***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.
Miranda W. says
Fifth Me!!
With luck…kicking the crap out of infertility and us finally having a child!
Mandy France says
FIFTH ME! Hope to have an addition to our family and I hope to be illustrating children’s books full time. :)
Jenni says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, my youngest will be 6 – so all three kids in school! Hopefully I’ll be living it up during the day in some fabulous way.
Jen says
Fifth Me!
Gaidig says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully, in five years, I’ll have completed my grad degree and be happily working at an architecture firm, and married to the man I love. We should definitely have finished this darn basement remodel and hopefully the kitchen remodel, and personally I would like to have moved into a gorgeous old house that we can fix up.
Ali says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to be starting a family, and have my house a little more put together using the ideas I find here every day.
Allison says
FIFTH ME! I will be still happily married to my hubby, my first baby 4 years old (due in Jan!) and hopefully a 2nd one already here. That plus in a new bigger house :).
Rebecca E says
Fifth Me!
I five years I would love to have a family of my own!
Julie White says
FIFTH ME! Playing with a house full of grandchildren!
Rebecca says
Fifth me! In 5 years I plan on having decluttered my house finally!
Courtney says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to be right where I am….living happily in my home, hopefully knitting beautiful things (once I learn to knit!)
Lauren K. says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully done with our bathroom renovation :) Maybe with a kiddo of our own, and living in our first house instead of our first condo (where we are now).
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! I’d like to be in Hawaii! Of course, I have no reason to expect that I would be…
Brianne P. says
Fifth Me!!!
In 5 years I see myself working part time so that I can spend more time with my 2 or 3 kids!
Jessica says
“FIFTH ME!”
Who knows what my life will look like in 5 years, but I hope to have a couple new little ones by then!
Lauren says
Fifth me! I’m newly married… in 5 years hopefully our little family of 2 will have another addition.
Pamela O. says
FIFTH ME! In five years we hope to have had our 5th child (we have 4 right now). I also am hopeful, with my husbands new job, we will be out of debt completely and own a new home. We unfortunately had to short sale our first home after my husband lost his job and are renting right now…I am so ready to have our own place to implement all the great ideas I find on blogs like yours!
Ashley I says
Fifth me!
How generous! So nice of you guys to pass this along!
Nicole Panico says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, I want to be a wife and a mother, I want to still be in Boston, and I want to feel as happy and lucky as I do now!
Amber Cox says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years we will finally own our own home and can paint and decorate it any way we want! Woohoo! 11 years renting is a loooong time!
Kelsey says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will have two boys in elementary school (WHAT?!) and will probably be a bonafide, van-driving soccer mom slash career woman. Maybe if I can persuade my husband, we’ll throw a baby girl in the mix too. Oh, and we’ll totally be in our current/forever house. :)
Anne says
FIFTH ME! I hope I’m exactly where I am now!
Margaret R says
FIFTH ME! Retired to a beach shack in the Caribbean, hosting my yet to be imagined (or conceived) grandchildren!
Betsy says
Fifth Me!…In five years, I will be cancer free!…and hopefully a grandmother!
Sam C says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 yrs I would like to be in a completely different job, working as a project coordinator for an organization focused on social development. Maybe still in Seattle, but maybe somewhere else (back home in Mexico would be sweet!). Mmmm possibly with 2 kids! Maybe owning a home hehehe. Still doing a lot of traveling and hiking and camping, and still holding hands with my man. Everything else can change except for that last sentence :D OOH! How about this? Traveling across India with my husband and the 2 kids, and being there to work on a social development project!! Oh, man, that would be THE DREAM.
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME
In five years, I our hope our family of two (plus two cats) will have grown to three (plus two cats)! And I’d love to have a new kitchen floor by that time as well. Black and white tile.
Erin says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have my own house by then, and hopefully have my mister there with me!
Sarah N says
FIFTH ME…hopefully, in 5 years I’ll be working creatively, doing something I am excited to wake up for every day.
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to be right where we are now, just with a renovated kitchen and master bath!
MeganGK says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to have gone from 0-2 kiddos and maybe a change in career to machine quilting other people’s quilts. (Praying the boss who just gave me a promotion/raise never sees this comment. Eeep!)
Darcie says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I certainly hope to be in a house…one with walls that do not touch anyone elses walls.
Sarah says
Fifth me! Congrats on five years!!
In five years I see myself with an 8 year old and an almost five year old – hopefully living in our second home remodeled just to our liking…
rachel says
fifth me! in 5 years we’ll hopefully be out of an apartment and into our own house so we can do more DIY stuff!
Autumn says
FIFTH ME!
New jobs for both myself and my husband…baby in elementary school, big kid in middle school (gasp)…finally have a new kitchen…debt free other than the mortgage!
Tracy says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I see myself with one kiddo in college (!), the other two in high school, and my husband and I seriously considering a move from suburbia to the big city…
Julie M says
Fifth me! I hope to be married with a baby on the way. :)
Patrick says
Fifth me!
I wish I knew!
Erin D says
FIFTH ME! I see myself and my little family in a new home with a yard and filled with a lot of happy memories.
Laura says
Fifth me!
In five years I will have at least two kids (I have a one year old and a bun in the oven!), the same great husband, and hopefully a great job in a new city.
erin says
Fifth Me!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully in 5 years we will be doing missionary work in Africa or anywhere we may be sent. So in that case everything will be new and exciting!
Pia says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have published my own book!
Alison says
Fifth Me! Hopefully I’ll be healthy, happy, own my own home and be traveling the world!
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
I will definitely be married, maybe have a baby on the way, and hopefully in a new house so we can start our own DIY madness all over again.
Stacy says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully married with child(ren)… I really like my house, so I could see me there in 5 years with some DIY redecorating.
kate says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully starting a family within the next 5 years!
Amanda says
Fifth me!!! In 5 years, hopefully my family and I will be back in NoVA, kids will be in school and maybe I’ll actually be able to keep our house clean. :)
Amanda says
FIFTH ME! Entering the teenage years with No. 1…Yikes! Hopefully renovating our forever house complete with trees, solitude, and space.
Christine Anderson says
Fifth Me! I see myslef buying our second home and hopfully putting our finishing touches on our first renovated home! That is the game plan at least!
Heather says
Fifth me!
Hopefully in 5 years we will have another kiddo and I will either be doing my Doctoral work or be done with it. :)
Ashley Mays says
Fifth me!!
I’d love to be living back on the East Coast, have a few kids, and be writing full time! Oh, to dream. :-)