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 mom liked the name Christine (quite possibly swayed by the character in Phantom of the Opera, since she loved that musical) and gave me a middle name after her first, Mary. So I’m Christine Marie.
Random tidbit: if I had been a boy, I would been named Timothy, which is my husband’s name.
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my husband calls me bruce. it’s a long story. :)
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My parents couldn’t have children, so they adopted me. They named me Kristen because it meant child of christ. I am not so crazy about my very late 70′s name but I love my middle name, Alta. That part was after my great-grandmother which makes it very special to me.
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My name actually came from my older sister…I guess my parents were debating about two different names, and then my sister (5 at the time) said that she liked the name Kimberly, named after her favorite TV character at the time. My parents liked it, so vwalah, my name was chosen!
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I wish I had a really good story about my name. My parent’s upstairs neighbor was named Stephen. They like it so I was either going to be Stephen or Stephanie. After too many “kind” kids growing up calling me Step-on-Me, I shortened it to Stef.
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My mom wanted to name me after the lead character in “Alice in Wonderland,” but my dad hated the name Alice. So, she named me Alicia instead. My husband and best friend, however, both call me Al.
Full name is Betsy…not Elizabeth, after Meg Ryan’s character on the soap “As The World Turns” :) Boyfriend’s name is Ross…combined we are Betsy Ross!
Shoot I forgot to say “Name Your Design” in above post! Sorry!
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When my mother was preganant with me, she and my father would drive over “TRACY CREEK” to get to her parents house. They named me Tracy. (I like it better than their other choice: Tabitha.)
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My name is about to change! I’m getting married in six weeks and three days!!!
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So my name is actually Barbara, and I’m the third generation down my mother’s side to have this name. Me, my mom and my grandmother.
Funny enough, my fiancé is Paul III, and so is my dad. Yep, that means when we’re married, my parents will be named Paul and Barbara, we’ll be named Paul and Barbara, and we both want our children to carry on our names, so our first son and daughter will be Paul and Barbara. Crazy huh?
(We’ll leave the nickname for another day!)
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Well I have been married for a year and I love my new family name! I am so proud of it!!!
Well my mom originally named me Taylor, they thought I would be a boy. So the day I was born, the doctor announced “It’s a girl” and mom said she knew it that second that I was Tiffany! It has always been a sweet story, my mom knew in her heart that I was a girl.
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I was named after my friendly nurse!
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Shortly after I was born, my parents decided to name me Joanne. But after reading a story in the paper, she renamed me Valerie. My dad came back in the room asking for Joanne, & my mom was like – who?
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I was named after my mom patient :)
Name my design! I was named after Natalie Wood because my mom loved her movies :)
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I wasn’t named after anyone but my mom purposely chose a short name that was easy to spell (Amy) b/c our last name was so difficult to pronounce and spell.
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I’m the oldest Kyly I know except for Kylie Minogue….not bad company to keep!!
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Oddly enough I was named after my uncle, who was in the kitchen when my mom went into labour. His name is Steve, so Stephanie was the female version, although at times I’ve thought that Stevie would have been a great girls name. Oh, I am in Canada, but if I win, I have a US shipping address too! Thanks. Our new family room would look FAB with some new art.
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My name is Marcia. I grew up in Brazil, so it’s pronounced with the accent on the first syllable (different from “Marsha”, so common here in the U.S.). I think it means “Goddess” of War.
I love the canvas. I love Nie’s story. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Just married a few months ago so I now have a new name that I get to share with my husband :)
No great story to go with my first name…just something my parents liked!
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My name was just picked by my mom and dad for no apparent reason other than they like it. Pretty boring, I know!
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I was not named after anyone. My parents just really liked the name!
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My first name is Britania. Ever heard it before? I’ve never met anyone else with my name. My parents named me after a British WWII ship…that sank. My father heard Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” about the Britania and he came home and told my mom about it. She wasn’t a huge fan at first, but she said over the next couple of weeks it kept growing on her. Hence, I’m Britania!
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Anne Michael
Anne-Mom’s name
Michael-Dad’s name.
They were not very creative. :)
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Well… my nickname was coined by my ex. Yes, the one who broke my heart and was an absolute *** but at least I have one good memory of him – the nickname.
I love ‘natienka’ and am using it everywhere. It’s unique, sounds pretty and… maybe it’s how I got it, but it’s pretty special!
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given name: alison
nickname: liso
easy enough to figure out, right? just too many alisons out there…
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well my maiden name was Salame…pronounced “suh-lay-me” but i am sure you can guess what my nickname was!!!
thank goodness for a husband with the last name Evans. ah normalcy.
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My parents just liked the name Erin. It means Ireland in Gaelic.
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My full name is Katherine Elizabeth, after my great grandmothers Kathleen and Jewel Elissa. The ‘unique’ spelling of Kayt is all me, though. I was sick of being one of six Kates and two Katies in my English class in high school, so I changed the spelling from Kate to Kayt. I think it’s a bit annoying now, but it’s mine now. I named my son James, and spelled it normally. ;)
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My parents just liked Kevin. I have a sister named for our grandma Patricia Anne and my other sister is named Lisa Marie after the Presleys. If she had been a boy, she would have been Elvis Ernest. She’s so happy every day to be a girl.
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I have no idea why my name is specifically Abby, but I do know that I was NOT named Abigail because my mom hates it.
Thus, I’ve lived my entire life being called “Abigail” as a nickname. Go figure.
NAME MY DESIGN! i got my name from my dad’s car from the 70s, which he named “jenny.”
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My Mom wanted me to have the same initials as she does so she could hand down all of her monogrammed items to me.
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I should really be working but instead I’m reading your post. Lol