First off – THANK YOU for all of the awesome poems this week. Sherry and I were cracking up at all of your spins on the “Roses are red” verses. Well done, team. Well done. Anyways, random.org has selected the winner of the Teleflora gift card as… Cristina S (who wrote: Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m awful at rhyming & I hope you are too!). Congrats Cristina!

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and to show our love for you, we’re giving you flowers. Well, actually Teleflora is giving you flowers. And technically just one of you. But not just any flowers – $100 worth of flowers! So hopefully all the ladies reading are psyched at the sheer volume of flowers that could add up to (like something straight out of The Notebook). And to all the dudes reading, I’m secretly gunning for you because I know I’d like to look like the high roller who splurged to the tune of 100 beans on his other half this year (or just sat around enjoying them myself). So go get ‘em.

• PRIZE: A $100 gift card to Teleflora
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “ROSES ARE RED” and continue…
• BONUS QUESTION: … with your own favorite or original spin on the classic saying (mine would be: Roses are red, violets are blue, I can’t enter this freebie, so I’m jealous of you).
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, February 8th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• PRIZE SHIPS: The United States or Canada (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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 Teleflora.

Okay folks, random.org has selected the two lucky winners of a $50 gift code. Although anyone can take advantage of the free extra pages code – GIFT3570 – through Feb 6th. That’s how I saved nearly $80 on ours! But I digress. Our winners are… Christine (whose favorite pic of 2011 is her and  her husband beside the wild boar statue that stands outside the a building at her university) and Bethany (who caught her son shirtless, wearing a cowboy hat, boots, belt & buckle, Wrangler’s while iding his John Deere tractor around their yard this summer). Congrats!

Remember the Petersik Family Yearbook that we mentioned last week? Well now the folks at MyPublisher are gonna hook up two of you with $50 to spend on your own family yearbook (or any photo book really). And as we’ve found, $50 can really go a long way over there (we caught a free extra page promotion that meant our 100-page book was only $45 – including shipping). So get ready to get get your publisher on!

• PRIZE: A $50 gift card to MyPublisher
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PUBLISH ME!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … what your favorite personal photo is from 2011. Did you finally get the perfect family portrait? Or a great set of summer vacation photos? Or maybe there’s just a casual iPhone pic you snapped one day that perfectly captured the sweet face on your spouse / child / pet / imaginary friend?
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, February 1st at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
• PRIZE SHIPS: The United States or Canada (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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. Pic courtesy of MyPublisher.

Ready for the names of our two random winners? Just promise you won’t get emotional or anything. Don’t want anyone getting ‘choked up over this (sorry, couldn’t resist the pun I egregiously left out in the original post). Anyways, our two winners are… Bonney (who loves celery with peanut butter) and Kelly (who says if she can grow it in her garden, then she loves to eat it).

You know we’re always in the mood to browse cool, original art. And since we’ve had kitchens on the brain lately…. well Fine Artichoke is pretty much hitting all of the right notes. They curate a handpicked selection of food, drink, and kitchen-inspired limited edition prints. And two of you are gonna get $50 gift certificates to get something for your hungry walls, as they say. Prepare to drool – over the art and the flavors that inspired them.

• PRIZE: A $50 gift card to Fine Artichoke
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “ARTICHOKE ME!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … what’s your favorite vegetable? Have you always loved green beans? Or recently learned to appreciate kale? Maybe you don’t necessarily love the taste, but like the way “rutabaga” rolls off the tongue. Or feel free to fess up to being a complete vegetable-phobe.
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, January 25th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
• PRIZE SHIPS: The United States or Canada (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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 Fine Artichoke.

And the random winner of lots of goodies from Liquid-Plumr is… Maria (who is actually applying for her PhD in global health diplomacy right now – a self declared “nerdfest”). Congrats!

Raise your hand if you’d like a $150 gift card to Home Depot and a 145-piece tool set? Okay, hands down. We can’t see you anyways. But one of you is going to score those supplies along with two of Liquid-Plumr’s latest clog-busting products. It’s all part of their Tool School, which puts Toolbelt Diva Norma Vally behind the teacher’s desk and includes how-to videos like the one below. Enroll now and you might just know what to do with all 145 tools that are up for grabs…

• PRIZE: A $150 gift card to Home Depot, a 145-piece tool set, and Liquid-Plumr Double Impact and Disposal & Drain Foaming Cleaner
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “SCHOOL ME!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … if you could go to school to earn any degree you wanted right now, what would you study? Would you try something new and exciting? Or follow the same career path that you may have already taken?
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, January 18th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• PRIZE SHIPS: The United States or Canada (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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. Video courtesy of Liquid-Plumr.

