Treasury Tree Challenge! (November Week 1)

Welcome to another installment of the Treasury Tree Challenge- a fun competition to inspire us all to create awesome treasuries and discover great new shops! 

Anyone with an Etsy account and the desire to curate can enter! 

This week's featured item is from Laura of AromaCandles: 

Pure Essential Oil Fine China Teacup Candle by AromaCandles

Here are the rules: 

1) Use this item in your treasury. You 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 current 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. Try to pay attention to what's trending on Etsy and around the web! 

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) IMPORTANT: 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 Team member in order to participate in (or win!) these challenges. 
-Participants are allowed to win more than once, but are not eligible if they have just won a challenge or are currently the featured item. 
-If any of the guidelines above are forgotten your treasury could be disqualified from the challenge. (boo!) 

You have until 12 noon (EST) on Tuesday, November 6th to create your treasury or treasuries. The winner will be announced within 24 hours after the challenge ends. The winner will be selected by the featured item seller. Some guidelines for selection include the number of views and favorites they receive, but overall discretion is up to that week's judge. 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 the 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!

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We Have an October Giveaway #2 Winner!

Congrats to Miss Wendy (comment number 11) on winning October's second giveaway! Yahoo!

She won the beautiful headband from Jill of BeSomethingNew, and has been notified by email. Stay tuned for another great giveaway coming up next week!

Thanks so much to all who entered!

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Fall For Her Wins the October Week 3 Challenge!

Fall For Her by Laura from AromaCandles

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a beautiful purple and yellow treasury titled "Fall For Her" by Laura of AromaCandles, picked by our previous winner Bobbi from BobbisMixedMediaArt.

Stay tuned for our next challenge to be posted tomorrow, Wednesday October 24th! 

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October Giveaway #2 From Be Something New

Narrow Headband in Rust with Vintage Copper Bow by BeSomethingNew

Welcome to the 2nd October Treasury Tree Giveaway! 

Each month we give away some Etsy treasure to one lucky blog reader, and this month we've decided to do it twice! Our second giveaway is a lovely headband with a beautiful vintage copper bow by Jill of BeSomethingNew. It is for entries in the United States only.

Be Something New is a unique line of bridal and every event headpieces designed by Jill Prettyman. Her gorgeous line gives you a chance to BE wonderful with special pieces for every occasion. Some pieces feature vintage items, making them a one of a kind dream. After making bridal veils and headpieces for over 20 years, she is really having fun designing this exciting line of hair accessories. Be Something New offers a fresh look at bridal, and fun pieces you can wear with everything from t-shirts to prom dresses!

If you want to win this headband, you can do any of the following for one entry each: 

1. Visit BeSomethingNew's Etsy shop, then come back to the blog and leave a comment saying which item or items from the shop you like best. 

2. Tweet, Facebook, blog or post on any other social media about the giveaway and leave a comment saying you have done so-each social media share can be used as one entry. 

3. Like The Treasury Tree on Facebook and leave a comment here letting us know! 

Every comment on this blog entry counts as one entry into the draw. So get over to BeSomethingNew and check out the beautiful selection! 

Good Luck! 

The Rules: 
-Anyone can enter, from anywhere in the United States, 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 noon PST on Tuesday, October 30th. 
-One winner will be picked using a random number generator and announced on Wednesday, October 31st. 
-Please make sure that we can contact you in some way from your comment(s). 
-The prize is the headband by BeSomethingNew shown above, and it will be shipped to the winner by USPS.


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We have an October Giveaway #1 Winner!

Congrats to Leslie R. (comment number 15) on winning October's first giveaway! Yay!

She won the beautiful Autumn photography prints from Molly of MollysMuses, and has been notified by email.

Stay tuned for another great giveaway next week!

Thanks so much to all who entered!

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Treasury Tree Challenge! (October Week 3)

Welcome to another installment of the Treasury Tree Challenge- a fun competition to inspire us all to create awesome treasuries and discover great new shops! 

 Anyone with an Etsy account and the desire to curate can enter! 

 This week's featured item is from Bobbi of BobbisMixedMediaArt: 

Mixed Media Flower Drawing-Sunflower by BobbisMixedMediaArt

Here are the rules: 

1) Use this item in your treasury. You 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 current 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. Try to pay attention to what's trending on Etsy and around the web! 

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) IMPORTANT: 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 Team member in order to participate in (or win!) these challenges. 
-Participants are allowed to win more than once, but are not eligible if they have just won a challenge or are currently the featured item. 
-If any of the guidelines above are forgotten your treasury could be disqualified from the challenge. (boo!) 

You have until 12 noon (EST) on Tuesday, October 23rd to create your treasury or treasuries. The winner will be announced that day! The winner will be selected by the featured item seller. Some guidelines for selection include the number of views and favorites they receive, but overall discretion is up to that week's judge. 

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 the 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!

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October Giveaway #1 (Extended until Tuesday the 16th!): Autumn Photography by MollysMuses

Autumn Home photograph my MollysMuses

Indian Corn photograph by MollysMuses

Welcome to the 1st of 2 October Treasury Tree Giveaways!

Each month we give away some Etsy treasure to one lucky blog reader, and this month we've decided to do it twice!  Our first giveaway is a lovely pair of fall photographs by Molly of MollysMuses.  The winner will receive one 5x5 print of each of the lovely images above printed on high quality Kodak Professional paper.

Molly is a freelance photographer, mother and free spirit in DuBois, Pennsylvania.  She has a passion for all kinds of photography. Her latest muse and passion has been color digital photography with an emphasis on bold color with a purpose. 

If you want to win these prints, you can do any of the following for one entry each:

1. Visit MollysMuses's Etsy shop, then come back to the blog and leave a comment saying which photograph from the shop you like best. 

2. Tweet, Facebook, blog or post on any other social media about the giveaway and leave a comment saying you have done so-each social media share can be used as one entry.

3. Like The Treasury Tree on Facebook and leave a comment here letting us know! 

Every comment on this blog entry counts as one entry into the draw. So get over to MollysMuses and check out the great photography! 

 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 noon PST on Tuesday, October 16th. 
-One winner will be picked using a random number generator and announced on Wednesday, October 15th. 
-Please make sure that we can contact you in some way from your comment(s). 
-The prizes are the two 5x5 color prints by MollysMuses shown above, and they will be shipped to the winner by USPS.


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All Work and No Play...

Check out these great spooky gray picks from fellow team member Molly of MollyFinds!

Here we have:

1. Halloween Skeleton Headband by Jill of BeSomethingNew

2. Spider Hair Pin by Kim of EmbellishingYou

3. Creepy Jewelry Spider Necklace by Deb of TheBrassHussy

4. Get Your Hands Off Unisex TShirt by rabbitandeye

5. Death Pedals Skeleton Bike Dress by PoisonPaws

6. Halloween Spider Pet Bow Tie by SirGaryCollection

Let's all have a wonderfully creepy October!  

Purple Wiggle wins the September Week 4 Treasury Challenge!

"Purple Wiggle" by BobbisMixedMediaArt

First of all, sorry for the delay in reporting the winner-The Treasury Tree is taking a week off with the challenge to catch up and prepare for next week's giveaway, as well as brace ourselves for the upcoming holiday season!

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a beautiful purple treasury titled "Purple Wiggle" by Bobbi of BobbisMixedMediaArt. Stephanie from BlueFennel "loved how soft and lovely it was."

Stay tuned for our next challenge to be posted on Wednesday, October 10th!

-Kerri

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