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!
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Name Your Design.
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NAME MY DESIGN!
My parents always liked the name Rebecca, but it was not until they saw “Becca” written on a name tag and thought it looked cute that they officially decided. They named me Rebecca but growing up I was always Becca- NEVER Becky!
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I was named after a friend of my parent’s. Apparently she was drop dead gorgeous, but still one of the absolutely nicest people they had ever known. Also, my dad’s name is Chris and they didn’t want people to think they were being cutesy and naming me after him, so they spelled my name with a K!
NAME MY DESIGN…my nicknames never really come from anything our have meaning but my grandma calls me Lucy…husband calls me Doodah…and my coworker calls me Crystal Light…
My nickname is “Nikki”, which confuses everyone, since my first name is Rebecca. Its derived from my middle name. I really struggled when I got married, because if I took my maiden name as my middle name, then there would be no basis for being called Nikki anymore! When I was younger, I always wished I could just have everyone call me the same thing, but now I’m glad to have that special part of me that only close friends and family know about :-)
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Named after my grandpa (the female version of his name), and my middle name is after my aunt.
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I don’t really have much of a nickname.
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I don’t find the story of my name so great but everyone else gets a good laugh @ my expense, so go ahead, have a chuckle. My parents thought I was going to be a boy, and I was going to be Thomas Michael Jr….or Tommy Michael. Apparently they didn’t have a creative bone in their body back then because ta-dah it’s a girl! And they change Tommy to Tammy and Michael to Michelle. Hmm…
NAME MY DESIGN
My older sister couldn’t say Jennifer at first, so she called me Ninny…somehow that stuck throughout the years. Just the nickname everyone wants, right?
NAME MY DESIGN!
My parents always liked the name Katie. Too bad I decided at age 10 I would rather be called Kate. I think after 16 years they’ve finally stopped calling me Katie. :) Although I’ll answer either way.
NAME MY DESIGN!
Marie is my mother’s, grandmother’s, great-grandmother’s (you get the picture) name. They added the Ann so there wouldn’t be 2 Marie’s in the house.
NAME YOUR DESIGN…..My middle name is after a Fleetwood Mac song from the 70′s-Rhiannon.
NAME MY DESIGN!
My name really has no relevance when I’m a mommy to two of the most handsome little boys ever! Our first sons name is Noah because the tradition in my husbands family is that the first born boy has to begin with the letter N…and let me tell ya not a whole lotta choices! and the newest member of our family (7 weeks ago!) is Abram! We love biblical names and gave the initials of ourselves to our boys! I’m diggin this art for our new little ones nursery! Thanks so much..love the blog…and the freebies!
NAME MY DESIGN!!! My nickname is Jesser, by my husband. As a joke we began calling each other Jesser and Gregor. Now our families and friends all call us that.
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My middle name is Lara after the beautiful “other woman” in the classic movie Dr Zhivago… my mom just thought the name sounded so pretty!
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Sarah means princess. I don’t think that’s why my parents chose it but it suits me. :)
“NAME MY DESIGN”
I’m so excited for this giveaway! My older sister is named Jacinda, so my parents couldn’t exactly name me Ann. Instead they settled for Marissa which wasn’t as common at the time.
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I was named after a ‘famous’ French radio host in my home town…exciting right?!? ;-)
NAME MY DESIGN!
I absolutely love these! My name’s Stephanie Bohl (Bohl’s pronounced like cereal bowl) as if my last name wasn’t bad enough everyone used to call my Snuffleupagus! Since I’m getting married next spring my last name’s getting an upgrade to Pryor (the day can’t come soon enough)! It would mean so much to my fiance to have something customized as Mr. & Mrs. Pryor (it would make the sweetest wedding gift for him and would be perfect for our new home)!
Name my Design – My name is Annali (pronounced AnnaLee). I’m not sure where my parents got it but it’s been mispronounced all my life! People always call me AnAli, like Denali (the Yukon suv!) and I hate that!
Ooops… I forgot to say NAME MY DESIGN!!! Feel free to delete my first post if you need to to keep things fair!
I’m Tee or Tee-bird because my baby brother couldn’t pronounce Catie. He called me Tee-Tee and it’s transformed since then.
NAME MY DESIGN!
My nickname is just a shorter version of my name. Nothing fancy :-)
NAME MY DESIGN!
