Gearing Up for Treasury Blitz...

Wedding Gift Poster by funky gibbo

Hi team, don't forget to tie a big knot in your handkerchief and save the date for our treasury blitz with the German team Promo Team De! Our big effort to make as many treasuries as we can featuring both teams takes place this coming Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th July!

*CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS AND RULES OF THE GAME*

 Here are some Irish shops already pledged to take part in this fun on Saturday and Sunday:

www.etsy.com/shop/EWESIR
www.etsy.com/shop/annamonaldi
https://www.etsy.com/shop/OulalaCreations 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/purlsofcolour

https://www.etsy.com/shop/amazingbeads

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HandmadebyAmor

https://www.etsy.com/shop/linenartisan

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShenWongDesigns

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrishKnittingRoom

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PetrasCreations

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HuggleKnits

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Nancenet70

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Rachillustrates

https://www.etsy.com/shop/bluesquarequilting

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SlaneyHandCraft

https://www.etsy.com/shop/drksoapcompany

https://www.etsy.com/shop/patchworkdelights

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BarneyRaRa

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ICAlien

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WhimsyJig

https://www.etsy.com/shop/YUKIJewellery

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FeltBySheena

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Johannahats
https://www.etsy.com/shop/sorocodesigns 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyHandsomeStudio 
www.etsy.com/shop/SeaMeadowDesigns

Great to see such enthusiasm, but we need MORE!!. If you would like to add your name to the list please use this thread:

 https://www.etsy.com/teams/5054/etsy-ireland-team/discuss/12527910/page/1

You will find the most up-to-date list of German participating shops at the end of their thread here

 It would be nice to include a few items from those who are taking part on both sides if you can, but you can include listings from any members of both teams. Just remember to make it 50% each and to read and follow all the tagging rules etc.

 To find our team items please use the team tag: craftyirelandteam or here is our New Listings thread

The German team's tag is promoteamde .  and click here for their New Listings thread.

Now you've no excuse not to find a tonnes of fabulous items from both teams! And you've got 48 weekend hours to make your treasuries, so C'mon Ireland let's blitz the **** out of Etsy treasuries this weekend! (Pardon my asterisk-ish)

And the winner is...

Congratulations AuntyApplesReFinery for winning this month's Etsy Ireland Treasury Challenge 'Teamwork'!!!

Thank you to all those who participated and voted in this rather difficult challenge, and once we have a new Treasury Curator *hint hint* there will be more challenges to come! A special mention goes to Dita Maulani, who joined the challenge from as far as Indonesia.

Now the spotlight is on Apple. You can also admire her Mini Etsy on the sidebar for a week.

Apple is 31 and lives in Arklow. Married to a Dublin man, she has one child, Lennon, who is a cute two years of age. In a past life, she was a Software Engineer, but after having her baby, she fell ill and was made redundant. This very difficult situation led to a new opportunity when her sister, our very own Etsy Ireland Blog Designer, Maggie (thebowmakers), introduced her to Etsy and convinced her to start "the secret making things club" again. This is like a think thank for Apple and her friends - they make lovely, high quality products and sell them as cheaply as possible.

 Pink peonie and wild flowers mosaic pieces

Apple's passion is baking (mostly for family and friends) and out of necessity she had to make her own cake stands. Therefore, she started collecting vintage plates to fill her dresser and ended up with a wendy house full.

 Rose garden, three tier cake stand

She would love to take other people's heirloom mis-matched plates from dusty corners and turn them into something usable. Her inspiration comes from Arklow pottery, because it was made in the place she lives in, Arklow. Furthermore, Apple's mother worked in the pottery in the 1970s. Sadly, like so many things, it is not being made anymore and is getting very hard to find.

Pink and cream vintage wild flower tea cup pincushion with felt balls

Please visit Apple's blog for more:
auntyapplesrefinery.blogspot.com/

Team Treasury Challenge Winner

The time has come.
Voting is now closed for this weeks challenge and the votes have been tallied and we have a winner!
Firstly, thank you again to all of you for participating!
I hope you all had fun taking part in our Team Treasury Challenge:Light.
So, without further ado..

the winner is...

