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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: French Swimming

| By John Petersik | March 26, 2012 | 4,482 Comments

Fab Freebie: French Swimming

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***

Well now that we’re more than ready to find a pool to dive into, random.org has picked a winner of this week’s giveaway. The lucky lady is… Cher (who swims about 20 laps each day in the summer). Congrats!

One element in our new kitchen that always makes us smile is the etsy print that we purchased by Samantha French. Remember, the cheery orange and blue painting of the lady swimming (that Clara also sweetly though included some “fishies”)? Well now Samantha is giving you guys a chance to win your very own colorful work of art with a $200 gift certificate to her Etsy shop. So grab your swim cap and bathing suit because that’s enough to snag any of the 16 x 20″ archival prints featuring Samantha’s signature subject matter.

Samantha French Giveaway

  • PRIZE: A $200 gift card to Samantha French’s Etsy shop
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: …are you a swimmer? Do you love going to the pool to do a few laps? Or maybe just to splash around (or lounge around)? Or are you and water not friends?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, March 28th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • PRIZE SHIPS: Worldwide!
  • 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 Samantha French.

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Comments

  1. JR says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Let’s Go Swimming! I mostly like to lounge and splash around. I can’t wait open up the pool in the backyard of our new home (we moved in just after the pool was closed up for Winter).

    Reply
  2. ACVargis says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Wish I could swim, but I do have a mean doggy paddle…

    Reply
  3. Erin @ The Impatient Gardener says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Let’s go swimming!

    I swam competitively in high school and while I was in the best shape of my life, the sound of water going past my ears now makes me feel a little ill. So I prefer a floaty chair with a drink holder. Unless it’s open water swimming … which is always fun to play in the waves, snorkle, etc.

    Reply
  4. Mina says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!
    I’m waiting for that first day of summer when I can dive into any body of water (lake, pool, ocean) and just stay under for those few quiet seconds before shooting up for air

    Reply
  5. Justine says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the water, but usually only swim in the ocean. Which is too bad as I only live near the Oregon coast!

    Reply
  6. Allison says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I have been a swimmer since childhood–I even hold a couple pool records!

    Reply
  7. Lauren says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I like the idea of swimming, but I don’t like the reality…having to get another shower and get ready all over again. Haha.

    Reply
  8. Kelly says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I miss the water. One of the few good things to come out of my unemployment was the ability to swim a mile a day. Haven’t been back to the pool much since I got a job . . . .

    Reply
  9. Michelle says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love swimming, and used to outlast every kid at the pool in the apartment building, splashing around and swimming as if I were a mermaid. The Little Mermaid was a big part of my childhood :)

    Reply
  10. Kim says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love the pool and I love to swim… If I could go back and be 8 years old again, swimming and playing mermaids, I think that would be awesome! And throw in a game of sharks in minnows in there too!

    Reply
  11. Rachel says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I haven’t gone in ages!

    Reply
  12. Kerrie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Growing up in sunny phoenix, we lived in the pool. Swim team filled my summers, then synchronized swimming filled my teenage years (even went to nationals once) then coaching and teaching swim lesson were my summer jobs through college. Samantha’s art speaks to me for sure.

    Reply
  13. Carrie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Let’s go swimming!! We love the water…my daughter just learned to swim and is a fish!

    Reply
  14. krissy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I used to be a competitive swimmer but now I prefer to splash about in the ocean or head up to the Thousand Islands-all natural H20 for me!

    Reply
  15. Lou Anne says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love the water, always have. I was even on a swim team for a few years when I was a kid. I’m game for practically any water-related activity!

    Reply
  16. Kristi says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Let’s go swimming!!! I love the water. I would have to say I prefer swimming in lakes, rivers and ponds vs. a pool or the ocean!

    Reply
  17. Johanna says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!!!!!!!!! I am a swimmer, actually. Swam competitively from age 5 through high school. My girls both are little fish, too. Absolutely LOVE this art!!

    Reply
  18. Tracy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    I love all forms of swimming – racing, slow laps, floating, and I even did synchronized swimming as a kid!

    Reply
  19. Katie C. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I swam competitively until I was 18 and did club swimming in college, so I would really love to win this giveaway!

    Reply
  20. Katrina @ 'Sota is Sexy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Let’s go swimming!

    I’m an okay swimmer, but I pale in comparison to my younger sister, who swam competitively through college.

    She once tried to teach me the butterfly on vacation at our resort’s pool and someone quite literally thought I was drowning.

    Yes, it was THAT bad.

    Reply
  21. Amy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the water, and it’s pretty much required to spend lots of time in the water to survive our Texas summers.

