Wednesday Item Challenge

So because we didn't have a Saturday Theme Challenge this week I've decided the Wednesday Item Challenge is going to be a bit different. Instead of featuring an item all week we're going to feature a location instead! Best idea ever right? haha!

The rules are going to be a bit different so make sure to read carefully. For example you will not be required to include 8 CN teamies in your treasury like normal. I know this is goes against the general rules for the team but this way we can feature some of our fellow Etsians, give our team some more exposure and perhaps even drum up some more participation for our weekly challenges. Anyone can play after all, not just team members. So....

Rules/Instructions:

1. Below is a list of all CN team members and their locations (found in their shops).

2. Pick a team members shop and therefore their location (eg. craftedbylindy = Calgary, Alberta as the location)

3. Go to the Etsy home page and click on "Shop Local" on the left hand side.

4. Type in the location you want to search and start curating! 

5. Include 1 item from the team members shop you got the location from (eg. one item from craftedbylindy's shop)

5. Tag the treasury "name of location you're featuring (eg. "Calgary Alberta")"

6. Tag the treasury "shoplocal"

7. Include a link to this post in the comments of your treasury as well as an explanation of what the challenge is all about (eg. "The Curation Nation treasury team is having a Shop Local treasury challenge this week. All shops in this treasury are from Calgary, Alberta, Canada").

8. If you tweet, tweet your treasury using the hashtag #EtsyTeamTreasury

9. DUE DATE: Wednesday August 31.

10. Have fun!

Promote, promote, promote.....tell all your friends about our challenges. Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all and are great way to get some extra exposure for your shops. These challenges are also voluntary - never mandatory for team members.

Locations - I apologize if any of these are wrong or incomplete. If you need a change made to your location please let me know, thank you! It looks like we have 9 shops from Canada, 11 shops I classified as International (not Canada or U.S.) and 62 shops from the U.S!

 US -

• 1022SeaShellAve (Kim) - New Jersey
• aBreathofFrenchAir (Elizabeth) - St. Louis MO
• ArtbyAmarose (Anita) - Boston Massachusetts
• aubepine (Jen) - Los Angeles CA
• BlueRoomGems (Jen) - Sanford NC
• Blushie (Megan) - Walnut Creek CA
• -----DeckMe (Megan) - Walnut Creek CA
• -----barefootfae (Megan) - Walnut Creek CA
• cayennepeppybags (Amy) - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• ----cayennepeppy (Amy) - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• ceejay60 (Carol) - North Wilkesboro NC
• ----MyKnottyShop (Carol) - North Wilkesboro NC
• CheekyChicVintage (Donna) - Chicago IL
• ChirpAndBloom (Becky) - Wilmington Delaware
• Cookstah (Kelly) - Greeley Colorado
• CreaShines (Stacey) - Sarasota Florida
• ----CreaShinesCreatures (Stacey) - Sarasota Florida
• CreatureCollars (Anna) - Orlando Florida
• DestinysCreations (Janice) - Windsor CT
• deusprovidebit (Terry) - Up State New York
• EcoPrint (Steven, Olesya, & Irina) - Sarasota Florida
• -----illuminera (Steven, Olesya, & Irina) - Sarasota Florida
• -----MixedMediaCocktail (Steven, Olesya, & Irina) - Sarasota Florida
• EvenAndy (Shelley) - Brooklyn New York
• FlashForward (Lauren) - Lexington SC
• funretro (Natalie) - Linden NJ
• ----funflash (Natalie) - Linden NJ
• glazedover (Jill) - New York
• jaunebleu (Irina) - Los Angeles CA
• jessicatorres (Jessica) - Kuna ID
• JudyStalus (Judy) - Walpole NH
• julieandco (Julie) - Grand Rapids MI
• ----julieandco2 (Julie) - Grand Rapids MI
• kristimcmurry (Kristi) - Jackson Tennessee
• -----TheShepherdsHaven (Kristi) - Jackson Tennessee
• lacocorouge (Stephanie) - Atlanta Georgia
• LaurenceCollection (Laurence) - Overland Park, Kansas
• -----GaranceCouture (Laurence) - Overland Park, Kansas
• LucyGracePhotography (Carmen) - Sylva NC
• melindamilkshake (Melinda) - Kalamazoo, Michigan
• metroline6 (Jessica) - Washington DC
• michabella (Michelle) - Lebanon, Pennsylvania
• newberry (Julie) - St. Louis, Missouri
• ourladyofthesnows (Mellon)
• PeacesofIndigo (Dawanna) - Nashville, Tennessee
• PeachWillow (Kim and Claudia) - Mustang, Oklahoma
• peaseblossomstudio (Caroline) - San Antonio TX
• rctees (Toni) - Decatur, Alabama
• sacredsuds (Andrea) - St. Paul, Minnesota
• seventytwostitches (Lisa) - Lansin, Grand Ledge, Michigan
• SimplyInvitingCards (Jen) - Manhattan, Kansas
• SuchAPrettyDress (Julie) - New York
• thewildplum (Christi) - Burley ID
• TinyGalaxies (Sara) - Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• VelvetMorning (Tenika) - Washington
• VintageConfections (Heather) - Chicago IL
• VintageEye (Kathleen)
• ----vintageeyefashion (Kathleen)
• ----satellitedaisy (Kathleen)
• Vintageimaginings (Cindy) - Bourbonnaise IL
• ----HighNoteJewelry (Cindy) - Bourbonnaise, IL
• vintageseventyfive (Ray) - Milton, Deleware
• WoodenNickelsJewelry (Yvonne) - Chicago IL

