Fab Freebie: You Name It
***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***
We’re always happy to invite our sponsors over into giveaway territory, which is why we’re psyched that Name Your Design wants to hook you guys up with some free, uber-personalized art. And you know how much we love personalized art.
Name Your Design offers a slew of fun and poppy designs that you can customize with any name that suits you – whether it’s your baby’s for their new nursery, you and your spouse’s to mark an anniversary or your family’s to welcome guests into your home. I’m particularly fond of the bikes for couples design. And Sherry’s loving the modern rocker for little boys’ and girls’ rooms. Plus, we’re both big fans of this fully customizable nie nie birds design for families, especially since proceeds from this print generously aid a family recovering from a plane crash.
So here’s how you can enter to win one of these canvases with your name on it:
- PRIZE: One customized Name Your Design canvas, up to $125 in value
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “NAME MY DESIGN” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: Tell us the story behind your name (or nickname). Who were you named after? What does your name mean? How did you earn your nickname?
- CONTEST CLOSES: Wednesday, August 19th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: USA only
- THE USUAL: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
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NAME MY DESIGN
One of my nicknames is Shelma and was coined in college by combining parts of my first name (Shelley) and middle name (Marie). To my friends from college, I am still always known and referred to as Shelma.
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I think my parents were sniffing too much glue! Sorry, other Hollys, but I’ve never liked my name!
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Im not named after anyone!
I was named after one of Elvis Presley’s fave French movie stars. How this happened exactly, I will never ever know.
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I was named after my grandma, but she went by Betty instead of Elizabeth.
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I am named after a soap opera character from guiding light – she was eventually killed off the show.
NAME MY DESIGN: i was named after my aunt who, unfortunately passed away about a year before i was born. but instead of just honoring her by passing along her name, my parents wanted to celebrate her life as well, so my middle name is “chaya” which is hebrew for “life.” (more important though, this contest comes at *such* an appropriate time, b/c i’m 6 months pregnant and would LOVE one of these in our brand new baby girl’s room!)
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My first name is after my aunt, and my middle name (Jean) is the femine version of my grandfather’s name.
Name My Design! What a cool give away!
My last name just recently changed to Ray when I got married. If you say “Amanda Ray” fast enough it sounds like “MANTARAY!”
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My nickname is Meemers…and I have no idea how it came to be! :)
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Long story short: You take the good, you take the bad, you take it all, and there you have – a girl named Blair after a character on “The Facts of Life.”
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Kristy isn’t my first name, but it’s a nickname of my middle name, Kristelle. Still not 100% sure of its origin – guess I should ask my mama!
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My first name isn’t after anyone, but my middle name (Drew) was my great-grandma’s maiden name.
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I’m not named after anyone. My parents liked the name Erin and decided to name me that wether I was a girl or a boy (Aaron had I been a boy).
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I was named after the main character in the book ‘Rebecca of Sunnybook Farm’.
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My first name isn’t after anyone but I share a middle name with my father’s favorite sister who is also my God Mother.
Name My Design: My name is an Origin of Caroline, which is my Grandmothers name. So I am named after my grandmother. =)
My name is Sara Katherine Robb Allman. My first name, “Sara,” was given to me as a way to honor my maternal grandmother: an extremely bold, fiesty and loving Southern woman who grew up in desperate poverty as a cotton farmer in Memphis, TN. My second name, “Katherine,” was attributed to me as a tribute to my fraternal grandmother, Katherine Robb, who was one of the first women in her small Indiana hometown to go to college and, later, get a Masters degree in History. My parents wanted me to have all of the wonderful qualities of both of my grandmothers. Since birth, however, I have always been called “Kate.” My parents got the name from the play “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare. They thought that the character Kate was a beautiful representation of a woman that was passionate, headstrong, yet capable of very much love. Ironically, I have very much turned out the same way.
NAME MY DESIGN
I’m not named after anyone, but my name is Jessi and my husband’s name is James. Jessi. James. Jessi James. Get it? Ohhh, it’s funny, and you know it.
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One of my favorite nicknames – Laursie Duck – was given to me by my father. Not sure what the inspiration was, but it stuck & my sisters still often call me by that name.
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I was named after my older brother’s babysitter. Well, actually they just liked the name.
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I was supposed to be named Elizabeth up until the very day I was born, and my parents decided to name me Jennifer instead. It was in honor of my Great Aunt Virginia who went by Ginny.
