Hi all! I hardly know where to begin. This past week was the most amazing surprise ever! It's hard to believe that anyone thought to do it and hard to believe that so many of you participated by making a treasury with my pumpkin. Not only did you all participate, but many of you made several treasuries. Wow! There was no hope of winning, yet you all came out. Wow again.
And the messages....So sweet and appreciative of what I've done. I must say that I felt very undeserving of the gratitude or at the very least must share it with the other volunteers. There's no way in the world that this team would exist without them.
And the treasuries themselves.....(I'll try to refrain from saying "wow" and using an excessive amount of exclamation points.) Some of them were so personal - just for and about me. That blew me away. Some were so creepy, that I honestly could hardly look at them, but still loved them in a bizarre way. Some were creepy cute. Some were beautiful. Some adorable. Some oh so fun. Some downright hilarious. Some so amazingly clever and creative. I loved ever single one of the 307 treasuries! Thank you all. Sincerely.
I know that there's no better team on all of etsy. You all are so enthusiastic, positive, supportive, fun, generous, helpful, involved. No drama or negativity in any way. Thank you all for that too. Thank you for making this team so much fun and such a positive experience for all of us.
As all of the judges have said, narrowing down the treasuries is such a difficult task. It was almost painful to remove so many of them from my list. At least I didn't have to get down to just one winner! As I write this, I still have a list of 40 something favorites and I was happy to get down that far. I'm going to try to get that list down to 20 and post those to the team page later today.
I so enjoyed our week-long birthday party. Thank you all!
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Nonteam Birthday Challenge
A creative challenge open to all members of Etsy!
Create a treasury around the Inspiration Item.
Please note: This is NOT a usual challenge! This week we want to celebrate the nonteams first birthday! For more information please read the discussion *here* (link to team page) and the earlier post on this blog!
There are some important changes this week! Please make sure you read them before creating your treasury!
Our Inspiration Item is.....
Pumpkin Pincushion / Pin Cushion with Emery Stem from dottyral
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 the September Merchandising Desk (October isn't out yet.)- Autumn, Halloween, Oktoberfest, family gatherings, festivals, German traditions, harvest themes, nature’s symbols, fall planting, wizardry, magic, owls, mysticism, fall fashion in clothing, accessories, and jewelry. More specifically, key basics, layering elements, the introduction of winter accessories and outerwear components, thick fabrics and rich leathers, autumnal tones, vintage boots and heavy-weight all-weather bags.
Natural History - Woodland forest themes and animals, namely birds, owls, squirrels, hedgehogs, chipmunks, bunnies, butterflies, feathers, nests, eggs, acorns, leaves, trees, branches, woodgrain, and natural colors.
Pantone’s color trend report for fall 2011 includes quarry, cedar, and teal greens, nougat and coffee browns, orchid and phlox purples, bamboo mustard yellow, honeysuckle pink, and ember-glow coral, turquoise, rustic fall colors, jade greens and mustards. Halloween classic color combinations (orange, black, yellow, white, red, green, purple).
Requirements for Participation in this Birthday Challenge...
- This challenge starts on WEDNESDAY, Noon (Oct, 5th) and ends on SUNDAY, Noon (Oct, 9th)!
- This is meant to be fun for all of us! Dotty will NOT chose a winner, but name some top picks which will be pronounced on the blog and the team page on Tuesday (Oct, 11th)! The curators of these treasuries will not be allowed to chose an inspiration item!
1. Read the guidelines.
2. Include the Inspiration Item in any of the first 12 spots (not as an alternate).
3. Leave a link to your treasury in our Entry thread on our team page. It will be easier for Dotty and the whole team to find your treasury. Your link also needs to be there to have your shop added to the sidebar list and to be added to the buyer account.
4. Tag your treasury with NonteamBday. (one word - no number this week!)
5. Be sure to include a link to the blog in the treasury description. If it doesn't fit into the description, you may leave it in the first comment.
http://treasurychallengenonteam.blogspot.com/
6. In an effort to get the most of Dotty's treasuries to the front page you are allowed to make as many treasuries as you like this week! Make sure to leave a link to all of them in the Entry thread!
7. Support other participants - View/Comment/Click on as many other treasuries in the Challenge as possible. Do not leave a link to your treasury in the comments of another's treasury.
8. Don't tag your nonteam treasury with tags for other teams that you are a member of. Our nonteam treasuries are not meant to promote your other teams.
*** Make sure that your shop is in compliance with etsy's TOS. We won't promote shops that are resellers, blatant copyright infringers, purposeful mistaggers, etc.
