Tuesday Treasury Challenge: September

Welcome to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge!
The Tuesday Challenge is "September."
We encourage you to make treasuries that somehow employ the idea of "September;" be as literal or figurative or off kilter or conceptual as you want to be.
If you want to find items with the tag "September"— wonderful! If you want to pick items that symbolize the September — go for it! If you want to base your selections off of holidays or the birth stone of September — have at it! Just somehow employ "September" in your treasury :)

I hope you choose to participate!
And if you do participate, then please post a link to your treasury as a comment on this blog : )


Please tag your treasury with "treasury challenge" and "September"

Happy curating!

by Cassandra Kiss:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c7caa8fa5948eefb7678329/september-serendipity-treasury-challenge 

by Sarah Knight 
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c7d26fcd98e6d91d6935635/september-treasury-challenge 

Friday Challenge: end of summer

Welcome to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge!
The Friday Challenge is "end of summer."
We encourage you to make treasuries that somehow employ the idea of "end of summer;" be as literal or figurative or off kilter or conceptual as you want to be.
If you want to find items with the tag "end" or "summer"— wonderful! If you want to pick items that symbolize the end of your summer — go for it! Just somehow employ "end of summer" in your treasury :)

I hope you choose to participate!
And if you do participate, then please post a link to your treasury as a comment on this blog : )


Please tag your treasury with "treasury challenge" and "end of summer"

Happy curating!

by Cassandra Kiss:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c779f7250798eefbcead6fb 

by Sarah Knight
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c77c05671896d918eef2df5

by Sharonlee of GarbogeKnits
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c7834f571896d91f9c34af5/cool-way-to-end-summer-treasury

Weekly Wednesday Feature: butterfly in scarlet by slightclutter

"butterfly in scarlet" by slightclutter

 This is a photograph by Katya Horner entitled "butterfly in scarlet." It is available at her shop: slightclutter on etsy. This listing can be found here.

Viewing this piece, I was struck by its color, pattern and subject.  Color is one of the main components that makes the piece visually appealing; particularly the saturation and contrast of color.  The eye is drawn to the contrasting tones of the butterfly: the lightness and saturation of the yellow, which contrasts with the darkness and purple tinge of the black. The eye is also drawn to the butterfly for the pattern of the color of its wings and body.  The eye then moves through this visual of color and pattern to the super saturated tones of the background of the image: where magenta mingles with hues of purple, puce, and sienna. And these background colors appear softer focus, with less articulation, which further emphasizes the pattern of the butterfly as the focus of the piece. It's a contrast between the intricate pattern and contrast of the butterfly juxtaposed against the soft focus and saturated color melding of the background that makes this piece visually appealing.

I encourage you to check out the rest of the pieces available at slightclutter on etsy.

Tuesday Treasury Challenge: cranberry

Welcome to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge!
The Tuesday Challenge is "cranberry."
We encourage you to make treasuries that somehow employ the term cranberry ; be as literal or figurative or off kilter or conceptual as you want to be. If you want to find items with the tag "cranberry" — wonderful! If you want to feature items made from cranberries — go for it! Just somehow employ "cranberry" in some facet of your treasury :)

I hope you choose to participate!
And if you do participate, then please post a link to your treasury as a comment on this blog : )

Please tag your treasury with "treasury challenge" and "cranberry"

Happy curating!

by Cassandra Kiss:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c7380076aa68eefa4f616ce

by fuchsiabloomstudio
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c74051b6aa68eef715f2ece/cranberry-tart-and-sweet-treasury

by Sarah Knight
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c7391427df46d9133b44aba/cranberry-red-treasury-challenge 

Friday Challenge: Leaf

Welcome to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge!
The Friday Challenge is "Leaf."
We encourage you to make treasuries that somehow employs the term leaf; be as literal or figurative or off kilter or conceptual as you want to be.
If you want to find items with the tag "leaf" — wonderful! If you want to feature only items made from leaves — go for it! Just somehow employ "leaf" in your treasury :)

I hope you choose to participate!
And if you do participate, then please post a link to your treasury as a comment on this blog : )

Happy curating!

by Cassandra Kiss:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6e6d6905938eefac0c8a38

by Sarah Knight
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6e734d05938eefe3d38a38 

by soyonsheureux
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6e9e55f0796d91a5428d5e

Weekly Wednesday Feature: among the pumpkins by abbytrysagain

"among the pumpkins" by abbytrysagain

This is a photograph Abby Powell Thompson entitled "among the pumpkins." It is available at her shop: abbytrysagain on etsy. This listing can be found here.

