"i love a tree challenge" wins the July Week 4 Treasury Challenge

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MjIzOTA3NTZ8MjcyMDU0MjM3Nw/i-love-a-good-tree-challenge 

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a rustic sepia treasury called "i love a tree challenge" by ReverseChronology.


Molly from MollyFinds chose this treasury as the winner because:  
"They were the clear winners with 154 views:)" 


Molly also says:
"Congratulations to Julie and Raul of Reverse Chronology.
Thanks everyone who participated in the challenge using my item.
Looking forward to paying it back:)"


The next Treasury Tree Challenge starts tomorrow...

Tree Finds - Back to School Edition

It may still be warm, but you can sense it. The days are getting shorter, there is a faint hint of fall in the air, and you are starting to think about pumpkin pie. Well, maybe just I am thinking about pumpkin pie. Mmmmmm, pumpkin pie. But I digress, it is back to school time again and Etsyland is full of creative, eco-friendly, and unique items to outfit students of all ages.


I don’t own an iPad, but this fun retro-inspired sleeve by ClassicbyNature makes me wish that I did:
 www.etsy.com/listing/97109847/ipad-case-red-vintage-cassette-mix-tape

IPad Case by ClassicbyNature

These cheerful, reusable sandwich bags made by OrganiLuxe will make your little ones (or big ones) want to gobble up the goodies that you put in them:
www.etsy.com/listing/55777352/3-reusable-eco-sandwichsnack-bags

Reusable Sandwich Bags by Organilux

Made by Conduit Press, this beautifully designed, eco-friendly refillable notebook makes me want to take class notes:
www.etsy.com/listing/103951246/henna-in-grey-and-red-leather-notebook

Henna Notebook by Conduit Design

This adorable cat can hold on to my pencils and pens as long as it likes. This super sweet school accessory is the creation of Tokyoinspired:
www.etsy.com/listing/80281093/pencil-case-eyeglass-case-cute-hungry

Hungry Cat Pencil Case by Tokyoinspired

Call me sentimental, but to me there is something special about the substantial feel of an old metal lunchbox. Plastic just doesn’t compare. AloofNewfWhimsy found a beautiful example of an old beauty: www.etsy.com/listing/92105649/vintage-american-thermos-scottish-plaid 

Vintage Lunchbox from Alloofnewfwhimsy

We can’t forget back to school fashion. Who doesn’t need a ninja shirt? Made from sustainable reclaimed materials, TNTees shows us the fun side of the ninja: www.etsy.com/listing/103815365/cij-boys-tshirt-ninja-applique-baby-12m

Ninja Applique Shirt by TNTees

These beautiful and useful items should help make the transition back to school just a little easier. Now, where is that pumpkin pie?

July Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the July Treasury Tree giveaway is comment number 107.

I counted down the comments, not counting any that were deleted and the winner is:

Francesca, she has been notified by email.

She will win the beautiful Bird's Nest Necklace made by Creativity is Messy.


Thank you to everyone who entered and please join us again in August for the next Treasury Tree giveaway.

Treasury Tree Challenge (July Week 4)

Welcome to the Treasury Tree Challenge-a fun competition to inspire us all to make great treasuries!  
Remember, anyone can enter.

The item for this week's challenge is from MollyFinds:

Brown and White Polka Dot Dress by MollyFinds

Here are the rules:  

1) Use this item in your treasury.  Your treasury can have any theme you like as long as it includes this item.

 2) This item MUST be placed within the first three rows of your treasury.

 3) In addition to the featured item you must include at least four Tree Team members within your treasury, placed within the top three rows. Here’s a list of members.

Tip: all of The Treasury Tree members' items can be found by clicking here and searching the team's items by key word. 

 4) Tag your treasury with "treeteamchallenge".  For your remaining tags, try to come up with relevant and diverse key words.

5) Use the phrase “Tree Challenge” in your title (you can just stick it at the end in parentheses if you want).

6) In the description section of your treasury you MUST include the URL for this blog post.

 7) Return here and post a link to your treasury as a comment to this blog post.  Entries will only count if they've been posted on the blog! 

Note: 
-You can make as many Tree Challenge treasuries as you want.
-You are not required to be a Tree member in order to participate in (or win!) these challenges.
-Participants are allowed to win more than once.
-If any of the seven guidelines above are forgotten your treasury could be disqualified from this challenge. (boo!) 

You have until 12 noon (EST) on Tuesday, July 31st to create your treasury (or treasuries).
The winner will be announced that day! The winner will be selected based upon the number of views and favorites they receive, and will be selected by the featured seller.

