"Love Birds...Put a Bird on it for Valentine's Day" Wins the January Week 2 Treasury Challenge!

Love Birds...Put a Bird on it for Valentine's Day by MollysMuses

Last week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a beautiful bird-filled collection titled "Love Birds...Put a Bird on it for Valentine's Day" by Molly of MollysMuses, picked by our previous winner Tera from CreativityisMessy. 

Stay tuned for more Treasury Tree goodness this month! 

Night Skies wins the September Week 3 Treasury Challenge!

"night skies" by Stephanie of BlueFennel 

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a stargazingly stunning treasury titled "night skies" by Stephanie of the wonderful vintage clothing shop BlueFennel.

Erica of Sakao says "I picked this one because the color palette is amazing, and it inspires me, makes me want to fly!!!".

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

-Kerri

<3

Treasury Tree Challenge! (September 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 Hope Von Stengel of Blackbird & Peacock:

8 Bit Ghost Journal in Red Moleskine by Blackbird & Peacock

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 11 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!

<3

My House is So Retro Wins the August Week 4 Treasury Challenge!

My House is So Retro... by Hope of BlackbirdandPeacock

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a fabulously retro vintage-themed treasury titled "My House is So Retro..." by Hope Von Stengel of the fabulous shop Blackbird and Peacock.

Melanie and Valerie of ClassicbyNature chose this treasury because of its great views and vintage feel.  

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

Hope your Labor Day weekend rocked!

-Kerri <3

Treasury Tree Challenge (August Week 4)

Welcome to the Treasury Tree Challenge-a fun competition to inspire us all to make fabulous curations!  

Anyone with an Etsy account and the desire to make a treasury can enter!

The item from this week's challenge is from Melanie and Valerie of ClassicByNature:

Camera Photo Pillow Case- Red Vintage Camera by ClassicByNature

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.  Using Etsy's current monthly merchandising guide as a reference can help!

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.

-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, September 2nd 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 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!

<3

Trends Are Going Old School Wins The Week 3 Challenge!

This week's Treasury Tree Challenge winner is a clean and fresh collection titled "Trends are going old school" by Melanie and Valerie of ClassicByNature.

Kerri of inmyigloo chose this treasury because it was just generally wonderful, plus it made a FP for the team and had the most views!

The next Treasury Tree Challenge to be posted ASAP-stay tuned!

<3

Treasury Tree Challenge (August Week 1)

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 ReverseChronology:

Vintage Wool Coat from ReverseChronology

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, August 7th 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!!

"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...

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!!

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...

Featured Member Leah Copplestone of LBC Paper

We are starting a series featuring members of our team to give others a little peek into the lives of our talented artists and sellers. Our first featured member is Leah Copplestone of LBC Paper. Leah is one of the founding members of The Treasury Tree, a former leader and challenge coordinator and all around wonderful team member. Her shop is a treasury curator's dream; filled with color shape and texture and bursting with holiday themed goodness. Leah is also an amazing treasury curator herself and we are lucky to have her.

Leah would you be so kind as to tell us who you are, what you sell, what you are all about:

I am Leah, pronounced Lee-ah. Half the time people see my name written down and pronounce it “Lee” or “Lay-ah”, which is the #1 way to get on my bad side ‘cause I’m not a Star Wars princess (unfortunately) and “Lee” is…well, just not my name. Last name = Copplestone, kind of like those old streets from a wicked long time ago. I sell things made out of paper. My shop is mostly full of cards and stationery. One day I experimented with some paper ornaments and they kind of took off, so I have made many more and am now making them into magnets and pushpins. I like using recycled paper from old books and maps. I like making things that are useful and I like bright colors.

Who are your business inspirations?

Fred Astaire. And Bono.

What are your business inspirations?

I want to make enough money to fund a cure for cancer. ALL cancers.

Do you sell online full time? If not, what is your other business/job?

Ummm…no…well, now it’s time for a story: I’m 21. I’m supposed to be in college but instead I’m very sick. I was in school playing field hockey but developed a bad overuse injury. Due to the persisting condition and several unsuccessful surgeries I now have extreme and irreversible nerve damage throughout both legs, which is very very painful. This is called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. I used to be able to run really fast (like, faster than a cheetah) but for the time being it is quite difficult for me to walk (which is why I’m not in school, ‘cause if you can’t handle walking to class you really should do something about it). When I’m better I’ll be starting at Boston Architectural College, where I will learn how to build you a house.

What is the biggest challenge when selling your work online?

Accurately portraying my work through photos.

Tell us about how you got your start selling your craft, either online or local? It started with the whole not-being-able-to-walk thing. I was desperate for a way to keep myself busy while being able to sit down. For months I had been making cards and sending them to all my friends at school so I just started making extras and putting them on Etsy.

Tell us why you do what you do (your particular craft; why make it a business vs just a hobby).

A business is able to keep me more distracted from the legs than a hobby ever could.

Are there any tips or tricks to selling online vs local that you can share?

Well, I don’t sell local but I have been asked by several out-of-town shops and boutiques to consign with them. I live in Virginia and the shops I’m consigning with right now are in Atlanta, Chicago and Boston. Because I can’t make regular visits to any of them I have made sure I am very comfortable with the agreements we have made. I have lots of documents and things-in-writing and signatures, and they have the same from me.

A few of my favorite Etsy shops:

merriweathercouncil, JennSki, LittleHouses, inaluxe, paintsquare and papercutsbyjoe.