***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.
Jason Marshell says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!!
Kimberly R. says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE”
No favorites yet that I own..that’s why I need to win this!
Sarah S. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My boyfriend got me a knitted stuffed sackboy from the PlayStation game Little Big Planet off of Etsy. He had it dressed like the Phantom of the Opera, my favorite play. :-)
Rachel says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
A painting of a cowboy sitting on his porch with the mountains in the background.
The painting was hung in grandparents guest room. When I was little I used to lay awake in bed making stories up about it… Now it’s hung in our guest room.
Jess K says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite is a contemporary piece done by a very talented aunt!
katie says
paint me a picture!!
my favorite piece in my house is a newborn photograph of my son and i.
Autumn Tao says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have two gorgeous robin’s egg blue/navy/yellow/white/green abstracts paintings in my kitchen that I found this past summer on yessy.com. Still furnishing my house though and am in need of another!
Thanks!
Lauren says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My fav artwork is a pencil drawing of my husband and me done by an artist on the boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta when we were on our honeymoon. It froze that glorious moment in time for us and it hangs in our dining room as a reminder of it.
Amanda says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! Is it lame that I’m really liking my son’s turkey made of leaves glued to cardboard?
Angie says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece of art is a picture of me painted by our 5 year old son! :)
Julie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! Love this idea :)
erikam says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I just purchased 2 paintings from a local artist. I love the color and texture of the pieces.
Another painting would be wonderful!
Lindsay W says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!” My favorite original is one I did to fill a huge wall and bring togethers the colours in my living room. I love it, and if I ever get bored of it I can easily re-use the huge canvas to paint another original.
Cheryl says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
My favorite “piece” of art is a grouping of 6 watercolor pictures my daughter did when she was 5. We frequently get comments on them and it has inspired friends to frame more of their children’s artwork too!
Analyn says
Paint me a picture!! I sketched a picture of superman and wonderwoman embracing for my husband :)
Nancy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! Pretty please?
My favorite piece is a collage of photos of our old neighbors made into a bouquet of flowers (“bouquet of friends”) made for us by one of our neighbors as a going away gift when we moved from Richmond.
Jodie K says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My husband’s uncle sketches and writes haiku poems. While visiting us for our wedding in Hawaii he wrote a poem and sketched the mountains. He had it framed in a simple black frame and gave it to us for our wedding. His one-of-a-kind artwork reminds us of home (we are now in NYC for a little adventure) and reminds us of that special time in our lives.
diana says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE”
My painting that my husband gave me for my birthday. Its man rowing a gondola in a water village in italy.
Caitlin says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!
I don’t have much one of a kind art in my house sadly. This would be a great start though!
Rachel E says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My boyfriend got me a beautiful specially made metal sign that says It’s a Hokie Thing.
Rebecca says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite peice of artwork is a set of 3 frames that I put peices of amazing fabric in to make my own art.
Karen J says
PAINT ME A PICTURE … an original elephant painting from the circus.
Jen says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Last night my Mom gave my brother and I our portfolios from art lessions when I was 7 and he was 9. It was hilarious. His were so detailed and beautifully drawn (he has some talent!), and mine were um…. “abstract”. I can picture him bent seriously over his paper while I skipped around the studio, looking for brighter colours! Very much our respective personalities! That’s what my commissioned piece would have to be!
Amanda says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have a beautiful watercolor that my boyfriend’s mother gave me during our first Christmas together. It’s very special to me – something about a handmade painting made me really feel welcomed into the family.
I’m also commissioning a painting from my sister. I have a talented family. :)
Tanya says
Paint me a picture!
Nanda says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece is a picture of a ballerina standing en pointe on the beach with black birds flying away from her! It combines my love for dancing and the beach. I also have a canvas of the Chicago skyline, which I love because it reminds my of my roots (I was born there, but grew up and still live in The Netherlands).
Karla Warner says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
This is the coolest giveaway yet! I love the pencil sketch my husband and I purchased while in Venice.
Jessica M. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite picture is a sketch of mine & my husband’s interlocking college rings (Texas A&M) with our graduation years on it that I received as my wedding gift from him!
