Winning Treasury Challenge #111

Some words from StoriedEye...

Well, I’ve been reading the words, “judging this was really hard,” or some variation thereon, every week for many many weeks now, never quite grasping the gravity of that statement. This team is AMAZING. These treasuries were OUTSTANDING. To narrow it down, even to fifty, was a challenge beyond words. After that, it was agonizing (in a good way). You are one stupendous lot of storytellers, wits, artists, vintage connoisseurs, and visionaries. I had so much fun — and Mindy, a thousand thanks for this opportunity to play and reciprocate, and for your good advice along the way. Thanks too to Sarah and the entire nonteam crew. I’ve had the smallest inkling this week of the commitment and elbow grease they demonstrate/invest every week, and I’m humbled.

Before I announce the winner, I have one last story about the salesman to add to the colorful mix you’ve gifted me with:

About two days into the challenge, I received a convo from Carol at www.etsy.com/shop/platopooch. We don’t know each other and have never corresponded in the past. She wrote, “Wow. This is strange. I saw this photo this morning and my mouth flew open with an, ‘Oh my god!’. I am pretty sure this is a photo of my grandfather, Edgar Allen Yelton. I have photos taken by him, mainly in Cripple Creek, CO in the late 1800's.”

Needless to say, my mouth flew open in turn. I dug out the original photo--purchased for $3.00 at a flea market (where I get most of the vintage images I draw from in my collage work)--and sure enough, the name “Edgar A. Yelton” was written in elegant script along the base of the mat.  Here is a copy of the original photo... 

So it looks like our handsome rake, who’s inspired countless tales of wanderlust, adultery, tenderness, longing, and debauchery this week, has made his long, winding way back where he belongs. I sent Carol and her family the photo this morning.

Who says you can’t go home again?

But now it’s time to pass the baton, and though I was charmed and amazed by so so many of these treasuries, this one, “The Time Traveler's Disguise,” by The Silk Moon, just hit home for me: www.etsy.com/treasury/NjMwOTE1M3wyNzIzNjUzMzE0/the-time-travelers-disgui...


Congratulations, Natalie, and thanks for this gorgeous, inventive tale of intrigue and adventure. Enjoy your own journey!

Thanks, everyone.

xDeb

'The Time Traveler's Disguise ' by nataliasage

Congrats to TheSilkMoon! She'll be choosing the Inspiration Item for Challenge #112. She'll also be judging it. Check the team discussion page for a "Laying Odds" thread to make suggestions / predictions on the Inspiration Item. We only have today to help them choose their item, so please be sure to pop in.