***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – scroll down to see who won!***
The winner of this week’s giveaway can literally make that request. Because Swedish-born Virginia-based artist Erica Eriksdotter is giving away a commissioned painting worth up to $350. That’s right everyone, put on your fancy pants because soon you could be telling your friends smugly “oh yeah, that beautiful painting over there? I commissioned it.”
We really like the color in all of Erica’s work, and we love that our winner will be able to guide the color and design of their custom work to fit their home perfectly. You can even pick the best size for your space (from a 12 x 9″ up to 16 x 20″). Here’s how to enter:
- PRIZE: A commissioned painting from Studio Eriksdotter worth up to $350
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT ME A PICTURE!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork that you currently own. Maybe it’s a finger painting done by a kid in your life? Something you got on etsy? Or a drawing that you sketched yourself to fill some blank space?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, November 24th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States, Canada and Europe!
- 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 Thursday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
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Not only do we have one winner, but everyone can get 10% off of anything from Studio Eriksdotter through Dec 9th. Use the code YOUNGHOUSELOVE for any stationery purchase in her Etsy shop or you can contact her directly for art inquiries.
And our very lucky winner (as selected by random.org) is… Ali Moore. Congrats!
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Studio Eriksdotter.
Jessi @ TheDesignSlice says
PAINT ME A PICTURE :)
I enlarged some of the photos I took on my honeymoon in Italy and hung them in our family room, now we get a dose of Italy every day!
Jennifer Laferriere says
Paint me a picture!
My favourite piece of art is one I’ve recently created. It’s a shadowbox containing a silver spoon and the little box it came in as well as an old black and white picture. This silver spoon was given to my boyfriends grand-mother when she was a young girl in Finland. It was the `trophy` for a ski event she participated in. The box has her name, her hometown and some Finn language on it. When my boyfriend lost his grandmother last April. I thought this would be a perfect way to honor her.
Lauren McCormick says
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My favorite one-of-a-kind artwork is a piece done by my high school photography teacher given to me and my husband on our wedding day. :) This teacher is the one who inspired me to become a high school photography teacher, so it means a lot to me! :)
Teresa says
I found this awesome one-of-a-kind sculpture/painting/drawing at a garage sale. it was priced at $250 but I got it for $100. The sellers liked the fact that I was an art student so knew that i’d take good care of it (it was big by the way, i’m talking like 4ftx4ft at least). The artist was a friend of the current owners, and the artist sold the piece to him at coast ($400). 25 years ago it hung in the Milwaukee Art Museum!!! The only reason it was for sale was because the owners were selling their home and their stuff and moving to a cottage in the north-woods of Wisconsin.
I was able to contact the artist and he sent me a certificate of authenticity and shared a little about what the piece meant to him. Right now it’s sitting in storage in my parents attic. But in 6 months I’ll be graduated and moving into my own place and can show it off :)
Megan says
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I have a beautiful piece of artwork from an unknown but talented artist from the Midwest. He painted several scenes of my undergraduate alma-mater.
sarah says
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My favorite piece of artwork is one that my husband bought before we were even together. It is a colorful painting of a man playing a sax…and it’s awesome because it’s painted on an ceiling tile from an old factory.
Sheryl J says
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I really like my sis-in-law’s version of VanGogh’s Starry Night. We have it displayed in the our dining room.
Thais says
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I love art and I love to draw. My fave piece I actually gave away. I have a friend who travels all over the world and where ever he goes he sends me a post card. As a thank you gift I did a chalk drawing inspired by one of the post cards.
Christy says
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Meg says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite personalized, hand-made art is a framed, detailed copy of our B&W wedding invitation. A friend of a friend works on the surrounding matte, creating whimsical 3-D art inspired by the invitation itself. Pretty neat!
Alisha says
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I have a piece of art I made myself out of scrapbook paper and some modge podge on canvas.
Robin Bidwell says
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Anything my step son does.
Laura @ Tidbits says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Being a young newish homeowner, I don’t actually have any actual ‘art’ yet in my home, but I would just love to be able to get the collection started!
ps. I’m so excited that you finally have a giveaway I can enter from up here in Canada! :)
Ashley says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite one of a kind piece of art is a painting that I bought in a store and my mother painstakingly painted on top of it so that it would match the color of my room.
Jane says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! Just this weekend, I finished our mural of the Chicago skyline in one corner of our guest room, also known as “my happy place.” It’s just four buildings, painted in a silvery gray on the turquoise wall, but it looks fabulous (even if I’m the one saying this).
Sarah V. says
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Robin Bidwell says
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Does mess count?
