Vote for your favorite Buddy Challenge - SweetandSassyCards & debstgo

Such gorgeous submissions this week! Thanks to everyone for who participated.

Here are the top 4 treasuries chosen by SweetandSassyCards & debstgo. Please carefully look at each one and then vote for your favorite.

La Vie Boheme

Wrapped up for Christmas

Sweet handmade

Creative gifts for your diy crafty and artistic friends

Voting closed

The winner of this challenge gets to have one of their items featured alongside a buddy of their choice for the next challenge!

Thursday Themed Challenge: December 9

Welcome to the Thursday themed challenge! 

This is a one day only challenge that starts right now and ends at midnight eastern tonight.

Tomorrow morning, the top 4 treasuries, determined by views, will be posted in a poll that will run through the weekend. The winner of the poll will receive ad space on the right sidebar until next Thursday's challenge!

This team would not have a good daily laugh, daily pounce shops, team mates of the day, or a lot of our other fun activities without our beloved friend & team leader, Tara (aka waterwaif).

So today's one day only theme is:

waterwaif

Here are the rules:

1. Interpret this theme any way you want to or any way you can and let that be the theme of your treasury! Be creative! This is a chance to let your artistic freedoms shine! It doesn't have to be literal.

2. Use at least 8 undiscovered shops (less than 20 sales) and the rest team members. Do not include yourself or any non-team members with more than 20 sales.

3. You must add "treasury challenge" somewhere in your treasury title.

4. You must tag the treasury "teamdiscovery" and "TDthemechallenge".  Please do not forget to tag your treasuries! You can also include "waterwaif" if you like. 

5. Link back to this exact blog post in your treasury. This will help the word get out and make our challenges (and exposure) exciting! If you cannot think of what to write, try this (and add the exact URL):

This is a Team Discovery treasury challenge!
These challenges run one day only and the winner receives awesome stuff! 


Anyone can play. Come check it out:
http://etsyteamdiscovery.blogspot.com/2010/12/thursday-themed-challenge-december-9.html

6. Post your treasury URL here in a comment on this blog post. This will count as your entry.

7. Follow our blog, please. You can do this by clicking follow over there in the right sidebar ---> or by clicking follow all the way at the top left of the blog.

8. Promote your treasury in any way you can. Tweet it, facebook it, forums, too! The top 4 treasuries (by views and/or hotness first thing Friday morning) will be open to voting on our blog this weekend. The winner will receive ad space in our sidebar for one week, until next Thursday's themed challenge. Last week's winner is not eligible to win this week but is encouraged to participate for the fun of it.

9. Please follow these rules exactly if you want your treasury to count in the challenge. Failure to add "Treasury Challenge" to your title or improper tagging might result in us not being able to find your treasury at all and it won't count!

10. This challenge ends at midnight tonight, eastern time and the voting for the winner will begin Friday morning.

Team Member giveaway: Winner's Choice of Print in Cindycolumbia1958's shop.

Welcome to another Team Discovery giveaway and thanks for stopping by! Make sure you check out all of our current giveaways here.

The item we're offering today a choice of any print in cindycolumbia1958's shop. Here are two of our favorites!










Can't wait for the chance to win a print? Don't worry! These prints are available for immediate purchase in cindycolumbia1958's Etsy shop here.

To win:

Mandatory entry: Visit cindycolumbia1958 on Etsy, browse around, and leave a comment here telling us what your favorite item is! Make sure to include your email address or a way to contact you if you win!


Extra entries (make sure you leave a separate comment for each). Current fans are eligible!

1 entry: Heart cindycolumbia's Etsy shop and leave a comment here with your Etsy username.

1 entry: Follow our blog publicly and leave a comment here. You can follow by clicking follow in the left sidebar or at the very top left of the screen.

1 entry: Become a fan of cindycolumbia1958 on Facebook and leave a comment here.


1 entry: Become a fan of Team Discovery on Facebook and leave a comment here. 

1 entry: Submit this giveaway to a linky or link-up list and leave the link here.

1 entry: Blog about this giveaway and leave a link here.

1 entry: Follow our team on Twitter and leave a comment here with your twitter username.

1 entry: Follow cindycolumbia1958 (columbiagallery) on Twitter and leave a comment here.

1 entry: Tweet about this giveaway and leave a link here. You can tweet once per day and each tweet will count as another entry, just make sure you leave a separate comment for each tweet. There is a retweet this button at the bottom for your convenience! Otherwise, feel free to use this tweet or something similar:

Win Your choice handmade any #art print by @columbiacin

#blog #giveaway Ends 12/22! RT @EtsyDiscovery http://t.co/g7eXcS8

1 entry: Grab our button and put it on your blog. Leave a link here.

1 entry: Feature cindycolumbia1958 on your blog and leave a link here.

1 entry: Enter another of our current giveaways and leave a comment here telling us which one.


The giveaway will end at midnight eastern time on Wednesday, December 22.