Medusa Jewellery with her fantastic take on the theme with the treasury 'Let There Be Light'

Mante has been living in Ireland for the last 10 years but she grew up in Lithuania, in a family where arts and crafts was a favourite past time. Having a father as a jewellery maker and goldsmith and a mother as a craft hobbyist, meant that she and her siblings were surrounded by all things beautiful, with plenty of different materials and tools. As kids they were always encouraged to experiment and explore their creativity and it's thanks to her family and her supporting husband that she had the opportunity to turn her beading hobby into a full time passion that is now Medusa Jewellery.

Treasury Challenge Winner

I hope you all had a love filled day on Monday for Valentines! The votes have all been tallied, and it was a close run thing with so many great entries for our treasury team challenge. The very deserving winner is...

Tirabaralla with her beautiful treasury I <3>

Tirabaralla is an Italian woman living in Ireland between Dublin and Co. Wicklow. She lived her first 31 years in her home country, Italy, more precisely Florence, in Tuscany and then moved to Ireland following her passion for this country.
Tirabaralla loves the warmth, the sense of colour and taste of her home country and loves a simpler and friendly life of her host country, she tries to convey all of this in her work with handmade and a passion for everything retro, vintage, shabby chic.

She works with beads, paper, buttons, silver, fabric.She also has a strong passion for vintage and reusing, objects and clothes with a story.She also loves one of a kind pieces because they are unique, like people are.

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Voting for Love

Here are all the entries from this weeks challenge, thanks to everyone for entering! The time for entries has now closed. To vote for your favourite treasury go to the poll on the sidebar, voting ends on Tuesday, midnight Irish time.

Balanced-Love in Ireland

Purls of Colour-A Single Girls Guide to...Love

Makissima-Love is Always Just Red

Cherry Blossom Tattoo-The Warm and Fuzzys

Patchwork Delights-To My Husband I Love You

CarrieBu-Love Is

Wheretheresawool-Love Flies

By Amor-Love Is All Around Me

FioreJewellery-Take Me Out on a Date

Mouflon-Love is Heart Shaped

Karoart-Cool Down the Heat-Cold Hearted Valentines

SailmakersDaughter-Love of the Land

Queen of Cuffs-Pucker up and Kiss!!

Tirabaralla- I <3>

Sarabaldev-Addicted to Love

SweetOliveMisPrint- Two are Better than...

Huggle Knits-This thing called love

Team Treasury Challenge-Love

I've been doing the team treasuries now for a few weeks and I thought it was times to give you guys a challenge.

I toyed with different ideas but it seems with all the love in the air on Etsy for Valentines next week so I went with the obvious theme of Love. Maybe try to play with it a little; dark love, family love, naughty love, I'm intrigued to see what you come up with!

So here we go, the rules.

1. The treasury must be curated between today and Saturday (Feb.9 - Feb.12). You will have 4 days to create and submit, then there will be 3 days for voting. This challenge will end on Tuesday, Feb.15, 23:59. Winner announced on Wednesday, Feb.16th.
   
2. A link to your treasury must be posted here in the comments of this post to enter.
   
3. Your treasury must contain two tags:craftyirelandteam and citchallenge6 (note the 6).
   
4. You must include 8-10 Crafty Ireland Team members in your treasury.
   
5. Your treasury must not include one of your own items.
   
   That's it!
   

Your incentive? Should you need one. ;)

- The winner will receive a a little feature post here on the blog AND their Etsy Mini listed in the sidebar for one whole week!

- Voting will be done via poll, which will be available on Sunday. Winner will be announced next Wednesday, Feb. 16.

I'm excited to run my first challenge, and I hope they are as popular as they were last year!!

New Treasury Challenge! - Your Christmas Wishlist

Time for a new treasury challenge!

I realised last night that this will be our last challenge this year. And I couldn't think of a better way to end than with a Christmas Wishlist! What are you really wanting this year? I also hope this will be a great way to show off some of our wares for those Christmas shoppers!

So here we go, the rules.

1. The treasury must be curated between today and Saturday (Dec.8 - Dec.11). You will have 4 days to create and submit, then there will be 3 days for voting. This challenge will end on Tuesday, Dec.14, 23:59. Winner announced on Wednesday, Dec.15th.
   
