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Fab Freebie: Home Sweet Illustrated Home

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***

Random.org has surprised us this week and selected a male winner for the first time in foreverrrrrrr (shocking, we know). His name is… Thomas (and he’s looking forward to time off this holiday season). Congrats dude! (Congrats buddy? Congrats fella? I dunno, I’m so used to saying “Congrats ladies” I’m kinda at a loss).

One of our favorite things to give are custom house portraits (we’ve actually purchased two for my parents in the last year – and even bought one for ourselves). So as we enter the giving-est time of the year, we figured it would be fitting to give one of you the gift of a house portrait too. We recently discovered Rebekka Seale’s too-charming-for-words illustrations (Sherry’s ridiculously smitten), so wrangling her for a giveaway was at the top of our holiday to-do list. Happily, Rebekka was game. So she’s here to offer up a gift certificate for a custom house portrait along with the winner’s choice of any art print from her Etsy shop. Feel free to keep them for yourself, or wrap ’em up and put them under the tree for someone else. Note: Rebekka’s all full on house portrait orders until after Christmas, which is why she’s doling out a gift card for one, which can be redeemed after the holidays.

Rebekka Seal House Portrait

  • PRIZE: A gift certificate for a custom house portrait along with your choice of any art print (up to $17 in value) from Rebekka Seale
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “SEALE ME!” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … what are you most looking forward to giving this holiday season? Holiday cookies? The perfect sweater? Homemade crafts? Shearling dog boots (they actually make those)? Feel free to conceal the name of your recipient or talk in code, since we obviously don’t want you to give anything away too soon!
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 7th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • PRIZE SHIPS: Anywhere in the world!
  • DISCOUNT: Get 10% off on all orders placed through December 31, 2011 with the code YHL123
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners 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 Rebekka Seale.

Comments

  2. Amy says

    SEALE ME!

    I am looking forward to giving my husband his gift. He wasn’t sure what to ask for this year and I came up with something pretty great on my own – he’ll be so surprised!

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  3. Amanda B says

    SEALE ME! I’m looking forward to giving a hug to my best friend’s baby boy. It will be my first time meeting him as they live in DC and I live in MN.

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  6. Paige says

    Seale me!

    I’ve made a lot of my presents, which turned out way better than I had hoped. I’m excited to give my mother-in-law a tote bag made from 2 old canvas pillow shams which I attached leather straps from a yucky $2 thrift store purse!

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  7. Kyla says

    SEALE ME! This would be perfect for my husband, who loves our new house almost as much as he loves me.

    This year I am looking forward to the fancy dinner out that my husband and I are doing instead of gifts this year. With a baby due in 6 weeks, it will be our last romantic date for a while!

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  8. erin echols says

    SEALE ME!

    If I win this, I am looking forward to giving a house portrait to my 82 year old grandmother who had to move to an assisted living facility recently and misses the memories of my grandparents old lake house.

    It would be the best/sweetest gift! Please pick me random.org!

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  13. Allison says

    SEALE ME! I can’t wait to give my husband his gift for our first Christmas together. He thinks that the store sold out and it was unavailable. He is going to be so excited!

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  16. elizabeth says

    SEALE ME!
    I’m looking forward to experiencing the magic of the holiday season through my very excited children!

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  21. Robyn says

    Seale Me! I am most looking forward to quality time with the whole family, drinking hot chocolate, and playing football and corn hole.

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  23. Jess says

    SEALE ME!
    I’m looking forward to baking with my husband. He loves using his grandmother’s old recipes and then giving the goodies out to friends, families and neighbors as gifts!

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  25. Amie says

    SEALE ME!!

    This is the perfect gift for my sister and her hubby!
    I am looking forward to actually decorating for Christmas, enjoying some of it with the man, and meeting my niece!!

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  26. Kris says

    SEALE ME!!

    If I win I will be very excited to give a house portrait to my husband’s parents who are selling his childhood home and feeling very bittersweet about it. As for this Christmas, any gift for my kiddos is always fun to give.

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  27. marissa says

    SEALE ME!
    I’m looking forward to spending time with my family…and have our first family christmas @ our house!

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  28. Trina says

    SEALE ME! I always love seeing the kids’ reactions, but this year my little girl will be (almost) 2, so I’m especially excited to see how she enjoys our gifts to her.

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  31. Krystal says

    SEALE ME!

    My family is probably the absolute worse at Christmas gift giving…we buy our own gifts and then have each other wrap them, open them on Christmas morning, and feign surprise and excitement. Sometimes we stray and buy one another something we really want but would never purchase for ourselves, but this year we aren’t wanting for much. I’m content to have a low key Christmas so my family can put money towards building their dream home.

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  34. Sarah says

    SEALE ME!!

    I’m looking forward to spending the holiday with my family and 18 month old….and giving her a new play kitchen. I can’t wait to see what she will whip up!!

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  36. caseyj610 says

    SEALE ME!

    I’m looking forward to seeing my 2 yr old niece enjoy opening her gifts!! This will be the first year she’ll really be able to appreciate participating in opening presents!

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  37. Kelly says

    SEALE ME!

    I’m excited to make some hand-made gifts for my friends, my family, and my lovely boyfriend to save some moolah this year.

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  40. She-Ra says

    SEALE ME!

    I guess the main thing I am looking forward to giving is the family calendar I make every year.

    I hope to win – we just moved across the country from our house in VA. We lived there for more than 10 years. Our kids were born there (well, not there, but in the hospital across town. YKWIM!). What a great treasure to hang in our new home and any future abodes.

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  41. Daffodil says

    SEALE ME! I’m most looking forward to giving hugs to my loved ones. It really all comes down to that, doesn’t it? (And also cookies. Because mmmmm, cookies!)

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  42. Sarah Neale says

    SEALE ME!
    I absolutely cannot wait to hand out the Nook SimpleTouch I purchased for someone special. She is absolutely going to love it!

    also, FYI – even if I don’t win I’m so ordering two prints from Rebecca. I have just completed a YHL inspired wall of frames, and cannot wait to have two prints in the frames! One of our existing house….and one of our sweet first house we left and I cried for a month when we moved out. It will be PERFECT! Thank you for shedding light on this wonderful artist!

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  45. Erica M. says

    SEALE ME!!!

    I’m looking forward to giving my husband his presents. His birthday is on Christmas Day, so I have to make it EXTRA special every year.

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  50. Jessi says

    SEALE ME!
    I’m looking forward to eating all the yummy Christmas food with no guilt as I’ll be 35 weeks preggo on xmas day!

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