    Reply
  22. Chelsea says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I can honestly say that I feel most at home when I’m by the water.. I spent my childhood and most of high school on the swim team, then spent 6 years as a lifeguard through high school and college. It’s home to me!

    Reply
  23. Stephanie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the water. Last weekend, our family enjoyed an indoor waterpark. I could stay in the lazy river all day. Haven’t been SCUBA diving since we’ve added kids and I really miss it. Ahhh…

    Reply
  24. Julie_S says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I’m a regular swimmer – once a week I have “swim training” which is actually more like fun swimming while learning technical stuff.

    And… Yay for the international freebie!

    Reply
  25. Andrea says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Love the water – it’s the only way to cool down during the summer!

    Reply
  26. Masha says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Love swimming, but not in dark water (like at night. when there could be monsters.) *shudder*

    Reply
  27. Rosemary says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING. I can float, but I can’t dive. I love the water, I’m just not very graceful in its presence.

    Reply
  28. Jessica says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the water. There’s something so tranquil about floating on your back and staring at the clouds on a warm summer day. Love it.

    Reply
  29. Shannon @ Compartment Life says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love everything about the water! Except jellyfish, I think only Dori loves those!

    Reply
  30. Valerie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!- I love the water, though I prefer ocean to pool.

    Reply
  31. Sarah R. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love being in the water, particularly the cycle of swim, sit reading in the sun to dry, hop back in the water, sit in the sun, etc., that makes vacation swimming so awesome. In “real life” I hardly ever get to spend time in the water, though.

    Reply
  32. Meghan says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!! I LOVE the water, I was a competative synchronized swimmer for 10 years and practically lived at the pool! Now we take our year old daughter swimming 2-3 times a week!

    Reply
  33. Denise Sorber says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING! Yes im a swimmer! Or was at least, for 15 years of my childhood. My life revolved around it!

    Reply
  34. Sam says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! We are big swimmers in our house. A vacations just doesn’t feel like a vacation without some pool time! :D Thanks, Sam x

    Reply
  35. Theresa Kennedy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love swimming, my husband loves swimming, and my husband is determined to get our 6 month old summer in the water ASAP!

    Reply
  36. Sarah Woods says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the water, especially the lakes here in Kentucky! Can’t wait to get out on them this summer!

    Reply
  37. Bridget says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love swimming! I try to make it to the beach to swim several times a week (in the summer) even if I only have an hour or two!

    Reply
  38. jodi says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    i am in LOVE with her work! what a fantastic giveaway!
    i grew up on a lake, so i love to be in the water. lake, river, ocean, pool . . . doesn’t matter to me.

    Reply
  39. Audrey says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I met my man training for a triathlon, at the pool. This would be so cool to have!

    Reply
  40. Chelsea says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I LOVE the water! When I was 6 my parents bought a small cottage on a lake in Northern Michigan – and we spent almost every weekend each summer there learning to swim, and then learning to race, and then learning to dive, and then tube and water-ski, and, and, and! AND this year my fiance and I are getting married on that very same lake because my love of water runs so deep! :)

    Reply
  41. Kate says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    Let’s Go Swimming!

    I do love to swim, but i hate to get wet. the drying process is such a hassle.

    Reply
  42. Kristin Hardwick says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Last fall we bought a house with an in ground pool, so we will be loving the water this summer!

    Reply
  43. Kasey M. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING

    Swimmer for life! (But lets be honest I prefer the water not be too cold – particularly now that I’m not 12!)

    Reply
  44. Shannon says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    Let’s go swimming!!!

    Reply
  45. Emily says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!

    I love to lounge-swim, preferably in a pool with a frozen drink in my hand or in a shallow beach area.

    Reply
  46. Erin S says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love swimming! Unfortunately I don’t live near a pool now so I really need a print to cheer me up :-)

    Reply
  47. Shari says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love to swim in the lake at my Grandmother’s house in Maine. All you can hear are the loons calling and the wind in the trees.

    Reply
  48. Rebecca says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I have been a swimmer my whole life. I was on swim teams from the time I was 6 to the time I was 19. I love to do laps, float in the middle of the ocean, snorkel…anything involving water. Such cool prints and such a fun giveaway! Makes me want to go swimming.

    Reply
  49. Holly says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I am a recovering lifeguard and swimming teacher. After being wet for basically 6 years I needed a break from the water. But now I’m all for it. These pictures really capture joy of swimming!

    Reply
  50. Heather says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    Let’s go swimming!
    I love the summertime and swimming in lakes in Northern Michigan!

    Reply
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