Sarah W says
Paint Me a Picture!
I love this sketch of the mountains around our house that a friend drew for me!
Elle S. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!! I have two special pieces actually – a French charcoal drawing of a (nude) mother and child. I think it’s beautiful, although I’m not too fond of the nudies :) Also, I have lots of original photography (cause that’s my thing) and on a recent trip to Cape Cod, I was able to capture especially beautiful images of windmills and lighthouses. I plan to print these out with our photo printer and put them up for some beautiful, free artwork.
Jayna says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of art is a painting we bought off the street in Spain while my husband and I were backpacking in Spain and Italy. It has gorgeous coloring.
Shiri says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
melissa hammond says
Paint ME a PICTURE!! My fav picture is the painted pony picture give away from YHL!!! This picture would be a christmas gift for my mom! :)
Maura says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! It’s a photograph that my friend took and printed and gave us as a gift for our new house. It is of the bridge that leads to Belle Isle. Love it!
Eileen says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
A custom letterpress piece with a quote from my best friend’s grandpa _ “Hooray for Another Day!”
kim says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have a set of 3 paintings I did in college to hang in my apartment bedroom. They are very simple but I get so many compliments on them. Now they are in my baby’s room.
OMG-YHL says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I think it’s a lot easier to make your own art than people think (not of Erica Eriksdotter’s quality, of course, but good enough for a college dorm room!). I love the unfinished/doodle look, so right now I have a sketch I did of an outfit on my wall, and it looks nice. Plus it was free!
Jen says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of art is a portrait my husband’s brother (about 13 yrs old) gave us for Christmas last year. He took a color picture of us and painted on canvas with white, black, and blue for the accents and shadows. I think he did it as a school project, but it’s awesome that he was thinking of us :)
Melissa Irvin says
Paint me a picture, please!
My most cherished pieces at the moment are:
1. a beautiful watercolor my niece did when she was 3.
2. a Rothko inspired piece painted by my mom.
3. a painting of our Weimaraner, Libby, while she was in rescue. Carol’s Canvas painted it and put it on her website to help raise rescue funds. We fostered Libby and adopted her so we had to have the painting. :)
Shannon Burke says
PAINT ME A PICTURE.
My favorite piece of art is one my best friend did in art class in college – I told her I liked it and she gave it to me that year for Christmas. It inspired the color scheme of my place – I love it still!
Katie @ Domestiphobia says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
I love my very first original that I bought in a tiny gallery in Hawaii. I was so excited that I even blogged about it. :)
jill says
PAINT ME A PICTURE and “I love two watercolor pictures from a yard sale years ago”.
Alie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My husband and I honeymooned in the Greek Isles and my mom-in-law gave us a framed photo print of one of the islands for our first year anniversary. It’s so special for us and I love that it reminds me of my favorite trip ever!
Caity says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I have a small painting of a couple dancing the tango that my friend bought especially for me while she was living in Argentina. It is small and fairly simple but always makes me smile when I look at it.
chelsea says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!! I have some one-year-old waterpaint picutures on our fridge. I LOVE them!
Jess says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of art that I currently own is probably my set of DIY knock-offs of those Crate & Barrel prints that you guys posted on a mood board a long time ago! But something like this would certainly be the star of my apartment…
Shannon Kloc says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
My favorite piece of art in our house is a 16 x 20 framed photo from our wedding day. My husband is dipping me on an old abandoned dock in the city of Buffalo, NY. Our photographers could make anyone look breathtaking.
Jamie B says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
I have been really trying to support artists by purchasing my art off etsy! I love freshline, vol 25, and several others. I would have to say i love vol 25 because of the quality of the print..its not just on kodak print paper. I would love to support this artist too! Looks amazing and trust me…I have a blank canvas at my old but new to me home.
Elizabeth says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!! My absolute favorite piece of artwork is a canvas painting done when my son was 1, it is beautiful and at 2 he is still creating beautiful masterpieces!!!
Kara Castaneda says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite painting I own is of my iguana, Fenix. My neighbor is a grad student at SAIC (chicago) and I traded him my game cube for a painting!