Random.org has done it again and crowned an oh-so-randomly selected winner. That lucky person is… Doris Johnson (who can’t contain her love for her puppy, Finn. She even included a link to his picture!). Congrat Doris… and Finn!

It’s no secret that storage boxes and trays are pretty much our jam when it comes to organizing. And this week someone will be taking home the motherlode thanks to Rubbermaid’s new Bento series. Beyond just being pretty chic looking, the boxes have flexible dividers inside that pop out if you need to corral smaller items within and the trays – and also double as box tops (see it in action here). A full set includes an extra large, large, and a medium sized box – all with tops/trays as well as two small boxes.

• PRIZE: A set of Rubbermaid Bento boxes and toppers in either Loose Linen (pictured), Chadwick, or Paprika ($113 value!)
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “BENTO ME!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … what you just can’t contain these days. Is it your love of sarcasm? Your propensity to giggle when nervous? Your urge to dance when your favorite song comes on?
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, January 11th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• PRIZE SHIPS: The United States or Canada (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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 Rubbermaid.

Random.org is wishing a very happy new year to TWO of you by selecting you as our winners. And those lucky people is… KC (who after a recent move to a smaller space would really love to pare down her home to the bare essentials) and Katie (who needs to gets her computer files organized since she can’t find anything). Congrats!

Since ringing in the new year usually means ringing in some resolutions about simplifying or getting organized, simplify 101 might come in handy. They offer online workshops (as well as free guides) to help folks get organized, stay focused, and reach their goals – and include downloadable print and audio materials, a resourceful community, and access to professional instructors. So TWO of you are gonna win enrollment in your choice of either of these two upcoming workshops:

• PRIZE: Enrollment in simplify 101′s Organizing 101 or  How To Achieve Your Goals and Create A Life You Love
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “KEEP IT SIMPLE!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … what area of your life could use some un-complicating. Is it your pantry? Your relationship? Your closet? Your purse? Your job? Or just your DVR box?
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, January 4th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
• PRIZE SHIPS: Anywhere in the world!
• DISCOUNT: Get 15% off enrollment in any of simplify 101’s current workshops with the code YHL15 during checkout (good thru January 6, 2012)
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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 simplify 101.

Thanks to random.org, we’ve got a Merry (belated) Christmas prize going out to… Kristin Aune (who made t-shirts for both of her kids, ornaments, buckeyes and has been trying to perfect her fudge pie recipe). Congrats!

Wahoo. Hope you guys all had an awesome holiday weekend (you can see a sliver of ours here). As we mentioned on Friday, we’ll be stopping in with one quick post each day this week (amongst family hosting, feverish book-deadline writing, and priming & painting all of our kitchen cabinets). But we couldn’t wait to share today’s giveaway that we wrangled after seeing so much amazing stuff at our local Handmade Holiday craft fair. So this week’s lucky winner will get:

• An 8×10 letterpress print (any choice of quote & color), a set of blueprint notes (airplane, boat, golfcart, knots, wave, or lighthouse) and a leather blank book from Almanac Industries. These Baltimore-based bookbinders and letterpress gurus bring a wonderful worn and masculine vibe to these printed prizes.
  
• $50 towards Funnel Cloud Studio on Etsy. Obviously we love her Virginia-themed art, but she also has a bunch of cheerful patterned prints and cheeky illustrations to choose from too.
• A 26-letter ornament set and this green vase from Turnerbots. And we thought our J, S, C and B initial ornaments were cool. Someone’s about to get a whole alphabet full of candy colored ceramics, along with a V-A-S-E.
• $50 towards Zou Zou’s Basement on Etsy. We loved the bunny print that we bought, and this $50 is enough to snag two of her colorful prints.

• PRIZE: Everything mentioned above
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “HAND IT TO ME” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … what you’ve made with your own hands recently. Did you bake something for the holidays? Did you give a handmade gift this weekend? Or have you tackled a DIY or homemade art project recently?
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 28th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
• DISCOUNT: 10% off any item in Turnerbots’ Etsy shop until January 15th, 2012 with the coupon code YOUNGHOUSE.
• USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner 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 winner. Good luck…

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 Funnel Cloud Studio, Turnerbots, Almanac Industries and Zou Zou’s Basement.

After an excitement and entry filled holiday giveaway we’ve crowned our big winner. Well, random.org has crowned a winner. And she is… Nina (who’s planning to soak up and celebrate the magic of the season with her toddler, babe, and hubs this week as well as do some gift wrapping, toy assembling, and cookie baking by the light of the tree). Congrats!

