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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Home Sweet Illustrated Home

| By John Petersik | December 5, 2011 | 4,796 Comments

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.

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  1. JennCfrGA says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    SEALE ME! I am looking forward to getting the Bridesmaids DVD. I have a baby and never get the opportunity to watch movies in theaters nowadays, so I can’t wait to watch it on DVD :)

    Reply
  2. Sarah R says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    SEALE ME! I am looking forward to family time together! The entire family will be together on Christmas for the first time in 5 years!!

    Reply
  3. Wehaf says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    SEALE ME! I’m looking forward to lots of time spend with family and friends. I think Rebecca, who’s expecting a baby, tops that, though!

    Reply
  4. jen says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME! this year we are excited to welcome baby #3 to our family :)

    Reply
  5. Catherine M. says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!
    I’m looking forward to my toddler seeing her play kitchen!

    Reply
  6. Lauren says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME! I am most looking forward to spending time with my children (2 1/2 and 8 months), my hubby and my family. I love seeing how excited my little 2 year old gets over EVERYTHING related to Christmas.

    Reply
  7. Samantha says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!!

    I’m looking forward to waking up, on Christmas morning, in my brand-new house we just closed on :)

    Reply
  8. Jenifer says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME! This is our first year giving gifts so I am just excited!

    Reply
  9. Michelle says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!

    Reply
  10. Soleil says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME! I’m looking forward to spending my first Christmas with the love of my life and family all around. =]]

    Reply
  11. Kim says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!
    what a great way to add a personal touch and remember our first house :)

    Reply
  12. heeten says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    seale me!

    Reply
  13. Krys72599 says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME! Believe it or not, I’m looking forward to Christmas Eve. My mom and my sister and her family will be at my house, and even though I’m doing all the food preparing, etc., we’ll be home to see Santa come down the street on the firetruck, singing Christmas carols, flashing Christmas lights, and all the children in my neighborhood will be outside with me, yelling and waving!
    And the best part? I’m one of the token Catholics in a heavily Jewish neighborhood and all the kids are outside waving at Santa!!!

    Reply
  14. Haley says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!

    A special framed photograph to give to an unsuspecting grandfather

    Reply
  15. Elisabeth says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!!
    I’m most looking forward to being home with my family and eating good food!

    Reply
  16. Meredith says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!

    Looking forward to our first Christmas in our new home, Woot!

    Reply
  17. Liz says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!!!
    I’m excited to work on my Christmas crafts and wrapping all of the presents we buy. I love it!

    Reply
  18. Lindsey says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!
    Moving into our first house (how perfect!)

    Reply
  19. Jenn says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!!!

    I’m most looking forward to giving wedding albums as gifts for Christmas this year but would love to give my parents a drawing of the house that I grew up in. It always has and always will be a very special house to us. They no longer live there but it would keep the memory at the new house of all the great times in the old house.

    Reply
  20. heather says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!

    I would give this to my husband as a gift, and have her draw our house as it is now, so we can always remember how far we’ve come and never forget what it used to look like before we fixed it up.

    Reply
  21. Nadia Milagros says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Seale me!! We have an almost 3 year old whose big gift this year is a Disneyland trip! I can’t wait to see the look on her face when she see’s Mickey for the first time!

    Reply
  22. tm says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    seale me!

    Reply
  23. Kristina says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME! I’m looking forward to driving from Chicago to Dallas to see my family for the holidays. It would be AWESOME to win this prize and give to my parents, as they just moved into a new home. Happy holidays!

    Reply
  24. Heidi says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Seale me! I’m looking forward to the mounds and mounds of presents, of course! (We actually do a Secret Santa and each person in the family only receives one gift – talk about a stress reducer).

    Reply
  25. Trisha says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Seale Me!

    I’m excited to give my daughter the cookbooks and accessories we bought her. She’s 10, and is really showing an interest in cooking and baking, and I’m so glad she’s sharing in my love of feeding people!

    Reply
  26. Cristin says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!
    I am looking forward to time off work and fun crafting time with my mom & sister!

    Reply
  27. Carli says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!
    Handmade crafts are the best!
    Cheers this holiday season!

    Reply
  28. MC says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME! We are having a Hannukah party on the 21st; this will be fun. The house portraits are charming.

    Reply
  29. Meggan says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!!
    I can’t wait for my oldest son and my husband to be home with us for 2 weeks!!!

    Reply
  30. Micki says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!

    Reply
  31. Stephanie says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!

    I’m looking forward to spending my first Christmas with my husband. We aren’t exchanging gifts because we are also DIY-ers in our first house, so our gift to each other is to drywall and tile the addition!

    Reply
  32. Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!! I’m looking forward to spending time with family. We haven’t been shopping yet, so I’m not sure what to give! :)

    Reply
  33. Jessica Kish says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    SEALE ME!

    I am looking forward to giving some portraits I took!

    Reply
  34. Janette says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!
    I’m most looking forward to spending time with family.

    Reply
  35. lauren says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!! We are looking forward to closing on our first home!

    Reply
  36. Samantha says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    My dad’s moving to England with work for a couple years, so there are a lot of sentimental presents coming his way. I’m excited to have him open them!

    Reply
  37. Dawn S says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    I’m looking forward to so much about this Christmas! This is our first Christmas in our own/first home (we moved in Dec 29 last year!), so it is great fun to decorate in a whole new way in the new place. My son is 2 1/2 and “gets” Christmas more this year, which is so fun to read Advent stories every night with him, talk about Santa and stories, and drive around to see Christmas lights that he Oooos and Aaahhhs over. And, for the first time, we will be staying home for Christmas, having traditions with just the 3 of us…for the first and last time, since next year there will be 4 of us! ha!

    Reply
  38. Allie says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME! I’m most looking forward to give my husband the Kelty child carrier I got him… he’s wanted it since before I even got pregnant and has no idea he’s finally getting it. :)

    Reply
  39. Aubrey says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    Reply
  40. Casey Breitenbeck says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Seale me!! Looking forward to eating LOTS of Christmas cookies!

    Reply
  41. Betsy says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    My family does a homemade gift exchange. That’s always my favorite gift to give.

    Reply
  42. TheChangingHouse says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    I’m looking forward to giving my parents Cirque du Soleil tickets!! I think they’ll love it!

    Reply
  43. Amber says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    Reply
  44. Karen says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME! Can’t wait to give my sister a flying pig piggy bank (anthro-style, but from tj maxx)for her unborn baby’s nursery (Yay, I’ll be an auntie in the spring!).
    p.s. this an amazing giveaway! If I don’t win I’m going to be beyond jealous of whoever does!

    Reply
  45. Clare says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!
    I’m very much looking forward to going home to Florida. Can’t wait for both hanging out with family and hanging out at the beach…

    Reply
  46. Joanna says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME! I’m looking forward to snow!

    Reply
  47. Taryn says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!! I am looking forward to my first Christmas as a married woman and just spending time with family :)

    Reply
  48. Tia says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME! I’m looking forward to finally moving closer to family this holiday season… and NOT having to clock over 24 hours of holiday driving!

    Reply
  49. Ivey Handcrafted says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    I am most looking forward to a break! I have been so busy with orders this holiday season, of course I am very lucky for that – but I am looking forward to a little break with my family.

    Reply
  50. Christina says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    SEALE ME!

    Reply
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