Saturday Treasury Challenge - A Few of My Favorite Things

First Snow Necklace by PoleStar - who suggested this week's theme

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into Springs
These are a few of my favorite things

This Saturday's Treasury Challenge uses your Favorites list - old and new, items and shops you've hearted and adored, perhaps, even forgotten about?  You could go back in time and check out the shops you admired when you first joined Etsy! This theme is so inclusive - you have a lot of options, for example, instead of focusing on a color theme, you might compose a symphony of items that work together in texture, shape, or photography style.  Or showcase all the items you'd buy if you won the lotto tomorrow! Good luck and have fun!

Saturday theme challenges are based on a central theme or idea. No specific item is featured, but they are more loosely based on an idea. These challenges are judged - the winning shop will have one of their items featured in the Wednesday Item Challenge – however these challenges are open to all! These theme challenges are meant to build your treasury making skills, promote the team and make Etsy connections. There is always a photo used to express the theme but this item does not have to be included in your treasury.

Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all! These challenges are also voluntary - never mandatory for team members.

This Saturday's Theme: Your Favorites

The Rules:

1. Include at least 8 Curation Nation team members - you can use the sidebar on this blog for a list of team shops or search Etsy with the "curationnation" tag.
2. Please follow our blog.
3. Put "Treasury Challenge" somewhere in the title of your treasury.
4. Post a comment here on the blog with a link to your treasury - your treasury will not be judged unless you have posted it below in the comments.
5. Put a link to this blog post in the comments of the treasury - this helps others find the challenge and enter.
6. Tag the treasury "curationnation"
7. DUE DATE: Wednesday, October 6

**Are you interested in being a guest judge for a Saturday Challenge? Please convo Janae (http://www.etsy.com/shop/claireandjanae) and join in the fun!!**

**Do you have Saturday Theme Challenge ideas?  Please convo Janae (http://www.etsy.com/shop/claireandjanae) and join in the fun!!**

Wednesday Item Challenge

Saturday's Natural History winner is somsstudiosupplies! This week's featured item are these gorgeous Center Drilled Maroon Garnets.

Wednesday Item Treasury Challenges feature one item from a shop - the item must be included in your treasury.  You could be featured in an upcoming Wednesday Challenge!  The featured Wednesday item is picked from the wining shop of the Saturday challenge. Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all.  These challenges are also voluntary - never mandatory for team members.

This week's Wednesday Challenge Item: AAA Maroon Garnet Faceted, Tear Drop Center Drilled Briolettes.

The Rules:

1. You must include at least 8 Curation Nation team members - you can use the sidebar on the blog for a list of team shops, or search "curationnation" on Etsy.
2. Please follow our blog.
3. Put "treasury challenge" somewhere in the title of your treasury.
4. Put a link to this blog post in the comments of your treasury. This helps other people find the challenge and enter.
5. Post a comment here on the blog with a link to your treasury.
6. Tag the treasury "curation nation"
7. Tag the treasury "cn challenge"
8. Tag the treasury "somsstudiosupplies"
9. Include the featured item in the first three rows of your treasury.
10. DUE DATE: Wednesday, October 6.

Her winning treasury: Beasts in my Belfry:

Treasury Theme Keywords: October

Hey team!  It's time to round up the keywords from October's "From Etsy's Merchandising Desk" article in the Storque.  These keywords can be incorporated in the designs in your shop, your tagging, and your marketing.  As treasury makers, these keywords are important to pay attention to because these are the themes Etsy will be putting on the FP.   I'm going to pull keywords from these articles every month and list them here on the blog.  If you make a treasury with one or more of these keywords, be sure to tag your treasuries with the words!

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Colors:

black

grays

deep purples

blood red

natural colors 

rusts

turquoise

rich earth tones

mustards

deep berries/wine

muted greens

gray/camel solids

classic and modern interpretations of holiday color schemes (orange & black, purple, green & black, yellow, orange, & white, red & white, green & red).

Themes:

Gothic

dark arts vampires

steampunk

anatomy

science

sci-fi/geekery

spooky dolls

Halloween decor

costumes

treats/favors

party ideas

ready-made accessories/makeup

intro to winter fashion

November entertaining

Thanksgiving

Gourds/pumpkins

vintage industrial farm accents

orchard/vineyard

classic fall fruits/vegetables

Woodland 

rich fabrics

the hearth

played-up textures

unconventional weddings

photo-booths/photo props

film/film strips

opal

Libra/Scorpio

Geometric

tribal

colorblock patterns/weaves

bold colors

stripes and shapes (chevron, triangle, and arrow)

warrior references

intricate beading

natural materials

feathers

leather

stone/clay

personalization

fingerprints

names/initials

portable gadgets

equestrian

Bows

layering

foliage

metallic

animal

plaid

brocade

cargo/military styles

bohemian

grandeur

decorative packaging

Baker's twine

kraft

personalized stamps

glitter

natural history

Forest animals

foxes 

bears

owls

feathers

acorns

pine-cones

nuts

wood-grain

branches/logs

leaves

taxidermy

raw minerals/stones

nests

claws

scientific chartsd

diagrams

bones 

antlers

species

Straight from the Storque:  "Tagging Tip: The seasonal terminology "fall" is primarily American English. Make sure to include the more internationally recognized term "autumn" in your seasonally appropriate item descriptions and tags."

Secret Santa Invitation

I know the leaves are still crunching underfoot, but it won’t be long before we are digging tunnels through the snow from our cars to our front doors (wait, maybe that’s just in Alberta). Either way, a great way to warm up this upcoming holiday season and share in the spirit of giving is to participate in the First Annual Curation Nation Secret Santa Exchange! Everyone is invited!

Participation is entirely voluntary. There is a FaceBook discussion on our team page where you can jot your name down if you are interested in taking part.

Kathy and Jessica will be putting all the names in a hat and drawing them on Oct. 15. On that same day, we will then send everyone participating a message on Etsy with the name of the person they are to “make” for. But, shhh! Don’t forget it’s a Secret Santa. Keep it under wraps until the receiver opens your package!

We are still working out all of the details, so if you have any ideas please share them. This is what we have so far…

All gifts must be handmade (of course!) and should be between $10.00 - $15.00 if they were listed in your shop.

The gifts should be sent out within the first week of December so that they all arrive close together.

Another fun idea, that is also optional, is to take a picture of your package and gift and write a little thank you to your Secret Santa. That we can then post them on the team blog and we can all share in the joy!

Treasury Challenge: Pounce!

runawaydreams has a kitty ready to Pounce!

POUNCE

Etsy has a great search feature for finding new sellers: Pounce. For this week's treasury challenge make a treasury using that great feature! Just pounce together a collection. Undiscovered shops always deserve a spotlight but maybe a "Just sold" shop will catch your attention.

Rules:
Post a link to your treasury here.
Post a link to the challenge in your treasury.
TAG: Curation Nation Pounce

Please comment on the other treasuries- if you tag the treasury "pounce" it will be easier to find it.
Happy Saturday!

NOTE: this challenge is an exception to the "8 curation nation members" rule :-)