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Since our eyes are constantly peeled for fun nursery art lately, we’re psyched to bring you this week’s giveaway from Grace Hester Designs. And even if you’re not expecting a little one, you might just spot the perfect piece to commemorate your wedding, your brood, or even your love of foreign languages amongst Grace’s type and silhouette-based art.
We love the idea of our little beanette learning some Spanish numbers or French animal names through these punchy designs (or even picking up a Chinese character or two). And it’s because of Grace’s fun range of prints that we couldn’t bear to narrow down this week’s prize to a specific group of designs – so TWO of you are gonna score a $50 credit toward anything in Grace’s etsy shop.
Here are this week’s entry details:
- PRIZE: A $50 credit towards any item from Grace Hester Designs
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “GRACE ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …share with us your favorite word or saying from another language. Do you love the way a certain Italian word rolls off your tongue? Or maybe you have a go-to phrase that you learned when traveling abroad? If nothing else, is there an English word that sounds especially funny to you in Pig Latin?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, February 17th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: All over the globe!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Find more freebie info on our Giveaway FAQs page. Pics courtesy of Grace Hester Designs.
erin says
grace me!
love the classic je t’aime. i love you just sounds better in french!
jasmine says
grace me por favor!!
and call me odd..but “catorce” is awesome!!
Alyssa says
grace me…my husband is german so I’m in the process of learning german…pretty much anything I can say in german is fun for me.
Adam R says
Grace Me!
Although I am halfway fluent in German, I am ever more intrigued by the rhythm and flow of Italian. I speak very little but learned the essential phrases last Spring when I was fortunate enough to study interior design for a semester in Florence. Although I had a rigorous course load, I met so many interesting people and saw such beautiful examples of design. At the close of my semester, a professor I became close friends with coined the phrase, “L’arte di vivere con dolcezza; The art of living sweetly.”
Alyssa Ballisty says
Grace me!
Kampai [cheers in Japanese]
dolores says
Grace me!!
One of my favorite phrase/saying is actually a spanish children’s rhyme. “Sana sana colita de rana. Si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana.”
Translation: “Heal, heal, little frog’s butt, if you don’t heal today, you”ll heal tomorrow.”
Liz T. says
GRACE ME! The only thing I can think of is ohana means family from lilo and stitch.
Amanda says
Grace me! My bestie is due in May and I’d love to gift her one of these.
Heather H says
Grace Me!
After watching a video of Ken Davis, a comedian, my husband and I have loved the phrase “para la nasea”… It means “barf bag” (technically “for nausea”) in Spanish. Ken Davis, does a whole sketch on his barf bag collection and one that he shares is his multi-lingual barf bag. My husband cried he was laughing so hard. We had to pause the video because Ken had moved onto the next part of his routine and I couldn’t hear it because my husband was laughing so hard!
allison says
“Grace Me”
Carpe Diem~seize the day!!
Dawn says
Grace Me!
My favorite non english – Aurora. My name in Spanish class, LOL
Caroline says
GRACE ME!
My favorite phrase to say in french is “Ce n’est pas grave”, which means “no big deal” in english – I am not sure why it is my favorite – it just is!
Katie says
Grace Me. “Babushka” because i love the dolls.
Megan says
GRACE ME!!!
Sin Alcohol- Means no alcohol in Spanish. I used it A LOT last month while preggo in Mexico. I love that it just makes anything with alcohol sound like a sin. (which technically it is when pregnant!)
Oh, and pick me!
Lindsay says
Grace Me, pretty PLEASE!
Christina K. says
GRACE ME
Psychologie in french because the “p” isn’t silent:)
Erin says
Grace me!
“Joie de vivre” – Joy of Living!! My HS english teacher told me that I had a “joie de vivre” almost 12 years ago and it was the best compliment I ever received!
Kelly says
Grace Me! Currently, my favorite foreign phrase is “Mama Mia!” because my 5 year old son started calling me that. It just came out of the blue, but I love to hear him say, “Oh, I love you, mama mia!” (And we are not Italian!)
Stephanie says
Grace me!!!!
Carpe diem!!!!!
Ellen says
Grace me!
