***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.
Laura says
Hand it to me! I made salt dough ornaments of my baby’s hands and feet.
andy v says
Hand it to me! Getting ready to make my grandma’s chili recipe to enjoy on my last day off work!
katie says
Hand it to me…I made some delicious Christmas cookies this week!
Sharon says
HAND IT TO ME! This year I made about a dozen doll beds for other people to give as gifts, it was such joy to see the excitement in their faces in anticipation of giving it to their special little girl.
:o)
Guenevera says
HAND IT TO ME!
The best handmade thing I’ve done recently is make our Christmas cards. We got adorable blank-on-the-inside cards from etsy and made and attached the inside ourselves. They’ve been a big hit from everyone I’ve heard back from!
lauren says
HAND IT TO ME!
I made cookies and cinnamon buns this weekend!
Jaclyn says
Hand it to me!!
Julia says
Hand it to me!
Most of my gifts this year are DIY.
Reagan@BeSimpleMassage says
HAND IT TO ME!
PLEASE?!? ha!
I’m a lampworker, Screen printing assistant, and a massage therapist so I pretty much involve my hands in everything I do and make.
We work the Franklin Farmers Market in Franklin, Tn and sell lampwork beads, jars, earrings, and ornaments and screen printed ECO-friendly t-shirts to the craft loving locals so this year we bought ALL of our gifts from there and it was very fulfilling to support other locals. Glad you guys are doing the same!!
Liz says
HAND IT TO ME!
I made french toast this morning. I’m not exactly crafty…so cooking and baking are about as hands-on as I get!
Brett says
Hand it to me!
I made shortbread for my coworkers: rosemary, earl grey and chocolate espresso.
Heather says
hand it to me!
i recently made a whole load of baby blankets for a local mistletoe market!
susan says
Where is a local mistletoe market. I couldn’t find any mistletoe in Cincinnati.
Rose says
Hand it to me! Since moving here in July I’ve painted my kitchen cabinets and walls, my stairs, and my basement, plus made a faux roman shade for the kitchen, and fabric hoops and a colorful bunting for the baby’s room. And a Christmas stocking for the baby. And an embroidery sampler for her!
Michelle says
HAND IT TO ME!
I made several photo gifts this year with my scrapbooking supplies.
Lynne says
HAND IT TO ME! Actually, I make a lot of things. I make all of my own cards, year round, for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. However, at Christmas I only make a half dozen or so. But I also make handmade ornaments for friends and family, as well as some gifts. I’m really into punch needle right now (they look like miniature hooked rugs) but I’m always getting more ideas….from blogs a lot of the time!
Lisa says
Hand it to me!
I did some baking and lots of crafting. I made my own Christmas cards, crafted a few ornaments, and added homemade touches to store bought gifts.
Sarah says
Hand it to me!
I made ornaments for all of my friends and family.
Lauren says
Hand it to me!! Love letters!
JessG says
Hand it to me- made cloth napkins for all my family and a decadent triple chocolate peppermint trifle… Yum
Lauren says
Hand it to me!
Many many batches of cookies!!
Maria says
Hand it to me – I baked a great rum cake last week.
Allison says
HAND IT TO ME!
Making dinner tonight for 8!
Jenna says
HAND IT TO ME!
I made coasters for all my female relation. They were a hit!!
Ashley Bradley says
HAND IT TO ME!
This Christmas we made lots of goodies. I made re-useable hand warmers. hand stamped grocery bags, wooden wine racks, travel wraps, and plenty of food goodies!!! Hope you guys had a great Christmas!
Kati says
Hand it to me!!! I made some delicious pulled pork for Christmas Eve dinner! Since I am not usually the one in the kitchen I was pretty excited to have it turn out so well!!
Sarah S says
Hand it to me!
I made both my daughters super hero capes for when they play “bad guys” with their daddy!
Nicole says
Hand it to me! I made one of those yarn wreaths I have been seeing so much of, and also a million holiday cookies!
Jessica says
HAND IT TO ME!!!
