Happy Valentines Day

I had hoped to have my vintage inspired Valentines theme Putz houses ready for Old House Vintage Market in Loveland but that did not happen:(

However, I decided to create a village of Valentine Houses. They have been available at the Pink Attic Cat in Downtown Littleton.

Love using Tim Holtz Sizzix dies to create all these houses:

 

 

 

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Old house Vintage Market - Loveland 2017

Every year after Christmas I always feel creatively burned out. I find myself needing a break. Having had Vintage Whites Markets in January 2015 and 2016 in Loveland, taking a creative break is no longer an option. Creating new items for a market right after a Christmas continues to be a challenge. However, I do.

Although Vintage Whites Market moved venues and is now at the end of March (I will be a vendor) , Old House Vintage Market's first market this year was at Loveland and in mid January.

I have learned all I need is to find the right inspiration and my creative mojo comes back - thank goodness!

This year I wanted to expand by creating vintage inspired items for Valentine's Day. Ideas starting forming and I got back to work!

This is the result:

A tattered vintage quilt

Hand cut hearts

Aurifil 12 wt Red Thread to stitch around each tattered quilt heart

Vintage valentines, Adobe Photoshop Elements program, Iron on Paper

Transfer Vintage Valentine Iron on Paper images to white cotton fabric

Sew fabric vintage valentines to tattered quilt hearts

Add an eyelet and red and white twine

Result = One of a kind Fabric Vintage Valentines

Also created fabric and felt vintage valentine garlands:

Old House Vintage Market details:

This was a fantastic start to the new Market season for 2017!

Bernadette has created a very well attended market in a very short time. I am happy to have been a part of it since the first Old House Vintage Market in Golden - May 2016.

Old House Vintage Market organizer Bernadette and her team did an excellent job in organizing and promoting its market. She truly cares about all her vendors and market customers. Not only was it very successful but also fun. Loved taking photos with other vendors in the photo bus Friday evening. I am grateful to be a vendor at OHVM!

The next photos were taken by OHVM photographer and can be found at

The Old House Vintage Market – Loveland & Golden, Colorado website.

Photos were taken before the market opened.

A rare photo of me at my booth - I'm usually behind the camera:)

After OHVM, sold out all the vintage inspired camper tea towels! I need to create more to restock but most likely will have them ready for the May Paris Street Market in Aspen Grove.

The following photos were taken by me before the market opened.

Almost sold out of these fabric valentines at OHVM. A few days later sold almost of what was left to a customer in Houston, TX. Customer found me on Instagram - IsaCreationsVintage.

 

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Sweet Valentine...

Despite feeling under the weather with a cold, it was fun to be a part of the Pink Attic Cat's pop up event this past week. Saturday, customers enjoyed creating sweet Valentines using many wonderful create supplies provided by Amy, owner of the Pink Attic Cat in downtown Littleton.
This is my Valentine:

This is Amy's Valentine:

Love my purchases from the Pink Attic Cat. This is one of the items that had to come home with me:

Loved creating this vintage hankie doilie runner. I created 2 but only took photos of one.

A red burlap runner with ruffled edges and two white crochet runners on top.

Isa Creations Valentine highlights:

Wishing everyone a ver sweet Valentines Day!

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For the love of Vintage at the Pink Attic Cat

I am happy to share that my friend Amy, owner of The Pink Attic Cat will be popping up this Thursday through Saturday.  Isa Creations re-purposed items will also be available at the Pink Attic Cat. 

 Below are all the details:

I will have Valentine items and lots of Red, Pink and White items at the Pink Attic Cat this Thursday through Saturday.  Here is a preview of some of those items:

Vintage valentine images ironed on to muslin fabric treat bags.

 A 20 x 16 Canvas created using paper and hand-dyed red crochet heart doilie, vintage trim and buttons.  An original canvas.

 Vintage tiny scrabble letters:

 Lots of black vintage buttons, including a couple of glass buttons.

I created two 20 x 16 vintage doilie, lace, trim and vintage buttons canvas.  I only have one left.  I love all the layers inspired by mix media.

 Another 20 x 16 canvas with hand-dyed red doilies, lace and trim with vintage buttons.  Another original canvas inspired by mix media.

I will also have my newest flour-sack kitchen towels I have been working on.  I love using vintage materials.  I love the look the vintage pom pom trim gives these flour-sack cotton kitchen towels.  The houses and designs all created using vintage quilt pieces.  Details on the process can be found on the blog post prior to this one.

 

LOVE VINTAGE pom pom TRIM!!

I have more kitchen towels using a different vintage quilt pieces.  See tomorrow's post for those photos.  

I mentioned in my earlier post, I would take myself to accounting purgatory to work on Isa Creations books for 2015 middle of last week.  This is what happens when the former CPA (me), a tax accountant no less,  takes on a different career path and realizes creating with vintage materials is much more fun than accounting.  Plus, when did I become such a procrastinator?

Well, I can always plan what I will do but those plans rarely work out.

With Amy having a pop up market this week, I decided I needed to finish all my new kitchen towels. 

Makes sense, right?

 Since I will be at the Pink Attic Cat this Thursday through Saturday, naturally I can't go to accounting purgatory this week either!

Next week!  I will go to accounting purgatory next week!

Unless of course, I can come up with a reason not to:)