http://spacefem.com/etsy/color.php
The treasury:
Showing posts with label treasuries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treasuries. Show all posts
Saturday, December 12, 2015
2016 color trends
It's December again and since Etsy success requires that we keep looking ahead, let's just pretend it's 2016! I don't post many treasuries but I made this one of 2016 color trends and wanted to save it here for posterity's sake. To find the items I used a combination of casual browsing like always, but leaned heavily on the color app on my widgets page that lets me type in any hex code and find Etsy items that match.
http://spacefem.com/etsy/color.php
The treasury:
http://spacefem.com/etsy/color.php
The treasury:
Treasury of trending colors for 2016 - bright, happy, ready for a new year!
Handmadeology
Monday, May 5, 2014
featured artist: tesorilove on how to promote Etsy treasuries
A few weeks back Kiana from tesorilove.etsy.com made an interesting post in the forums about treasury promotion, and I thought it'd be really interesting to hear from someone who's good at promoting treasuries about the steps they go through to make them. Kiana's treasuries get literally hundreds of views and clicks, are well promoted and absolutely stunning. She has a lovely shop and is very active on Etsy, which just goes to show you never know who you'll run into or what you'll learn from Etsy's community members. I asked some questions and here's what she had to say...
Tell us a little about yourself and your shop.
My name is Kiana and I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut (go Huskies!) studying Art History and planning to go to grad school for Library Science. Two years ago my Aunt Terri and I started Tesorilove in order to sell some of the beautiful vintage jewelry and art that we were finding during our thrift store and flea market hunts. After about a year of not being too serious about the shop, I got into jewelry making and decided to add my creations to the mix, and I began getting more serious about finding ways to promote the shop. So now Terri searches for most of the vintage finds, and I work on the handmade jewelry as well as shop promotion and sending out orders.
Why do you love making treasuries?
I love making treasuries first of all because of the curation aspect of making them. I love finding the best of what Etsy has to offer and bringing all of the unique finds together to make one beautiful thing: a treasury. The second reason is because I have a passion for the handmade and wholeheartedly believe in promoting it. Etsy has given us the option to make treasuries to do just that. It can be a great resource for people who may not have great luck with search ads but get found either through creating treasuries for others or by being included in them by curators.
What are some things you look for when selecting items for a treasury?
When selecting items for treasuries I often like to mix "trending" items with items that may not have received much exposure yet but are unique and creative and deserve to be seen by others. At the beginning I usually search for an item that inspires me (whether it be the item itself, the color, the way the photograph was taken, whether it fits with an upcoming holiday or time of year, etc). After that I either use other items that have a similar theme or color, or sometimes I'll contrast or match separate colors. My favorite treasuries, though, are ones that tell a story and that as a whole speak to the viewer in a way that makes them want to favorite every single item in the treasury or leave a wonderful and genuine comment about it.
What's your favorite treasury that you've made recently?
Here are a few of my favorite treasuries that I've made this year (it's hard to choose one, but maybe the one that was featured on New Year's Day)
1.1.2014
hello
Spring Morning
What are your favorite treasury teams?
Top Treasury
AvidTreasurers
Ace Team
Team 7
Ten Favorites Treasury Team
Treasury Extreme Team
Treasury Hunt
Trendsetting Treasury Team
Treasury Punks
123 Treasury Promo Team
What other methods do you use to promote your treasuries?
To promote my treasury I always personally inbox the person I've treasured unless their shop is on vacation. I also tweet the treasury to @Etsy and @EtsyTreasury on Twitter. I submit the treasury link to Stumbleupon, I post the link to the above treasury teams multiple times, and I always use treasurypin.com to pin the treasury to my Pinterest Etsy Treasuries board.
Tell us a little about yourself and your shop.
My name is Kiana and I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut (go Huskies!) studying Art History and planning to go to grad school for Library Science. Two years ago my Aunt Terri and I started Tesorilove in order to sell some of the beautiful vintage jewelry and art that we were finding during our thrift store and flea market hunts. After about a year of not being too serious about the shop, I got into jewelry making and decided to add my creations to the mix, and I began getting more serious about finding ways to promote the shop. So now Terri searches for most of the vintage finds, and I work on the handmade jewelry as well as shop promotion and sending out orders.
Gold Vine Earrings, Handmade Earrings, Gift for Her, Gold Earrings, Dangle Earrings, Brass Earrings
by tesorilove
Why do you love making treasuries?
I love making treasuries first of all because of the curation aspect of making them. I love finding the best of what Etsy has to offer and bringing all of the unique finds together to make one beautiful thing: a treasury. The second reason is because I have a passion for the handmade and wholeheartedly believe in promoting it. Etsy has given us the option to make treasuries to do just that. It can be a great resource for people who may not have great luck with search ads but get found either through creating treasuries for others or by being included in them by curators.
Vintage Pearl Necklace With Cream Colored Pearls on Gold, Gift for Her, Vintage Necklace
by tesorilove
What are some things you look for when selecting items for a treasury?