If your treasury is the winner you will be notified as soon as possible, and we’ll give you the chance to select one of the items from your shop to be featured in our next challenge.

If you do not have an Etsy shop we’ll ask you to nominate an item from the winning treasury to begin the next challenge.

Good luck and have fun!!

Garden at the Summer Cottage wins the July week 3 Treasury Challenge

Garden at the Summer Cottage by Molly Finds

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a pretty garden treasury called Garden at the Summer Cottage by MollyFinds.


Marie from TheWhirlwind chose this treasury as the winner because:  
"It has the most views and I like the theme of a garden at a summer cottage." 


The next Treasury Tree Challenge starts tomorrow...

July Giveaway. A Bird's Nest Necklace by CreativityisMessy

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83966486/birds-nest-necklace-freshwater-pearl

Welcome to the first of our monthly Treasury Tree giveaways! Each month we'll be giving away some Etsy treasure to one lucky blog reader.

This month the treasure up for grabs is this beautiful Bird's Nest Necklace hand made by CreativityisMessy. The necklace depicts a small dove circling around her nest full of eggs. The aged brass chain is accented with a small Moonlight Swarovski Crystal Bicone. The small bird is colored in a white hand patina, and the wire wrapped nest surrounds three white freshwater pearl "eggs".

Creativity is Messy, so I asked Tera, the brains behind that name and this necklace what creativity means to her:

"Making jewelry for me is something that I live to do. My inspiration comes from everywhere, and will come to me at the craziest, most inopportune times... like in the middle of the night, at my day job or driving around town running errands. I can't control my creativity... It runs wild and free within me."

If you want to win this necklace all you need to do is visit CreativityisMessy's Etsy shop, then come back to the blog and leave a comment saying which item from the shop you like best. If you tweet, Facebook, blog or post on any other social media about the giveaway, you can leave additional comments saying you have done so. Every comment on this blog entry counts as one entry into the draw.

So get over to CreativityisMessy and find some treasure!

Good Luck.


The Rules
- Anyone can enter, from anywhere in the world, except for Treasury Tree team leaders and captains.
- Every comment on this blog entry counts as an entry into the draw. However, any comment which is not an entry as described above will be removed.
- The giveaway ends at midnight PST on Sunday July 29th.
- One winner will be picked using a random number generator and announced on Monday July 30th.        
- Please make sure that we can contact you in some way from your comment.
- The prize is the Bird's Nest Necklace made by CreativityisMessy shown in the photo above, it will be shipped to the winner by USPS.

Treasury Tree Challenge (July Week 3)

Welcome to the Treasury Tree Challenge! A fun competition to inspire us all to make great treasuries. Remember, anyone can enter.

The item for this week's challenge is from TheWhirlwind:

Retro Flower Necklace by TheWhirlwind

Here are the rules:  

1) Use this item in your treasury.  Your treasury can have any theme you like as long as it includes this item.

 2) This item MUST be placed within the first three rows of your treasury.

 3) In addition to the featured item you must include at least four Tree Team members within your treasury, placed within the top three rows. Here’s a list of members.

Tip: all of The Treasury Tree members' items can be found by clicking here and searching the team's items by key word. 

 4) Tag your treasury with "treeteamchallenge".  For your remaining tags, try to come up with relevant and diverse key words.

5) Use the phrase “Tree Challenge” in your title (you can just stick it at the end in parentheses if you want).

6) In the description section of your treasury you MUST include the URL for this blog post.

 7) Return here and post a link to your treasury as a comment to this blog post.  Entries will only count if they've been posted on the blog! 

Note: 
-You can make as many Tree Challenge treasuries as you want.
-You are not required to be a Tree member in order to participate in (or win!) these challenges.
-Participants are allowed to win more than once.
-If any of the seven guidelines above are forgotten your treasury could be disqualified from this challenge. (boo!) 

You have until 12 noon (EST) on Tuesday, July 24th to create your treasury (or treasuries).
The winner will be announced that day! The winner will be selected based upon the number of views and favorites they receive, and will be selected by the featured seller.

If your treasury is the winner you will be notified as soon as possible, and we’ll give you the chance to select one of the items from your shop to be featured in our next challenge.

If you do not have an Etsy shop we’ll ask you to nominate an item from the winning treasury to begin the next challenge.

Good luck and have fun!!

Summer Glow Wins the Treasury Tree Challenge

Summer Glow by TheWhirlwind

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a beautiful atmospheric treasury called Summer Glow by TheWhirlwind.

Paula from Venbead chose this treasury as the winner because it was on the Etsy front page.

The next Treasury Tree Challenge starts tomorrow...

