Animal House

It's Treasury Day at Etsy! A couple weeks ago the admin opened up Treasury East, a beta page for an upgraded version of the traditional Treasury section of the site*. In celebration of this fantastic new feature, today has been dubbed "Treasury Day", and all the lists featured on the front page of Etsy consist of lists created in Treasury East. I made this fantastic Sherlock Holmes collection the day Treasury East opened; intrigued at the chance to get a list of my curation up on the front page, I assembled yesterday afternoon, and guess what? Front page! Ok, it was featured at 5:30 this morning (no, I wasn't up that early. How do I know? The Crafcult Vault!), but I'll take what I can get.

Here's my treasury on the front page! This one is called "Animal House" and was curated with a "zoo" theme in mind. Go visit, and leave a comment if you've got an Etsy account!

Featured listings:

Crocodile pencil holder, by Leocardia

Steampunk serpent snake ring, by chinookhugs

Octopus tote, by smidgebox

Peacock hair clips, by BridalShoppe

Rhino watercolor, by dimdi

Giraffe linen pillow cover, by branchhandmade

Seal toy knitting pattern, by cheezombie

Elephant wall hook, by monkeyandsquirrel

Monarch butterflies headband, by kaang

Dolphin teething toy, by littlesaplingtoys

Tree frog gardenia soap, by GentleSuds

Morchella handbag in camel, by morelle

Penguin peppermint & lavender soy candle, by kennycoop

Toucan Sam necklace, by anastassiadesigns

Monkey boatneck shirt, by NYILLUSTRATION

"Face Your Fears" silver halide print, by risamay

*For those of you who are unfamiliar with Treasuries: these are collections/lists of items chosen by Etsy members, usually centered around a theme (from weddings, colors, shoes and gardening to Stormtroopers, polka dots and barbecue). Etsy admin browse the treasury page constantly, and frequently post all or part of a list to the front page - this is fantastic exposure for the featured listings, and nice for the curator too, to connect with the sellers they're promoting. The original treasury limited the number of active lists, which always expired after three days; it also ran in Flash, which was extremely inefficient. The new Treasury East is NOT in Flash, and allows members to create as many lists as they want, whenever they want, and they don't expire unless the creator deletes them (this is both good and bad: right now there are 357 pages of lists, with 20 lists on each page. Yikes). But it's a work in progress, and I love the opportunity to post my treasuries here and know that they'll still be viewable three days later. Enjoy!