***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.
Sarah G says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite one of a kind piece of art is a carrot that my brother drew in high school. The carrot is broken into four pieces, with each piece done with a different type of technique/media. It is small, hangs in our kitchen and is very dear to me.
Casey says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite pictures are the ones my mother has painted — I have several and I’m honored to hang them in my home!
Sarah says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I can’t decide between my 2 favs:
–On a visit to our favorite B & B in Lewes, Delaware, my husband (then fiance’) found an adorable little shop that carried watercolor paintings from a local artist. We both reached for the same one and knew it was meant to be ours.
–On our honeymoon in Maui, we found a local artist that sold her canvases near the beach- all with that lovely beachy theme. We picked up a fresh little painting of ‘Black Rock’- the exact view from our hotel. A perfect reminder of our amazing time there :)
Jenna says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I’ve DIYd all the artwork in my home so it’d be great to get some real art!
Mary says
Paint me a picture! I have a painting my brother did of our ultrasound
Ecochic says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My Fave OOAK artwork is the photo canvas above our fireplace. This photo is of Kinkakuji, in Kyoto where my boyfriend and I spent the bulk of our first New Years together. I went to Japan to visit him while he was away teaching English for a year. The photo reminds us of how happy we were to see each other after being apart for so long.
Katy says
Paint me a Picture! I’m digging a picture of my grandfather from when he was in India during World War II. It’s awesome, yet sentimental. I also love some photos of DC’s cherry blossoms!
Juliet says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!” At the moment my favorite painting is one my 7 yr old daughter has done of a mother panda and her baby. I was so surprised at how good it was I didn’t know she had that talent. The art teacher is putting into the school district’s art show later this year.
April D. says
Paint ME A PICTURE! My dad paints and I have several of his painting hung throughout the house. We receive a new painting for Christmas every year. I can’t wait to see this year’s present!
Shawna Munro says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I’m an art student, so I have a LOT of work around the house, but my favourite would have to be this painting I did as a present for my parents. Its my mom’s favourite!
Raquel says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! Yes, I’d love it! My favorite original is clay art by a wonderful artist named Katy Diver. Her work is unique and beautiful and very organic.
Crystal says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
my favourite piece of art – my hubby made me a picture for our one year anniversary with red and green smarties that spells out i love you….with 365 smarties – one for everyday we had been together.
Kristin says
Paint me a picture!!
My husband and I bought a painting as a wedding gift to each other – of a couple walking in a park, hand in hand, under trees. Beautiful colors, and I love the sense of hope and love it conveys.
Wendy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Amy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favourite piece of art right now is a pastel drawing my university roommate did for me of 3 pink Hollyhocks.
Robin says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I love original prints I have purchased from etsy!
kat says
Paint me a Picture!
I have a painting of 2 boys throwing rocks in the water. Just gorgeous.
Nichole P says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite picture is our ketubah–marriage contract– that my sister in law designed & painted & our friends & family in attendance signed at our wedding!
Chelsea says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
It’s not one of a kind, but my favorite piece of artwork in our home is a three dimensional wall sculpture that hangs over our fireplace.
We don’t have any one of a kind works in our home, but would love for this to be the first!!
Monica says
PAINT ME A PICTURE- pretty please!
My favorite piece of artwork in my apartment of way too many blank walls is a canvas piece my sister (a high school art teacher) painted of Audrey Hepburn, my all time favorite actress. It’s gorgeous and classic.
Chelsey says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of artwork is one my husband is working on right now for me :) He’s so wonderful :)
Nicole C says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Years ago I purchased a large canvas painting of a poppy field from a student painter. It’s huge and vibrant and I love it… still need to have it framed, though!
Stephanie says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite is a collage of black and white photos that I took of locations that hold a special place in my heart.
Lauri says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
A rainbow painting that my son made when he was three. Makes me happy!
Nikki says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
A family friend painted some poppies for me on a large canvas to match my red couch and I love them!
