Featured Shop and Treasury Challenge • Julie Garland

Dream Team Treasury Challenge #3

Welcome to the Dream Team Featured Shop and Treasury Challenge! Congratulations to Julie of Julie Garland Jewelry on winning challenge #2. Each week the featured shop will be included in all treasuries created for the challenge. The winner of the challenge will be the NEXT featured shop.  The featured shop will choose four (4) treasuries to be in the finals and everyone can vote on the treasuries here on Tuesday and Wednesday with the new featured shop (winner) posted on Thursday to start another week. If any of the treasuries make front page, they will automatically be in the finals.
 

This week's challenge will run from November 4 - November 7

The Rules:

1. Use at least 6 Dream Team members. Our shops are listed on “the Shops” button as well as visiting our team page. They can be in any slot on the treasury.
2. Include any item from the featured shop in any slot in the top three rows of the treasury.
3. Please follow our blog.
4. Put "Treasury Challenge" somewhere in the TITLE of your treasury.
5. Link back to this post. This helps other people find the challenge and enter. As an example "This is a Dream Team Treasury Challenge, anyone can play. Click here (add the current challenge link) for more information".
6. Post a comment here with the link to your treasury.
7. Tag the treasury "dtchallenge3"
8. You can enter as much as you'd like!

This week's featured shop is Julie Garland Jewelry- a handmade jewelry enterprise run by Julie of western New York. Julie says, "I like (in no particular order) to practice Yoga, drink red wine, watch silly comedies, eat chocolate, travel, read, giggle, dance merengue, nap, daydream about moving to the tropics, jog, play dragons with my son, listen to Adele and Ryan Adams, do puzzles, watch old episodes of Buffy, swim, eat Tex-Mex food and play Trivial Pursuit with my husband."

 

1. Brushed Sterling Disc
2. Pyrite Necklace
3. Sterling Silver Nugget Chain
4. Brass Hoop Earrings

Good luck and Happy Curating!

Gift Guide • Mod

The Dream Team presents a Gift Guide to modern simplicity. This collection was chosen to grace Etsy's front page.

messicakes $175.00	MarKhed $75.00	iluxo $39.99	babyjives $32.00
roughfusion $60.00	frenchfelt $28.00	Hindsvik $225.00	RetroModernArt $23.00
Luncheonettevi... $14.00	blueroompotter... $28.00	Fr33na $7.25	CheekyChicVint... $16.00
balanced $82.00	MidwestSplendo... $36.00	sansancouture $8.00	tsifcaonline $49.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio. 

Collection compiled by RhettDidntGiveADamn

Get The Look • Rustic Autumn Comfort

 

The Dream Team presents Get the Look: Rustic Autumn Comfort - a fall fashion and home gift guide. Enjoy!

Handmade Soap by Elegant Rose Boutique

Chunky Cowl Neckwarmer by natalya1905

Embroidery Hoop Art by sometimesiswirl

Cable Knit Blanket by Biscuit Scout

Vintage Leather Boots by DeLaBelle

Feather Note Cards by CraftedByLindy

Rustic Photography by FirstLightPhoto

Organic Spice Candles by Forest Candle Studio

Chocolate Ganache Cookies by Tookies

Flower Earrings by laurenblythedesigns

Featured Shop and Treasury Challenge • Beadin by the Sea

Welcome to the First Weekly Treasury Challenge
from the Dream Team

This week the Dream Team starts a new blog tradition - Featured Shop and Treasury Challenge. Each week the featured shop will be included in all treasuries created for the challenge. The winner of the challenge will be the NEXT featured shop.  The challenge will run from Thursday to Sunday each week and a new one will be announced the following Thursday. The featured shop will choose four (4) treasuries to be in the finals and everyone can vote on the treasuries here on Tuesday and Wednesday with the new featured shop (winner) posted on Thursday to start another week. If any of the treasuries make front page, they will automatically be in the finals.

This first challenge will run a bit longer so from Saturday to Sunday (October 16 - October 23) since this is a new featured and to get the word out to everyone.