2. A link to your treasury must be posted here in the comments of this post to enter.
   
3. Your treasury must contain two tags: craftyirelandteam and citchallenge5 (note the 5).
   
4. You must include 8-10 Crafty Ireland Team members in your treasury.
   
5. Your treasury must not include one of your own items.
   
   That's it!
   

Your incentive? Should you need one. ;)

- The winner will receive a a little feature post here on the blog AND their Etsy Mini listed in the sidebar for one whole week!

- Voting will be done via poll, which will be available on Sunday. Winner will be announced next Wednesday, Dec. 15.

I hope that you've all enjoyed these challenges!! And I can't wait to see what the future holds for us next year!

Happy Holidays!!

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Entries so far (Voting is now closed! )

- I Will Take One Of Everything Please by 9design

- All I Want for Christmas Under One Roof by AvaRoseDesigns

- Santa Baby...... by HuggleKnits

- Eco Santa ... by karoart

- I'd love to find THIS under my tree by purlsofcolour

- Snow is falling... Christmas is coming!!! by patchworkdelights

- Dear Santa by IrishBounty

- Gifts for Her...Yeah ok, I Meant Me! by byAMOR

Treasury Challenge Winner!

Hello folks! Are you enjoying the snow or wishing it were gone already? :P

Voting is now closed for this weeks challenge and the votes have been tallied and we have a winner!

First, thank you again to all of you for participating! There were many, beautiful Winter themed collections to choose from, but alas, we can only have one winner.

And the winner is...

Margo of lilabelledesign with her lovely collection, "Winter Cosiness - A Dash of Red"



Congratulations, dear!!! It's a beauty!

lilabelledesign creates beautiful jewellery using semi precious gemstones, crystal, pearls and designer glass. She likes to experiment with colour and incorporate different techniques into her work. She also welcomes bridal, birthstone and custom pieces.
Annnnd, she offers FREE SHIPPING TO IRELAND!

Find her shop here.
And check her out on Facebook here.





Thank you again everyone for playing!

I haven't decided yet if we'll have another challenge next week. With the holidays and the change-over on the blog coming up, I'm not sure yet!

Stay tuned!

And try to enjoy the snow!!

New Treasury Challenge! - Winter Time

Hey team! Time for a new treasury challenge!

I know we're all very busy this time of year, so I'm going to keep the theme fairly simple this week. The theme for this weeks challenge is Winter Time. What does Winter mean to you?

Now then, the rules.

1. The treasury must be curated between today and Saturday (Nov.24 - Nov.27). You will have 4 days to create and submit, then there will be 3 days for voting. This challenge will end on Tuesday, Nov.30th, 23:59. Winner announced on Wednesday, Dec.1st.
   
2. A link to your treasury must be posted here in the comments of this post to enter.
   
3. Your treasury must contain two tags: craftyirelandteam and citchallenge4 (note the 4).
   
4. You must include 8-10 Crafty Ireland Team members in your treasury.
   
5. Your treasury must not include one of your own items.
   
   That's it!
   

Your incentive? Should you need one. ;)

- The winner will receive a a little feature post here on the blog AND their Etsy Mini listed in the sidebar for one whole week!

- Voting will be done via poll, which will be available on Saturday. Winner will be announced next Wednesday, Dec. 1st.

Let's see those chilly collections!!

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Entries - Voting is closed (thanks for playing, everyone!!)

- Winter Wonders by fiorejewellery

- An Irish Winter....not as harsh as the Irish government! by LuckyRainbowDesigns

- frosty and bright by cherryblossomtattoo

- Robins, snow and fire, sausages and spicy mulled wine... by purlsofcolour

- winter rain by homespunireland

- Winter Cosiness - A Dash of Red by lilabelledesign

- Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire... by byAMOR

Treasury Challenge Winner!

It's that time, again!

Firstly, thank you everyone for your participation and wonderful enthusiasm!
I loved this challenge especially, as I got to learn a lot about each of you.
We had tons of great entries, but there can only be one winner.

So, without further ado...

::drumroll::

The winner is...

the lovely Fiona of patchworkdelights with her wonderfully inspired collection titled, "Me Me Me... All About Me".