When selecting items for treasuries I often like to mix "trending" items with items that may not have received much exposure yet but are unique and creative and deserve to be seen by others. At the beginning I usually search for an item that inspires me (whether it be the item itself, the color, the way the photograph was taken, whether it fits with an upcoming holiday or time of year, etc). After that I either use other items that have a similar theme or color, or sometimes I'll contrast or match separate colors. My favorite treasuries, though, are ones that tell a story and that as a whole speak to the viewer in a way that makes them want to favorite every single item in the treasury or leave a wonderful and genuine comment about it.
What's your favorite treasury that you've made recently?
Here are a few of my favorite treasuries that I've made this year (it's hard to choose one, but maybe the one that was featured on New Year's Day)
1.1.2014
hello
Spring Morning
Green and Gold Earrings, Green Crystal Earrings, Gift for Her, Green Earrings, Handmade Earrings, Dangle Earrings
by tesorilove
What are your favorite treasury teams?
Top Treasury
AvidTreasurers
Ace Team
Team 7
Ten Favorites Treasury Team
Treasury Extreme Team
Treasury Hunt
Trendsetting Treasury Team
Treasury Punks
123 Treasury Promo Team
Grapefruit Glass Earrings, Handmade Earrings, Gift for Her, Czech Glass and Gunmetal
by tesorilove
What other methods do you use to promote your treasuries?
To promote my treasury I always personally inbox the person I've treasured unless their shop is on vacation. I also tweet the treasury to @Etsy and @EtsyTreasury on Twitter. I submit the treasury link to Stumbleupon, I post the link to the above treasury teams multiple times, and I always use treasurypin.com to pin the treasury to my Pinterest Etsy Treasuries board.
Opal Green Czech Glass Earrings, Handmade Earrings, Gift for Her, Milky Malachite
by tesorilove
Monday, July 1, 2013
Treasury challenge winner
Almost every month in the Etsy Contest team we have a treasury challenge to celebrate the great items in the contest, and June's winner was this adorable collection of toys and decor for little ones :)
Congratulations to the winner and to everyone featured in her treasury!
Congratulations to the winner and to everyone featured in her treasury!
'It's Kid Stuff' by JOYJU
Sponsored by send bulk email from excel.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Team treasury contest ends August 10
I restarted some fun in the team lately... the etsycontest team treasury challenge. This one ends August 10th and the grand prize, as always, is to have your shop items featured in treasuries for the next challenge. Coolness, right? You can use any theme you'd like, just put together something lovely that showcases our featured shops and contest items.
More challenge details are in our team thread.
I've tried to put together some nifty tools on the contest website just for treasury curators. Besides the basic daily and monthly winners pages, there are two treasury searches:
1) Basic Treasury item finder lets you do all the filtering your heart desires, by keyword, by background lightness, by contest score. And it shows tons of results per page.
2) Treasury maker 2 lets you type in a keyword and then it searches for items in different categories, because everyone knows a great treasury spans all sorts of items. For example, if you type in "yellow" it will show you the top three yellow bags, yellow scarves, yellow hair accessories. It came from one of those days when I noticed that nearly every etsy front page treasury tends to have a scarf, and a bunting banner, and thought "well heck I can find those automatically!"
Here's a treasury I made to kick off the excitement, be sure to join our team to jump in yourself.
a sparkly collection of items found by etsycontest.com to kick off our fifth treasury challenge! showcase winner from challenge 4: welchva
More challenge details are in our team thread.
I've tried to put together some nifty tools on the contest website just for treasury curators. Besides the basic daily and monthly winners pages, there are two treasury searches:
1) Basic Treasury item finder lets you do all the filtering your heart desires, by keyword, by background lightness, by contest score. And it shows tons of results per page.
2) Treasury maker 2 lets you type in a keyword and then it searches for items in different categories, because everyone knows a great treasury spans all sorts of items. For example, if you type in "yellow" it will show you the top three yellow bags, yellow scarves, yellow hair accessories. It came from one of those days when I noticed that nearly every etsy front page treasury tends to have a scarf, and a bunting banner, and thought "well heck I can find those automatically!"
Here's a treasury I made to kick off the excitement, be sure to join our team to jump in yourself.
'sparkle on!' by spacefem
a sparkly collection of items found by etsycontest.com to kick off our fifth treasury challenge! showcase winner from challenge 4: welchva
 Shabby Chic Vintage... $6.00 |  Viva Glam Sequined ... $14.00 |  Sparkle Clippies: ... $3.45 |  Keep Calm and Spark... $20.00 |
 Earrings Stacked Cr... $15.50 |  Glitter easter bunn... $8.99 |  Pink glitter hair b... $4.13 |  Rhinestones Earring... $12.00 |
 Borosilicate Boro G... $27.00 |  Risque Business Col... $8.50 |  Gold Glitter Chevro... $20.00 |  Recycled Paper Kusu... $10.00 |
 1.5 Inch X 1 Inch S... $18.00 |  Pink Heart Wonderla... $25.00 |  Rhinestone bracelet... $23.00 |  Pink Cheeks Mineral... $11.99 |
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