My middle name is Ashlee. They spelled it with “lee” to carry on my mom’s family name Lee.
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No nicknames or anything, but my Dad’s middle name is the same as my husband’s first name…what are the chances??!! That’s how I knew it was meant to me (it’s a really unique name)!
NAME MY DESIGN!!!
My full name is Mary Katherine, both names are family names and believe it or not noone in my family is Catholic…not that it is a bad thing to be Catholic. What everyone calls me is Katie due to my mom not liking the name Mary by itself and that she thought Katherine was too long for a little girl to write. So I am katie…along with about 1 million of girls born that year.
NAME MY DESIGN. I have been eyeing those bicycles for quite a while!
My name is easy – I was named after 2 of my great-grandmothers. I don’t think my mom realized that every literary brothel owner and female gunslinger was named also Kate. I have lots of roll models!
NAME MY DESIGN!!! My name is Jessica – I am not sure where it came from, but my name was supposed to be Amelia -which isn’t my favorite. I have grown to love people calling me Jess.
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I was named after my mom’s maiden name :)
My name is Cynthia, which means moon goddess. I was actually named for my mom’s paternal grandmother, who was a farmer’s wife, though, so the meaning is kind of random.
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I never had much of a nickname..now I feel left out. I need some personalized artwork to make me feel better! :)
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My husband calls me “sweets” I guess because he said I was a good girl hang out with a bad boy. Oh how very Cry-Baby of us. ;P
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Love these – I’d love to get my hands on something I could use as our wedding logo! I was named after my grandmothers – Marguerite and Frances.
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Love this giveaway, LOVE the bicycle one.
NAME MY DESIGN!
I’m named for my mother’s mother and my father’s mother.
NAME MY DESIGN!!!
My maiden name was Roe so my nickname was JennRoe but quickly evolved to G.I.J.Roe (like GI Joe, get it?!?!)
Sort of quirky but better than plain ol’ Jennifer!
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A couple nicknames: Abberdab….because my mom’s a weirdo…or Arby….because my sister’s a weirdo.
NAME MY DESIGN – my married name is Kline which means “small” which is perfect because i’m 5’1 :)
NAME MY DESIGN! I was named after the 1940′s movie star Alexis Smith – one of her movies was on late night TV a few days before I was born.
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My Aunt Mary came up with my name. It goes well with my Irish last name. My initials spell HAM, which was my nickname in High School/College.
NAME MY DESIGN…
I saw these and fell in love! I am getting married in January and what a way to celebrate becoming a Kramer (my soon to be husband’s last name). Oh now I just HAVE to have one of these (winner or not)
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MY NAME DESIGN…My boyfriend calls me Monkey. There isn’t anything monkey-like about me, but he thinks it’s cute and it starts with the same letter as my name, Michelle. I LOVE the bike design. My boyfriend and I have truly cultivated our love by taking bike rides around the city of Boston. There’s something to be said about experiencing a new city and cherishing those hidden gems only we know about.
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I was named after my mom: her name was Felicja Krystyna and mine is Krystyna Felicja. I use Krys everyday; family uses Krysia (pronounced kreeshee), the affectionate diminutive of Krystna in Polish.
My favorite name story is when I was in Organic Chemistry 101, one of about 200 students in the huge lecture hall. The professor came out and was taking attendance the first day. He got to my name, I just raised my hand. And kept it up while he struggled with Krystyna. He pronounced it “Christ-eye-na.” Then he looked up, saw I was there and moved on, never giving me an opportunity to correct him.
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My first name, Kelley, is my mother’s maiden name…and I love it! We are expecting a daughter in about a month, so this would be great for the nursery! We’re debating on names for her, but Kelley is a possibility for her middle name.
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I’m semi named after a distant relative with a similar name, and my first name means tree. My middle name comes from a truck company! My parents were driving along behind one trying to come up with the name and saw it on the truck and went for it. I don’t want to divulge that much of my name here, but I do like it. :).
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Love the one with the marriage / special date – ours is 8.22.04 – all divisible by four…my fav number : )
Name my design…Gigi! My little sister used to call me Gigi. Now my daughter’s favorite book is Princess Gigi so it’s come back around as a favorite name.
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Peanut…my friends decided it wasn’t much bigger than a peanut! :)