April 2013 Team Challenge Winner!

Congratulations to RNEST's Team Challenge winner for 

April's "Pantone Color Of The Year: Emerald" theme...

PandaWear with her Seeds of Kambaba Pendant

Thanks to all the artists who participated 
and to everyone who voted!

Be sure to check back on May 2nd for our next Monthly Team Challenge!

(May's theme will be "Internet Memes".)

April Team Challenge: "Pantone Color Of The Year: Emerald"

Welcome to RNEST's April Team Challenge! The theme for this month was 
"Pantone Color Of The Year: Emerald" 

Each year, Pantone chooses a new, hot, trending color to be named "Color Of The Year".  For 2013, they chose "Emerald". 

Earlier this month, we asked our RNEST members to get creative and submit items they've made that represent an interpretation of "Emerald"...and now YOU, our loyal blog readers, get to pick the winner!  Here's the list of our contestants!

Circuit Board Necklace by BeadworkByAmanda

Wellington - Upcycled Sweater Monster by KiraArts

Metallic Emerald Sterling Silver Lined Bead by FrancescaDeCaire

Petunia The Rabbit Pillow by HeatherVitticore

St Patrick's Green Great Horned Owl Stuffed Animal by PeachesProducts

Front Lawn Pixie Scarf by KeenTied

Green & Black Beaded Sterling Silver Ring by Kurpisz

Crystal Maille Earrings by PandaWear

Seeds of Kambaba Pendant by PandaWear

Green Frog Felt Puppet by MFcrafts

Two Headed Emerald Bunny by MoyaLazyFactory

Green Bicolor Star Pysanky Ukrainian Easter Egg by JustEggsquisite

Goose Egg Engagement/Wedding Ring Box by JustEggsquisite

Cast your vote for your favorite on the poll in the upper, right corner of the blog! 

(Deadline to vote is by midnight on Wednesday, April 10th)

The artist whose item receives the most votes gets their Etsy Mini on the top spot on the blog!

Treasury Tuesday: Pantone Color of the Year 2013

If you haven't heard, the Pantone Color of the Year for 2013 is Emerald...

Pantone 2013 Color Of The Year - Emerald featuring TheKnottyOwl

Be sure you click on the other links to see more treasuries! (I can't picture them all so you have to click on them to see!  If you don't, you're missing out!)

Featuring RNEST Members:

• Apple A Day featuring TheKnottyOwl
• Dark Green...For Men For Women featuring TheKnottyOwl
• Ochre And Olive featuring TheKnottyOwl
• Rustic Mint featuring TheKnottyOwl
• There's A Pot Of Gold At The End, Right? featuring TheKnottyOwl
• Thank You Geometry featuring The KnottyOwl
• Teal Ombra and Stuff featuring TheKnottyOwl
• Soft Lovely Valentines featuring TheKnottyOwl
• A Bridge To Creativity featuring TheKnottyOwl
• Sweet Mint featuring TheKnottyOwl
• Neutral Hues featuring SewIndieShop
• Hopes And Wishes featuring SewIndieShop
• January #51 featuring SewIndieShop
• From The Paint Box...Yellow Ochre and Burnt Sienna featuring SewIndieShop
• January Wish List featuring SewIndieShop

Featuring and curated by RNEST Members:

Throwback Thursday by BeadworkByAmanda, featuring k5art

• Granny Craft, Modern Style by KiraArts, featuring TheStitcingStudio, FrecklesAndFrizz, and KarenSwimmer

Curated by RNEST Members:

Sunny Day by BeadworkByAmanda

* If you make or find a treasury that features an RNEST member, post the link on the wall at RNEST's Facebook Page. Your treasury could be featured on the next Treasury Tuesday!

Treasury Tuesday: Four Years of Pantone

There's a lot of buzz on the craft blogosphere and Pinterest about "Tangerine Tango", Pantone's Color of the Year for 2012.  I've seen pin boards on Pinterest, like this one, dedicated to pinning images with the color, including the tag #PinPantone.  With all this Pantone buzz, I had the inspiration to make an Etsy Treasury of the Pantone Colors of the Year for the past 4 years (one color for each row).  This treasury includes 5 RNEST members as well!

Pantone Colors of the Year: 

2009 - Mimosa 

2010 - Turquoise 

2011 - Honeysuckle 

2012 - Tangerine Tango

Four Years of Pantone 

by KiraArts, featuring aDifferentView, BeadWorkByAmanda, k5art, FrecklesAnd Frizz, and TheQuiltedHouse

Be sure you click on the other links to see more treasuries! (I can't picture them all so you have to click on them to see!  If you don't, you're missing out!)

Featuring RNEST Members:

• Retro Rust featuring InMyHeadStudios
• Red And Yellow Make Orange featuring FaerieTails
• A Burst Of Light featuring FaerieTails
• My Garden Blooms In Lilacs featuring PeachesPictures
• Beneath Winter Blue Skies & Oceans featuring PeachesProducts
• A Bird In The Hand featuring HeatherVitticore
• From The South featuring HeatherVitticore
• What Should We Name This Treasury? featuring HeatherVitticore

Featuring and curated by RNEST Members:

• RNEST in Green by FaerieTails, featuring an all-RNEST cast!
• Colors On White by KiraArts, featuring SunshyneSilverWear, FrancescaDeCaire, and BeadworkByAmanda

Curated by RNEST Members:

• The Last Remaining Light by PeachesProducts
• Curiouser and Curiouser by aDifferentView

* If you make or find a treasury that features an RNEST member, or if you are an RNEST Member who makes a treasury, post the link on the wall at RNEST's Facebook Page. Your treasury could be featured on the next Treasury Tuesday!