Tribal

Just wanted to share a new Treasury List I put together..  I've titled it "Tribal."

Branching Out, in more ways than one!

This time of year feels like a strange in-between period; partly Winter, but on the cusp of Spring; it feels like we're all waiting for something coming soon, but not soon enough!  I'll be celebrating my birthday in the latter half of the month (yay!) and am looking forward to taking a small weekend trip to Maine.  But at Hieropice, we've also had some pretty cool developments, including a feature in Bev Feldman's Linkouture blog, wherein she interviewed me about the inspiration behind Hieropice and its wares, as well as some other fun info, including the ridiculous origin of my brandname, Hieropice.  Check out the interview here, it's a quick read!
      I also decided, hey, I love nature-y things, and I have favorited all of these nature-y items by Etsy sellers over the years, so I'm going to go ahead and make a treasury list of all things branch-related (shown above).  The result was pretty interesting.  Branch lamps, branch t-shirts, even an Iphone dock made out of a massive branch of wood.  See how creative Etsy sellers are?!  Those crafty so-and-sos.
      Soon, I will be launching a new line of jewelry.  Not going to go into too much detail yet, as it's still crystalizing in my brain, but I'm excited about it.  It'll be a new venture for me, with a bit of risk involved, and who doesn't like risk?!  It's not anxiety-provoking at all!  :) 
Enjoy your Saturday, all!

Black and White, part deux

Had to follow up my last post with an ode to black and white, in treasury form:
(Click to see the products featured)

Quick, in Orange and Green

Bienvenue, folks.  Posting a brief one today, to share a treasury list I recently made, called Lime Green and Orange.  I posted before about treasury lists and how cool they are, and this one features some artists in the Boston area, because, you know, I have to represent. ;)  I went with an orange and green palette this time, which totally work together, just think of pumpkins!  I see orange and green as Fall colors; Autumn leaves and Granny Smith apples and the like, so it seemed appropo for the season!  I hope you enjoy it!

Cheers!

Dara

What on Earth is That?!

 Good evening all!

So, it occurred to me, some folks may have no clue what these "treasury lists" I occasionally post about are, or even what "Etsy" is, for that matter!  So I want to do a quick post to answer both of those questions.  Let's start with Etsy.

 Very simply, Etsy is an online marketplace featuring vendors who either create/sell handmade or vintage items.  It's a place to go if you're looking for something unique, different, cool, quirky, specific, or custom.  So, if you really like a certain style of dress but would love to have one in a very specific type of fabric, Etsy is the place to go.  Or, maybe you're really into something specific, like, I dunno, koi fish or The Hunger Games or an obscure foreign show none of your friends have ever heard of, and would love some kind of accessory, a throw pillow or necklace or original poster featuring imagery of that thing you love.  It's likely you can either find it on Etsy, or get an artist on Etsy to make it for you for an affordable price.


 All of the shops on the Etsy site are independent, their owners make or find their goods in their given location and ship from there.  Etsy functions to maintain the site, make sure vendors and buyers are happy and are keeping up their ends of the transactions, and facilitate interactions between buyers/sellers.  A lot of Etsy sellers also sell their work in small shops, galleries, independent studios and their own independent websites (like Hieropice, which is available at the Blue Cloud Gallery and Abeille).  But, you generally won't find Etsy vendors' stuff in large chains like Target or Macy's, which is why having an international website to sell from, like Etsy, is important.  I host Hieropice on Etsy because I appreciate selling in an arena where everyone is hand-making their goods.  We're all trying to make something new and interesting, relying on our own skills and talents to create things we hope you will all like.  It's a lot of work, and I know Etsy buyers understand that.  But, the best way to get a sense of Etsy.com is to check it out, I highly recommend it!
  Etsy gives users the opportunity to create virtual collections of items from Etsy shops they like called "Treasury Lists."  A treasury is a collection of a maximum of 16 items, which show up on your screen as little thumbnails with their shop's name below, that can be absolutely anything you like.  Like a curator at a museum putting together an exhibit, you create a treasury by thinking about how the items you love work together, what characteristics they share, taking into account how they've been photographed by their sellers. I'm drawn to peacock-related items, graphic African prints, blown glass, nature and vibrant jewelry, so, when I'm browsing around Etsy and I come across items like that, I often "favorite" them, a lot of those items are in the treasuries I've created.

  Treasuries are important though, beyond just being awesome to look at and pretty.  The treasuries Etsy users have created are the first thing you see when you visit Etsy.com, they are the items that appear on Etsy's homepage.  Take a look, you'll see someone's carefully-prepared treasury featured there.  When someone takes the time to craft an Etsy treasury they always hope others will view and appreciate it, and maybe, if we're lucky, our treasury will appear on Etsy's home page!
  Hopefully that all makes sense.  If I haven't bored you to tears, I wanted to share my most recent treasury list with you, Here.  It's in one of my favorite palettes, teal/robin's egg blue & brown, and I love it.  I envision a room in my home one day being a wash of teal and brown, but until then, this treasury list will have to suffice!  Enjoy all!

Dara

The colors of Autumn

Today, an Etsy user made a treasury featuring our Lapis Lazuli and Brass Earrings, and I just love the palette she used.  Mixes of cobalt and navy blue with shots of chartreuse and vivid yellow.  The colors work so beautifully together, who woulda thunk it?!  I'm thinking these hues will really be popular this Fall.  Check it out: October Hues, by Film Shirley

Cheers!

Dara
 

Post Arts on the Arcade, a Treasury, & Cancer Research

Arts on the Arcade was a lot of fun today.  I came home to find Hieropice's fundraising/awareness necklace, that I designed to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day, was featured in this social-justice-themed treasury by Theresa from TAKJewelryDesigns.  It's wonderful to have support in getting the word out there about Hieropice's fundraising efforts; so many of us have had a loved one diagnosed with cancer, it's a disease that warrants all of the research possible.  We hope the proceeds from the sale of our Terrarium Necklace for Charity aids in the important work that the Komen Foundation does!

Rhinoceros Horn, Pinecone Lamp

In honor of Spring, and all things bursting out and blooming, I created a new Treasury List on Etsy.  For those unfamiliar with Treasury Lists, they are collections of items by Etsy sellers, unified by a central theme.  I'd collected a ton of amazing items in my favorites full of flowers, plants, and animals, so I compiled them into my newest Treasury.  I particularly love the rhinestone-encrusted rhinoceros and the pine-bow baby hammock!