insecta shimmerae treasury

I neglected to note my inclusion in a most impressive treasury by molecularmuse, she of the silver molecule jewelry, a couple of weeks ago. It was my cranefly, honored for the second time, among a whole cast of cool bugs.


Most people seem to like molecularmuse's serotonin, at least it is one of her best sellers. I prefer the playful-looking dopamine earrings here. Lots of cool stuff. (But I bet she doesn't really work at her bench wearing a spaghetti-strap little black dress, as shown in one of her thumbnails!)

another Etsy treasury! whee!!

Just a few days after I listed my cranefly sculpture (that I have to go collect from the library exhibit today) on Etsy, Ivydee picked it for a treasury! And some of the other pieces she put it in with - WOW. I had just discovered the knitted wire pomegranates myself a couple of days ago. And the copper birdfeeder is a real work of art that Linnie and Bill need in their patio.

Ivydee's shop is encouraging, because she seems to be making a success of combining beadwork, wirework, and paper art all in the same shop. I think I need to take tips from her on the cohesive "shop look" of her backgrounds.

in my first Etsy treasury!

"Walrustusk" chose my Easter evening picture of sunset through the pines for her treasury. Yay!



She is a former Alaska girl who now lives in Arizona. Boy, that's a big environmental transition. At the right is one of her meticulously bead-encrusted hair ornaments, available at walrustusk on Etsy.

etsy treasuries

Ever since I've been on Etsy I have been hearing about treasuries. Some people make them incessantly, apparently. They are, on the face of it, an altruistic way to show your favorites of others work. If you make lots, and get many people kind of feeling like they owe you (kind of like when they've been asked to dinner several times), then you are likely to be in their treasuries. The real payoff comes if a treasury in which you are displayed catches the eye of an administrator, and you find an item of yours on the front page. I don't look at FP that much, but I gather many people do.

Well, anyway, I gave it a shot. Took me several tries to get the hang of it and to manage to be awake at the opportune moment. But I got this fiesta-colored assortment into Treasury West, and then a day later the gray-greenish page of art from Dentonites into the main Treasury.


It was kind of fun. I guess I'll do it again. Of course, to get them SEEN you either have to blazon your accomplishment all over the forums somehow, or think of a REALLY intriguing title. Sigh. I hate promoting. Sigh.