Hi everybody!

As you know, Ioni's Creations consists of 3 people:  Ioni Dodson, Patricia Heath, and Sherlock Dodson.  Sherlock is Ioni's son and is so multi-talented.  Along with being a photographer, he also crochets and works with leather and wood.

We'd like to invite you to our website to view some of the beautiful leather pieces that Sherlock makes.  This is by far not everything, but we have some really nice samples on our Check Out our Styles and Made to Order pages. 

We also have some items in our Etsy shop for sale.  Just press the Shop Ioni's Creations button on the website menu on the left.  You'll also see some other items like his Horus cuff and his wooden walking stick. 

Finally, he makes custom orders as well.  Just use the Contact Us button on the bottom of any of our website pages and tell him what you want.

In the meanwhile, here are a few pics.
Thank you until next time,
Patricia
www.IonisCreations.com

Spring is in the Air

Hello everybody,

Spring is here, and with it Ioni's Creations is feeling a new wave of creativity.  Please stop by www.IonisCreations.com to check out what we have in store for you.

Speaking of our website, soon we will have a special Made-to-Order page where you can order our best selling styles in the sizes and colors you want without having to email us back and forth.

Also, vending season is almost here.  If you live anywhere near New York, look out for emails about where we will be vending next.  As always, we are vending at Diaspora Art Mart on the second Saturday of every month on the 3rd floor (Skylight Gallery) of Brooklyn's Restoration Plaza.  Ioni's Creations as well as other artists of the Diaspora Art Mart also have merchandise at Kiini Ibura, the Skylight Gallery's gift shop.  The shop is open Thursday thru Saturday every week.

Last but not least, check out a new series of pouches Created by Ta Ankh.



The New Handmade Collective Video

Ioni's Creations is a part of a Facebook group called The Handmade Collective.  One of our members, Tiesha of Fly Tie Clothing, put together this beautiful video to talk about our group that is over 700 members strong.  This group is responsible for a lot of the marketing, website and other business knowledge that we have. 
Check it out, and also check out the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheNewHandmadeCollective

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!

 

Like The IndieExpo Facebook Page

Follow The IndieExpo on Pinterest 

Follow The IndieExpo on Twitter 

Check out TheIndie Expo Live Page 

 

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!