Congratulations to #45 (Armada) for winning the Feathered Hair Extension from a Different View!

Treasury Tuesday: Autumnal Aura

Oh Fall...Fall!...how I love Fall! (or "Autumn" if you will). The colors, the falling leaves, the scent of woodsmoke in the crisp, cool air...ahhh...bliss. One of my favorite fall treasuries from this week is this one, made by a fellow RNESTer, featuring a number of other RNESTers!

Autumnal Aura by Turtlefly

featuring PeachesProducts, KarenSwimmer, GoldhawkPottery, TheQuiltedHouse, and SarahGOrtiz

Be sure you click on the links below and go see more treasuries that feature some of our other awesome RNEST members! (if you don't, you're missing out!)

Featuring RNEST Members:

• Aubergine Autumn featuring MaticStudio
• The Suspense Is Killing Me! featuring PeachesPictures
• Haunted Fines...Vol 1 featuring PeachesProducts
• I'm Going Gawth featuring SarahGOrtiz
• Last Leaf featuring GoldhawkPottery
• Fall Colors featuring GoldhawkPottery
• In the Garden With Happy and Friends featuring HeatherVitticore
• This Place Is A Zoo featuring HeatherVitticore
• Oh Sweet Garden! How I Love Thee featuring HeatherVitticore

Featuring and curated by RNEST Members:

• Itchin' To Go Apple Pickin' by KiraArts, featuring PeachesPictures, FuzzyBunny, and KarenSwimmer
• Cozy Festive Fall by KiraArts, featuring GocksFrocks

Curated by RNEST Members:

• The Etsy Arts & Crafts Movement by SoftShellCrafts
  
• Cute & Creepy Halloween Monsters! by KiraArts
• The Colors of Autumn by ManicMetals
• Fear by ManicMetals
• Victorian Cabinet of Curiosities by ManicMetals

* 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!

Make-It Mondays: Groovy Retro Pumpkins

It's my favorite time of year, Halloween! Each year I try to find sweet vintage pieces for costumes, so why not make a sweet vintage get up for your pumpkin?



You'll need:

- 1 (or many!) pumpkin(s)
- Yardage and scraps of vintage fabric
- Scissors
- Mod Podge (my personal favorite is the glossy)
- A medium size, (preferably bristle) paintbrush

1. Prepare your pumpkin. Wash and dry the pumpkin. Do not carve of gut it.


2. Decide on a pattern. You can lay this out on the pumpkin in sharpie. You may want to lay tracing paper over the pumpkin to create a pattern, especially if you want to completely cover the pumpkin. Some options are to cover it randomly with strips or shapes. You can also make and exact pattern to cover the entire surface with one fabric.


3. Lay on one piece of fabric at a time. While you hold the piece from one end brush on a layer of Mod Podge. Brush over the entire surface until the Mod Podge soaks through and sticks the whole piece to it.


4. Continue until the whole piece is covered.


5. Let it dry and then do one more outer coat of Mod Podge for extra measure.


Afterthoughts: Different fabric styles can be used for specifically themed parties. And watch out! Pumpkins sealed in Mod Podge look deceptively awesome for a long time, until you pick it up in January and watch the fabric implode on the rotted pumpkin inside...Yum! You may want to purchase a fake pumpkin to use yearly.

Wednesday Wellspring: a Different View

Congratulations to #24 (Bee W Bedard) for winning the Domino Pendant from In My Head Studios.

Bubbling up from the well this week is some Halloween fun from a Different View!

This week, one lucky winner will receive a Spooky-Skull Hair Extension. Just in time for Halloween, add some flair to your hair with this one-of-a-kind barrette! Natural, ethically sourced pigeon feathers are wire wrapped and accented with wooden skull beads. Finished on black satin ribbons attached to a small, black snap barrette. Medium-length to be versatile for both long and short hairstyles.

Shop Announcement: All orders placed between now (started 10/10) thru Halloween will get a bonus "trick or treat" gift included! Sorry - it spoils the surprise if we tell what the treat is!

Find a Different View at these local events:
Munn Schools Vendor fair - Saturday October 15,
2333 Manitou Road, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Mayday Underground - Saturday November 5th at
the Main Street Armory, 10a.m.-5p.m.

And now for the rules (This giveaway is open to the US & Canada residents only.):

MANDATORY ENTRY #1: Go to a Different View, heart the shop, and then leave a comment here telling me your favorite item.

MANDATORY ENTRY #2: Become a follower of this blog and leave a comment letting me know- or if you are already, leave a comment saying you're a loyal follower.

BONUS ENTRIES (leave a separate comment for each):

1. "Like" RNEST on Facebook.
2. "Like" a Different View on Facebook
3. Tweet and blog about this giveaway and leave a coment here with the link.
4. Add a comment here with a story, joke, trivia, or any other festive thoughts to get us all in the spirit for Halloween!

