***This giveaway has reached our cap of 10,000 entries and is now closed. See who won below!***
It took you guys just a little under 6 hours to push this blogiversary giveaway to its 10,000 entry cap, so we’re here with an earlier-than-usual update on our randomly selected winner. That lucky person is… Britta (who’s currently living in baby/preschooler world so she hopes in five years she won’t “have to deal with someone else’s poop on a daily basis and to be able to sleep through the night!”). Congrats Britta!
For every blogiversary we try to do something special for that week’s giveaway. And this year we ran with the five theme and snagged five different $500 prizes for one lucky winner from a few of our favorite places: FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie. Which means someone’s gonna get a grant total of $2,500 to spend in celebration of our big five year blogiversary.
The five generous folks who are each giving away $500 aren’t just places we love, but also places that hold a special place in the our blog’s history (and future). In addition to being one of our first and most longstanding sponsors, Z Gallerie has dished out prizes for a blogiversary before – and was our first ever giveaway to break the 1,000 entry mark.
Richmond-based Shades of Light (also a long-time sponsor) has found their way into our home on several occasions (their local outlet makes us crazy). Plus we’ve got an exciting announcement about them that we’ll be sharing soon (secrets, secrets, are no fun).
Joss & Main is a newer favorite of ours, and they’ve invited us twice to curate sale collections on their site…. so we’ll always be grateful to them for making us feel like real designers – even if only for a brief time. Haha.
While HomeGoods seems to find their way onto our blog pretty often (like a $500 giveaway for you guys last week), one of our favorite instances was when they helped us makeover a local family’s living areas for them a while back.
And last but not least is FLOR, whose catalogs is one of our favorites to get in the mail. But more importantly, they’re gonna play an important role in our upcoming book tour. More details on that next week!
- PRIZE: $500 gift cards to FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie (totaling $2,500!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FIFTH ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … where you see yourself in five years. We always say we have no clue where we’ll be down the road but it’s always fun to imagine, right? How might your family be different or have grown? Will you be in a new home or a new city? Will you have the same job?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, Sept 26th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- 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 FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie.
Krista says
Fifth me! We just moved, so hope to feel a lot more settled in our new city.
Carrie says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be a in a new house!
Allysn Marple says
FIFTH ME!
In five years… maybe preggo? Not in Atlanta anymore (husband’s job will relocate him). Maybe I’ll have started my own small quilting company? Options are endless… isn’t that exciting?
Ruth says
Fifth Me!
Five years from now I’ll be turning 70. As I write that I find it hard to believe. I fully expect to be enjoying life and my family.
Erin R says
Fifth me!!!!!
I see myself climbing the ladder from Registered Nurse to Nurse Practitioner. Also I will get to see my daughter go to college and my son graduate high school!!
Nikki says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully both boys in college and my husband and I living life together!
Melinda says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my husband and I will (hopefully) have designed our new home to fit “us”. (We’re moving in on Monday.) We might also have a kiddo or two. And maybe we’ll have hit some bucket list travel spots. :)
Katie Brock says
FIFTH ME! I see myself still happily married to the greatest man in the world wiith a 2nd child and hopefully living closer to family!
Jody says
Fifth me! Looking forward to having the kids out of the house and traveling!
Shannon says
Fifth me. I hope to finally have our second bathroom completely remodeled!
Crystal says
Fifth Me
In five years, our son will be five years old, and perhaps we will have another child as well. We will both finally be graduated from college, and hopefully we will have found/purchased a larger home for our family to grow :)
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Happy anniversary guys!
Amy F. says
FIFTH ME! Hope that in five years I’m in the same house with my growing family with a bit more furniture and art.
Melanie Claridge says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I’m really hoping i live in a house that I can decorate any way I want!!
Becky says
FIFTH ME! We JUST moved back into the home we built 9 years ago, and had left for the last 3 years to live in the city in an apartment. We could not be happier to be back, so I hope in 5 years we are here, entertaining our grown sons and our (yet-to-come) daughters-in-law and (not even thought about) grandchildren. One can dream :)
shane says
fifth me! i hope to be through grad school and working in severe storm research
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
Tyler says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, my wife and I hope to own our own home.