Christmas in July

Many Etsy shops have a Christmas in July sale from now until July 22, including lots of Treasury Tree favorites. 

Stock up on a rainbow of great gifts for the holidays.

Red – Ruby Heart Necklace by AnnalisJewelry

Orange – Personalized Bird Pillow Case by ClassicByNature

Yellow – Vintage Yellow nightie byReverseChronology

Green – Nature Photograph – NaturalHeart by MollysMuses

Blue - Galaxy Handmade Paper by blackbirdandpeacock

Purple - Purple and Blue Lace Necklaceby TheWhirlwind  

Black – Black Chain Earrings by JustColor

White – White Acorn Pearl Earrings byTheBrassHussy

Follow this link for more Christmas in July sales http://www.etsy.com/people/TheTreasuryTree/favorites?content_search_query=cij and be sure to look at the announcement in each shop to find how long the sale is on and what the discount is. 

New Treasury Tree Challenge!

Welcome to the latest installment of the Treasury Tree Challenge!

It's been awhile, but we are bringing back our weekly treasury challenge!  Anyone can enter, whether or not you are on the team or have an Etsy shop.

The item for this week's challenge is from The Treasury Tree's Own Paula aka Venbead:

Enamel Flower Bangle Bracelet by Venbead

Here are the rules: 

1) Use this item in your treasury.  Your treasury can have any theme you like as long as it includes this item.

 2) This item MUST be placed within the first three rows of your treasury.

 3) In addition to the featured item you must include at least four Tree Team members within your treasury, placed within the top three rows. Here’s a list of members.

Tip: all of The Treasury Tree members' items can be found by clicking here and searching the team's items by key word.

 4) Tag your treasury with "treeteamchallenge".  For your remaining tags, try to come up with relevant and diverse key words.

5) Use the phrase “Tree Challenge” in your title (you can just stick it at the end in parentheses if you want).

6) In the description section of your treasury you MUST include the URL for this blog post.

 7) Return here and post a link to your treasury as a comment to this blog post.  Entries will only count if they've been posted on the blog!

Note:
-You can make as many Tree Challenge treasuries as you want.
-You are not required to be a Tree member in order to participate in (or win!) these challenges.
-Participants are allowed to win more than once.
-If any of the seven guidelines above are forgotten your treasury could be disqualified from this challenge. (boo!)

You have until 12 noon (EST) on Tuesday, July 17th to create your treasury (or treasuries).
The winner will be announced that day! The winner will be selected based upon the number of views and favorites they receive, and will be selected by the featured seller.

If your treasury is the winner you will be notified as soon as possible, and we’ll give you the chance to select one of the items from your shop to be featured in our next challenge.

If you do not have an Etsy shop we’ll ask you to nominate an item from the winning treasury to begin the next challenge.

 Good luck and have fun!!

A Ruby Red Letter Day

The Treasury Tree blog is back in business, our team of treasure hunters will be bringing you giveaways, competitions, sales sneak peaks, coupon codes and a look into the Etsy treasure chest.


That's quite a cause for celebration. So we thought we'd start with some roaring red finds.  

How about some statement jewelry? This gorgeous piece is made by JustColor she's used a vintage button as the focal point and created a choker with a real tribal feel. Very dramatic!

Ruby is the birthstone for July and this beautiful deco ring would be quite a gift for someone special. It's available from Adin, based in Antwerp, Belgium.

Dare to wear red, on just one shoulder too! This Summer dress is designed and made by Tangente who was recently featured on the Etsy blog. 

Great treasure isn't always sparkly. Here's a find that's well within every shopper's budget. A retro 8-bit balloon, design on a red Moleskine notebook. BlackbirdandPeacock, are a partnership; Joe creates the design, carves a stamp of that design and then Hope turns the stamp into a card, notebook or t-shirt. I wonder which one of them is the blackbird and which is the peacock? 

And last but not least, we can't mention ruby red, without thinking of these. Custom made ruby slippers by PrincessPumps.

A Revamp and A Renewal...

Star Home Decor from our team member Kristin at CarriageOakCottage

Greetings, Treasury Tree enthusiasts!

Just a quick post to reassure you that our team is alive and kicking, and ready to embark on a new and fresh adventure!  Stay tuned for more blog posts, open team challenges, and various new features!

Our team has decided to focus not only on fabulous treasuries, but also on a general web presence. We look forward to bringing you access to lots of great handmade and vintage eye candy, as well as some insight and exploration into how running an Etsy business works.

The blog will be getting a bit of a revamp as well-we're just all about change right now!


So much excitement!

Kerri Renee
Team Captain
The Treasury Tree