Canada - bovinebubbles (Cara) - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan craftedbylindy (Lindy) - Calgary, Alberta Cubits (Laura) - Toronto Ontario DarkRide (Caroline) - St. Catharines, Ontario handmadetherapy (Hilda) - Calgary Alberta -----handmadetherapykids (Hilda) - Calgary, Alberta ShawnaCameron (Shawna) - Ottawa, Ontario Splurge (Darcy) - Calgary, Alberta StitchnSpoon (Rachel Jane) - Peace River, Alberta  International - Emmasommerfeld (Baerbel) - Germany happyment (Rasa) - Latvia Lilyja (Lily) - Isreal LoveandKnit (Mine) - Istanbul magnesina (Agnes) - Europe rachellucie (Rachel) - England runawaydreams (Julia and Davie) - Mexico City SeventhSphere (Belinda) - Australia skyejuice (Alex) - Malaysia somsstudiosupplies (Som) - India ----somsstudio (Som) - India

Wednesday Item Challenge - rctees

For those of you who think it's Thursday you're wrong! Wrong I say!.....well by my calendar anyway. It's clearly Wednesday which means it's time for the Wednesday Item Challenge post! Here we go.....

This weeks Saturday Theme Treasury Challenge winning treasury is "Let's Move to...." by rctees! Congratulations Toni!

This screen shot is a live, clickable version of Toni's Let's Move to.... treasury. You can click on any of the images above to be taken to each individual shop!

Since this challenge will take us into August I'm thinking back to school! Booo, hisss, I know but it's going to happen whether we like or not so let's at least look good doing it! This week we'll be featuring rctees fun Zebras Galore Canvas Field Bag!

The Rules:

You must include at least 8 Curation Nation team members - use the sidebar on the blog for a list of team shops.

1. Please follow our blog.

2. Put a link to this blog post in the comments of your treasury. This helps other people find the challenge and enter.

3. Post a comment here on the blog with a link to your treasury.

4. Tag the treasury "curationnation"

5. Tag the treasury "etsyteamtreasury"

6. Tag the treasury "backtoschool"

7. If you tweet, tweet your treasury using the hashtag #EtsyTeamTreasury

8. Include the featured item in the first three rows of your treasury.

9. DUE DATE: Wednesday August 3.

10. Have fun!

Wednesday Item Treasury Challenges feature one item from a shop - the item must be included in your treasury. The featured Wednesday item is picked from the winning shop of the Saturday challenge. If the winner doesn't have a shop on Etsy, they will get to pick an item of their choice! Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all. These challenges are also voluntary - never mandatory for team members.

Wednesday Item Challenge - KootHoot

Okay miss Yvonne do I ever have a bone to pick with you. You think "a free for all, that'll be fun" never once stopping to think of poor little old me that has to go through all of these fantastic treasuries and pick a winner! Yeash woman! Lol. Awww I can't stay mad at you! All is forgiven, tee hee! : ) (Okay just to be clear I totally love Yvonne too death so no one convo me saying how mean I was. It's all in good fun, kay?)

This weeks winning treasury is so stinkin' cute it makes me want to go camping and I don't camp! The winning treasury for this weeks Saturday Theme Treasury Challenge is KootHoot's Over the Rainbow and Through the Woods treasury! Congratulations!!!!



This screen shot is a live, clickable version of KootHoot's "Over the Rainbow and Through the Woods" Treasury. You can click on any of the images above to be taken to each individual shop!

Go Nuts Acorn Mug

In the spirit of Yvonne's Saturday Challenge we'll Go Nuts this week and feature KootHoot's adorable and fun Go Nuts Acorn Mug. So go ahead, go nuts making more amazing Travel, Woodland, Teacher Gift, Summer, Gardening, Collecting treasuries this week! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! : )

The Rules:

You must include at least 8 Curation Nation team members - use the sidebar on the blog for a list of team shops.

