Wordless Wednesday - If Grape and Blueberry Were to Marry

A treasury.  Click the image to visit....

A Pear of Treasuries made Jan 29...

Click on each image to visit the Treasury!

Who will you PEAR up with this Valentine's Day?

Tangible Sincerity...

Hostess Gifts Under $50 - A Treasury

Don't be caught empty handed this holiday season! Enjoy this Treasury. Click to visit and comment. BOGO Clearance sale still in progress through 10/24 in my Etsy shop. Details here!

Rain and Chaos - Recent Treasuries

Different inspirations.. a whole lotta fun!  Inspired by the Eurthymics song, Here Comes the Rain Again:

And a little chaos thrown in the mix:

Enjoy! Click to visit each one!
~Lori

Murderous Cheesecake - A Treasury

My latest Treasury is a little bit Halloween and a little bit hungry. LOL. Click to visit if you dare...

Brandy You're A Fine Girl Lyrical Treasury Tribute

Time for a little nautical romance and heart break... This is a tribute to the song Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass, released in 1972.

See all my lyrical treasuries here.

~Lori

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Elton John, 1974 Lyrical Treasury Tribute

Today's lyrical tribute celebrates Elton John's hit song Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me (1974) and an autumn sunset...

Click to visit and comment! :)

~Lori

More Lyrical Treasury Tributes

I'm having a lot of fun making these lyrical treasuries. It's a new use for all the songs in my head, lol.

Yesterday's was Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and The Shondells, 1969

 Today's is Witchy Woman, The Eagles, 1972!

Wonder what tomorrow's will be?  Have a great Labor Day!
~Lori

Alone Again, Naturally, 1972

I woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head.  No idea why, haven't heard it in a long time.  Decided to put the repetition in my head to good use and make a treasury!

Click to visit it and hope you enjoy!
~Lori

I Blame the Summer Heat for This...

Boy, sometimes it just gets too hot, doesn't it?  Look what I found for hot ladies everywhere!

*Whew* I need a cold shower now!

~Lori

Keep Me in the Loop - A Treasury

Had a lot of fun putting this together!

~Lori

Battling the Heat Wave In NC - A Treasury

It's hot here in Raleigh, NC.  We hit triple digits yesterday and are hovering around a nice and blechy 96 the rest of the week.  We had a vicious thunderstorm yesterday which gave us a bit of relief.  I wish that would happen again today!  Click my Treasury to cool off!

I'm so tired of sweating...lol.

~Lori

Princesses and Peas and Mattresses - A Treasury

I'm so excited today! My Save the Gulf necklaces are flying off the shelves and so far my customers and I have raised $49 for the American Bird Conservancy!! Wo0t! I'm about to fall into bed from exhaustion when I get a convo that Smile For Suzy has included my bracelet in a treasury. If you follow my blog and shop, you know that I'm very partial to fairy tales! Isn't this the cutest thing?

Off to bed...I'm pooped!
~Lori

How to Put an Etsy Treasury on Your Blog

I get a lot of questions regarding how I put Treasuries up on my blog, so I did a quick video tutorial to show you how. Feel free to ask questions!



Here are the steps in list form. Feel free to ask questions!
IMPORTANT NOTE: You'll see these stars * in the code below. They are there so that the code doesn't compile and you can view it. When using your own code, TAKE THEM OUT. They're not part of the correct code.

1. Have your treasury on screen and make sure you can see all that you want to capture.

2. Hit the 'PRT SCR' button on your keyboard. Usually up in top right of your keys. This takes a picture of whatever's on screen and copies it to your clipboard

3. Open your graphics program and paste the image. Usually, you can just hit ctrl+v and it will be there.

4. Crop the image and resize it to your specifications. If it's too huge (generally wider than 800 pixels) it will look wonky on your blog. This depends on your blog though.

5. Save the image to your hard drive as a .jpg or a .png.

6. Upload the image to your photo host of choice. I use photobucket, but you can use flickr or any of the million sites to pick from. Now, when you're posting it on your blog (in Blogger) you can choose just 'upload' from your PC, but I often get a weird compression on the image when I do this, so I opt to host it somewhere so that the pic of the treasury has an existing web link.

7. Create a new blogger post. Upload the picture and choose 'url.' Paste the url of the picture. (This is the link from photobucket or wherever you hosted it.)
8. View the HTML section of your post and alter the HTML... see below

Notice how the 2 links shown are the same? They are both: http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/riskybeads/VacationMay2010.jpg

<*a href="http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/riskybeads/VacationMay2010.jpg" target="_blank"><*img alt="vacation TEast May 2010" border="0" height="400" src="http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/riskybeads/VacationMay2010.jpg" width="375" />

If you leave them this way, then you won't link to the treasury; you'll just link to the image, so we need to change the 'a href' link to be the treasury link. See below:

<*a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bf98908aad88eef2a71981f/vacationall-i-ever-wanted" target="_blank"><*img alt="vacation TEast May 2010" border="0" height="400" src="http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/riskybeads/VacationMay2010.jpg" width="375" />

If that code above is in your post, the treasury will show up and be clickable.

~Lori

Daddy's On A Business Trip - A Treasury

A daughter's memories of a very busy man...



~Lori

Case(s) and Point - A Treasury

Here's a Treasury I made this week about the things we carry around. I have a strange fascination with cases...of all types. I think it's because they mean something when they're being used or abandoned, when they're empty or full. You can tell a lot about somebody by looking at what they do or don't tote...



~Lori

Gettin' A Little Girly - Treasury East

Just thought I'd save this for posterity and prettiness!

Vacation Treasury - Sometimes you just need to get away!

Had a lot of fun putting this together! Enjoy! Click the image to visit the actual treasury!



~Lori

No Vine of Mine appears in a GORGEOUS Treasury!

Wow, this is a beautiful and well-designed treasury by JustCharming! I'm honored that No Vine of Mine is featured in it!



~Lori

Rebirth Treasury

My Rebirth bracelet has been a popular pick for many treasuries lately.... Here's one of my favorites by Just Charming. She said she named it after my bracelet! What an honor!



Isn't it gorgeous?

~Lori