Alpaca Treasury Challenge Lucky # 13

A fun treasury challenge, hosted by the 1000 Things Alpaca Team on Etsy!

Anyone on Etsy can participate! You do NOT have to belong to the team, to participate or win the challenge!

Simply create a treasury featuring the "Inspiration Item" and following the guidelines listed below. If you WIN, something from YOUR shop will be our Inspiration Item next week!

This week's unique Inspiration Item...



The cool Black Key Choker by NouveauTique.

Check out her stunning winning treasury from last week's challenge here.

To Participate...

Read the rules carefully, especially if it's your first time with us!

Create a treasury (or two... or three...) that follows the "Challenge Requirements". The theme can be anything at all, as long as you follow the guidelines. You may create as many treasuries as you'd like and enter as many times as you'd like!

This week's Inspiration Shop will select a winner, at the end of the challenge. The winner is completely up to them! Create the best treasury you can, and maybe... yours will be their favorite!!

You have until 6 pm Eastern time on Saturday, July 9...

Challenge Requirements:

1. Include this week's Inspiration Item, anywhere in the first 3 rows (NOT as an alternate in the fourth row).


2. Do NOT include any of your own items, or more than one item from the same shop.


3. In addition to the Inspiration Item, your treasury must contain at least 4 items that are related to Alpacas, camelids, fiber, fiber arts, or are from 1000 Things Alpaca Team members. These "team-related" items can be placed anywhere in the treasury. The theme can be anything you'd like, as long as you include 4 team-related items and the inspiration item! For a list of team members, click here.


4. While the challenge lasts, be sure to change out any items that disappear from your Treasury! But... Do NOT replace the Inspiration Item if it sells!!


5. Tag your Treasury "alpacateam" and "ALPACAchallenge13" (#13, NO spaces). If your treasury isn't tagged correctly and doesn't show up in the Treasury search results by the judging deadline, it will not be judged.


6. Include a link to this blog post in your Treasury description (or in the first comment). This is very IMPORTANT! This is what helps get the word out about our Challenge! If you're not sure what to say, feel free to copy and paste this:
   
   
   
   This is an Alpaca Team Treasury Challenge entry! Anyone can play!
   Find out how to participate: http://1000thingsalpaca.blogspot.com/

***And before you participate... Make sure you'll be available to judge next week's challenge on Sunday! The winner this week gets to pick the winner next week!***

Recommendations:

1. Follow this blog!


2. Leave a link to your treasury in the comments of this blog post. Highly recommended! This helps others find your treasury more easily.


3. If you have Alpaca-related items in your shop OR just love Alpacas, join the 1000 Things Alpaca Etsy Team! We'd love to have you!


4. Members - You can post your treasuries in this week's entry thread, on our team forums. And DON'T forget to tag your items "alpacateam" to make it easier for participants to find you!


5. Message the shops featured in your Treasury, letting them know about the Treasury and the challenge!


6. Promote your treasury and the challenge! Tweet, Facebook, and share with friends. And don't forget to visit the 1000 Things Alpaca Team Facebook page, and share your Treasury link on our Wall!


7. Use themes from Etsy's June or July Merchandising Desk, to increase your chances of getting a Front Page Treasury!


8. Support other participants! Click, comment, and share other ALPACAchallenge treasuries.

Important Notes: Only shops that abide by Etsy's Rules & Regulations are eligible to win. Past winners are eligible to win again. Well Criated (the team captain) and AcornAlleyDesigns (the team's Treasury Challenge Leader) are the only people who are not eligible to win.

If you have an Etsy account, but not a shop, you can still participate and win! If the winner doesn't have a shop, they'll be asked to select their favorite treasury from the "Honorable Mentions" list, to be next week's Inspiration Shop.

This challenge ends... Saturday, July 9th at 6 pm Eastern time.
The winner will be announced... Monday, July 11th at 12 noon Eastern time.
The next challenge will begin... Tuesday, July 12th at 12 noon Eastern time.

HAVE FUN! AND GOOD LUCK!!

Treasury Challenge #10 Winner!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Alpaca team's 10th treasury challenge! I hope everybody had fun and I can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Below is this week's winner, chosen by SimplyAroha.

Here's what SimplyAroha had to say about the challenge and the treasuries!