The Rules:

1. Use at least 6 Dream Team members. Our shops are listed on “the Shops” button as well as visiting our team page. They can be in any slot on the treasury.
2. Include any item from the featured shop in any slot in the top three rows of the treasury.
3. Please follow our blog.
4. Put "Treasury Challenge" somewhere in the TITLE of your treasury.
5. Link back to this post. This helps other people find the challenge and enter. As an example "This is a Dream Team Treasury Challenge, anyone can play. Click here (add the current challenge link) for more information".
6. Post a comment here with the link to your treasury.
7. Tag the treasury "dtchallenge"
8. You can enter as much as you'd like!

This week's featured shop is Beadin By The Sea - a handmade jewelry enterprise run by Debora of Anacortes, Washington. Deb says, "I have been making jewelry for several years and love the challenge of combining colors, textures and shapes to fashion a unique, original design. I am intrigued by what can be shaped and hammered in silver and precious metal clay to make my own original components in my jewelry pieces."
 

1. Fine Silver Circle Pendent
2. Acorn Necklace
3. Custom Initial Necklace
4. Hammered Silver Circles Bracelet

Want more Beadin By The Sea? Stay in touch:

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Beadin-By-The-Sea/80052226627
Twitter:
twitter.com/#!/BeadinByTheSea
Blog:
beadinbythesea.blogspot.com/

Good luck and Happy Curating!

giveaway • beadinbythesea

Dream Team Member Giveaway: 

Gorgeous Acorn Necklace – Swarovski Crystal Pearl Brass Chain Necklace! 

designed by beadinbythesea

Here is your chance to win this gorgeous delicate autumn necklace!  
This giveaway is for one antique brass gold pearl acorn necklace as shown below:

TO PURCHASE:

This item is available for immediate purchase HERE!

TO WIN:

Mandatory Entry:

Please leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry!! You must leave a comment saying what you have completed for it to count.
 
Make sure to include your email address or a way to contact you if you win! 

1 Entry Visit beadinbythesea's Etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/beadinbythesea?ref=pr_shop and browse around and leave a comment here with your favorite item!

1 Entry Follow this blog, the Dream Team blog, (click on Join this Site above our followers), and please leave a comment here that you completed this.

1 Entry Like beadinbythesea on her Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/pages/Beadin-By-The-Sea/80052226627, leave a comment here that you completed this.

Extra Entries:

Make sure to include your email address or a way to contact you if you win!

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1 Entry - Follow beadinbythesea on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/BeadinByTheSea

1 Entry – Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment here that you did! You can tweet once per day and each tweet will count as another entry, just make sure you leave a separate comment for each tweet. Feel free to use this tweet or something similar: 

 

Win #jewelry Autumn Acorn Necklace  #blog #giveaway Ends 9/30! RT @dreamteametsy @ BeadinByTheSea http://ow.ly/6wwW1

1 Entry – Heart beadinbythesea’s Etsy shop and leave a comment here with your Etsy username.

1 Entry Grab the Dream Team blog button and put it on your blog! Leave a comment here that you completed that with a link to your blog.

1 Entry – Blog about this giveaway and leave a link here.

1 Entry- Enter another of our giveaway’s HERE and leave a comment about which one you entered.

GUIDELINES/RULES:

•  Please make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry.
• This giveaway will end at midnight EST on Friday, September 30.
•  The winner will be chosen by Random.org. I will have the winner announced by October 3rd and he/she will have 48 hours to respond with their mailing address. If a winner cannot be contacted, another winner will be randomly chosen.
•  This giveaway is open worldwide.

7 questions • Christina Newton of Fr33na

7 Questions with Christina of Fr33na

1. Where do you live? Currently i live in Bakersfield, California. I am originally from Bucharest, Romania. The transition from a 4 million people to a city of 400,000 was interesting. I don’t mind experimenting. It’s just weird not seeing a lot of people walking on the street. I wouldn’t mind living up in the mountains as long as I would have a town nearby. Once in a while I feel the need to be surrounded by people.
Oh, and on top of that my dream is to move in Prague, Czech Republic.

   
2. What are you totally obsessed with lately? Other than fabric and crochet, I would say Photography and British Dramas.

3. Coffee, Tea or both? Pepsi please !!! I’m not a coffee person, though I remember stealing sips from my parents cups when I was a kid, just because we weren’t allow to. I used to have a cup of hot tea in the morning for almost 20 years. My favorite is Linden Tea with lemon.