Oprah has Favorite Things. Martha has Good Things. We have Things We Love (okay, so maybe it’s not as catchy or scream-and-cry-on-national-TV-worthy, but we tried). The point is that we’ve rounded up five prizes that we heart, covering a whole range of topics that we love talking about ’round these parts – from art and tools to cleaning and ceramic animals. All in all, it’s nearly $750 worth of goodies for one lucky reader! So without further ado, here’s what one of your stockings will get stuffed with this week:

1. An iRobot Scooba 230 – A compact floor washing robot from the makers of Roomba that’s small enough to get under cabinets and around commodes (worth $299!). Because less time spent scrubbing your floors means more time spent DIYing.
2. An $150 gift certificate from 20×200 – One of our favorite spots for fresh original art, including the bicycle print that my sisters got me for my birthday last month. There are lots of ways to spend your $150, like splurging for a framed piece.
3. Over $200 worth of Kreg Tools – The stuff that gives me the confidence to take on my woodworking projects (this set includes the Kreg Jig Master System and Multi-Mark as well as new stuff that I don’t even have: the Shelf Pin Jig and Square-Cut) – all worth $215!
4. The ceramic pig speaker from West Elm – You already know that we love this often back-ordered guy, so we begged the folks at West Elm to put one aside for the winner.
5. And A Very She & Him Christmas CD (or LP) and winter hat – You’ll need some music to listen to on your new pig speaker, right? And we’re loving these festive tracks from Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward.

So now that we’ve outlined the prize, here are the regular giveaway details:

• PRIZE: See above
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “HAPPY HOLIDAYS!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … what’s on your holiday agenda for the next week? Do you have lots of last minute shopping / cleaning / cooking to do? Are you traveling? Or are you just sitting back and waiting for a certain red-suited man to hop down your chimney (like Clara)?
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 21st at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
• DISCOUNT: Get 10% off on framed print orders placed at 20×200 through tomorrow December 20, 2011 with the code YHL10
• USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner 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 winner. Good luck…

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 iRobot, Kreg Tools, 20×200, West Elm and Merge Records,

Our giveaway has ended, but don’t forget that there are more prizes to be had over on Crate & Barrel’s Facebook page. Our randomly selected winner is… Chrissy (who says there is nothing like sitting in her living room at night with only the christmas tree lights on). Congrats!

If you follow Crate & Barrel on Facebook then you may have already seen that we’re helping to kick off 10 days of giveaways to their Facebook fans. We selected this awesome mixed-metal 30″ starburst mirror as the prize over there because, well, it’s rocks our socks. And guess what? Crate & Barrel is also giving away a second mirror to one of you guys right here on YHL. So you’ve got two shots at getting your starburst mirror on. Can I get a ho, ho, ho?

• PRIZE: This starburst mirror from Crate & Barrel (a $199 value)
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “MIRROR ME!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … your favorite form of holiday sparkle. Is it decorating with silver bells and glittery tinsel? The glow and twinkle of Christmas lights? Or perhaps my favorite – the sugary glisten of freshly iced holiday cookies.
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 14th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• PRIZE SHIPS: All 50 United States
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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 Crate & Barrel.

Random.org has surprised us this week and selected a male winner for the first time in foreverrrrrrr (shocking, we know). His name is… Thomas (and he’s looking forward to time off this holiday season). Congrats dude! (Congrats buddy? Congrats fella? I dunno, I’m so used to saying “Congrats ladies” I’m kinda at a loss).

One of our favorite things to give are custom house portraits (we’ve actually purchased two for my parents in the last year – and even bought one for ourselves). So as we enter the giving-est time of the year, we figured it would be fitting to give one of you the gift of a house portrait too. We recently discovered Rebekka Seale‘s too-charming-for-words illustrations (Sherry’s ridiculously smitten), so wrangling her for a giveaway was at the top of our holiday to-do list. Happily, Rebekka was game. So she’s here to offer up a gift certificate for a custom house portrait along with the winner’s choice of any art print from her Etsy shop. Feel free to keep them for yourself, or wrap ‘em up and put them under the tree for someone else. Note: Rebekka’s all full on house portrait orders until after Christmas, which is why she’s doling out a gift card for one, which can be redeemed after the holidays.

• PRIZE: A gift certificate for a custom house portrait along with your choice of any art print (up to $17 in value) from Rebekka Seale
• TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “SEALE ME!” and tell us…
• BONUS QUESTION: … what are you most looking forward to giving this holiday season? Holiday cookies? The perfect sweater? Homemade crafts? Shearling dog boots (they actually make those)? Feel free to conceal the name of your recipient or talk in code, since we obviously don’t want you to give anything away too soon!
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 7th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• PRIZE SHIPS: Anywhere in the world!
• DISCOUNT: Get 10% off on all orders placed through December 31, 2011 with the code YHL123
• 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 winner. Good luck…

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 Rebekka Seale.