Well that was so difficult as they were all bright and so beautiful! It has been a real honour and quite touching to have had my little baby hat showcased in so many beautiful ways alongside some truely amazing items. Each and every submission was an absolute delight to view and it was a challenge in itself to isolate a winner! Every treasury theme and colour scheme was so unique, yet complimented the inspiration item perfectly!

Winning Treasury:

'Girly Girl' by alpacakids

ParisienneGirl $26.00	zavesfelt $62.00	JakiraFarms $	SimplyAroha $15.00
meeleecouture $26.00	cacababy $8.50	Nitscreations $35.00	TweetCreations $4.00
MyHeartForCroc... $10.00	EnlightenedPla... $488.00	KandyLand $14.00	TiffanyDeMiche... $170.00
SarahNiebankHo... $6.50	delicatecreati... $21.00	sarahhornik $37.00	HestiaHandKnit... $125.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

The winning treasury was vibrant and fun and as I'd view and review, this one kept leaping off the screen at me, bringing a smile to my face. I loved the little felted shoes which were a perfect match for my hat and the colours of the other items too.

Honorable Mentions:

On butterfly wings... by Redsnake
Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Modernkidswallart
Do what you love... by FallingLadies
Debbie's Hat & Becky's Scarf & Joseph's Coat of Many Colors by GrandmasCrochetCotta
Preparation for a PRINCESS by MyBluePeacock

Thank you so much everyone ... this is such a great team! I really appreciate all the support and lovely comments received over this memorable week and also to WellCriated and AconAlley for all the hours you put in here. Your treasuries were awesome too!

Deborah x

Congratulations to alpacakids and all the honorable mentions!!
The next challenge will begin... Tuesday, June 21th at noon Eastern!

Treasury Challenge #9 Winner

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Alpaca team's 9th treasury challenge! I hope everybody had fun and I can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Below is this week's winner, chosen by AlpacaYarnShop.

Here's what AlpacaYarnShop had to say about the challenge and the treasuries!

It wasn't easy, but we have a Winning Treasury:



The use of colors and textures are stunning in this collection, and it drew me in immediately. I found myself lingering over the fine details and the way the everything blended seamlessly without losing the individual identity of each item.

Here is my list of Honorable Mentions in no particular order:

Dibs and Dabs by EmeraldTownRaven
Feast for The Soul by pamelasjewelry
Haunting by RedSnake
sometimes you have to go it alone... by FallingLadies
Don't WHINE about it...just do it... by MyBluePeacock

Seeing an item from your shop placed among an array of gorgeous offerings available on Etsy is both awesome and humbling. Thank you to everyone who participated. There were 56 collections in all! I am grateful for having had the opportunity to be featured and am looking forward to many more inspiring treasuries ahead...

Best,
Lynn

Congratulations to SimplyAroha and all the honorable mentions!!
The next challenge will begin... Tuesday, June 14th at noon Eastern!

Alpaca Treasury Challenge #8

5/31 - 6/4

A fun treasury challenge, hosted by the 1000 Things Alpaca Team on Etsy!

Anyone on Etsy can participate! You do NOT have to belong to the team, to participate or win the challenge!

Simply create a treasury featuring the "Inspiration Item" and following the guidelines listed below. If you WIN, something from YOUR shop will be our Inspiration Item next week!

This week's wonderful Inspiration Item...

The bright and sunny Canary Yellow Crochet Pineapple Necklace by gogogorobot!

Check out her stunning winning treasury, from last week's challenge, here.

To Participate...

Read the rules carefully, especially if it's your first time with us!

Create a treasury (or two... or three...) that follows the "Challenge Requirements". The theme can be anything at all, as long as you follow the guidelines. You may create as many treasuries as you'd like and enter as many times as you'd like!

This week's Inspiration Shop will select a winner, at the end of the challenge. The winner is completely up to them! Create the best treasury you can, and maybe... yours will be their favorite!!

You have until Saturday, June 4...

Challenge Requirements:

1. Include this week's Inspiration Item, anywhere in the first 3 rows (NOT as an alternate in the fourth row).


2. Do NOT include any of your own items, or more than one item from the same shop.


3. In addition to the Inspiration Item, your treasury must contain at least 4 items that are related to Alpacas, camelids, fiber, fiber arts, or are from 1000 Things Alpaca Team members. These "team-related" items can be placed anywhere in the treasury. The theme can be anything you'd like, as long as you include 4 team-related items and the inspiration item! For a list of team members, click here.


4. While the challenge lasts, be sure to change out any items that disappear from your Treasury! But... Do NOT replace the Inspiration Item if it sells!!