 4. What is your fave thing about being on Etsy? I like seeing artists from all over the world in one place. It’s like a big international marketplace I can shop for days and days and still find something unique.

   
Care to share a photo of you as a child?

   
5. And what is your least fave thing about being on Etsy? Haven't had problems so far, except that one time when I made a purchase from a scam store. Pay attention to the details of the shop before you make a purchase - like feedback and shop policies.

6. What are you afraid of? I am afraid of regrets, of being far away from people I love.

  7. Who are you in love with? Jesus, my husband Lowell, and my large family ( 11 brothers and sisters, 2 nieces, 1 nephew )

7 questions • Caroline of NewHopeBeading

7 Questions with Caroline of NewHopeBeading on Etsy

1. Where do you live? I live in Hunterdon County, NJ. It is actually very rural out here…. well at least to me as I grew up 5 miles from NYC. I LOVE where we live. It is only one hour to Manhattan in one direction and an hour and a half to Philly in the other direction, yet my town looks like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Our biggest problem is how to keep the deer, fox, bunny, and groundhogs out of our vegetable garden. I like to call where we live “pretend country” because for a City girl like me that is ideal… I need my City fix but I LOVE raising the kids here.

2. What are you obsessed with lately? Ah well I’d say PMC… can you tell? I am totally and hopelessly obsessed with precious metal clay.  I now see everything as something I could potentially stamp in silver.  I have been heard saying on many occasions, “Hmmm wonder if I could stamp that?” Same thing with phrase. My husband will say something and I will say,”Wonder if that will fit on a dogtag?”

I think I like precious metal clay so much because it makes me feel like Midas when I fire what looks like a simple piece of clay and it turns to pure silver…. except, as my 9 year old will point out to me, Midas was gold LOL (hey close enough little dude).

3. Coffee, tea or both? Coffee. They say the human body is over 60% water but it is a medical anomaly that my body is, in fact, over 60% coffee. Without a steady stream of caffeine I will wither way.

4. What is your favorite thing about being on Etsy? I have met sooo many amazing people and friends. I am constantly blown away by the talent from all over the globe. I love, too, that I get paid to do what I love. My Etsy shop allows me to work to pay for my daughter’s epilepsy meds (only a small potion of which are covered by insurance) yet still be home and close at hand should the school ever call me with an emergency … which, knock wood, they have not since she has been on meds.

Care to share a photo of you when you were little? Yes! This is my 4th grade picture… isn’t that collar groovy?

 

5. And what is your least favorite thing about being on Etsy? Left to my druthers I would just create and create and create and would not worry about marketing at all.

6. What are you afraid of? I am most afraid that my daughter will get injured again if she has a bad seizure. She was injured when she had her first seizure 3 years ago (she hit her head on the desk at school). We have been lucky in that her epilepsy has been well controlled by meds since. In fact so well controlled that she will be spending sometime in the hospital in August as they think she may have outgrown her seizures. While this makes me very happy on one level, the thought of her coming off meds terrifies me on another. BTW if you visit my shop in August and find it closed for a few days you’ll know I will be with her at the hospital, please visit back the following week :)

7. Who are you in love with? My kids and my husband… who I think is taking this picture and I, as always, am being camera shy. This picture is a few years old but I choose it because it also shows the old red mill on the Main street in our town.

things we carry• laurenblythedesigns

Left to right, bottom row: Neutral leather bag from Banana Republic, tattered wallet, silver business card holder with my laurenblythedesigns Etsy shop business cards. Middle row: California Baby Sunscreen, Cars 2 Fruit Snacks, Blackberry, Nars and Armani lipstick collection (this is nothing compared to what I don’t carry!) Top row: Tea (coffee) cup cozy from Knit Storm on Etsy, black hair clip, bottle of Advil, vintage 1980s tortoise shell cat eye sunglasses and one of my designs: Garland earrings in black. 

