Fab Freebies
Fab Freebie: The Grass Is Always Greener
***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***
We first encountered this week’s giveaway sponsor a few weeks back when browsing Richmond’s Shops at 5807, which is collection of different local boutiques under one roof. MonkeyGrass caught our eye immediately thanks to their fun, colorful and stylish decor, candles, kids’ stuff, etc. And that was before we even realized that all of their merch was green! Even better, eh?
So we’re psyched that MonkeyGrass is generously offering up some of their personality-filled party goods to one fortunate reader. Just check out the eco-friendly party pack they’ve put together for us:
What you’re seeing there in the foreground are a foursome of Pop Tumblers, made from recycled soda bottles. I (as a self-proclaimed soda junkie) have been eyeing these for a while so I’m majorly envious of this week’s winner. But what is that they’re sitting on you ask? Well…
…it’s a Puzzle Piece Serving Board that’s made from sustainable wood. It can be kept together to serve a couple of friends who’ve stopped by for dinner, or be split apart to dish out for a variety of offerings on every surface you have available.
But wait there’s more. You may have spotted that festive fabric banner off in the distance of the first photo…
It’s actually a colorful Cotton Flag Banner which is truly a genius invention since it’s a reusable replacement for streamers, poster board & balloon decorations that are a lot more wasteful than a reusable one-size-fits-all party-in-a-pinnie. It’s perfect for birthday parties, bridal showers, Mother’s Day, a bachelor party… well, scratch that last one. Even so, we’re sure our winner will find plenty of uses to break out this festive string o’ flags and spare the local landfill a garbage bag full of disposable one-time-use stuff. We loved it so much that when MonkeyGrass generously offered up an extra banner for us that we couldn’t resist! Anyway here’s how to enter to snag the whole party pack:
- PRIZE: One green party pack from MonkeyGrass including Pop Tumblers, a Puzzle Serving Board and a Cotton Flag Banner (total value of $114)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PARTY ON” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: Tell us one of your favorite party planning tips. Do you have a special host/hostess trick? Or a party game that always seems to be a hit? Or maybe even some brilliant idea you especially enjoyed as a guest somewhere else?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, July 29th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One, Uno, Un… and thus exhausts my foreign language skills
- PRIZE SHIPS: USA or Canada
- THE USUAL: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner(s) will be selected using random.org and announced on Saturday. Good luck!
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Serving Board image courtesy of MonkeyGrass.
Stick It Freebie Winners!
So glad you guys are digging the graphic masterpieces in our latest giveway courtesy of Kodu Design. We’re excited to see which laptop and refrigerator decals our six winners will choose. Oh and if more of you end up snagging a sticker, please share the pics! We’d love to see those oversized refrigerator stickers in action on your fridge or anywhere else you might think to stick them (on an oversized canvas, a door, a staircase, etc). Heck, Sherry and I still can’t get over how cool this one looks as a backsplash:
So let’s just get to the winners already. After plugging in some numbers to random.org and sorting through nearly 900 requests from people telling us where to stick it, we have our five random winners of the laptop decals. They are (in no particular order):
- Tiffany (the Tiffany with the dog pic on her desktop)
- Sarah (sans last name, but identified by her bland HP laptop)
- Sara Lang (hooray for a last name to distinguish you from the others reading!)
- Elise (the only entrant of this name- so if you’re Elise feel free to get excited)
- MS (mysterious, but certainly distinct)
And the winner of the big ‘ol fridge decal is… lenelein. Congrats everyone! Can’t wait to hear what designs you choose and of course see how they look once they’ve been stuck. And Sarah W – here’s my personal apology that your first name keeps popping up in these winner announcement posts to get your heart racing. I guess we have a lot of readers named Sarah. Either that or random.org is playing a cruel trick on you!
But remember that we’re just a couple of days away from Monday’s giveaway which means there’s something else in the pipeline to comfort all of you non-winners (so feel free to knock on wood). Oh and next week’s prize could actually come in handy for just that purpose…
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Kodu Design.
Fab Freebie: Stick It
***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***
After practically living and breathing home improvement and general house sprucing for the past three years (and blogging about it non-stop for nearly two) it sometimes feels like we’ve considered how to transform every nook and cranny of our space. But when this week’s giveaway sponsor contacted us, we suddenly realized there was one surface that we had overlooked…
Kodu Design makes custom graphic stickers of all sizes, and therefore practically all surfaces, but they specialize in designs for laptops and refrigerators (yes, refrigerators) so this week we’re giving away some pretty amazing instant art.
Our six lucky winners will be able to choose from the variety of graphics and colors shown on Kodu’s product page - from crisp stripes for your computer to an oversized fork for your fridge. These removable stickers (did your ears perk up, renters?) might just be the perfect way to breathe life into an aging machine or add some extra punch to your workspace or counterspace. Or you could go rogue and use the large fridge sticker for another big surface in your house, like this decal-turned-showstopping-backsplash. Ah-mazing.
- PRIZE: A graphic laptop decal (valued at $14) OR a side-by-side fridge decal (valued at $134) in any design on their site.
- TO ENTER: Comment either “STICK IT TO MY COMPUTER” or “STICK IT TO MY FRIDGE” depending on which prize you prefer and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … how you’re currently bringing some personal flair to your computer or fridge? Maybe it’s a simple desktop wallpaper that makes your day? Or a photocollage on your fridge?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSED: Friday, July 24th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Six lucky winners will score one of five laptop stickers and one refrigerator decal.
- PRIZE SHIPS: Globally- so everyone’s in on the fun this time.
- THE USUAL: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Saturday. Good luck!
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Kodu Design.
Let The Rain Fall Down Freebie Winner!
Thanks so much to all of you for making our first official giveaway as Young House Love such an amazing success. With nearly 2300 entries, it’s clear you all not only love the rain but also these eco- and water-bill-friendly rain barrels from The Rain Barrel Company!
And speaking of being clear, Sherry wanted me to come clean about the fact that the Hilary-Duff-inspired title of this freebie was all my doing. It’s a long story, but basically that song was once a big inside joke with some of my college friends (shout out to Quan and Sarah) so it’s forever engrained in my mind. Which is why I just couldn’t help but break it out when it was so appropriate for this giveaway (and yes, I even snuck in another lyric in my admission statement above – did ya catch it?)
But you’re probably wondering who the lucky lady or gent is who’ll soon be watching the rain fall down into their new rain barrel. Well, we plugged numbers into our trusty random.org and it spat out… Shifra. Congrats! We can’t wait to hear whether you’ll be going for the paintable Californian barrel or one of the planter-topped Cascata models. Either way, thanks in advance for recycling your rainwater with us. In fact, we’re going to be washing our car with some of our barrel water this weekend.
For everyone else, don’t forget you can also learn how to make your own DIY barrel on our How To page. And we’re just a few days away from announcing next week’s giveaway on our usual Monday schedule. So stick around (and yes, that’s a clue).
Psst, have you updated your bookmarks / reader / blogroll / outgoing links / Twitter/ Facebook yet? If you’re still heading our way using old TYH methods, they won’t last for long so don’t forget to make the switch! We’d hate to lose a single one of you freebie-lovin’ folks.