5. Tag your Treasury "alpacateam" and "ALPACAchallenge8" (#8, NO spaces). If your treasury isn't tagged correctly and doesn't show up in the Treasury search results by the judging deadline, it will not be judged.


6. Include a link to this blog post in your Treasury description (or in the first comment). This is very IMPORTANT! This is what helps get the word out about our Challenge! If you're not sure what to say, feel free to copy and paste this:
   
   
   
   This is an Alpaca Team Treasury Challenge entry! Anyone can play!
   Find out how to participate: http://1000thingsalpaca.blogspot.com/

***And before you participate... Make sure you'll be available to judge next week's challenge on Sunday! The winner this week, gets to pick the winner next week!***

Recommendations:

1. Follow this blog!


2. Leave a link to your treasury in the comments of this blog post. Highly recommended! This helps others find your treasury more easily.


3. If you have Alpaca-related items in your shop OR just love Alpacas, join the 1000 Things Alpaca Etsy Team! We'd love to have you!


4. Members - You can post your treasuries in this week's entry thread, on our team forums. And DON'T forget to tag your items "alpacateam" to make it easier for participants to find you!


5. Message the shops featured in your Treasury, letting them know about the Treasury and the challenge!


6. Promote your treasury and the challenge! Tweet, Facebook, and share with friends. And don't forget to visit the 1000 Things Alpaca Team Facebook page, and share your Treasury link on our Wall!


7. Use themes from Etsy's June Merchandising Desk, to increase your chances of getting a Front Page Treasury!


8. Support other participants! Click, comment, and share other ALPACAchallenge treasuries.

Important Notes: Only shops that abide by Etsy's Rules & Regulations are eligible to win. Past winners are eligible to win again. Well Criated (the team captain) and AcornAlleyDesigns (the team's Treasury Challenge Leader) are the only people who are not eligible to win.

If you have an Etsy account, but not a shop, you can still participate and win! If the winner doesn't have a shop, they'll be asked to select their favorite treasury from the "Honorable Mentions" list, to be next week's Inspiration Shop.

This challenge ends... Saturday, June 4th at 6pm EST.
The winner will be announced... Monday, June 6th at 12 noon EST.
The next challenge will begin... Tuesday, June 7th at 12 noon EST.

HAVE FUN! AND GOOD LUCK!!

Treasury Challenge #7 Winner!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Alpaca team's 7th treasury challenge! I hope everybody had fun and I can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Below is this week's winner, chosen by gravityforge.

Here's what gravityforge had to say about the challenge and the treasuries!

Thank you very very much to all of the wonderful people who participated in this challenge!

Most of you probably noticed..... my shop is brand new! To have this kind of exposure, so soon after opening my shop, was the most amazing thing ever. I was overwhelmed with all the views and hearts and goooorgeous treasuries that were made! You are all so sweet, supportive, and talented. :]

About choosing a winner... this was really really hard! I don't think people realize how hard it is, but every single treasury was amazing! It took me almost all day Sunday to pick my winner. I loved all of them, and was so honored at all the wonderful interpretations of my shell beads.

As this week's Winning Treasury, I finally chose.....



This was such a fun and exciting treasury! I kept looking at it over and over, and every time I looked at it, I liked it even more! So well put together and all of the items are super clickable! Really amazing work - it couldn't have gotten any better! :]

And because there would have been a tie, if I were allowed to do that, I chose a Runner Up......



This treasury was SO CLOSE to being the winner. I alternated back and forth between this one and "Feral Forest" for I don't know...... 15 minutes at least. A stunning treasury, full of amazing finds, soft colors, and with a magical mood! Brilliant curation. :]

The wonderful Honorable Mentions are:

Afternoon Espresso by AlpacaYarnShop
Sex in the Country... by GreenFoxDesigns
Down by the shore... by doolshandmade
Sailing Along Together by pamelasjewelry
Into the woods... by barefootbananas
Finding Fauna at the Farmer's Market by ecofriendlyfreckles

And finally, thank you so so much to AcornAlleyDesigns and WellCriated for all of your hard work and stunning support treasuries! It's a good thing you two aren't eligible to win - this was hard enough already!! :]

Can't wait for next week's challenge and to see what beautiful item Gogogorobot picks! :]

Love, gravityforge

Congratulations to Gogogorobot and all the honorable mentions!!
The next challenge will begin... Tuesday, May 31st!