NAME MY DESIGN!! My name has the same meaning as Jacob and Jesse (two of my brothers)…my parents couldn’t decide on many names they liked, so we all have virtually the same name.
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I’m not named after anyone (that I’m aware of) but my nickname comes from my nephew (who is now 9). He was learning to pronounce my name as a toddler and his mom would practice the “cuh” sound with him. That morphed into CooCoo and that has been my nickname for the past ~8 yrs. Crazy as it sounds, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. :-)
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My nickname is “Mo”. Back when I was newly married I went with my husband and his parents to Hawaii. My father-in-law started called me “Kimo” as this was a Hawaiian name we were hearing a lot. I am still called “Kimo” by most of my family but my sister shortened it to “Mo” and she still calls me “Mo” 20+ years later.
NAME MY DESIGN! I don’t really have a nickname, but my fam calls me Kat. I guess they are too lazy to say Kathy :)
NAME MY DESIGN: My name means “beloved”. . .I had many nicknames growing up such as “jolly green” and “High tower” because I’m 5 10″. Been that way since I was about twelve. Smiles!
NAME MY DESIGN. I was named after my great grandfather, who has a double s in his name (Chriss).
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I got my nickname – Nerd Girl – from my three younger brothers. They were/are extremely disappointed to have such a goody-two-shoes for an older sister. My angelic behavior made their infractions seem that much worse :)
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I was named after my great grandfather Isadore. My father used to tease me and tell me that had I been a boy, my name would have been Ishkabibble.
Name My Design. I think my mom just liked the name Amy.
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I don’t have a nickname – I don’t even have a middle name!
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I am not named after anyone. I got the nickname Buckley because for some unknown reason it is what my older sister called me when my mom was pregnant with me.
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My nickname is Nicki..I do not go by either of my legal names…weird ,huh? :-)
NAME MY DESIGN (seriously do—these are awesome!!!)
My middle name is Bradley. My mom liked it and it was the name of the town she grew up in, Bradley, IL. I was embarrassed of it growing up but now I love it.
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I don’t have a nickname, how terribly sad! I’m Sarah because my mom liked it and thought there weren’t that many Sarah’s (little did she know…)
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My nickname is Emilata…which dates back to a Valentine’s poem that a boy in 4th grade wrote for me and it has followed me for 16 years……I hate it and cringe whenever someone says it. To this day though, I can recite the entire poem by heart. :)
NAME MY DESIGN: I’m named after my dad, Stephen. If I was a boy I would’ve been Steve. Funny thing is, that’s also my husband, father-in-law, and uncle’s name…too many Steve’s! So I like being Steph.
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I am not named after anyone nor do I have a nickname.
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I wasn’t named after anyone. No nickname either. (how boring)! Actually, I was nameless for 2 days! My parents only picked out a boy name, I think they were both secretly hoping for a boy but I turned out to be a girl. They picked “Wendy” because it was one of the only names they both liked.
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My mom wanted to name me Chrissy from Three’s Company but didn’t want people to think I was dumb, so she changed it to Christine. Much more distinguished!
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My mom picked my name from watching Little House of the Prairie! but she decided to switch up the spelling.
Name My Design!!! My name is Laurel. Laurel leaves were used to make the crowns of kings and queens. SO my parents chose Laurel to always remind me just how special I am.
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I’m not named after anyone that I am aware of. My nicknames growing up were “bird-bones” & “super sonic Sarah-Farrah”. I guess I was tiny & had great hair?? Wish I could say those names stuck, but they haven’t. Ha ha!! :)
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I was named after my paternal grandmother, but my older brother has always called me Boog. He always said I was a little booger, which eventually became just boog.
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My nickname is Izzy which is pretty unique for someone named Elizabeth. “Izzy” was my baby sister’s first word (in reference to me) and it stuck!
oooh love! NAME MY DESIGN!! My dad named me after a Charlie’s Angel. I know… My sister got Devon after a village in England. Grrr. :)
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My middle name is Alexandra because I was born in Cairo, Egypt and Alexandria was my sister’s favorite city!
Name My Design! My middle name (before I was married) was Warren after my grandma’s brother who died in WWII. I always loved it because it was so different for a girl. I still love it but changed my middle name to my maiden name when I got married.
NAME MY DESIGN!!