Serina says
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I am so lucky as to have a very talented painter friend, Devon Nowlin, who has used me as the subjuct for several of her paintings (one of which was purchased for over $1000 big ones!) My favorite is titled “Garden Party” which you can take a look at on her flickr page if you’d like. http://www.flickr.com/photos/devonnowlin/3336695746/
Claudie says
Paint Me A Picture!
I painted a triad of abstract color blocking art that are hanging over the sofa and those are my current favorite.
Robin Six says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
A painting my grandfather bought for my grandmother.
Kendra says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I have a painting from Venice in St. Marks Square. I’m going to get it framed & hung up this week!
Hilary says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have a groovy painting done by a family friend in honor of my birth- it hangs over my desk
amy says
Paint me a picture! My favorite piece of art is a watercolor that my younger brother painted for me before he left for college (He is soon to graduate from art school). It was a Christmas present years ago, and reminds of our hiking trips growing up.
Mary C says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My fave is a single red rose, painted by my friend Brenda during her early years of painting. I treasure it because of who painted it, because of who she is. She’s a treasure!
Aliesha says
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My favorite piece of “art” in my house right now is a Monet reproduction that I have framed in a sleek white frame in my office. It’s so peaceful!
Matt Six says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My wife – yeah, she made me write this.
Jessica says
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My current favorite piece of art is a photo I took of a sail boat in Key West just as the sun was setting on Mallory Square. I had the photo printed on canvas and gave it to my boyfriend for his birthday. It reminds us of our favorite vacation spot!
Rowenna says
Paint me a picture! My favorite piece of art is a painting of a church that my fiancé did when he was in high school. He claims it “isn’t finished” and he was going to throw it away when he found it cleaning out his room, but I love it!
Franny says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!
We are in desperate need of wall art, and unfortunately, don’t have any to call a favorite :(
Stephanie says
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I have a print of a local artist, but no original work yet!
Ana says
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My favorite piece of original art is a large embroidered Chinese textile that’s framed. The field color is pumpkin, which makes it perfect for the dining room.
Vicki M says
Paint me a picture!
Marianne says
Paint me a picture (please!)
My favourite piece of art we have is a hanging sand sculpture relief of my parent’s lakehore where I got married. It even includes the ancient orange motorboat that was inherited with the cottage! I’ve never seen anything like it before or since.
Tiffany T. says
Paint me a picture! I just bought this cute painting of a young beautiful girl in Paris..it was 3 dollars at the thrift store!
Marissa says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of one-of-a-kind art is a painting my grandmother made of my brother and I at the beach when we were kids.
shannon says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!!!
I don’t have a favorite piece of artwork yet :-(
Annie (Delicious Wellness) says
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My most favorite piece of original artwork is an oil painting of a sunset, painted by my father. It is almost all completely orange and yellow, which are two of my favorite colors, and it just exudes warmth!! :)
Rebecca says
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I don’t have any personalized art… my favorite buy off the rack art is a great painting of birds in a tree that hangs above our bed that I got for a steal at an art outlet.
Emily says
Paint Me a Picture!
I love the little “sketch” my daughter colored of our family. It’s honestly, just stick figures she “colored” in, but it has all of us, and our pets. It’s my current fave!
Anna M says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
These paintings are gorgeous and I am seriously lacking anything on my walls!
Erika says
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One of my best friends made me some notecards; I had them framed and they hang in my office. Every time I see them, I think of our friendship.
Aimee says
Mine is a tea towel of the Bayeux Tapestry. I got it on a school trip in the early 90’s. It was purely a tourist item until my mom had it framed for us several years ago – professionally matted and framed, it’s now a one-of-a-kind “tapestry” in our living room.
Sean says
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My most treasured piece of art is a set of three canvases that my wife made for me shortly after we started dating. She used Mod Podge to affix some cool multi textured earth color paper to the canvas. It was the first piece of original artwork I owned, and will always be the most important. To this day it hangs above our TV.
Joy says
Paint me a picture!!! I love this painting I got from Target. Super simple. Black with a single red daisy on it! Goes prefect in my house!
Lizz says
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My favorite art is a painting done by my sister. :)
Jessica says
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I have two awesome watercolors done by a friend of mine that I love. Not painting, but we also have lots of pottery I made around the house (very beginner level, but it makes me happy to be able to say I made that!)
Blair says
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It’s too hard to pick my favorite. We have everything from paintings from travels in Europe to a canvas of peaches we found at Goodwill for $3. I love them all!
Sarah says
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My favorite art in our house now would have to be our wall of wedding photos (aka shrine to ourselves) taken by Our Labor of Love in Atlanta!
Amandelin says
My favorite, other than my son’s efforts, is a pair of small canvases I made to illustrate the saying “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
http://twitpic.com/2l4bfn/full
Evie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!
My favorite unique piece is from eastern market place in DC. It is a long thin modern cityscape. I have seen nothing quite like it.