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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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  1. Kim M says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Growing up on the Eastern Shore, swimming lessons comsisted of our parents tying a rope around your middle and chunking you over board. Trust me….you learned fast. But, I learned to love it and thankfully still do :)

    Reply
  2. mindy says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love swimming! When I was growing up we had a pool in the backyard and my mom called me a fish because one summer I was under water more than above it.

    Reply
  3. Tierney says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I really love to swim on a hot, summer day.

    Reply
  4. audra says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    i love the water and can’t wait to lounge all summer in the lake! lake michigan is the best!

    Reply
  5. Kaylee says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Love to swim….have lived in Texas all my life and it is HOT so we swim!!

    Reply
  6. Michelle McCormick says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! We live on the beach in CA, so there aren’t any swimming pools around here, just the big, cold ocean that I don’t get in!

    Reply
  7. Sallie says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” I can hardly swim! But I can do a mean doggie paddle :)

    Reply
  8. Ryan says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    Love to swim!!

    Reply
  9. Bethany says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I just had a group discussion with 48 4-5 year olds about swimming safety…many of us think you simply need arm floaties and you are good to go! <3

    Reply
  10. Jessica says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I’m not a lap swimmer but I do love standing in the shallow end with a beer in my hand!

    Reply
  11. Rebecca wasch says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    Let’s go swimming…since we have had some hot days in Richmond already! I can’t wait totake my little Mr. E in the water this year.

    Reply
  12. Andrea | HomageStyle.com says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Um, I’m enough of a swimmer to *hopefully* save my life if necessary.

    Not much of a recreational pool type…

    Reply
  13. shell li says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! The pool just opened up so I’m sure I’ll be there soon!

    Reply
  14. Sarah says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING.

    I am more of a float in the water kind of person… specially if a raft or flotation device is part of the equation…

    Reply
  15. Stephie says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!!! I don’t know how to swim.. but some magical reason I can swim in a pool! Just bought a new house and we’re saving up to put a pool in next summer!! =)

    Reply
  16. Katie says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Let’s go swimming! Love the water, live by the beach on Sydney’s northern coast so it’s the backdrop to my life!

    Reply
  17. Taylor says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING! I used to swim competitively in high school… I still miss it!

    Reply
  18. heather f says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    “Let’s go swimming!”

    I take my baby grandson every week to baby swim at our local aquatic center. He goes crazy, and the water is nice and warm for grammie!

    Reply
  19. Melissa says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    Let’s Go Swimming! I love the water, especially the ocean and anything to do with it!

    Reply
  20. Cherie says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING: Yep, I grew up as a competitive swimmer and have been swimming since I was 6 months old! Since graduating college, though, I moved on to open water swimming down the shore in the summertime :)

    Reply
  21. Emily says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I have loved swimming since I was young and can’t wait to teach my son.

    Reply
  22. Sarah P. says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I love the water, and I wish I was a good swimmer, but I’m afraid I’m pretty terrible. It’s mostly just doggy paddling for me!

    Reply
  23. Kiera Brown says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! We swim every weekend (Live in Florida- so that helps) We have an autistic son who LOVES to swim so we indulge him whenever we can. Its fantastic to see him feel so free and enveloped in the weightless sensation.

    Reply
  24. Lesley says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I used to be a competitive swimmer and like to spend as much time as I can in the pool! a print like yours would look great in my house

    Reply
  25. Jo says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” I’m a piscis, I could live in the water!

    Reply
  26. Vanessa says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love swimming and used to lifeguard in high school. I sure wish Kansas was closer to a beach…

    Reply
  27. Louise says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Love swimminng, especially in the heat of summer, in the evening, at the beach

    Reply
  28. CandaceJ says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    Let’s go swimming!

    I grew up in Bermuda, so the ocean feels like home to me….so much so, that I can never live too far away for it. Or I feel like a piece of me is broken.

    Love these prints!

    Reply
  29. Sooz D says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING! I really want to learn to be a better swimmer, just joined the YMCA because of the pool!

    Reply
  30. April Anderson says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    Let’s go swimming! Love tubing down our river in the heat of the summer sun with my family and friends. The best is swimming in the slower deep water….can’t wait till summer:)

    Reply
  31. Janessa says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING! We love the water! Love to splash with my babies! You guys rock!

    Reply
  32. Abigail says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING
    My idea of a vacation is a place where I can look at water. That is all.

    Reply
  33. Megan says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love lounging at the pool but I’m not much up for swimming laps.

    Reply
  34. Laurel Feigley says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    LET”S GO SWIMMING! I love to play in the water, but have had less access since kiddos 1 and 2. The beach is one of my favorite places and I look forward to growing into more time there with the family. Samantha French’s work evokes that warm relaxed feeling I have when I am playing in the water…

    Reply
  35. Jackie says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    Let’s go swimming! Love sitting by/in water on a summer day!

    Reply
  36. Emily says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Being an Aussie girl the water is my second home.

    Reply
  37. erin says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! i am definitely a swimmer! as a kid my family used to call me “fish” because i would always spend all my free time in the water. to this day i can’t resist the call of the water!

    Reply
  38. Kali says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I was a fish in my previous life.

    Reply
  39. Sharon says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love swimming with my kids, or laps by myself…if I ever get the chance.

    Reply
  40. Lisa says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!
    I recently started training with a coach to improve my triathlon swimming. I swim 3km twice a week now. I love swimming!

    Reply
  41. Blair Nelson says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING
    I could swim before I can actually remember. My mom says I was going off the diving board at 18 months and swimming full laps under water by 3. I swam all the way through college and coached all levels from infants to adults. I really feel something deep and primal when I look at these works of art. Maybe I should win?!

    Reply
  42. Annaliese says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING – I love swimming and want to do a triathlon before I’m 25!

    Reply
  43. jennifer says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I actually believe I might be part mermaid?!

    Reply
  44. Jen Russell says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    I love being in the water, though I don’t swim lots of laps.

    Reply
  45. Michelle W. says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I myself am not a big swimmer, but my younger sister Andrea totally is! She swam all through high school and even in college, she’d be so surprised if I gave her a print or two for her summer birthday.

    Reply
  46. Brenda says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I love to go swimming. My husband and I always try to see who can swim the farthest underwater.

    Reply
  47. Joy says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I am not the best swimmer but I am a total beach bum and you will catch me hauling my butt out to Riis Park in Queens via MTA bus at least once a week in the summertime!

    Reply
  48. Sarah says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING

    Reply
  49. Virginia Luyster says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    Lets go swimming, or perhaps just lounging!

    Reply
  50. Kimberly says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING” …the water and I are not friends. I took swimming lessons as a kid and could never pass starfish guppy because I couldn’t put my head underwater! ….very sad that still can’t!

    Reply
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