Lauren’s purse

Hi, I'm Lauren from laurenblythedesigns! Here is a look inside my purse. By the way, I don’t use one purse all the time, I have a few and often change them out depending on the season. Since it's summer I am using my casual summer bag.  The day I photographed this I had to run errands: to the Post Office to mail jewelry orders, the bank and then the mall, with a Starbucks on the way of course!  The bag is from last summer from Banana Republic. It’s such a classic look that really goes with everything.

The bag may change, but the daily carry doesn't change much:

Wallet. A must of course to pay for the post office, the daily Cappuccino and the occasional mall stroll (see my lipstick stash below!), as well as 5 year old child needs. Can you say Monkey Business? Or an ice cream cone? Or snacks at the pool? The wallet is just something I got a few years ago and I liked how neutral it is. Nothing special about it except of course it does what it should!

Silver business card case was a birthday gift last year and I love it! It fits my “vintage” style and it holds my Etsy shop cards well!

California Baby Sunscreen. I carry this around for my 5 year old. When we are out at a park or something I hate forgetting sunscreen. This has no chemicals but it’s also not waterproof so not the one we use for the pool and such but it’s great to have around. 

Cars 2 Fruit Snack. Five year old obsessions: Cars 2 and Fruit Snacks! What more could a little boy ask for? I like to have one with me when I pick him up from camp and he’s hungry or just as a pick me up any other day.

Blackberry. Love it! Need I say more?

Lipstick collection! Ok I admit I have a huge lipstick addiction and this is only part of it- the rest is on my vanity table. When I am feeling down, I buy a new lipstick. When it’s a new season, I buy a new lipstick. When I am bored, I buy a new lipstick. Sometimes I think of how much all these cost and think of what I could REALLY buy instead!  Here are some of my faves: Armani gloss in #45 which looks fantastic over Armani lipstick in #101. Amazing nudes. Nars lipstick pencil in New Lover (don't ya love the name?).  I love the color but you have to sharpen it since it's a pencil and I don’t carry a sharpener with me so if it’s too low, I am out of luck! Nars gloss in Orgasm (I can't make these names up!) that looks great over Nars lipstick in Tzigane – peachy nude.  Chanel in Mademoiselle (a peachy pink). This sold out last summer so I hunted it down as I had to have it- and now I never wear it. It’s a gorgeous color though! I should wear it.

Green Java Cup Cozy from Knitstorm on Etsy. Since I am a coffee (make that a nonfat cocoa cappuccino) addict, I figure using this was less wasteful than the paper one’s you get at the coffee shops. Plus it's super cute! I also use it for ice cold drinks in the summer!

Hair clip- Target. I have them in a ton of colors!

Garland Earrings in black from my Etsy shop. I have these in my purse as my girlfriends love these earrings in black and I have a pair to deliver to a friend. Ever since one of my friends asked if they came in black, they have been a local hit ever since- well not just local, all the way to Chicago I kid you not!  I have not added black to my Etsy shop because my Garland Earrings in Mustard turned out to be one of the most amazing photos I have taken as luck would have it. Since I can’t duplicate that photo, I feel adding another color will devalue how gorgeous the mustard one's are. So mustard is all that’s available on Etsy (unless you ask me of course!)

These are very old Cat sunglasses. My mom bought these for me from a lovely boutique when I was fresh out of college in the late 1980s so they are now vintage- wow! (and boy do I feel old).  I wore them a lot then aand then retired them until the last year or so and brought them back out. They fit me so well and I get a ton of complements on them!

So that's the purse of the moment! The only thing missing is my car key which are always hanging on the key holder by the door and my little snapshot book that holds my son's photos and my wedding photos.

That's it. That's the daily carry.

BlackStar Bullet Necklace Giveaway!

Dream Team Member Giveaway: Vintage Unisex Bullet Necklace by BlackStar

Want to tell a story? Here is your chance to win this fabulous Vintage Unisex Bullet Necklace in time for Father’s Day! This giveaway is for one necklace featuring a vintage bullet that has had the firing primer removed and is attached to a vintage brass bail and hung from a hung from a raw brass chain.

TO PURCHASE:

This necklace is available for immediate purchase HERE!

 

TO WIN:

Mandatory Entry:

Please leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry.
Make sure to include your email address or a way to contact you if you win! 

1 Entry Visit BlackStar’s shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/blackstar and browse around and leave a comment here with your favorite item!