Lauren says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I don’t really have much art, we mostly use photography. I do have a piece I picked up from Marshall’s/Home Goods. Its more of a textured piece made out of dried leaves. They are some how attached to a square canvas and then each of the 4 quarters of the square is painted a different metallic color – green, red, purple, and gold. I wish I had a picture to post!
Gretchen T says
Paint me a picture. I have a print from etsy that I absolutely LOVE, though pretty much everything from etsy is amazing.
Arian says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite art is a series of 5 water color paintings my mother painted for my father while he was overseas in Vietnam. She painted and sent him one at a time. They hang as one nice collection in my livingroom.
Lauren P. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Nicole says
Paint me a picture! I have some great artwork from my stepsons on my fridge that I couldn’t imagine parting with! I also have a great canvas print in my bathroom of the Earth coming out of a faucet and surrounded in water with the word Conserve on it. Everyone who goes in my bathroom always calls out to ask if they should flush!
nancy says
Paint me a picture…Beautiful work…Would love it in my soon to be newly renovated space.
Kathie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
We are fortunate to have many original pieces of art created by family members and friends hanging on our walls. One favorite piece, however, isn’t hanging. It’s a simple–yet beautiful–sketch of a pinecone that our daughter created several years ago (when she was about 12 or 13) at a summer art camp. That single pencil sketch was a real eye-opener for us, telling volumes about a talent that balances amazingly with her academic achievements. Thank heavens for that class, and the opportunity it gave us to allow our daughter to stretch her creative wings.
Renee says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have lots of original art in my house. But my favortie grouping is a series of 9 that my sister painted me using the theme of our beach wedding. Though we’ve been married 9 years, they painting still represent us and our love for art, the ocean, and each other!
Mélanie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!
Meg says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I would love this to be my first piece!
Mélanie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have three paintings my sister made for me. Three bold flowers with great colors! love them
Laura S says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of art in our home is a shadowbox from the 50s that we found at an antique store, painted and glazed. It now hangs in our living room, and with its great lines and old mirrors it is an amazing statement piece.
Angela says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite pieces of art are drawings that my husband did for me when we were in college and our relationship was long-distance. I hung them in my room at school and made me smile every single day.
Anna says
Paint me a Picture!
My younger sister painted me a picture of a English garden which I LOVE!
Amy says
Paint me a picture!! I have a map that belonged to my grandparents that has pins of all the places they traveled to together, all the places they lived, and all the places their children lived. It’s truly one of a kind, and I love looking at it and thinking about the adventures they went on!
Jennie Gift says
Paint me a picture – My mother was an artist and I have saved every piece I was able to get my hands on. I have a collection of her still lives in my house currently in addition to a larger piece she did of a winding road with a farm house. Every time someone asks about them, I am very proud to saw they are original pieces by my mother.
Camille says
Paint me a picture!! My 10 year old sister made me a painting of my adorable goldendoodle Lapu Lapu for christmas two years ago.
Carrie says
My husband and I have a painting of the church where we got married that my aunt made for us as a wedding gift. Definitely a treasure.
allison d. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite is a drawing done of my family by a super talented cartoonist. He captured my sweet little girls love of dinosaurs and baby dolls perfectly.
sarah zoll says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My 5 month old just made his first artwork…a hand turkey for Thanksgiving!
Tiffany says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite artwork is a huge photo collage my husband gave me on our wedding day. It has hundreds of black and white photos that he and I took while traveling as a back drop and another layer of color photos arranged in the shape of a heart in the center. There are pictures of the two of us in the center of the heart. It looks amazing!! Such a touching gift!
Jenn the Pen says
Paint ME a picture – My one of a kind is a lighthouse drawing my daughter did when she was about 7 because she knows how much I love the Cape Hatteras lighthouse painting my mom bought on a drive back down the coast from Annapolis after my brother’s wedding. My “other” fave is an abstract that can be hung on any of its 4 sides – it has lots of purple.
Véronique says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of art is the painting my grandfather did of the old city, where I used to work, it brings back lots a great memories, and I get to have a piece of him in my room!
Jen says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!” My favorite art pieces are city maps of each place I have lived with a clock of each time zone above the corresonding picture.
Amelia says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I love photos as original wall art.