Celtic Cross Pendant and Peridot Ring Featured in two Etsy Treasuries

What is an Etsy Treasury, you ask? Etsy is the venue where I sell some of my jewelry, and Etsy has a number of ways to showcase items that Etsy sellers create. One of these ways is the treasury, which is a group of pictures of items selected by an Etsy seller with links to the pages where the items are sold. The seller who creates the treasury can’t feature one of his or her own items, and from what I hear it can be difficult to get a treasury because there are only so many available, and there is a waiting list to be a treasury curator. And since there are hundreds of thousands of items on Etsy, being chosen for a treasury is pretty exciting! I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed by this new creative venture of mine, wondering if I’m misguided in pursuing it when there are so many other jewelry artisans out there, so being chosen was really validating for me.

Angela, of Angela’s Heartwork at Etsy (she’s a photographer) chose my Celtic Cross pendant to be in her treasury. But I didn’t know how to capture a picture of the screen showing my item among the others chosen, and now the treasury has expired! Anyway, here’s a pic of the Celtic Cross Angela chose:

And yesterday morning I received an email from another Etsy Seller, Shellamie, who had stayed up all night to pounce on an Etsy treasury that included one of my pieces. I was extremely flattered, especially since she does such beautiful work herself. Since I missed my chance to capture the screen image of the first treasury, I decided to learn how to catch this one. I didn’t do a great job, since I missed some of the items, but not horrible for a first attempt.

FYI, to do a screen capture, press F11 so you get a full screen to capture, then press the “Print Screen” button in the upper right corner of your keyboard, just above and to the right of the backspace key (on a PC keyboard). That puts the item on a clipboard. Then, open up an image editing program (I chose Painter), choose Edit>Paste, and the screen capture will appear. You can then crop the image. In my case, I didn’t manage to capture the whole screen somehow. Also, I couldn’t choose Edit>Paste in Photoshop. If it’s possible to use Photoshop for this, I haven’t learned how. So here’s my image in my first screen capture shot. I’m the peridot ring in the middle on the bottom row.

The treasury expires July 2, 2008, but until then, here is the link: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=14517