***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.
Christina B says
FIFTH ME! Married (we’re engaged now) maybe with a little nugget, in a house that we own so that I can finally put all of these awesome tips to good use!!!
Cara Allen says
Fifth me!
In five years I hope our house is looking more like OUR house and that some of the big projects we want to do are done.
Erin M. G. says
“FIFTH ME”. In five years I hope to have another kiddo (or maybe two more?) with my sweet husband and I hope to have a new house for the kids to run around in!
Janelle says
FIFTH ME! We just moved to Dallas from NYC — and I hope not to move again for a good long time. So hopefully 5 years from now, I’ll be right here!
Jeff says
Fifth me!
I’m sure my wife and I will be continuing on our many home improvement projects.
Sara says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years, I hope to have re-modeled our tiny full bathroom, and begin remodeling our kitchen (swinging 70’s complete with faux brick backsplash). I also hope to be more in love with my husband and daughter than I am today. Happy Blogiversary to you! Your ideas and suggestions have inspired me!
Jess @ Crunchy Hot Mama says
FIFTH ME!!!
I hope to be writing (or already have written) my Crunchy Hot Mama book! Also, I will probably be homeschooling our daughter Emma, since she will be 7 (same as Clara-yikes!), may have another kid, AND hope to be in a different house or even different city/state by then ;)
Happy 5th to ya’ll!!
Katie says
Fifth ME!
I see myself with a huge garden feeding us most of our meals!
Hannah L says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I hope we will own our own home!
Alison says
FIFTH ME!
In five years i’ll hopefully have crossed off a few things on my bucket list before marriage, kids, grown-up stuff if that’s in the cards :)
Ashley says
Fifth me! In 5 years I see myself and my hubby with our future little ones just enjoying every day life :)
Jen C. says
“FIFTH ME!”
Hopefully we will add to our family in the next few years!
Tiffany says
FIFTH ME!!!!! I need to finish decorrating my current house and hopefully in 5 years I will be in a bigger house!
Judy Clark says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself living in Austin, TX part-time. We have a beautiful Granddaughter now so we should another one in five years. In five years, I will be retired. We are looking forward all that God has to offer.
Annabelle says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have completed graduate school and be happily engaged or married!
Brooke says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, we’ll probably have another little one and I’ll hopefully have a new job. The next couple of years will help us figure out where we will be when this happens!
Marsha says
Fifth me. Hope to have more family around me and plans to travel.
Jamie W. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I’d like to be married to my sweetheart and finished with graduate school. Sounds good to me :)
Erika says
FIFTH ME!!!
jenni o says
fifth me! Venturing into the world of kindergartens with our twin girls I hope.
Sara says
FIFTH ME! :)
In 5 years I hope to have moved into our first home, in a new (nearby) city, and start our family.
Molly says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, I hope to be transitioning back into the corporate world after taking off to stay home with my kids!
heidi says
FIFTH me. In 5 years we will have an 8 year old and 6 year old! Crazy! We will own a home and possibly have a third!
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME
FIve years, well i dont know. In five days I hope to have a beautful fall day up the canyon with family. ANd hopefully in five years we are still doing things like that together
Lydia says
fifth me! i see myself either returning to full time employement or school as my youngest child will be headed to kindergarten.
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’m hoping to be in a bigger, fixed up house!
Stacy R says
Fifth me!
hmmmm, 5 years I hope we’ll be in our current house with lots of projects marked off the “wish list”!
lauren says
FIFTH ME!! in the process of moving right now… so hopefully moved!
Sam says
“FIFTH ME!”
Newly pregnant, I hope my husband and I will have at least a few kids and finally be done renovating our house!
Rachael R says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I hope we have a few kids, and I hope that we have new furniture by then (instead of our hand-me-downs)!!
=)
p.s. Happy 5 years! I really enjoy your blog!
Kenna says
Fifth Me!! I hope to be in the same house my hubby, kiddos, and I live in now. We have such great neighbors!
Emily says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will be celebrating 11 years of marriage (woah) with my husband and hopefully we’ll have a couple of little ones running around :D
Kristen F. says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to seriously be settled! And be in a position to fix up an old house with my husband and kids!
Dreda says
“FIFTH ME” Perhaps some grandkids in 5 years??
Megan says
In 5 years, I’m hoping to be married (we’re currently engaged) with a couple kiddos. I’d love to adopt, but we may have children of our own. Hopefully, I’ll still be playing roller derby .
I’d love to still be in our house, but would love to add onto it.
On the job front, I’d like to still be doing some of the things I currently do (I manage 5 men, which is sometimes similar to a daycare.) I would love to have more schedule flexibility which would allow me to work from home a day or two a week.
Catherine says
FIFTH ME! Happy FIVE YEARS to you, John & Sherry! You do a great job!
Anna says
FIFTH ME!
Hoping to have started our family and finished the “major” renovations in our home!
Shannon says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years I hope to be married (I’m engaged now), have our home in more order than it is right now, a new job, and hopefully a baby on the way! That’s not asking for too much is it?!?
Adina says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope things will calm down with the kids a bit and I can focus on my design career. Hopefully, my office redo will need another redo!
Cynda says
FIFTH ME! Please! :)
I would be happy to have the same job and same house five years from now! Maybe I’ll actually be unpacked and organized by then, haha.
Farrah says
FIFTH ME! Here in this house with my sweet hubby and dog, but with reno’ed bathrooms complete and a kitchen in progress!
K says
FIFTH ME!
I want so much to change for my family in 5 years that this space isn’t large enough to completely spell out the list. :)
Amy W says
FIFTH ME! In five years…hopefully we’ll have one or two more kids, which means we’ll probably be needing more space in our home!
Brandi Harrison says
Fifth Me! Hopefully in 5 years, we’ll be onto our next home, a little bit bigger!
Kristin says
Fifth me!!! Hopefully be buying a new home to fit our growing family into!
Amy says
Fifth me!! I will have some babies :)
Chelsea @ Chelsea Eats Treats says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be married or engaged to my current boyfriend (who I have been dating for four years now) and hopefully out of our tiny apartment and into a real home so I can start putting all your great advice to use!!
Christen Coyle says
FIFTH ME!
Our daughter will be in 6th grade and our son will be in 1st in five years! Now that’s hard to believe!
Erica says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I’ll be starting to homeschool my wonderful new son. Probably a little earlier than that, but kindergarten will officially be underway.
The Landises says
FIFTH ME! Maybe back in one of our home states, closer to family… that would be nice!