A Treasury In PINK!!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=22248

Click it!
Leave a comment :)
Share the love!
Put the linky-loo in your shop announcement!
Whoo hoo!



Lately it seems I'm always online about 20 minutes before Treasury West has an opening. Which gives me *just* enough time to pull up our team profile page and check out shops for the items I'm looking for!
Awesome!


Dear Etsy,
Please don't take away Treasury West.

Thanks.
Love,
The Honeybee Helpers Team

HoneyBee Helpers Team Challenge Entry

Here's my HoneyBee Helper Challenge entry everybody...hope you like this little buzzer. This honeybee is crocheted from worsted weight yarn and stuffed with polyester fiberfill. You can see more bees in my shop on Etsy.
Just visit http://www.SturmDM.etsy.com and buzzzzzz around.





















Oooops, how did this bee end up on the lady's hat?

Could it BEE? Another TREASURY?

Why yes! Yes it could!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=21897

What great timing, since the other team treasury expired yesterday! :)

Click the link, share with friends, add some comments. This time I picked items in bright GREEN!

HOORAY!! A treasury for us!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=21332

























Please pass on the link. Share the team treasury loooove! :)

You can also put the link into your shop announcement while the treasury is active- don't forget to take it down though, hehe.

I picked the most colorful selections I could find from our team members. Hope you get some views, some hearts, some sales, and some love!

Nightshade's Art's Honeycomb Bracelet

Honeycomb Honeybee leather cuff bracelet
This honeybee was painted on to a carved and dyed honeycomb made of a scrap of tooling leather. The cuff itself is made from recycled upholstery leather.

This is my entry for the Bee Challenge.

My shop - http://www.nightshadesart.etsy.com
My blog - http://craftyequine.blogspot.com

Honeybee Helpers' First CHALLENGE!

August challenge time!
(I am not sure if we will do this monthly always- I guess we'll see how the first one goes.)
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5734040

Since we're the bee team, why not have a BEE CHALLENGE for our "initiation challenge"?

* Even if you already have bees in your shop, depending on how long your projects take to create- you could create another bee to keep in stock, or do something new and entirely different.
* If you can't come up with any bees for your shop, you could play around with something using the colors yellow and black, and/or find some cute bee charms to add to a project. (I've seen bee charms available around Etsy!)
* And, feel free to do any type of bee that you want. Our team focus may be on the honeybees, but if you're feeling more inclined toward a bumblebee or wasp, then so BEE it!
* I've seen many cute bee fabrics around local fabric stores, too.

Since we all use a vast variety of materials to create our work, it will be lots of fun to see what all of us come up with! If possible, it would be great to donate the proceeds from these new bees to a bee research charity as well.


Tentative date as of now to show and share your finished project: On or before August 31.

BEE sure to post the pictures of your bee on our Ning site!
(If you're not a member yet, please join! If you didn't get an invitation, I just need your email address. Convo it to samanthasartstudio on Etsy.)

We will also create a post in the Etsy forums and post links to our bees in our shops, too, as a way of promoting our team and all of our stores.

Happy Crafting!
Worker bees away!! Bzzzzzzzzzz...

Beekeeping and Green Roofs in Chicago

This may just qualify as shameless promotion of both my city and our Co-op but I wanted to share a video on rooftop gardens that TF1 (French Television) broadcast last evening. You get a birds eye view of the rooftop garden on Chicago's City Hall and the beehives maintained by Chicago Honey Co-op head beekeeper Michael Thompson. He has been keeping bees since he was 12 years old living in Kansas. The bees atop City Hall here do exceptionally well and receive no chemical or antibiotic treatments. Chicago also has a rooftop garden on the Cultural Center here, also with healthy beehives.
Two other Chicago rooftop gardens are also featured.
Here is the link http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/0,,3921922,00-toits-verts-chicago-.html