Highly Recommended (not required)...
* Become a follower of this blog to stay in touch with each new challenge, challenge winner, announcements, etc.
* Use the tag NonteamBday 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 NonteamBday for all items on etsy. (Don't forget about our supplies and vintage shops!)
2. Visit our etsy buyer account to see items from shops that participated in the previous challenge.
3. See the left sidebar of the blog to find shop links.
* Keep your treasury updated during the Challenge. Replace expired/missing 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 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.
Have Fun!
This challenge ends on Sunday, October 9th (noon - eastern).
The top picks will be posted on Tuesday, October 11th (noon - eastern).
*** The winner of challenge #51 will be announced next week on WEDNESDAY, October 12th! Tutika, the judge of #51, has already chosen one - thank you for helping us to keep this secret!
*** We will resume with challenge #52 on THURSDAY, October 13th (as usual)! The inspiration item will come from the winner Tutika has chosen!
Eastern time is the same time zone that etsy uses.
Create a treasury around the Inspiration Item.
Please note: This is NOT a usual challenge! This week we want to celebrate the nonteams first birthday! For more information please read the discussion *here* (link to team page) and the earlier post on this blog!
There are some important changes this week! Please make sure you read them before creating your treasury!
Our Inspiration Item is.....
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 the September Merchandising Desk (October isn't out yet.)- Autumn, Halloween, Oktoberfest, family gatherings, festivals, German traditions, harvest themes, nature’s symbols, fall planting, wizardry, magic, owls, mysticism, fall fashion in clothing, accessories, and jewelry. More specifically, key basics, layering elements, the introduction of winter accessories and outerwear components, thick fabrics and rich leathers, autumnal tones, vintage boots and heavy-weight all-weather bags.
Natural History - Woodland forest themes and animals, namely birds, owls, squirrels, hedgehogs, chipmunks, bunnies, butterflies, feathers, nests, eggs, acorns, leaves, trees, branches, woodgrain, and natural colors.
Pantone’s color trend report for fall 2011 includes quarry, cedar, and teal greens, nougat and coffee browns, orchid and phlox purples, bamboo mustard yellow, honeysuckle pink, and ember-glow coral, turquoise, rustic fall colors, jade greens and mustards. Halloween classic color combinations (orange, black, yellow, white, red, green, purple).
Requirements for Participation in this Birthday Challenge...
- This challenge starts on WEDNESDAY, Noon (Oct, 5th) and ends on SUNDAY, Noon (Oct, 9th)!
- This is meant to be fun for all of us! Dotty will NOT chose a winner, but name some top picks which will be pronounced on the blog and the team page on Tuesday (Oct, 11th)! The curators of these treasuries will not be allowed to chose an inspiration item!
1. Read the guidelines.
2. Include the Inspiration Item in any of the first 12 spots (not as an alternate).
3. Leave a link to your treasury in our Entry thread on our team page. It will be easier for Dotty and the whole team to find your treasury. Your link also needs to be there to have your shop added to the sidebar list and to be added to the buyer account.
4. Tag your treasury with NonteamBday. (one word - no number this week!)
5. Be sure to include a link to the blog in the treasury description. If it doesn't fit into the description, you may leave it in the first comment.
http://treasurychallengenonteam.blogspot.com/
6. In an effort to get the most of Dotty's treasuries to the front page you are allowed to make as many treasuries as you like this week! Make sure to leave a link to all of them in the Entry thread!
7. Support other participants - View/Comment/Click on as many other treasuries in the Challenge as possible. Do not leave a link to your treasury in the comments of another's treasury.
8. Don't tag your nonteam treasury with tags for other teams that you are a member of. Our nonteam treasuries are not meant to promote your other teams.
*** Make sure that your shop is in compliance with etsy's TOS. We won't promote shops that are resellers, blatant copyright infringers, purposeful mistaggers, etc.
Highly Recommended (not required)...
* Become a follower of this blog to stay in touch with each new challenge, challenge winner, announcements, etc.
* Use the tag NonteamBday 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 NonteamBday for all items on etsy. (Don't forget about our supplies and vintage shops!)
2. Visit our etsy buyer account to see items from shops that participated in the previous challenge.
3. See the left sidebar of the blog to find shop links.
* Keep your treasury updated during the Challenge. Replace expired/missing 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 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.
Have Fun!
This challenge ends on Sunday, October 9th (noon - eastern).
The top picks will be posted on Tuesday, October 11th (noon - eastern).
*** The winner of challenge #51 will be announced next week on WEDNESDAY, October 12th! Tutika, the judge of #51, has already chosen one - thank you for helping us to keep this secret!
