Congrats on these team FP's!

Getting into the holiday season with our teams and our shops and we've gotten a bit behind on updating the blog with team FP's. This doesn't mean that we haven't had any because we've had some gorgeous ones! Here are some of the more recent ones we've had:

Cherryandviolet made the FP on 11/12 with this gift guide for gardeners!

Goldflorist recently joined our team and already got a team treasury to the FP on 11/12!

Myhobbyshop took us to the FP on 11/13!

Palimpsestic took us there again on 11/14, and got a lot of team members to the FP who had never been there!

Debstgo got a team treasury on the FP on 11/18!

Takokids got her first ever FP trip as a curator on 11/18!

Scraphappylyrebird took this beauty to the FP on 11/19!

Congratulations to all the curators, all the featured shops, and everyone who works so hard every day to make our wonderful team such a success!

Buddy Challenge: CindyColumbia1958 & Simplychiclily

Congrats to our treasury maker extraordinaire CindyColumbia1958 on winning last weeks Buddy Challenge!

She has chosen simplychiclily to accompany her on our next Buddy Challenge.

This challenge is open to anyone and you can submit as many entries as you would like. Have fun and good luck!

#1: Your treasury must include this painting by Cindycolumbia1958 and this necklace by simplychiclily. These items must be placed somewhere in the first three 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 "Buddychallenge", 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/buddy-challenge-cindycolumbia1958.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 Tuesday evening AT 6PM.


The winner of this challenge will be able to have one of THEIR OWN items featured for next week's challenge AND pick the buddy shop to be featured as well.

Team Member Giveaway: Organic Lavender Sachet Dryer Pillows by Gardenmis

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 is a set of 4 organic lavender-filled sachet dryer pillows handmade by fellow team member gardenmis.
These pillows are 4" by 4".


Here is the set one of you will win:

To purchase:

Can't wait for the chance to win these bookmarks? Don't worry! They're available for immediate purchase in Gardenmis's Etsy shop here.

To win:

Mandatory entry: Visit Gardenmis 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 gardenmis'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: Follow Gardenmis's blog publicly and leave a comment here.



1 entry: Become a fan of Gardenmis 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 Gardenmis 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 #handmade organic lavender sachet pillows!

 #etsy #blog #giveaway Ends 12/4! RT @EtsyDiscovery http://t.co/QxHs1va

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

1 entry: Feature Gardenmis 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 Saturday, December 4.

The winners will be chosen by random.org on December 5. 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.

Vote on your favorite Team Member Item Treasury!

This week's featured item were the brown & turquoise striped wrist warmers by SheepishKnitCrochet. Meredith was very pleased with all the wonderful treasuries created using her wrist warmers but had to pick only 4 for the vote. So, after a lot of hard thought, here are the 4 finalists she choose.

The winner will have an item from their shop in next weeks treasury challenge. Voting closed.



Its a Marshmallow World in the Winter




Come on in, the coffee's just fine




Cold Hands, Warm Heart




Seeing Double

Vote for your favorite Power to the Pomegranate Treasury!

Yesterday's one day only theme was Power to the Pomegranate

The top 4, in terms of views, are listed below so you can pick your favorite. The winner will get ad space on the right sidebar until next week's challenge.

Voting will end Sunday night at 8pm so get your votes counted!

Voting closed



Luxuriant as a pomegranate: a gift guide :: treasury challenge - 668 views



Many Shades of the Tricky Pomegranate Treasury Challenge - 177 views



The Pomegranate and The Fox Treasury Challenge - 155 views



Gift Guide for the Pomegranate Lover! Treasury Challenge - 146 views

We Have a Winner!

The giveaway for the red and gold cell phone sleeve/cover ended on Wednesday and it's time to announce a winner!

Out of 123 total entries, random.org says the winner is #101.

Comment #101:

A + M + S said...

My fav is the twilight black and gray!                    

aleytac at hotmail dot com

Congratulations, AMS! Check your email!

Thursday Themed Challenges: November 18

Welcome to the Thursday themed challenge! 

The United States has marked November as National Pomegranate Month. The pomegranate has been used in many cultures for thousands of years as not only a food source but a source of medicine.

So today's one day only theme is the:

Power to the Pomegranate

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 (20 sales or less) 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!

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 Thursday Themed Challenge!

These challenges run one day only and the winner receives awesome stuff! 

Anyone can play. Come check it out:

http://etsyteamdiscovery.blogspot.com/2010/10/thursday-themed-challenges-november-11.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.