Brianne says
Fifth me! In five years, my little guy will be starting kindergarten and hopefully we’ll be getting ready to move into a little bigger place. :)
chel says
FIFTH ME!! In five years we better have a new job in a new city!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!
Hoping to have a second child (my husband is already calling him “him”) and finally have said goodbye to the “Euro” cabinets in my kitchen.
Elyse Danielle says
FIFTH ME! I’ll have a couple of kiddos running around!
Laura says
FIFTH ME! I can’t wait to see what the future holds for me in five years, there are SO many possibilities!!
Christine says
Fifth ME!!!! Hopefully in 5 years we’ll be in a new house, new state, new town with a bigger family!
Amy O says
FIFTH ME.. who knows where I will be!
T R says
Fifth me. In 5 years I hope to own a home, be married and have some kidlets
Elizabeth t says
“FIFTH ME” In five years hopefully I will be in a full time job.
Alicia says
FIFTH ME! We’re getting ready to have our first baby in a just a few weeks after almost 5 years of infertility. In 5 years, I would love to have at least 2 children and a happy, healthy family.
erica says
Fifth Me! In five years; We’ll have a kid in middle school and maybe another one just entering elementary. We hope to finally be unpacked and moved into our house by then.
Faith says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’m hoping my husband and I will have a little boy or girl that we’ve added to our family and that my husband will be in a career field that he loves!
Elise S says
FIFTH ME! We hope to then start expanding our family by a few!
marbella says
Fifth me! We are about to move from Northern VA to Arizona, but I can’t see us still being there in 5 years… hopefully near a beach somewhere in Cali, probably with a sprog or two! Congrats on the fifth anniversary!
Kelsi G. says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I just celebrated our five year wedding anniversary this year–yay for fives! In five more years hopefully our family will be a little larger and still full of love!
Erin E says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll be the mom of an 8 year old and a 5 year old! Seems so far away, but it will be here in a flash. Hopefully there’s a new house in there too, and maybe a move back to work.
Amanda says
FIFTH ME! Barefoot and pregnant. :) Or wearing shoes and pregnant!
Kelly says
FIFTH ME! I hope that in five years, we are still living pretty comfortable, maybe with a little one..and some finally finished rooms in our new house. Some extra cash in the bank would be good too:)
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to be living with my partner in Seattle, instead of commuting back and forth to see each other from a nearby city. And still having great adventures!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! Hoping to be right where I am now…raising our 2 little ones with my wonderful husband, and constantly working on improving our forever home!
Cathy says
FIFTH ME! Happy Blogiversary!
diane f says
FIFTH ME!!
We are currently looking for a home..moving from nyc back to Long Island (where I grew up). We had our fun living in the city while we were young(er) but now we’re ready to move on from our little 1-bedroom where our fire-escape serves as our wine-sipping balcony.
In 5 years I would like to see myself in our dream home with many project (hopefully all of them!) under our belt. Children would definitely be in the picture, and who knows, maybe I’ll be a stay at home mom..
Diana @ frontyardfoodie says
FIFTH ME!
I have no clue where I’ll be in five years! My husband and I just celebrated our fifth anniversary and we have two young boys….a move? Another state? I don’t know! It’ll be fun to see what happens.
Karen M says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will most likely, along with my husband be living in a remodeled old farm house, with a goat named Charlotte…HA!
Charity says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I are in a new home in Chicago with one to two kids and planning our next trip to Europe. All happy and healthy too. :-)
Kelly says
FIFTH ME!
I’ll have a toddler to chase around and I’m looking forward to it!
Heather says
FIFTH ME!!!! I have no idea where I’ll be in five years. Hopefully have a little one and having fun decorating his/her room.
Justine V. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’ll be 32, debt-free, and living the (DIY) dream with my beau :)
Cheers!
Courtney B says
FIFTH ME! Happy anniversary, here’s to many more!
Linde says
Fifth Me!!!
Let’s see…hopefully taking some great vacation!
Annetta says
FIFTH ME! I hope I might be married again, and also ensconsed in a new business venture. Both my daughters will either be in college or graduated and I’ll be setting off on all kinds of new adventures in the next phase of my life!
Stacy says
FIFTH ME please :)
In five years, i don’t care where I am or what I’m doing, as long as I am happy :) This blog definitely makes me happy twice a day except on Fridays…