***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
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.
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As part of my secret santa gift at work, I made my partner a homemade bookmark because she loves to read. I also decided to make her a gift basket of all of my personal favorite drawing supplies because I knew she loves to draw and needed new things. So, although it’s not quite all made with my hands, I did opt out of the easy gift card option, so that felt good.
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I made a kitty-cat patterned apron for my 5 year old niece and lots and lots of Christmas cookies!
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DIY, hmmm, I made a pumpkin spice cake…
Whenever I’m at my parents’ house I do all the cooking amd baking! I’ve done quite a bit the past free days!
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This year I made homemade granola, chocolate covered pretzels rolled in a variety of gourmet nuts and dried fruits, and my husband made me a bookshelf for Christmas out of recycled wood!
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For the Holidays this year I made everyone in my immediate family some homemade. This included a crocheted snowman, Dr. Who Beanie, Lord of the Rings Beanie and scarf, Owl Hat, Dog Bandanna, and gloves. :)
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On Friday night, we made homemade cinnamon sugared almonds for the stockings! They were awesome!
HAND IT TO ME! I made a quilt for each of my 2 adult daughters just like Sherry made for Clara! I used fabric that I had made dresses out of when they were younger. They loved them!
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I made my daughters skirts to wear to Mass on Christmas morning… they turned out pretty well, although one kept riding up in the back a bit (is it bad to say that your very skinny 6 year old daughter has a bubble butt?). =O
Honestly, this is such a fun giveaway!!! I could use some fabulous prints for our house!!! And as a teacher, the alphabet ornaments would be so fun to use at school on a little tree in my room. Thanks for the chance to win such cute loot!
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I didn’t get to make as much as I wanted, but this week I’ll be off with the kids a few days and we’ll tackle a few fun crafts together!
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I made my mother and MIL both canvases for Christmas using the kiddos handprints as the Christmas tree leaves and thumbprints as the shiny red ornaments. Turned out soooo cute!
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Hand it to me! Yesterday I made Christmas dinner for 11 people. Im very proud to say are no burns or cuts on these hands!
HAND IT TO ME! I did several handmade gifts this year. I made a piece of silhouette art, embellished some handbags, made a dress for my DD, and of course there was lots of baking of treats! ;-)
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I just made my own version of Starbucks’s cranberry bliss bars…they were a huge hit!
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Pioneer woman’s cinnamon rolls as our family’s neighbor gift. Yum!
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I made my own ornament wreath! Have loved them for years, and finally tackled one this year.
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I’ve made a lot of things this holiday season – mostly sewn things and baked goods. I made quilts, including two quilted growth charts (thanks pinterest) and tons of sewn ornaments and other gifts to give away at Christmas and after.
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we painted pottery for the grandmas this year..so fun!
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I made the super easy ornament wreath this Christmas, along with lots of cookies!
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I made diabetes (sugar free) cookies for Gammy this year.
Hand it to me! I made Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas brunch with my own two hands. It was yummy, too!
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Made a few “trees” using styrofoam cones and various toppers (felt, berries, etc.)
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This Chritmas, I was in charge of desserts. Chocolate covers marshmallows, peanut butter blossoms, fudge, mint oreo truffles, s’mores cookie bars…….I was one tired girl! But what a tasty end to our festivities!
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This year, I made some ornaments for my mom and both my mom,sister and girlfriend receieved homemade pajama pants. I had fun making all of them but yikes! It was a LOT of work and late nights! Darn procrastination….
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I made laundry soap and then made a vinyl label for it and mod podged some pretty paper on top to cover the old label on the bin I recycled.
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I made some tree ornaments with my kids this holiday season!
“HAND IT TO ME!” We go into major cookie-baking mode around here over the holidays. Also, I sat the kids down to make pommander balls with apples, oranges, whole cloves and pretty ribbons to give to their aunts. I have been secretly photographing family & friends pets and then cutting out silhouettes(sp?)to frame in my stockpile of Ribba frames. They’ve been a huge hit and fun to do.
Hand it to me!!! :) Recently I DIY’ed chalkboard wine glasses for a hostess gift. She loved them!
Hand It To ME! I need to hem my son’s bathrobe that is too long, does that count? Our recent mini kitchen reno included changing the paint color, which means a lot more painting to coordinate our open floor plan, so I plan on starting the dining room (now 2nd t.v. room) today. Happy Holidays!
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Most recently, I made four batches of sweet potato casserole for various holiday parties… I guess it’s becoming my specialty! :)
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This Christmas wouldn’t be complete with out helping my husband’s grandmother make 40 Swedish Tea Rings from scratch! Delicious!
HAND IT TO ME! I made my brother-in-law a knit scarf as a Christmas gift. Also made lots of holiday cookies this year.
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i made polymer animals in the fashion of http://www.joojoo.me/search/label/polymer%20clay they are wicked cute.
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Cookies and little holiday crafts for kids (at school and my nieces). Next on the list are some decor for the nursery before our baby boy gets here in March!! :)
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I made some cloth baby wipes for my soon-to-be here little one!
Hand it to me! I am crocheting myself a nice big blanket after years of making blankets for others.
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I made a pumpkin roll for my boyfriend’s family after my mom taught me her recipe at Thanksgiving. It doesn’t look great, but it still tastes pretty good!
Hand it to me … stitched a beautiful wedding folk art counted cross stitch for me daughter and her hubby <3
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COOKIES! Lots and lots of cookies.
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I made Nutella and peanut butter no bake cookies. They were a sugar coma come to life!
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I made zipper bags for my 7yr old niece and 2 1/2yr old nephew for their girly things/race cars, etc… and a fleece blanket for my nephew to curl up in. And I made chocolate covered pretzel rods, peppermint bark, “Christmas tree brownies,” (pinterest inspired), chocolate chip/m&m cookies, and bite size apple pies (also pinterest inspired). whew, just typing all that made me tired! :)
HAND IT TO ME! I made piles of cookies this holiday season!
Hand it to me! I’m working on a pendant flag banner that says Happy Birthday. My daughter turns 1 on Feb. 10th, so I need to finish it by then. It’s only my 3rd sewing project so hopefully I don’t mess it up! I’m having fun with it, though. :)
Hand It to me! I made some cookies!
Hand it to me! I made our usual corn casserole, beloved of church potlucks and holiday dinners every where.
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I made crayon rolls for the kids. I love making things by hand.
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I made a pine cone wreath for my front door. Happy Boxing Day!
HAND IT TO ME! This Christmas I made a whole slew of ornaments for our second tree. You can check them out at the bottom of this post.
http://thewhipps.blogspot.com/2011/12/12-days-of-christmas-cardboard.html
Merry Christmas!
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I made homemade cinnamon rolls for our Christmas morning breakfast. We’re enjoying the leftover ones today!
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I made a big felt wreath for my house! I cut out 330 felt circles and also made small felt wreath for my closest friend here in VA.
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Pies and the holiday dinner. Everything taste better from scratch. Except for pie crust. Making that from scratch is just crazy talk.
Amanda — if you have a Cuisinart, it’s really easy to make pie dough from the recipe that comes with it — it does all of the chopping of the butter and all of the mixing; the hardest part is getting the dough out without slicing a finger on the blade (a rite of passage, I’m afraid).