I made 14 dozen Pinterest inspired cookies for our office Christmas party last week, 12 dozen for my boyfriend’s workplace, and I made myself the pumpkin loaf that I learned about on Hi Sugarplum! It was a verrrrrrrry Pinterest/Blogger Christmas around here : )
Mary says
HAND IT TO ME! I made some delicious candy cane fudge that disappeared almost as soon as it was finished.
Shannon says
HAND IT TO ME!
Every year, I make ornaments and attach them to each gift. I also make jewelry for all the women (and girls) in the family. This year my 5 yr. old daughter and I made cupcakes and pie for dessert!
I already have plans for next year’s ornament. It’s a little more labor intensive, so I need to start making them in a few weeks!
Melissa says
HAND IT TO ME! I was just at the beach and made a sandcastle!
susan says
Now that’s what I’d like to be making right now.
Burb Happy says
Hand it to me!
I made peanut butter kisses, snickerdoodles, chocolate chip meringues, sugar cookies (which were then decorated0, seafood chowder and matzoh ball soup.
Emily says
Hand it to me!
I attempted the pinterest project of melting crayons on a canvas. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out like the picture! But hey, I tried. :)
christine says
HAND IT TO ME!
To save money and as a way to say thank you to all the wonderful people in my life and my daughter’s life…..we made over 25 cookie baskets! :)
Tara says
Hand it to me!!
I made some delicious homemade turkey chili and also “made” photographs of my grandparents as Xmas gifts for my parents! As a photographer, I get to do that quite often:)
Hope you all had a merry Christmas!!
Donna says
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Did lots of decorating with thrift and vintage bits and pieces and loved the look, very special.
Cinda says
Hand it to me!
I’ve recently discovered your site (love it btw!!) and as a result have also discovered pinterest.com So I’ve been doing all sorts of fun diy projects. A couple of my favorites have included a button monogram, a topiary made out of pine cones and a small shadow box that I filled with handmade scrapbook paper rosettes.
Jackie says
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I’ve been OBSESSED with making cookies out of cake mix lately. Seriously. Cannot get enough of them. Even if it *is* sort of cheating the whole “homemade” thing.
The BEST version is with Spice Cake mix. With the dough rolled in Sugar In The Raw and cinnamon before baking. Look the recipe up on the Betty Crocker website if you want to make your world a better place. But use applesauce for most of the oil. So that your waistline doesn’t become a *bigger* place.
Stephanie says
Jackie: my favorite is devils food cake mix, 1/2 cup oil, 2 eggs. When you take out of oven after 6 to 9 min put an Andes mint on each one. After 5 mins spread melted mint like icing. Yummy! This was evrryones favorite Christmas cookie.
Rebecca says
HAND IT TO ME!
I made a floor play blanket as a baby shower gift, and an amber necklace for my own bun in the oven. Oh and the wreathes for our windows. Today I am going to sew some curtains for the kitchen windows.
Michelle says
HAND IT TO ME! We made apple pie for Christmas dessert!
Gina F says
HAND IT TO ME Thanks for the giveaway. I made homemade frosting for my little one’s birthday this last week.
MissPinkKate says
HAND IT TO ME! I made dinner on Christmas Eve!
Britni says
HAND IT TO ME! I made quite a few gifts this year but I think my niece was really excited about her fort kit!
Christen says
HAND IT TO ME!
Taylor says
Hand it to me!! This Christmas I made ornaments for our tree. They turned out amazing!
Christine says
Hand it to me! I made cookies using my grandmother’s recipe – she may not be with us any longer, but I won’t let a Christmas go by without having her present in some small way! (And I made some chocolate croissants – cheating by using the boxed/frozen ones from Trader Joe’s, but if you’ve never had them, BUY THEM. I could eat a whole box myself.)
Ashley L. says
Hand it to me!!
Dani M. says
HAND IT TO ME! I made all of the Christmas gifts for our family – lots of faux embroidery, freezer paper stencils, and sewing. Reactions were good!
Merideth says
HAND IT TO ME! My husband and I recently made wassail as Christmas presents and hand delivered it!
Lydia says
Hand it to me!
I broke out the sewing machine and made a Rollie Pollie (google Rollie Pollie pattern) and had leftover fabric to make a toddler backpack. I love making gifts!