***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.
Joyce says
FIFTH ME! I picture myself with two kids (we’re 6 weeks away from Baby #1’s arrival) and living in a new house.
Ida says
FIFTH ME! Graduating med school with a four and a half year old! My husband and I will be in a whole new city and hopefully a slightly (bigger) place!
Ana says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be just as happy as we are now – but maybe with a slightly bigger family. :)
Kristi says
FIFTH ME!
Same job. At least one kid!
Megan C says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be in a different city with my husband following our dreams!
Kristine says
Fifth Me!
I wish I knew what five years from now will look like, but for now I will have to see where the Marine Corps takes us.
Rebecca says
Fifth Me!
Gosh, looking back 5 years, I coulnd’t have guessed where I would be now.
I’d love to own a home, have traveled to 3 other continents and spent at least a month per year with my family in New York!
Mary says
Fifth Me!
Life is really great, so I hope that doesn’t change! Two of my boys will be off to college which makes me sad to think about.
DawnSC says
FIFTH ME!
rachel says
Fifth me!
I hope to have a family that has grown, and a completed house extention.
Elisa says
5TH ME! I see myself in five years being rooted in a place that my husband and I love. Hopefully, we will have a kid or two by then and a dog, of course!
braelin says
FIFTH ME. Wow- I love future thinking! In 5 years I hope to have an expanded family and a continued happy life!
Lindsay says
Fifth Me!
In five years I’m hoping to be a mommy. :)
Meghann Pullen says
FIFTH ME!!! In five years, I hope to be loving my house and still DIYing!!
Becca says
FIFTH ME!!
Hope to be enjoying three kiddos and happiness with my husband!
Kim says
Fifth me! We just relocated across the country and bought a new house. I expect we’ll still be here in 5 years, but hopefully with a brand-new master bathroom to enjoy. I’ll also be the parent of a then-14 year old (OMG!) and hopefully be creating wonderful projects (and seeing them published) through my work. Fun question and CONGRATS to you two on 5 incredible years!
Toni says
Fifth me! Five years from now, I will be two months from my 40th birthday. {shudder}
Megan says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I suspect we will have one more precious little baby (bringing us to a total of six!) living on a small farm in the northwest, renovating an old home, growing our own food and doing our thing. That’s if the world doesn’t end in 2012 ;)
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to have some kiddos and a really successful blog business. :)
Sarah T says
Fifth me!!!
In 5 years I see myself hopefully as a mother and still in the same job. I hope my husband and I will be settled into a house by then too!!
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years…is it crazy that I see our future in terms of what renos we’ll be doing? Probably it would anywhere but here! :) We’ll be living in the ‘forever house’ (which means the house we live in until we can reno it no more) redoing the kitchen and finishing the basement, spending weekends at the lake and enjoying traveling with bigger kids!
Christy says
FIFTH ME!! Who knows what will be going on in 5 years. Would be fun to be decorating an outdoor living space as big as my living room!
Robynn says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I hope we are close to retiring so we can start the next phase of our adventures!
Stephanie Fisher says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’d LIKE to think I’ll have suckered some unsuspecting man into marrying me so I can get HIM to handle the power tools.
Crap. I just realized my kids will both be teenagers in 5 years. AAAAAH.
Kimmi says
FIFTH ME!!!!
I hope to be in the same house, maybe a better job and more money! Maybe even completed some big house projects by then! :)
Christina Yeager says
FIFTH ME!
Congrats you two!!!
In 5 years, I see myself enjoying our new home even more since we will have been living there for more than a few months! ; )
Kate says
FIFTH ME!
I’d like to have a second baby, and maybe move to a new city and buy a house!
David says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be married to my awesome fiance who told me to write in.
Abbie says
Fifth me :)
Happily married to my wonderful husband…possibly more babies for us :)
cristina says
Fifth me!
I hope to be doing exactly the same thing. Never been happier!
Deborah says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping life will have slowed down by then. I have volunteered my self out so much it feels like I am never home!!
jody says
FIFTH ME! i’d love to still be in my happy home in the country.
gina w. says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years our house will be paid off and then the real fun begins! :)
Angie says
Fifth me. A house full of kids.
Lauren P. says
Fifth Me! I see my husband and I (hopefully) in our first home and maybe a first child in the picture too!
Joanna A. says
Fifth me…in 5 years we’ll be raising a 4.5 year old and hopefully another little one along as well. Planning to be in the same house but we’ll see where life takes us :).
Maegan says
Ahh! I hope I make the cut! This one is filling up FAST!
FIFTH ME! In five years I think me and my husband will have had our first child and I will prob be in the same job. And hopefully we will have a house so I can start putting all the great ideas I get from your blog to work!
Megan says
FIFTH ME! Congrats to you both! I LOVE your blog! In 5 yrs I see myself hopefully in the same place I am now enjoying my family and friends!!!
Alyssa says
FIFTH ME!! I hope that I’m still loving my job and married!
Michell says
FIFTH ME! In 5 yrs I will have a 15 yr old son – OMG help me!!
Jenny says
FIFTH ME!
I hope in 5 years my family and I are (finally) our of our teeny apartment in the city and enjoying life in a proper house in the ‘burbs! xox
Erin H. says
FIFTH TIME!
I see myself still in Denver, in a better position within my rapidly growing company. I hope to have my new (to us) house further decorated and really make it “home.”
Natalie says
Fifth me!! I hope to have started a family and to have bought my first house!
Carrie says
FIFTH ME!
I am thinking I’ll be married with one on the way!
Tiffany A. says
FIFTH ME! Well out first baby is due this Friday so our lives are really about to change. My last day of work was Friday so my career is changing also! So in 5 years, our family will have 5 year old and hopefully another baby added to the mix. Hopefully I will be back to teaching and my husband will be really happy with his career.
Christyn says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully I’ll still be teaching music and maybe be starting a family of my own!
Hilary says
Fifth me. I assume I’ll be living on the moon driving a spaceship to work in5 years;)
Heidi Rew says
FIFTH ME!!!!
In 5 years, my husband & I will hopefully have two kids (we have 0 now..yeah, we may be busy)& our house will look at least 1/2 as good as Young House Love. ;p Oh who are we kidding…that’s more like 10 years. ;p
Jen says
Fifth me!!!
In five years I hope to be finishing up my masters, and just as happily married as I am now =)
Meredith says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be happily married and probably in a new job/city.