The eagle has landed! The treasure box is opened!

Melody from Lemondadesun was the lucky winner of the recent inaugural St Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt (that sounds important doesn't it?!) and the box of goodies recently landed on her doorstep in Oregon, USA.


It sounds like it narrowly missed exploding at the seams as it was chock-full of Etsy Ireland goodness indeed.

She has a lovely blog post detailing all the contents, and I'm impressed by the amount and variety of everything within the beautiful packaging (thanks Ruth! looks great!)

Thanks again to everyone who took part.

It's not too late to enter the Treasure Hunt!

Due to overwhelming demand, the deadline to enter The 2010 Crafty Ireland St Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt is extended to March 31.

Hidden in our members shops are 13 letters, find them all and work out the jumbled phrase and you could win over €150 worth of fabulous, wondrous, stupendous original goodies from a selection of the Crafty Ireland team. Wowzers! This is an international giveaway so no need to worry if you live on the other side of the world, we will still ship your prize to you.


Use the SHOP DIRECTORY listing on the sidebar to the right to start hunting through our team's shops on Etsy. The letter will be the last image of an item listing, and the shop will have a blurb in their welcome text letting you know if they are hiding one of the letters, so you'll know if you're in the right place. We've even given you clues to the next shop in the trail with each letter you find! The hidden letter will look something like the above image.

After you get your next clue you'll need to come back to the SHOP DIRECTORY over there to the right and scroll through to find your next shop, as the clues will be targeted on the shop name.

Once you've found the 13 letters, work out the jumbled phrase and convo Ruth at nicedaysupplies.etsy.com or email her with your answer:
ruthcrean [at] yahoo.ie

*** Deadline is now extended to March 31 due to overwhelming demand ***

All correct entries will be put in a hat and a winner drawn at random ... and he or she will receive a fantastic goodie pack of a selection of items from the Crafty Ireland team worth more than €150. Talk about beating the credit crunch!

To keep it fair, Crafty Ireland team members are not eligible to enter ... boo hoo ... but your family, friends, random acquaintances are all welcome. So give them a gentle poke on your behalf.

And because we're REALLY kind, we think this is an AMAZING competition. There's your first clue (hint, hint... Amazing ... go look in the Shop Directory for someone Amazing) so good luck and happy hunting.

So get hunting ... oops, have I just linked to the first clue?!?! Good lord!

Unfortunately we're not allowed to ship leprechauns internationally so they will have to stay here. Really truly.

The Craft Nations Unite Map needs you!

The Craft Nations Unite map needs some Irish input. Craft Nations Unite is an open collaboration mapping tool for artisans worldwide. We need your help to spread it & share.


As you can see the Irish section looks a little, um, minimalist, to put it politely.

To add your mark onto the map, you need to:
- log into your Google account
- after you have logged in you will see an EDIT button is visible above the text and to the left of the map
- Click "Edit" then add your placemark, add you text and photos from the placemark
- and make sure you click "Save" & "Done"
- then logout when finished

Easy peasy. Let's use Ireland as a proverbial pin-cushion and get loads of markers on there.

****UPDATED with some HOW TO instructions!! ***
On the map page, you log in top right (see the red boxes on my markup). Once you are logged in your account name will appear in bold like mine has so you know you're logged in.

The EDIT button will appear on the left hand column of text on the page. Click this to start making your mark.
Once you've done your thing, make sure you click DONE and SAVE. And then log out again top right corner.

Hope that helps!

It's On - The Crafty Ireland St Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt 2010

Game on! The 2010 Crafty Ireland St Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt is now on. Hidden in our members shops are 13 letters, find them all and work out the jumbled phrase and you could win over €150 worth of fabulous, wondrous, stupendous original goodies from a selection of the Crafty Ireland team. Wowzers!

*** Deadline is now extended to March 31 due to overwhelming demand ***


Use the SHOP DIRECTORY listing on the sidebar to the right to start hunting through our team's shops on Etsy. The letter will be the last image of an item listing, and the shop will have a blurb in their welcome text letting you know if they are hiding one of the letters, so you'll know if you're in the right place. We've even given you clues to the next shop in the trail with each letter you find! The hidden letter will look something like the above image.

After you get your next clue you'll need to come back to the SHOP DIRECTORY over there to the right and scroll through to find your next shop, as the clues will be targeted on the shop name.

Once you've found the 13 letters, work out the jumbled phrase and convo Ruth at nicedaysupplies.etsy.com or email her with your answer:
ruthcrean [at] yahoo.ie

All entries MUST be received by midnight (Irish time) on St Patrick's Day, March 17.
*** Deadline is now extended to March 31 due to overwhelming demand ***

All correct entries will be put in a hat and a winner drawn at random ... and he or she will receive a fantastic goodie pack of a selection of items from the Crafty Ireland team worth more than €150. Talk about beating the credit crunch!

To keep it fair, Crafty Ireland team members are not eligible to enter ... boo hoo ... but your family, friends, random acquaintances are all welcome. So give them a gentle poke on your behalf.

And because we're REALLY kind, we think this is an AMAZING competition. There's your first clue (hint, hint... Amazing ... go look in the Shop Directory for someone Amazing) so good luck and happy hunting. This is an international giveaway so no need to worry if you live on the other side of the world, we will still ship your prize to you. We're kind like that!

Love, Love Me Do...You Know I love You

Balanced- Your love in Pink
Lightkeeping- Shinning Love Earrings
EnglishCookies- Je T'aime
Bridget Farmer Books- Book of Love
Tanya Mac- You Rock
Nice Day Designs- Love Me Blue
WeeCute Treasures- Valentines Day Clothes Pin
Sorcha Gillet- Love
Nice Day Designs- Lesbian Pride
Tanya Bond- I'll Mend Your Heart

Just in case you forgot about the team project here is a little reminder. A few people sent me their entries for the valentines project, and a few I found by searching about in the teams listings. If you want to have your valentines items here on the blog, just send me a link to my shop. Closing date for the valentines themed team project is the start of February.