Thursday, February 24, 2011

Nonteam Treasury Challenge #20

This challenge is now closed. Please check back on Tuesday for the winner and on Thursday for the start of the next challenge.

A creative challenge open to all members of Etsy!
Create a treasury around the Inspiration Item. Win the Challenge and the Inspiration Item for the next Challenge will be something of yours! Who knows how many treasuries will be created with your item!

Everyone is welcome to take part in this Challenge. There's no team to join.
Smafactory will be judging the Challenge this week. It's totally up to her as to what she's looking for. Make the best treasury you can and just maybe one of your items will be featured in our next Challenge!

Please read the guidelines carefully before creating your treasury.

Our Inspiration Item is.....

Petite Leaf Necklace from smafactory

Create one treasury using the Inspiration Item above as one item in your treasury. Fill the rest of the treasury with any other items on etsy. Follow etsy's treasury guidelines. Do not include any of your own items. Make your treasury awesome. Add descriptive tags and give it a creative title.

Use etsy's Merchandising Desk ideas when possible. Some possible themes/tags from February's and March's Merchandising Desk - natural history, woodland forest, leaves, spring, splashes of light bright color, gardening, mother's day.

You have three days - until Sunday, February 27th, (noon - eastern) to create your treasury.

Requirements for Participation in this Challenge...
1. Read the guidelines. (Remember - only one entry per person)

2. Include the Inspiration Item in any of the first 12 spots (not as an alternate).

3. Tag your treasury with nonteamchallenge 20. (separated by a space) Be sure that it shows up in this search by the deadline for judging. (If your treasury doesn't show up there, it won't be judged.)

4. Be sure to include a link to the blog or this post in your treasury description. If it doesn't fit into the description, you may leave it in the first comment.
http://treasurychallengenonteam.blogspot.com/

5. Make sure that if you win, you'll be available to judge the next week's Challenge - and report the winning treasury by the next Monday.

6. Support other participants - View/Comment/Click on other treasuries in the Challenge.

7. Please don't tag your nonteam treasury with tags for other teams. It's not in the spirit of our nonteam. Our goal is to spread the treasury and front page exposure to participating shops and to others.

Highly Recommended (not required)...
* Become a follower of this blog to stay in touch with each new challenge and challenge winner.
* Leave a link to your treasury in our new weekly promo thread on our team page on etsy.
* Use the tag nonteamchallenge 20 on your items to make it easier for others to include your items in treasuries. Only use this tag if you plan to create a challenge treasury THIS week. Please read the details here.
* Use items from other participating shops if you'd like and if their items fit your theme. There are three ways to find them.
1. Search nonteamchallenge 20 for all items on etsy. (Don't forget about our supplies and vintage shops!)
2. Use the list on the left sidebar of the blog.
3. Visit our etsy buyer account to see minis.
* Keep your treasury updated during the Challenge. Replace sold/expired items. (Don't replace the Inspiration Item with something else should it sell.)
* Tweet, Facebook, Blog, etc to spread the word about your treasury and our Challenges.
* Convo people that you included in your treasury.
* Join us in our Challenge #20 chatting thread on our team page on etsy.
* Come back next week to participate again!

Time to make some treasuries!
Please double-check the requirements above after you've created your treasury to be sure that you've fulfilled them all.

Good luck!

This challenge ends Sunday, February 27th (noon - eastern).
The winning treasury will be posted on Tuesday, March 1st (noon - eastern).
The new Inspiration Item, and the next Challenge will be posted on Thursday, March 3rd (noon - eastern).

14 comments:

weebit said...

Ok, I'm a nonteam total dork and came over here straight at noon to find out what the inspiration item was so I could make my treasury on my lunch break. :O) Here it is! Now, back to work!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d669a97e6156d91b843460c/woodland-garden

Weird said...

I can't tell you how happy I am - I have been wanting to participate for weeks, but I never managed to. Now I came here on the right day, and here is my treasury :-)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d669d9ae6156d911640480c/a-dark-night-at-the-opera

Unknown said...

Excited to participate in my first nonteamchallenge.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d66b58859646d91d37a7efd/traveling-to-the-museum

Anonymous said...

This was fun! (Not for the papers on my desk which had to wait until I was finished.)

Here's mine: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d6706756b4e6d91d9d53e06/leafing-through?ref=pr_treasury

Olives and Pearls said...

Beautiful inspiration items! Here's my treasury:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d673e9876d98eefe1701e3d/farmhouse-fresh

karoArt said...

Forest T:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d6785fb0c3d6d9145d7355e/forest-of-magic-and-wonder

MoMoPics said...

Here's mine!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d67db48b7d86d91244ccf21/touched-by-nature

luluhopping1983 said...

Here is my Little Hose on the Prarie inspired treasury!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d67dc7cc4038eef5db4519d/little-house-on-the-prarie

OohLookItsARabbit said...

here's mine

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d681088dd386d91fa53bcac/cabin-fever

Anonymous said...

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d6873976a416d9190d6b1f1/mmmmminty

Anonymous said...

Yay, I made a treasury too! Here it is:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d69102b9abc6d912fa14938/warm-and-cozy

Good luck, everyone!

Hugs,
Taylor Lynn <3

Patricia said...

Beautiful inspiration for a treasury.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d694187d29e6d916f0b184c/storm-clouds-may-gather

oldebuttonshoppe said...

here's mine too!! http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d69639069ca6d914bc2214b/all-natural

chef jess said...

Love the inspiration piece! Here's my entry:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d69800bb5748eeff1cd4b63/springtime-sky-blue