*** We will resume with challenge #52 on THURSDAY, October 13th (as usual)! The inspiration item will come from the winner Tutika has chosen!
Eastern time is the same time zone that etsy uses.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NONTEAM!!!
Please note: Challenge # 52 is delayed!
Dear teammates,
This is a special week for our wonderful team: We celebrate our first anniversary! One year of stunning treasuries, fun, friendship, creativity, promotion and support. YAY!
As we all know, there is one person we have to thank for all of this: Our fabulous captain Dotty! One year ago this week, she hatched a small idea in the forums and it has ignited to where we are now. So, here is our birthday present for her (she didn’t know anything about this until now) This is a surprise party!...
…..This week we will NOT have a normal challenge. Tutika, last week’s judge, has already chosen a winner and honorable mentions from her challenge, but these will be revealed next week (Oct, 12th) when the usual challenges resume.
This week, we ask you to make a treasury with one of Dottys items! Nominate some of Dotty's items in the laying odd thread on the team page until Wed. We will post the inspiration item from Dotty's shop tomorrow (Wednesday, noon) and the birthday challenge will start at that time!
This is neither a challenge nor a blitz - Dotty will NOT chose a winner, but name some top picks which will be pronounced on the blog and the team page! Furthermore you will be allowed to make more than one treasury this week in an effort to get the most of Dotty's treasuries to the front page.
Let’s get this party started!!!
Happy Birthday!
Sarah (demossdesigns) and Mel (talesofthefirefly)
Dear teammates,
This is a special week for our wonderful team: We celebrate our first anniversary! One year of stunning treasuries, fun, friendship, creativity, promotion and support. YAY!
As we all know, there is one person we have to thank for all of this: Our fabulous captain Dotty! One year ago this week, she hatched a small idea in the forums and it has ignited to where we are now. So, here is our birthday present for her (she didn’t know anything about this until now) This is a surprise party!...
…..This week we will NOT have a normal challenge. Tutika, last week’s judge, has already chosen a winner and honorable mentions from her challenge, but these will be revealed next week (Oct, 12th) when the usual challenges resume.
This week, we ask you to make a treasury with one of Dottys items! Nominate some of Dotty's items in the laying odd thread on the team page until Wed. We will post the inspiration item from Dotty's shop tomorrow (Wednesday, noon) and the birthday challenge will start at that time!
This is neither a challenge nor a blitz - Dotty will NOT chose a winner, but name some top picks which will be pronounced on the blog and the team page! Furthermore you will be allowed to make more than one treasury this week in an effort to get the most of Dotty's treasuries to the front page.
Let’s get this party started!!!
Happy Birthday!
Sarah (demossdesigns) and Mel (talesofthefirefly)
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Surprise!!!! It's a dottyral tribute blitz!!!
As most of you know, our fearless leader Dotty from dottyral.etsy.com formed this non-team quite a few months ago. In do so, she decided to take herself out of the running to be the chosen shop every week. So, every week so creates some great treasuries featuring all of us non-members with no chance of ever getting to be the featured shop. To say THANK YOU to Dotty for organizing all of this, we are going to have a blitz in her honor while we pass the time until the next challenge begins.
Here's how it works.... got to dottyral.etsy.com and check out all of Dotty's fabulous creations. Create a treasury (or 2, or 5, or 10) using one of Dotty's items in the first few slots. You can fill the rest of your treasury with what ever you choose. Using other non-team members is not a requirement but certainly is nice. The blitz will run from Sunday afternoon until the next challenge is posted on Thursday.
There will be no prize for this round but I know that all of us will do our best to create some wonderful treasuries that will be sure to put Dotty on the front page. When you are finished, you can post your treasuries here or on our team page. You can tag your treasury with nonteamchallenge and be sure to leave a link to this blog.
Hope you are surprised Dotty!!!!
Here's how it works.... got to dottyral.etsy.com and check out all of Dotty's fabulous creations. Create a treasury (or 2, or 5, or 10) using one of Dotty's items in the first few slots. You can fill the rest of your treasury with what ever you choose. Using other non-team members is not a requirement but certainly is nice. The blitz will run from Sunday afternoon until the next challenge is posted on Thursday.
There will be no prize for this round but I know that all of us will do our best to create some wonderful treasuries that will be sure to put Dotty on the front page. When you are finished, you can post your treasuries here or on our team page. You can tag your treasury with nonteamchallenge and be sure to leave a link to this blog.
Hope you are surprised Dotty!!!!
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