1 Entry Follow this blog, the Dream Team Blog, leave a comment here that you completed this.

Extra Entries:

Make sure to include your email address or a way to contact you if you win!
Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1 Entry - Follow BlackStar on Twitter: twitter.com/BlackStar55

1 Entry – Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment here that you did! You can tweet once per day and each tweet will count as another entry, just make sure you leave a separate comment for each tweet. Feel free to use this tweet or something similar: 

Win #handmade #vintage #blog #giveaway bullet necklace Ends 6/13! RT @dreamteametsy @blackstar55 http://ow.ly/59Eaa

1 Entry – Heart BlackStar’s Etsy shop and leave a comment here with your Etsy username.

1 Entry Grab the Dream Team blog button and put it on your blog! Leave a comment here that you completed that with a link to your blog.

1 Entry – Blog about this giveaway and leave a link here.

1 Entry- Enter another of our giveaway’s HERE and leave a comment about which one you entered.

GUIDELINES/RULES:

•  Please make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry.
• This giveaway will end at midnight EST on Monday, June 13^th just in time for Father’s Day!
•  The winner will be chosen by Random.org. I will have the winner announced by June 14th and he/she will have 48 hours to respond with their mailing address. If a winner cannot be contacted, another winner will be randomly chosen.
•  This giveaway is open worldwide.

7 Questions • Lauren of laurenblythedesigns

 

 Now voyager - vintage ship cameo anchor necklace, laurenblythedesigns

Lauren is the woman behind the amazing shop laurenblythedesigns — which features some vintage inspired jewelry so exquisite, you'll never want to take it off. The dreamteam caught her between shuttling packages to the post office and picking her son up from preschool, somewhere between the peanut butter and the jelly. 

1. Where do you live?

I live in Englewood, Colorado, which is a suburb of Denver. I am originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (go Steelers!) but I have been in Colorado since I went to college in Boulder in the 1980s.  Yikes — I feel old! The weather out here is unbeatable! And no, I don’t ski (cause I know you were going to ask …)

2. What are you obsessed with lately?

Cleaning! Seriously, if you had asked me a week ago I would have said finding the perfect peep-toe shoe, but this week it’s cleaning. I am determined to de-clutter my house — which was not that cluttered to begin with, but I am just wanting it to be fresh and open. And it’s amazing what you can collect!

Care to share any photos of you as a child?
This is me from 1973 at my Aunt's house in PA!

3. Coffee or tea, or both? And decaf or regular?

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee! Did you say coffee? Regular please. And it’s my one vice. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke but I love my coffee. I have my cup of Verona in the morning with some hazelnut cream and a cappuccino or a nonfat mocha latte later in the day. Everything is just all right in my world after I’ve had my latte!

4. What is your favorite thing about being on Etsy?

I love how easy it is to set up shop! I had my own website and it’s a lot of work! Etsy makes it easy. It’s all in one place including listing, photos, advertising. And I’ve met some fabulous people along the way, which I never imagined would happen! 

Cassandra -coral rose vintage beaded necklace, laurenblythedesigns

5. And what is your least favorite thing about being on Etsy?

Advertising on Etsy can be challenging! Don’t get me wrong: I love making treasuries, which is a huge form of advertising on Etsy or I would not be captain of a treasury team and on several other teams,  but sometimes you work so hard to make them perfect and they get lost in the shuffle and you feel like, "Gosh, I wish someone would have seen that!"  Also,  I wish it was easier to get seen with jewelry on Etsy. But advertise I must, which means making treasuries and renewing items!

6. What are you afraid of?

Flying! Seriously, I am a wreck before any trips and I will never (sadly) travel to Europe.

7.  Who are you in love with?

My son, my husband and my cat!  Well those are the obvious answers. But I bet you didn’t know I am also in love with Lindsey Buckingham! I am a fan of amazing guitar players and to me he ranks up there with the best! It doesn’t hurt that he’s also good looking. I’ve seen him numerous times with Fleetwood Mac and solo and he’s amazing.  I have also met him! Listening to his music and guitar playing makes me happy. 

I will leave you with a little happy music as I go create some jewelry!