::break for applause::

Congratulations, Fi!!

Fiona resides in Dublin and makes beautiful and unique handmade quilts, baby gifts, coffee cosies and much, much more!




Also, be sure to check out her blog: www.patchworkdelights.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/patchworkdelights
Twitter: http://twitter.com/patch_delights
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48125478@N03/

A well deserved win, Fiona!

Thank you, again, everyone for playing along!
We'll be back next week with a brand new challenge! :)

New Treasury Challenge! - All About You

Hey team! Time for a new treasury challenge!

I am very excited about this weeks theme! This week, it's All About You. I don't want to give you any ideas, because I'd love for you to interpret this exactly how you will. I think this will be a great way to learn more about each other, our team mates.

There are of course, a few rules.

1. The treasury must be curated between today and Saturday (Nov.10 - Nov.13). You will have 4 days to create and submit, then there will be 3 days for voting. This challenge will end on Tuesday, Nov.16th, 23:59. Winner announced on Wednesday, Nov.17th.
   
2. A link to your treasury must be posted here in the comments of this post to enter.
   
3. Your treasury must contain two tags: craftyirelandteam and citchallenge3 (note the 3).
   
4. You must include 8-10 Crafty Ireland Team members in your treasury.
   
5. Your treasury must not include one of your own items.
   
   That's it!
   

Your incentive? Should you need one. ;)

- The winner will receive a a little feature post here on the blog AND their Etsy Mini listed in the sidebar for one whole week!

- Voting will be done via poll, which will be available on Saturday. Winner will be announced next Wednesday, Nov. 17th.

I can't wait to see your collections!! Let the fun begin!

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Entries - Voting is open!

- What makes me tick by cherryblossomtattoo

- THE GIFT GUIDE TO PAMPERING A GIRL by fiorejewellery

- Me? Colour, pattern and definitely some birdies:) by designbirdie

- Me Me Me... All About Me by patchworkdelights

- Wool, Politics and Spice - and all things nice... by purlsofcolour

- Daydream Believer by lilgreenshop

- Little 'ole Me by HuggleKnits

- All about me!! by mukkymonkey

- tweed and toast by homespunireland

- All About ....... Our Place by lilabelledesign

• Direct link to poll (if you have any problems with the widget)

Treasury Challenge Winner!

It's that time!

Again, first I want to thank all of you for your participation and wonderful enthusiasm! We had a lot of great entries, but there can only be one winner.

So, without further ado...

The winner, with a whopping 15 votes! is...

Anne-Marie of byAMOR with her lovely, winning collection titled, "The Formula".



::break for applause::

Congratulations, Anne-Marie!!

Anne-Marie makes beautiful gemstone jewellery and accessories. I'm especially fond of her use of local Irish Connemara Marble and Sea Glass.


She says, "As a small child I used to paint beach pebbles with my Mum's nail polish, convinced I could make them into shiny jewels. I messed up her polish so badly my Mum decided to buy me some enamel paints and I switched to making paperweights and ornaments for her flower pots.

Over the years I moved on to various crafts from knitting truly awful teacosies, to embroidering dragons and symbols on denim jackets as a teenager. Years later, I rediscovered a passion for shiny things and beautiful gemstones."

And we are glad you did, Anne-Marie! Beautiful work!

See more of her work at her shop:{link}
Find her also on Twitter: {link}

We will be back next week with a brand new challenge! Thanks for playing along, everyone!

Challenge Time!

Hey team!

We had such a great time with our first challenge, we're going to do it again! I believe we've worked out all the kinks now, so should be smooth sailing this time around. ::fingers crossed::

Are you excited? You should be!

A re-cap of the rules...

You will have a theme to work from. This weeks theme is "Darkness". I'm thinking Halloween and shorter days, but please interpret this however you wish. Be creative!

1. The treasury must be curated between today and Saturday (Oct.27 - Oct.30). You will have 4 days to create and submit, then there will be 3 days for voting. This challenge will end on Tuesday, Nov.2nd, 23:59. Winner announced on Wednesday, Nov.3rd.
   