Viewing this piece, I was struck by its color, character, and compositional element.  Color is one of the main components that makes the piece visually appealing; particularly the range of color. The eye is drawn to the super saturated tone of the orange of the pumpkins, and then the deep magenta of the stockings, and then through the softer red-washed tones in the rest of the image that dissipate into highlights of white. Color draws they eye in and moves it through the composition. Color contributes to the character of the piece.  The super saturated tones juxtaposed with strong light and therefore shadows that gives this piece an atmosphere. For the strength of the light in the image, the light of the scene seems very atmospheric in that the highlights aren't too severe or sharp in appearance, and neither are the shadows. There is a softness and embracing quality to the light in the piece, that in combination with the saturation of the color creates a mood of intrigue.

The image is, quite literally, a photo of what is presumably a female, wearing a dress or skirt and stockings standing in a pumpkin patch. Of course, while the details are quite literal, the cropping of the compositional elements makes them more figurative, more dreamy, more open to interpretation. The cropping focuses the viewer's attention on a combination of shapes and textures that act in concert with one another. The saturated areas of color contain the least textural shapes, where as the areas in the wash of atmospheric light have more texture.  There is an interplay between the planes of color and the segmented or sectional areas of light. All of which acts together to tantalize the viewer's eye.

I encourage you to check out the rest of the pieces available at abbytrysagain on etsy.

Tuesday Treasury Challenge: Harvest

Welcome to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge!
The Tuesday Challenge is "Harvest."
We encourage you to make treasuries that somehow employ the term harvest ; be as literal or figurative or off kilter or conceptual as you want to be. If you want to find items with the tag "harvest" — wonderful! If you want to demonstrate a harvest of some nature — whether it be emotional, literal - such as a crop, or very figurative — go for it! Just somehow employ "harvest" in some facet of your treasury :)

I hope you choose to participate!
And if you do participate, then please post a link to your treasury as a comment on this blog : )

Please tag your treasury with "treasury challenge" and "harvest"

Happy curating!

by Cassandra Kiss:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6a1927c7c26d919aeccf4f 

by Sarah Knight
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6a3312c7c26d91f9bfd24f

by Kimberley Morris
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6c4f9136e36d916d35af8f

Friday Challenge: Heart

Welcome to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge!
The Friday Challenge is "Heart."
We encourage you to make treasuries that somehow employs the term heart; be as literal or figurative or off kilter or conceptual as you want to be.
If you want to find items with the tag "heart" — wonderful! If you want to employ an adage like "from the heart" — go for it! Just somehow employ "heart" in your treasury :)

I hope you choose to participate!
And if you do participate, then please post a link to your treasury as a comment on this blog : )

Happy curating!

by Cassandra Kiss:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c652db43c4f8eefffbba50d 

by Sarah Knight
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6532d68bf46d91a65b0b1e

by pottery123
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6591c18bf46d91959c1d1e

by Frannie's Heart
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c67025737e96d914fd95d10

Weekly Wednesday Feature: festive balloons by FauxKiss

"festive ballons" by FauxKiss

 

This is a mixed media collage by Jean Cody entitled "festive balloons."It is available at her shop: FauxKiss on etsy. This listing can be found here.

Viewing this piece, I was struck by its color, character, and media.  The color is probably the first thing that draws the eye to the piece, particularly the way the bright, vivid colors of the balloons pop in contrast to the subdued beige tones of the background.  The color is bold and strong, and yet translucent in the sense that the aged page on which the image is printed shows through. Which leads to the character of the piece: colorful balloons juxtaposed on a page from the dictionary.  The playful overlays the technical. It's an interesting visual and conceptual dichotomy. Which of course brings the focus to the media and a consciousness about the construction of the image: it's an image printed atop what is essentially already an image. And yet the image created by this combination acts as a whole, as one singular visual.

 

I encourage you to check out the rest of the pieces available at FauxKiss on etsy.

Tuesday Challenge: Happiness

Welcome to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge!
The Tuesday Challenge is "Happiness."
We encourage you to make treasuries that somehow employs the term happiness; be as literal or figurative or off kilter or conceptual as you want to be. If you want to demonstrate happiness with things that bring you happiness — so be it. If you want to find items with the tag "happiness" — wonderful! Just somehow employ "happiness" in your treasury :)

I hope you choose to participate!
And if you do participate, then please post a link to your treasury as a comment on this blog : )

Happy curating!

by Cassandra Kiss:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6121c0290a8eeff8aa149f/happiness-treasury-challenge

by Sarah Knight
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c612d2a290a8eef815a159f

by Emmamaha
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c5e8028d2856d910d6d0faa

by gorgeouslittlegems
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c650020ed3e8eef3693bb7c

A New Beginning

There has been a re-design here at the Plasticity of Happiness. A new format and a new purpose have taken over.

This site will now be the home to the Serendipity Treasury Challenge.
The purpose of the challenge is to engage etsians in the act of making treasuries, and to unite them in checking out the treasuries fellow participants have made.

Every Tuesday and Friday a new topic will be introduced for the  Serendipity Treasury Challenge.
As a participant you are challenged with the task of creating a treasury using at least 1 item based specifically on the topic presented. Obviously, we don't want to restrict your creativity :)


I sincerely hope you choose to participate!