

 

I LOVE Handmade pieces, more than I have the words to say.  It started over 20 years ago when I discovered street festivals.  I could get funky, afrocentric pieces that nobody else had at those fairs.  They, to me, wer the poor man's designers.

 

Now I only get the basics at regular retail stores.  Thanks to the internet, I no longer have to wait till warm weather to get the items I love.  I get many of my health and beauty products made from scratch by MyCoCreation's, not to mention these cocoa banana slivers she makes that are to die for.  I can shop for everything from headwraps to couture at JahfyaRoyalworks.  I can shop through Etsy (one of the world's biggest online handmade sites) to find artists I know in The Handmade Collective, or shop where I vend in Brooklyn every month with the artists of The Diaspora Art Mart. 

 

Who needs the noisy, overcrowded malls?

 

And of course, there is us, Ioni's Creations.

 

We are offering a coupon just for you for Black Friday.  Come to our Etsy Shop and choose something.  Upon checkout, type in: HANDMADE2013

The sale starts Thanksgiving Day (November 28)  and continues through Black Friday (November 29), Small Business Saturday (November 30, where we'll be vending at the Tribal Truths Fashion Show at Brooklyn's LIU campus), and ends on Cyber Monday (December 2).

We at The Handmade Collective usually designate that Sunday (December 1) as Handmade Sunday.

And don't forget to stop by our website to check us out and learn more about us!

 

Happy Shopping!

and thank you from Ioni's Creations!





Catch us at Bed-Stuy Alive this Saturday!

 

 

We're vending again, this time at Brooklyn's Atlantic Antic!

 

This is the first time I've ever even been to Atlantic Antic.  I've heard of it, but back in the 90's when I was going to every festival I could, I didn't know about it.

 

I'm pretty excited about it.  I never planned to vend so much in the year 2013.  I only intended to visit to get a feel of them.  Then, I would show up in 2014 with a fabulous selection specifically tailored for each event.

 

Well, you know I vend with the Diaspora Art Mart every second Saturday at the Brooklyn YWCA on 3rd Avenue.  Being with them has exposed Ioni's Creations to more festivals in Brooklyn.  When they run to one, we run too.

 

But I have to analyze everything to death.  So I want to know stuff like what the style is of the people who attend each festival, and if they are conservative or funky, mostly young or mostly old, diverse ethnic groups or mostly one ethnic group, etc.  I want to know what the people like, so I can give the people what they want!

 

Anyway, I'm nervous as usual, trying to get some more knitting and crocheting in, when I should be just packing up, lol.  This festival looks really crowded by the picture on top of the flyer.

 

Hope to see you there!

 

Ta Ankh

(Patricia Heath)

Hello everybody, long time!

Ok, this is Ioni's Creations very first outdoor vending together, and it's a big one!

I attended the International African Arts Festival back in the day when it was still at Boy's and Girl's High School in Brooklyn, before it moved to Commodore Barry.  Sometimes I would go there and help out with the big spread they had every year at Ausar Auset Society. 

It's a grueling four days, and I must admit, I'm a little nervous.  I remember my legs aching if we were on the concrete.  I remember young twenty-somethings complaining after one day that they needed rest and massages, and these were vegetarians that were in shape!

Mama said not to think about that though, so I'm not.

I'm just thinking about how I started with just hats and now have grown to a full accessory line.  Altogether, I have more than 100 pieces by myself.  Add that to my partner Ioni's clothing line, and her son's leather line, and this is going to be an exciting array of products.

Summer was always a slow time for me.  Even the cotton hats I made in the past seemed to be too heavy.  But this year for the first time, I am proud to introduce the beginning of a line of straw hats unlike any you have ever seen, I promise you that.

Ioni and I were talking, and she has everything from clothing, to cell phone holders to these fabulous pens that make wonderful gifts.  Her son Sherlock has a selection of leather bags and accessories that are jut beautiful.

We all do special orders, so if you don't see what you like, just ask.  We can ship it to you.

And of course we have our website, www.IonisCreations.com as well as a host of other places on the internet that you can find us (just check the website).  Keep us in mind all year round for your clothing and accessory needs!

Pat (Ta Ankh)

Hey everybody,

A pic of Russell Crowe knitting found it's way to my Facebook wall, so I thought it would be fun to show some famous people doing their thing.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Oh!  I found someone of color!