2. A link to your treasury must be posted here in the comments of this post to enter.
   
3. Your treasury must contain two tags: craftyirelandteam and citchallenge2 (note the 2).
   
4. You must include 8-10 Crafty Ireland Team members in your treasury.
   
5. Your treasury must not include one of your own items.
   
   That's it!
   

Your incentive? Should you need one. ;)

- The winner will receive a a little feature post here on the blog AND their Etsy Mini listed in the sidebar for one whole week!

- Voting will be done via poll, which will be available on Saturday. Winner will be announced next Wednesday, Nov. 3rd.


Show us what you've got!

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... Challenge Entries This Week ...

- The Icy Rain is Cutting Through the Dark nicedaydesigns

- Darkness and Light by purlsofcolour

- Darkness... or just the Absence of Light? by Darerca

- The Formula by byAMOR

- The Dark Side of the Moon by selkiecrochet

- the sun doesn't shine every day by homespunireland

- Darkness in Black & White by lilabelledesign

- The Darkest Hour before The Dawn by LuckyRainbowDesigns

Vote here!

Comfort Treasury Challenge Winner!

The suspense must be killing you!

First, I just want to thank you all for the enthusiasm you've showed for our first Team Treasury Challenge. The turn out was great! And the votes... were very close, indeed.

The winning collection, curated by lilabelledesign, is Ember & Charcoal: The Welcoming Comfort of a Warm Fire on a Cold Winter's Night!

Appropriately timed, too, no? It is freezing outside, I could do with a warm fire!

Congratulations, lilabelledesign!



lilabelledesign creates beautiful jewellery using semi precious gemstones, crystal, pearls and designer glass. She likes to experiment with colour and incorporate different techniques into her work. She also welcomes bridal, birthstone and custom pieces.
Annnnd, she offers FREE SHIPPING TO IRELAND! Hey now!

Find her shop here.
And check her out on Facebook here.



Thank you again everyone for playing along! It was stiff competition!

We will do this again!

New this week! A Team Treasury Challenge!

Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to the Crafty Ireland Team's new treasury challenge!
Challenges are great because they not only allow us to promote one another, but they also help us to stretch our creativity a bit and have some fun!

Get excited!!

The challenge will work like so...

You will have a theme to work from. This weeks theme is "Comfort".

The rules are simple...

1. The treasury must be curated during the week of the challenge. (Oct.13 - Oct.19)
2. A link to your treasury must be posted here in the comments of this post to enter.
   
3. Your treasury must contain two tags: craftyirelandteam and citchallenge
   
4. You must include 8-10 Crafty Ireland Team members in your treasury.
   
5. Your treasury must not include one of your own items.
   
   
   
   See? Simples.

Your incentive? Should you need one. ;)

- The winner will receive a a little feature post here on the blog AND their Etsy Mini listed in the sidebar for one whole week!

- Voting will be done via a poll widget, that I will create once I have some entries. Winner will be announced next Wednesday, Oct. 20.
* Edit: Voting will begin on Friday, Oct. 15

That's it! I hope you guys are as excited about this as I am!
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!

Can't wait to see what you all come up with! Let the treasury making commence!

:) Rach
( balanced )

oh! and if you're missing the usual treasury recap and would like to still browse our recent treasuries, you can find them all here.

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Entries so far! (Vote for your favourite using the widget at the top of the right sidebar.)

- Grey can be a cool colour!! by selkiecrochet

- Snuggled up and drifting off to sleep by NicedaySupplies

- Comforting Warmth by magpieandbutton

- Cough, cough, I need some comfort by purlsofcolour

- with Lime and teal as comfy as can be by vivibijoux

- Yawn, snuggle down and get comfy! by patchworkdelights

- comfort by homespunireland

- Creature Comforts by SailmakersDaughter

- oh my by karenflanart

- Marshmallows and Memories by AWishForYou

- The Cup that Cheers, and cake of course by HuggleKnits

- A Cosy Parent and Child Cuddle on the Sofa by Fishcrafts

- Creature Comforts (2) by Darerca

- Have a cuppa on us... by Nancenet70

- Ember & Charcoal - The Welcoming Comfort of a Warm Fire on a Cold Winter's Night! by lilabelledesign

- Pumpkin comfort! by lightkeeping