The winners will be chosen by random.org on December 23. The winner will be announced here and he or she will have 48 hours to respond with their mailing address. If a winner cannot be contacted or does not respond, another winner will be chosen after 48 hours.


Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry. The more entries you post, the more chances you have to win!

This giveaway is open worldwide.

If you would like us to host your next giveaway or if you'd like further details, please feel free to email me at info@waterwaif.com or send me a convo on Etsy.



Our disclaimer: We received no monetary compensation for this giveaway nor did we receive any items. We are hosting this giveaway purely for the love of helping other small sellers and artists, and for the fun of a giveaway. All opinions expressed in this post are our own.

Wednesday Friendsday: Link Up Your Blogs for More Friends and Fans!

Welcome to Wednesday Friendsday, hosted by Team Discovery!

Our mission is to find and promote undiscovered shops and new sellers because everyone needs a break once in a while, a leg up, a helping hand, and a friend! Marketing and networking are just a couple of the ways we help each other and promote ourselves. Blogging is a perfect way to do just that.

Here at Wednesday Friendsday, we share our blogs with each other, "follow" each other, and support and be supported.


The rules are simple:

• Follow our blog.
• Add the URL (link) of your own blog to the list below.
• Follow as many fellow sellers and teammates as you wish.
• Leave them a comment letting them know you came from Wednesday Friendsday!
• That's it! Thanks so much for stopping by and helping us help and support you!

Tempt me Tuesday Link Party!

It's Tuesday here at Team Discovery and we're hoping to start a new tradition! Welcome to the next installment of our Tempt Me Tuesday linky party. If you're a seller, it's time to tempt us with your items. Show us what you're working with!


The rules are oh so simple!

• Link up to 3 of the items you are selling below by adding the direct URL to your item.
  
  
• For the name, use the name of your item, not your personal name. You may include the price, too, if you like.
  
  
• Follow our blog.
  
  
• Spread the word.
  
  
• Mark your calendars and come back next Tuesday!
  
  
• That's it! Simple, right? And fun!

If you add a link, please leave us a comment so we know you stopped by. Help us get the word out about this party by tweeting, blogging, linking, shouting it from the rooftops. Just any number of ways we can help each other get the word out and have fun at the same time! Because when we network and support each other, we all win!

We Have Some Giveaway Winners to Announce!

First up, the mustache hot pants undies from hotacrossbuns!

Out of 179 entries, random.org chose #25.
Comment #25:

impossiblyalice said...

The mustache envy hot pants are my favourite of course!

Congrats, impossiblyalice!

Next up, the winner for the organic lavender sachets from gardenmis!

Out of 198 entries, random.org chose #48.

Comment#48:

wolf girl_ said...

Following gardenmis on Twitter.

wolf_girl89

binkiefreak@hotmail.com

Congrats, wolf_girl!

And now the winner of the emerald rhinestone earrings from bohemienneivy.

Out of 320 entries, random.org chose #141.

Comment #141:

Kathy Detweiler said...

Became a fan of BohemienneIvy on Facebook
Facebook name Kathy Detweiler

Congrats, Kathy!

Check your email, winners!

Monday Treasury Challenge - CreativeCabin131 & vintageprecious

Congrats to both CreativeCabin131 & vintageprecious for winning last week's challenge with a tie!

Both shops have two beautiful woodland items that go perfectly together!

Anyone is welcome to come play but there are some simple rules that must be followed in order for your treasury to count and to be considered as a finalist.

#1: Your treasury must include this photo by CreativeCabin131 and this skirt by vintageprecious. You can put them in any spot you like but they must be in one of the top 3 rows. The theme can be anything you like as long as this item is included.

#2: Your treasury must contain at least 8 new or undiscovered shops. Undiscovered shops have 20 sales or less. The Etsy Pounce function is good for discovering brand new shops and there is a thread in the Etsy forums here that is chock full of new and undiscovered shops.

#3: Your treasury must fill the remaining spots with Team Discovery members. The team members are listed here.

#4: Your treasury MUST be tagged "teamdiscovery", all one word, and "TDchallenge", all one word, without the quotes. Also, we recommend you fill every tag space that is appropriate for your treasury and use "new" and "undiscovered."

#5: You must follow this blog.

#6: You must post the URL link to this blog in your treasury. This is important and is how the word gets out. If you are unsure of what to say in your challenge treasury, feel free to use this:

This is a Team Discovery challenge treasury made up of undiscovered shops (less than 20 sales) and team members. Anyone can join in this challenge.
http://etsyteamdiscovery.blogspot.com/2010/11/monday-treasury-challenge_30.html

#7: Your treasury must include "Treasury Challenge" somewhere in your title.

#8: When you have completed your challenge treasury, come back here and add the URL to that treasury here in the comments. You can create as many treasuries as you like and enter as many times as you like. This challenge will end Thursday evening AT 6PM. Voting will be up this weekend and the winner will be announced next Monday.

The winner of this challenge will be able to have one of THEIR OWN items featured for next week's challenge!