***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.
ALICIA W. says
FIFTH ME!…In five years I hope to be living in the same house, completely debt free and pursuing dreams of entrepreneurship in the arts.
Ruth B says
FIFTH ME! I will be happy and content!
Kara D says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I’d love to be settled down/married with a few kiddos in tow moving into our home with a lot of space.
Layne says
Fifth Me!
Hopefully living in a cute country house with the laughter of three sweet little ones filling my days. Oh, and being a mega million dollar lottery winner wouldn’t hurt the dream! Ha!
Jessica R. says
Fifth Me! In five years my family and I will be in a new city! Both my husband and I will have new jobs and our daughters will be in elementary school!
Andrea @ the yellow cottage says
FIFTH ME – currently pregnant with baby numero uno, so in 5 years there will probably be another baby. yikes!
Emily Wilson says
FIFTH ME! See myself here but owning instead of renting :)
Lisa says
Fifth Me! Hopefully in five years we will finally be out of our townhouse and into a real house!
Kristin R says
FIFTH ME! I see myself with perhaps a second child, and maybe in a new home?
Kim H says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to be healthy, enjoying family and life!
Hannah K says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be planning and DIY-ing a nursery :)
PS: happy 5 years!
Erica says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope we are living near family, debt free, loving life =)
Happy Anniversary!!
Janet says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be enjoying the new kitchen and bath that we just started planning! Hopefully, all the renovation stress will just be a dim and dusty memory!
Tiffany says
FIFTH ME….different job, different house…happier and healthier.
Alisha n says
Fifth me! I hope our house is full of kiddos, either biological or adopted.
Susan K says
FIFTH ME
I hope to be at home with my boys after a slight job tweak. I picture our current house cozy, light, and…clean. Thanks for inspiring, YHL!
Katy Montgomery says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully happy!
Joni says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years… new house, new baby, new car?
Denise says
FIFTH ME…same great husband, same great kids all of us just a bit older and wiser. Same great house but hopefully with some updates/renovations
Shannon says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be graduating school with my doctorate. HOPE.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be in a new location (house and city).
maria says
Fifth me ! I hope to have started a family and enjoying the house my husband and I have been remodeling to make a home. :)
Kaitlin says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will be prepping for my youngest daughters SIXTH birthday! Time will fly I’m sure!
Stephanie says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I will be 36 and hopefully VERY close to meeting my goal of a paid-off mortgage!
Mindy D says
Fifth me! I see myself pretty much in the same place, but with a little one running around- and nothing sounds better.
MaryAnn says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be married, starting a family, and continuing to update and improve my home.
Emilie says
FIFTH ME!!! In 5 years I hope to have a second child and be living a happy life with my family!
Carly says
Fifth me!
In five years I hope to have a house full of kids and a ton more DIY projects under my belt!
Alex G says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully, my wife an I will have moved to a house on the sunny side of the hills, with easy access to the trains back over to the city.
amanda n says
FIFTH ME! Congrats to you both, on an amazing five years! In five years I hope to have completed my film and have a staff! :D
Sara says
FIFTH ME: In five years I hope to have a bigger family and hopefully do some more creative-type work part time!
Tammy Dowden says
Please “FIFTH ME”.
I would young house love it!!
molly b says
fifth me!!
i hope we will actually own our own house by then! we are renting but looking for the right place to call home.
xoxo!
Julie says
Fifth me!
I definitely see myself in a new city, being more well traveled than I am now. :-) Happy blogiversary!
Kristen M says
Fifth Me!
Hopefully living in a new home with a few more kids to fill it up with!
Alison says
FIFTH ME! I will have a 5 and a half year old (crazy!) and hopefully a few more little ones running around :)
Tara M. says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope hubs and I have a couple of kids, that we finally adopted a pooch from our local animal shelter, and that we are both comfortably settled in our careers.
Kelli says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be still happily married to my wonderful husband, maybe with a kiddo or two and our two furkids. If we are still in our current house I just hope we have finished the many projects underway and have moved on to bigger and better ones!
Lucia Mata says
FIFTH ME!
I don’t care where I’m in five years as long as I’m with my hubby and my three beautiful kiddos :)
Heidi says
FIFTH ME! Married, maybe kids, graduate college.
kathleen says
FIFTH ME! With my kids
Kristin Niemann says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to finally be living back in the US after being station overseas for a looong time. I will finally be able to work on a house that is truly mine!
diane fond says
Fifth ME!!!!!! I hope I am just where I am with more lovebugs(grandchildren) to care for and pamper!!!!!! I think I’ll redo my nursery…….xox
Cindy says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have come thru a difficult time with my family, in a new house and my child happy at school.
Dale says
FIFTH ME
I hope to be in our first home within five years.
Kristyn M says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be finished with the patio we started 5 months ago!!!
Nicholin says
fifth me
I hope to have my husband home safe and sound, more projects around the house marked off the ever growing list, and an enjoyable/challenging job.
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!
I’m loving my life right now – BUT both my kids will be in full day school in five years so that’s going to be super fun!! :-)
Allie G. says
FIFTH ME
Hopefully in five years, hubby and I will have re-loacted back to Florida near our family, and we will be starting a family of our own :)
Kristy says
Fifth me…probably with child and living overseas somewhere crazy that Uncle Sam has decided to send me and the hubs.