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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Fall Fashion Finds for the Weekend!

The leaves are already changing colors here in Upstate, NY and today is already the first day of fall!  Time for sweaters, snuggling, warm colors and enjoying the sunshine as much as possible.

Here are some great fall fashion finds!

For the love of paisleys and everything retro!  Great vintage dress by Blue Fennel:

70s Paisley Dress by BlueFennel

The colors in this gorgeous necklace by the Whirlwind remind me of fall:

Mustard Yellow and Navy Blue Lace Necklace by TheWhirlwind

I absolutely adore these legwarmers by Nicole's Threads:

Women's Orange Tangerine Sweater Legwarmers by Nicole's Threads

Super comfy looking sweater by Max & Melody:

Oversized Eco Cotton Hand Knitted Sweater by Max & Melody

These stunning hairpins by Embellishing You would glow nicely under the autumn sun:

Chocolate Brown Hair Pins by Embellishing You

Doesn't feel like fall until I'm wearing a scarf!  This brown infinity scarf by Just Color is to die for:

Brown Chunky Chain Crochet Infinity Scarf by Just Color

(Thanks again to our fabulous team member Hope of Blackbird & Peacock for the great picks!)


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When Magic Happens Wins the September Week 2 Treasury Challenge!

"When Magic Happens" by Erica of Sakao

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a warm and cozy harvest-themed treasury titled "When Magic Happens" by Erica of the fabulous leather goods shop Sakao. 

 Karineh of Just Color says "I love everything in this T. It's warm and fun!". 

 Keep your eyes open for the next Treasury Tree Challenge to be posted asap! 

 -Kerri

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Treasury Tree Challenge! (September Week 2)

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 Karineh of JustColor: 

Handmade Unisex Chunky Terracotta Cowl by JustColor

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, September 18 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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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!!