1. Please follow our blog.
2. Put a link to this blog post in the comments of your treasury. This helps other people find the challenge and enter.
3. Post a comment here on the blog with a link to your treasury.
4. Tag the treasury "curationnation"
5. Tag the treasury "etsyteamtreasury"
6. Tag the treasury "June trends"
7. If you tweet, tweet your treasury using the hashtag #EtsyTeamTreasury
8. Include the featured item in the first three rows of your treasury.
9. DUE DATE: Wednesday June, 15.
10. Have fun!

Wednesday Item Treasury Challenges feature one item from a shop - the item must be included in your treasury. The featured Wednesday item is picked from the winning shop of the Saturday challenge. If the winner doesn't have a shop on Etsy, they will get to pick an item of their choice! Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all. These challenges are also voluntary - never mandatory for team members.

Wednesday Item Challenge - CrabappleVintage

Mmmmm, Candy! Coke Bottle Gummies, Red Feet, Blue Whales, Spree, Pop Rocks....oh man I like me some candy especially Cotton Candy (hint hint). This weeks Saturday Theme Treasury Challenge was so fun! I had many a candy craving looking through all of the wonderful treasuries! Thank you to all for participating!

I'm very happy announce that this weeks winner is....drum roll....CrabappleVintage with her delicious Cotton Candy Colors Treasury!



This screen shot is a live, clickable version of CrabappleVintage's "Cotton Candy Colors" Treasury. You can click on any of the images above to be taken to each individual shop! Click here to be taken to the actual treasury.

This week we'll be featuring CrabappleVintage's Turquoise Rocking Horse Cookie Cutter. Etsy's May Merchandise Report is out and there's mention of the Kentucky Derby and Vintage Goodies so I thought this would be fun! Not to mention it's darn cute!

The Rules:

You must include at least 8 Curation Nation team members - use the sidebar on the blog for a list of team shops.

1. Please follow our blog.
2. Put a link to this blog post in the comments of your treasury. This helps other people find the challenge and enter.
3. Post a comment here on the blog with a link to your treasury.
4. Tag the treasury "curationnation"
5. Tag the treasury "etsyteam" 
6. Tag the treasury "etsyteamtreasury" 
7. If you tweet, tweet your treasury using the hashtag #EtsyTeamTreasury
8. Include the featured item Turquoise Rocking Horse Cookie Cutter in the first three rows of your treasury.
9. DUE DATE: Wednesday April, 27.
10. Have fun!

Wednesday Item Treasury Challenges feature one item from a shop - the item must be included in your treasury. The featured Wednesday item is picked from the winning shop of the Saturday challenge. If the winner doesn't have a shop on Etsy, they will get to pick an item of their choice! Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all. These challenges are also voluntary - never mandatory for team members.

Wednesday Item Challenge - LaurenceCollection

Lindy here again with a big thank you to all those who particpated in this past Saturday Theme Treasury Challenge. It was so wonderful to see all the lovely mom treasuries and all the different ways in which Mother's Day can be interpreted! Yay for moms!

I'm happy to announce that the winning treasury for this week is "It's all about Mom" by LaurenceCollection. Congrats!



This screen shot is a live, clickable version of LaurenceCollection's "It's all about Mom" Treasury. You can click on any of the images above to be taken to each individual shop! Click here to be taken to the actual treasury.

This week we'll be featuring LaurenceCollection's Seafoam, Blue, Lime green and Yellow Clutch which I think will fit nicely into some of the topics mentioned in the April Etsy Merchandise Report such as Easter, Mother's Day, Fashion, Wedding/Prom, and Spring!

The Rules: 

You must include at least 8 Curation Nation team members - use the sidebar on the blog for a list of team shops.

1. Please follow our blog.
2. Put a link to this blog post in the comments of your treasury. This helps other people find the challenge and enter.
3. Post a comment here on the blog with a link to your treasury.
4. Tag the treasury "curationnation"
5. Tag the treasury "etsyteam" 
6. Tag the treasury "etsyteamtreasury" 
7. If you tweet, tweet your treasury using the hashtag #EtsyTeamTreasury
8. Include the featured item Seafoam Blue, Lime Green and Yellow Clutch in the first three rows of your treasury.
9. DUE DATE: Wednesday April, 20.
10. Have fun!

Wednesday Item Treasury Challenges feature one item from a shop - the item must be included in your treasury. The featured Wednesday item is picked from the winning shop of the Saturday challenge. If the winner doesn't have a shop on Etsy, they will get to pick an item of their choice! Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all. These challenges are also voluntary - never mandatory for team members.