Continuing this week's "sunshine" theme, I'm pleased to share with you a treasury by the talented Freedom32 on Etsy:
My beaded peace sign bookmark made it into this beautiful color-themed treasury:
I hope the weather where you are is as gorgeous and warm as it is here. I'm so glad that all of February wasn't a snowy/rainy drag! Danaemau brought some of that sunshine to Etsy last week with a beautiful orange treasury:
This fabulous buyer was kind enough to include one of my own items in her gallery - my deep orange ladybug earrings:
Happy Valentine's Day from Elle's Beads! Although I do not have any personal attachment to this holiday, I know there are many who enjoy it and I wish those people a romantic and meaningful celebration. And....umm....Happy Monday to the rest of you!
(Oh, lighten up - I hate Mondays too!).
Here's a look at the Valentine's Day treasuries I've posted over the last month in case you missed them:
I hope you'll have fun browsing though the shops. Go easy on the wine and have a great night! :)
Until next time,
Elle
This is the last of the 4-part treasury series celebrating the creative ways Etsians express love. This week's theme is food love and is designed with the foodie (food and/or wine aficionado) in mind:
I hope you enjoy browsing through these artists' shops! Please feel free to comment here or on the treasury and let me know what you think!
Until next time,
Elle
The third, in what I have now decided will be a 4-part treasury series, is yet another unconventional collection of items pulled from Etsy search. This week's theme is geekery and has some great gift ideas for those who have nerdy chick or geeky guy to buy for this V-day:
I hope you enjoy browsing through this collection and the artists' shops. Please feel free to leave a comment here or on the treasury to let me know what you think!
Until next time,
Elle
This week my Valentine's Day-themed treasury is a bit darker, but in a good way. While I'm not a part of the Gothic subculture, I do find some of the Goth-themed fine art and handmade items on Etsy to be quite beautiful and filled with complexity. I decided to feature some of these items in a small 12-item treasury I put together using Etsy search:
 Original Art Card '... $25.00 |  Dark Victorian Valentin... $9.00 |  Blood Red Rose on Gothi... $28.00 |
 Tree of Hearts $6.50 |  Desdemona Necklace $85.00 |  LOVE/HATE 8x10 art prin... $12.99 |
 5 Gothic Black Floral H... $22.50 |  The dark night - black... $18.00 |  Valentines Large Gift S... $2.50 |
 Only Have Eyes - Goth G... $2.75 |  Black Leather Love Cuff... $75.00 |  Rorschach Romance Silk ... $25.00 |
I don't know if you're following the national weather stories, but this has been an unusually snowy and (in my opinion) dreary winter. Sometimes it's encouraging to look forward to warmer seasons and relief from slippery black ice and high heating bills. One of my fellow Etsy sellers and BESTeam members has decided to beat the cold with a brightly colored team treasury in the spirit of springtime:
As long-time readers know, I love eco-friendly items and try to do my part in minimizing my environmental impact. I also love supporting those artisans who are trying to do the same. For this weekly treasures post, I've put together a small, 12-item treasury of sepia and earth toned eco-friendly items in the spirit of the Valentine's shopping season:
 Je tadore French Adorat... $7.75 |  Love Coasters in Chocol... $28.00 |  Mixed metal vintage 2 h... $45.00 |
 FREE Shipping Valentine... $19.99 |  Valentine Heart Purpleh... $18.00 |  Woodgrain magnets - 6 l... $12.00 |
 Candle Holder Natural W... $15.00 |  PETOSKEYS PUTTY AND LOV... $15.00 |  Laser Cut Mini Wooden H... $3.95 |
 I Love You - Wood Penda... $22.00 |  Mountain of Love $36.00 |  A Little Bit of Romance... $5.00 |
Generated using Treasury HTML code generator by Whale Shark Websites.
As an American in the US, I observe a federal holiday on the Monday closest to January 15th, in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. In my current job, this is commemorated by not making me go to work. (Yay!) However, this day is much more important than just a free vacation day, as Dr. King fought and gave his life for the civil rights I now enjoy as an African-American U.S. citizen.
Many people seem to have arrived at the unfortunate and misguided conclusion that since Barack Obama was elected U.S. President in 2008, that Dr. King's dream has been fully realized. While this is a beautiful and noble sentiment, it's quite untrue. I encourage you to reconsider Dr. King's actual words:
Surely, we have come a long, long way since the 1960s. We've come much farther than my grandparents and parents ever dreamed they would see in their lifetimes. However, I do not believe we have fully realized that dream that Dr. King so eloquently defined. Many still judge and find themselves judged for no other reason than they are Black, Hispanic, Native American, Middle-Eastern, too dark, too light, etc. Racial profiling is still a problem, and the disparity between minorities and whites struggling in poverty, achieving in our educational system, and wasting away in our penal system clearly demonstrates that the color of one's skin is still a factor in many people's everyday lives.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
It's been an unusually long, cold, and snowy winter here in my state following the longest summer and shortest fall I remember in my lifetime. I've made an active effort to create items in bright yellows, oranges, and reds lately to contrast with the dreary, gray weather we've been having. Etsy treasury creators have taken to making bright, summery treasuries as well. Here are a couple I found today while thumbing through my Etsy activity feed:
I just love the NC State Farmer's Market. I'm fortunate enough to live about 5 minutes away from great local produce at much cheaper prices than I'd get for imports at the grocery store. I had a lovely, huge stuffed mushroom baguette for breakfast this morning and enjoyed samples of blueberries, cantaloupe, and corn as I walked. I came home with a heavy bag stuffed full of local peppers, eggplant, a couple pints of blueberries, roma tomatoes, watermelon, cucumbers and squash for $15. You can't beat that! So I decided to pull up some great farm fresh-themed items to share with you this morning. I hope you enjoy!
There is an exciting new feature in the new Etsy Treasury, previously known as Treasury East. Treasury now has search capabilities! The search allows you to not only type in tags and themes and pull up related treasuries, but you can also type your name in the search bar to see a list of every treasury you've created or in which you've been included. If you haven't tried it yet, I encourage you to go check it out! It makes Treasury more manageable and allows you to find treasuries you're in that aren't registering on Craftopolis because the curator didn't click on every listing.
I found several treasuries I didn't know about, and I'm sharing two with you today. Rainbow was created by lala24ch on Etsy. Check it out below:
Here is another of my Kaboodle styleboards featuring plum colors:
Here's another one of my Kaboodle Styleboards, this time featuring items in shades of blue:
One of my most unique pieces of jewelry has been featured in a rather different summer treasury entitled Mosquito Coast. It features - you guessed it - mosquito-themed items. Check it out:
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