“Volim te” which means “I love you” in Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian. I taught my husband how to say it when we were falling in love…
Nicole says
GRACE ME
My dad is from the Philippines and when I was little my grandmother (whom we called Nanay – mother in Tagalog) would call me “apo” – grandchild. I thought she was calling me apple and would correct her by saying “I’m not an apple, I’m a little girl.”
Andrea says
GRACE ME.
I love the saying ‘Kia Kaha’. It is Maori for ‘be strong’. You can say it to someone who is having a hard time..
Jenn says
Grace Me!
Favorite word is J’adore because i love to love. :)
Robin A. says
GRACE ME!
I like to shout “catorce centavos!” instead of a bad word when I’m mad! It means fourteen cents in Spanish, but it sounds like it should mean something a whole lot worse! ;)
kate says
GRACE ME!
I like “les animaux sauvages”…pretty sure it means “wild animals” in french. it just sounds so good!
Brittany G. says
Grace me! My husband was in the Peace Corps in Tonga for 2 years. He often speaks to me in Tongan (even though I clearly have no idea what he is saying). I like it when he says “Tuku” which means stop. I like the way it sounds, I don’t usually like that he’s telling me to stop doing something!
tamstyles says
grace me..
Erin S. says
Grace Me!
Jen says
GRACE ME!
I always thought the words in “Mairzy Doats” were French, and I was so excited I knew French by singing “mares eat oats”.
Tawnya says
Grace Me!
Everyting’s irie (Jamaica, mon)!
{The Classy Woman} says
GRACE ME!!
I’m loving the framed french days of the week! I love everything French so it should come as no surprise that I love most French words too. I ‘love’ the word J’adore, coincidentally it was my favorite perfume for many years too! :)
On a sidenote, I featured you guys on my blog yesterday among favorite blogs!
http://theclassywoman.blogspot.com/2010/02/sharing-little-blogger-love.html
Autumn says
Grace me! I rather like “La vita e bella”–life is beautiful. :)
Shannon R. says
GRACE ME!!!
Merci! is a cool word :)
Amanda says
grace me
“Como se dice” was my phrase of choice when I was on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. It means “how do you say…” and I said it probably 20 times a day. Ok maybe more.
Robin C. says
Grace me! I can’t think of any foreign phrase I use….
Sarah says
GRACE ME!!!
And…my favorite foreign word is probably “bahabak” which means “i love you” in Arabic. I’m married to an amazing Arab man and this is the word we most commonly share with each other. :)
Molly says
GRACE ME!
“Mon petit chou” is a French term of endearment but literally means, ‘my little cabbage!’ I love it!
suzanne says
GRACE ME
StacyS says
GRACE ME
My husband took French Immersion school from grade 6-10. I am always trying to get him to speak french to me because it sounds so beautiful, but all he will ever say is Je m ‘appelle KEVAN! (My name is Kevin!) Oh well, at least it sounds pretty!
Lily says
GRACE ME!
My favourite phrase is what my Dutch father used to say to me at night “Lecker Slapee”. Literal translation is “yummy sleep”, I guess he was meaning “sweet dreams”!! It means so much to me now he has gone, I say it to my partner every night.
Lily :)
Julie B says
Grace Me!!!
Briony says
Grace me!
je t’aime
AKAndi says
Grace Me!
Un cerdo: Tru, tru
Something my friend and I would always joke at each other with during high school Spanish class.
siouxzy j says
GRACE ME
i like to say, ” s’ak pase.” it means “whats up in creole.
Eileen says
My favourite word is “aropa”, which in Solomon Island’s pidgin means the spirit in which you do things. It means family, spirit, love, life and laughter. I plan on naming my house this, when complete.
Charlotte says
GRACE ME
Voulez vouz “crochet” avec moi…
Tess says
Grace me! (please) :)
Favourite word is definitely chiocciola [kee-OTCH-oh-la] – Italian for snail, but they use it for the ‘@’ symbol! So cute….so you might tell someone your email address is “sherry snail younghouselove dot com”! Awww
Laurie M says
GRACE ME!
I like the Spanish word for peanuts (cacahuates) and pants (pantalones).
Molly says
Grace me!
Cuando estoy borracha puedo hablar Espanol.
Marcia says
Grace Me!
My all-time favorite word in any language is zwanzig–which means twenty in German. I love the way it sounds and will be saying it all day now!