The winner will be chosen using the random number generator on Tuesday, October 18 and will be announced in the next Wednesday Wellspring.

Treasury Tuesday: Purple, Orange, and Black

We're gearing up for Halloween! Here's a collection of spooky items featuring an all RNEST cast!

Purple, Orange, and Black by Jackbear

Be sure you click on the links below and go see more treasuries that feature some of our other awesome RNEST members! (if you don't, you're missing out!)

Featuring RNEST Members:

• In Honor Of Edgar Allen Poe featuring Jackbear
• A Letterboxing We Will Go! Part I featuring Jackbear
• Autumn Harvest featuring TheQuiltedHouse
• Do Something featuring SoftShellCrafts
• Autumn Ablaze! featuring FlyRabbitPress
• My Mellow Mind featuring GoldhawkPottery
• Peas Please?????? featuring PeachesPictures
• Can I Haz a You? featuring PeachesPictures
• Everything Owls! featuring PeachesProducts
• Bubo the Owl featuring PeachesProducts
• Feathers & Flowers featuring aDifferentView
• Green Cats featuring aDifferentView
• Gray and Yellow Gift Ideas For Him featuring HeatherVitticore
• Serenity featuring HeatherVitticore
• Rabbits gone BUNNANAS featuring HeatherVitticore
• About Blue featuring MFcrafts
• Remember Freedom! featuring MFcrafts
• Black and Brown featuring MFvintage

Featuring and curated by RNEST Members:

• Grown Up Halloween by FaerieTails, featuring InMyHeadStudios

* 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!

Wednesday Wellspring: In My Head Studios

Bubbling up from the well this week, comes a Tiny Work of Awesome from In My Head Studios!

Today, one lucky winner will receive a one-of a kind domino pendant. Created from hand-painted and hand-cut papers, these bright and cheerful blooms seem to pop right off this lively domino pendant. Shiny little purple sparklies add a bit of twinkle to what is already a very glossy finish on this pendant. The edges of some of the paper is distressed to add more dimension. The pips (dots) on the back of the domino are 2 and 3.

It truly is a Tiny Work of Awesome from In My Head Studios!

As the winner, you get your choice of length in either black waxed cotton cord or silver-colored base-metal ball chain (pictures shown with black waxed cotton cord).


You can find In My Head Studios locally at the following events:

- Saturday, October 22nd: 27th Annual St. Rita School Craft Sale, 9 AM to 3:15 PM, 1008 Maple Drive, Webster, NY 14580

- Saturday, November 5th: Mayday Underground, The Main Street Armory, 10 AM to 5 PM

- Thursday, November 10th: “HOLIDAY IN THE VINEYARD” Arts & Craft Show, Casa Larga, 10 AM to 7 PM, 2287 Turk Hill Road, Fairport, NY 14450

- Saturday, November 26th: 35th Annual Irondequoit High School Art & Craft Show, 10 AM to 4 PM, 260 Cooper Rd, Irondequoit, NY 14617

And now for the rules (This giveaway is open to the US and Canada residents only.):

MANDATORY ENTRY #1: Go to In My Head Studios, heart the shop, and then leave a comment here telling me your favorite item.

MANDATORY ENTRY #2: Become a follower of this blog and leave a comment letting me know; or if you are already, leave a comment saying you're a loyal follower.

BONUS ENTRIES (leave a separate comment for each):

1. "Like" RNEST on Facebook
2. "Like" In My Head Studios on Facebook
3. Follow In My Head Studios' artistic blog

4. Follow In My Head Studio on Twitter
5. Tweet and blog about this giveaway and leave a comment here with the link.

The winner will be chosen using the random number generator on Tuesday, October 11th and will be announced in the next Wednesday Wellspring.

Treasury Tuesday: Most Beautiful Stripes

I often feel weird making the featured treasury one that features my own work, but this treasury is beautiful and well-put-together even without my item in it! Plus, it reminds me of the recent hulabaloo and brouhaha a few weeks ago over the Missoni line coming to Target. Pfft! Don't go crazy waiting in line at the store! If you want mod, stripey, multicolored items, this treasury proves that you just have to check out Etsy! And you support independent artists instead of a mega-corporation! (Not that I have anything against shopping at Target...) ;)

Most Beautiful Stripes featuring KiraArts

Be sure you click on the links below and go see more treasuries that feature some of our other awesome RNEST members! (if you don't, you're missing out!) We seemed to have a nice color theme going on this week!

Featuring RNEST Members:

• Baby Blue featuring Buenahelena
• Ice featuring GoldhawkPottery
• Pale Yellow featuring Goldhawk Pottery
• Something Wicked (Cute) This Way Comes! featuring KarenSwimmer & TheQuiltedHouse

Curated by RNEST Members:

• Dreaming In Kelly Green by MaticStudio

* 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!