***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.
Jessica says
FIFTH ME please!
It’s been a long 18 months of remodeling in my new (to me) home and in 5 years I hope it is my oasis, my safe and happy place in this crazy world. As the hubs and I are going through some really hard times right now I hope we are still together and have a little one or two.
Erin says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully married and starting a family, that’s not too much to ask, is it? ;)
Patty says
FIFTH ME.
I hope that in five years the yurt my husband has built for us will be finished. He is in the fourth year of building it in his spare time and we ARE living in it but trim would be delightful and all those little things that make a house a home. This is my last house and it’s my favorite house.
Autumn Anthony says
Fifth Me!!!
Hopefully just finishing up my last bit of med school!!!
janetl says
FIFTH ME!
I’d like to be married, with kids and a house. Possibly, a new city and job too. Not that I’m unhappy now but let’s just change everything up. :)
Sarah says
FIFTH ME
I hope to be as happy as we are now :)
Kathryn says
Fifth me! In 5 years I hope to still be living in our current house but be done with renovations and hopefully have two kids!
Katherine W. says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be out of college, and in my own home which I can decorate as I please. Oh how nice that would be!
Erin says
Fifth me!!!
In 5 years I will hopefully have children and live in a bigger house in a better school district.
Sumi says
Fifth me!
Hopefully with a second kiddo and maybe moving to a bigger house :)
Amielle says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope I will have picked a country to live in and get started on working my way into a career in PhotoJ. :)
Whitney says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living on my dream farm with my family nearby. Right now my husband and I live 4 hours away from my parents and sister so hopefully soon we can be closer together!
Anna says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to own my own home and have had my forth little one added added to our family.
Rebecca says
In 5 years we’ll be empty-nesters — I have no idea what we’ll be doing without the kids around!
Gretchen says
FIFTH ME!
Liz says
FIFTH ME!! My husband and I just moved into our first house. We are hoping to feel settled in our new home and have our DIY projects finished by then! We REALLY hope to have at least one bambino by then :)
Bethany says
FIFTH ME!!! I wanna be at home with my babies and doing diy stuff for my house. You guys inspire me that I can make it happen. Also, have a photography business on the side to earn some extra money.
desi says
FIFTH ME
and happy blogiversary!
In five years, I hope that my husband and I, along with our 13 cats, are still living right where we are. Our home is also where we work together full-time, and we ADORE our jobs, so I’d like to keep the career the same too. Only thing I hope changes is that the home/office is cleaner, more organized, and a bit more “us” by then.
Beth Anne says
FIFTH ME! I see myself playing referee between my preteen daughter and my hubby!
Laura McQ says
Fifth meeeeee!! Wow! In five years my son will be ten! And we will hopefully be living closer to family and have completed my degree! Working at a lifestyle magazine wouldn’t be bad either.
Angela H. says
FIFTH ME
My baby girl will be 5 and she may have a younger sibling, I will hopefully be working as a counselor :)
Life [Comma] Etc says
FIFTH ME! And who knows! Perhaps with an adorable baby of our own!
Lia says
FIFTH ME…..I hope to be happily settled down with my lovely boy-toy in our first home. Definitely a fur-baby but maybe the real deal as well. Let’s just hope she’s as cute as Clara! Love the Weekly Clara Conversations btw :)
corinne says
fifth me!!
in five years i will be married to my fiance, hopefully with at least one kiddo!!!! and still reading your blog:)
Shelby Cash says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be married with a bun in the oven! I will be living a new (to us) house working as a labor and delivery nurse and hopefully in grad school!!!
Heidi says
FIFTH ME!
Wow – one child will be on her way to college then. We will still be in the same house? that is the current discussion!
Jen E. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my husband and I will have a 9-year-old and a 6-year-old (wow, hard to imagine!), so hopefully by then we can re-redecorate our house without worrying about having unbreakable knick-knacks on all the shelves and hidden toy chests in every room!
Congrats on the Blogiversary! Hmmm, the 5th anniversary is wood…got any new wood projects in the works?
Ali S says
FIFTH ME! In five years… Well, I just got married and we bought our first home within the first 30 of marriage. We dove straight into the remodel, and are maybe half way through the work. :) (Maybe!) I see our family growing, with a couple of little ones. We have the four legged baby already, and he won’t want to share, but he will. I hope that we will still be in Jackson, WY in the same house we just purchased, but maybe new jobs. Happy Anniversary.
Haley says
5th me!
Hopefully I will have a new job–my own business, a new home (city), and maybe even a new family addition (pets or dogs both count, maybe fish too!).
Haley says
Ha, I meant kids or dogs… Maybe that was a Freudian slip telling me kids won’t be coming real soon! Just dogs, lol
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! My baby will be 4 1/2 and my husband and I will celebrate 7 years.
Erin E says
Fifth me!
Honestly, I don’t want to think about where I’ll be in 5 years, because 5 years ago I had no idea what was in store for me now. :)
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! I’ll probably be married, with kids, in a new city, in a new part of the country. Here’s hoping anyway. :)
Tiphani says
FIFTH ME!! In five years, I see myself hanging out with a couple more kids (already have one)!
Jessica says
“FIFTH ME”
I would like my husband and I to have our own design company.
Corie says
FIFTH ME! (Please!)
Gosh, I don’t know. My boys will be 10 and 12! I can’t even imagine! I suppose I’ll go back to work one day in the next five years. But maybe not.
All I know for sure is that I WILL be as happy (and probably even more awesome) than I am right now. That’s the best I can hope for!
Emily Gravitt says
FIFTH ME! I see myself still killin it in Richmond with my hubs and two kids.
Anna Boomer says
FIFTH ME!
Hope to have a house to decorate and use all your ideas in and maybe a baby as well!
Marissa says
Fifth me! With booming etsy shop and hopefully new owners of a community inspired, “third place” style coffee shop in some sweet downtown out west where we can ride our bikes to work everyday!
Suze says
FIFTH ME! Omg my newborn baby will be FIVE in five years (duh) and hopefully we will have one more :)
Congratulations on 5 years!!!
Ashley says
FIFTH ME! I see myself still happily married to my husband, buying a home, adopting a dog and maybe a baby!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have found the job that complements my skills and my interests!
Scott says
Fifth me! In five years I’m hoping to be on the finished end of our home renovation. Thanks for the DIY inspiration!
Marcela says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have started and finished grad school, travelled to Argentina (home country) with my husband and have lived there for at least 3 months, have a baby or one on the way, own a house, and…I’m not sure. That’s enough change for 5 years :)
pat says
“Fifth Me”…in five years… I will have 2 college graduates, one high schooler, one middle schooler, one elementary schooler and a still good lookin’ hubby!
jeff says
fifth me! in five years we will hopefully be in a house and ready to make it ours.
Samy says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be less busy and have more time to enjoy life.
Cait E. says
Fifth Me!
In five years, my husband will (hopefully) have his PhD and we will be looking toward the next step – a professorship, buying a house, maybe even our first baby!
Amanda says
Fifth Me!
In 5 years, my husband will be (finally!) done with grad school and will have a real job! Who knows, maybe we’ll have another baby!
Chris says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I’ll hopefully be finishing up earning my graduate degree, possibly living in an (itty bitty) apartment in New York or London!
Alexis Price says
? FIFTH ME!!? ? ? Hopefully my husband and I will have adopted a child or maybe two! I will be living each day being grateful for all the amazingly creative people in the world. Painting, loving, giving back and laughing. Lots of laughing!