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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: What’s In A Name?

| By John Petersik | February 4, 2013 | 10,013 Comments

Fab Freebie: What’s In A Name?

*** This giveaway is now closed – see who won below! ***

After 10,000 interesting name origin stories, random.org has selected our winners as… Beth (who says “my dad picked it out and to this day I’m whole heartily a daddy’s girl.”) and Chelsea (who’s name story is: “My parents got my name from the 1981 movie, On Golden Pond. ‘Chelsea’ was played by Jane Fonda”) Congrats!

I realize from the name Online Fabric Store, you might have trouble guessing what this online store sells, so allow me to solve that mystery for ya. Fabric! And seemingly every kind of fabric – like upholstery, decor, quilting, apparel and even garden fabric. Which means that this week’s two winners (who are each getting $250 to spend there) could tackle anything from sewing some pillow covers or making a duvet to redoing the curtains in an entire room. And the cool thing about their system is that the more yardage you buy, the cheaper each yard gets – and once you get over that $50 mark, your shipping in the US is free.

Online Fabric Store Giveaway1

  • PRIZE: A $250 gift card to Online Fabric Store
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FABRIC ME!” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: …what’s the meaning behind your name? Does it carry some special significance within your family? Or is there a cool story behind how your parents picked it? Have you always wished it was something else?
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
  • PRIZE SHIPS: Wahoo, this giveaway is available worldwide!
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winners. Good luck…
  • ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!

Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Online Fabric Store.

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Comments

  1. Annalise says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

    Fabric me!! The name I got by is combination of my first and middle name, Anna Elizabeth.

    Reply
  2. Andrea says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

    FABRIC ME!

    My parents chose my name, “Andrea”, largely because my mom doesn’t like nicknames. They didn’t think it could be shortened. let’s just say I have the most nicknames of anyone in my family, haha.

    Reply
  3. andrea mulligan says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:51 am

    I was named after my grandfather Andrew 60 years ago. Now my name is pretty common but I was the only Andrea I knew for 40 years.

    Reply
  4. Erica says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:53 am

    FABRIC ME!

    My dad’s middle name is Eric so I was named after him! And my great grandma’s name was Louise so my middle name comes from her. Fun fact: No one in my family calls me Erica. They all call me Louie after my middle name. Weirdo! LOL

    Reply
  5. Sharon says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:55 am

    FABRIC ME!

    There’s nothing special about my name. I do know that my Dad wanted to call me Paula but my Mom was afraid people would shorten it to Paul, so it was nixed. lol

    Reply
  6. Mandi Wolters says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:58 am

    FABRIC ME! Sadly, my name is inspired by Barry Manilow. Yep, I’m a Mandi.

    Reply
  7. chelsea says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:59 am

    “FABRIC ME” My name means safe port… My gandma swears my mom was going to name me sarah, and then switched to chelsea last minute.. my mom remembers no such thing. ha.

    Reply
  8. yoonjin says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    FABRIC ME!
    “jin” is the same syllable among my sister and cousins. “yoon” means truth. or so that’s what i remember my parents telling me!

    Reply
  9. Laura says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    Laura Elizabeth-about as common and unoriginal as it gets. :) My parents were just that creative, I guess! :)

    Reply
  10. Mette says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    FABRIC ME! In Danish Mette is short for Margaret which means ‘ pearl’

    Reply
  11. Laura says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    My mom named me for Laura Ingalls Wilder because Little House On The Prairie was her favorite show while she was carrying me. I love my name, but I get called so many different variations of it by everyone, that it gets a little tiring! (Lora, Lori, Lauren, Laurie)

    Fabric Me!!!

    Reply
  12. Sara says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    FABRIC ME!!!!
    My mom named me after a crazy old cat lady that was nice to her when she was little. HAHA!

    Reply
  13. Sheila S says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:04 pm

    FABRIC ME!

    I was named for a cousin who entered the convent the month I was born. It was assumed she would change her name and they wanted to keep a “Sheila” in the family.

    Reply
  14. Joyce says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    FABRIC ME! My Chinese name is actually from a famous Chinese novel…haha.

    Reply
  15. lindsay says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    FABRIC ME!

    I was named after the little girl from Little House on the Prairie. (She falls down the hill in the opening credits.)

    But, my dad tells me I was named after Lindsay Wagner, who he had a crush on. My mom says absolutely not! LOL.

    Reply
  16. Sarah G says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    FABRIC ME!

    No real significance to my name beyond that my parents liked the name. And it just happened to be one of the most popular names for the year I was born in. Go figure. :)

    Reply
  17. Sarah R. says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    Fabric me!! There are so many “Sara/h”s in the world, apparently Fleetwood Mac’s Sara was the inspiration, but I much prefer the other song “where storms are in my eyes”.

    Reply
  18. Mao says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    Fabric Me! My name means soft in Hmong :)

    Reply
  19. Angela says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    FABRIC ME!!! I am a triplet so they had a lot of babies to name! My name means Messenger of God which I think is so cool!

    Reply
  20. Leigh-Anne says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    frabric me! My name is my dad’s middle name (Lee- they changed up the spelling) and my mom’s middle name, Anne).

    Reply
  21. Tara says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    FABRIC ME!

    My mom was an All My Children fan but she swears she didn’t name me after the character “Tara”…I prefer to think maybe they got my name from Gone With the Wind!!!

    Reply
  22. Leslie F says

    February 7, 2013 at 11:37 am

    My parents were hoping for a boy to be a Jr. For my dad Wesley. When they were blessed with a girl the settled for a name that rhymed instead. I have always wondered why they didn’t spell it with the female version Lesley though as it would have made a better match. :)

    Reply
  23. leah kerbs says

    February 7, 2013 at 9:29 pm

    Have you announced the winner?? Just want to make sure I didn’t miss it!!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      February 7, 2013 at 10:54 pm

      Not yet, sorry! Traveling today, so maybe tomorrow?

      xo,
      s

  24. Leah Kerbs says

    February 7, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    That’s no problem!! Thanks for responding…I just wanted to make sure I didn’t miss it! Safe travels!

    Reply
  25. Bronwyn says

    February 8, 2013 at 8:47 am

    Weren’t there supposed to be two winners for this give away?

    :s

    I hope so, then maybe I will win haha!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      February 8, 2013 at 8:57 am

      Picking the second one right now! Stay tuned…

      xo
      s

  26. Beth says

    February 8, 2013 at 8:53 am

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is really cool because I have been wanting to make curtains for the downstairs in my house but have not had the money to do it. So I saw this contest and thought I would enter, never thinking that I would really win. I’m a Christian and I know this might seem weird to some of you but I have been praying that I could win this, and God answered my prayer! When I saw my comment on the blog I SCREAMED! I’m six months pregnant and my husband thought I was going into labor or something had gone horribly wrong. I know I sound kinda crazy cause I’m so excited, but I just can’t help it. :) Thanks a bunch this means alot.

    Reply
  27. nicole says

    February 8, 2013 at 8:55 am

    thought there were 2 winners for this one?

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      February 8, 2013 at 8:57 am

      Picking the second one right now!

      xo
      s

  28. Chelsea says

    February 8, 2013 at 9:40 am

    OMG! OMG! OMG!!! Thank you thank you thank you! I’m totally freaking out! My fiancé and I just moved in together and with a September wedding coming up and me wanting to decorate :) eek! Now I’ll finally be able to!!!

    Love you guys sooooo much!!!!

    Reply
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