***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
After an excitement and entry filled holiday giveaway we’ve crowned our big winner. Well, random.org has crowned a winner. And she is… Nina (who’s planning to soak up and celebrate the magic of the season with her toddler, babe, and hubs this week as well as do some gift wrapping, toy assembling, and cookie baking by the light of the tree). Congrats!
Oprah has Favorite Things. Martha has Good Things. We have Things We Love (okay, so maybe it’s not as catchy or scream-and-cry-on-national-TV-worthy, but we tried). The point is that we’ve rounded up five prizes that we heart, covering a whole range of topics that we love talking about ’round these parts – from art and tools to cleaning and ceramic animals. All in all, it’s nearly $750 worth of goodies for one lucky reader! So without further ado, here’s what one of your stockings will get stuffed with this week:
- An iRobot Scooba 230 – A compact floor washing robot from the makers of Roomba that’s small enough to get under cabinets and around commodes (worth $299!). Because less time spent scrubbing your floors means more time spent DIYing.
- An $150 gift certificate from 20×200 – One of our favorite spots for fresh original art, including the bicycle print that my sisters got me for my birthday last month. There are lots of ways to spend your $150, like splurging for a framed piece.
- Over $200 worth of Kreg Tools – The stuff that gives me the confidence to take on my woodworking projects (this set includes the Kreg Jig Master System and Multi-Mark as well as new stuff that I don’t even have: the Shelf Pin Jig and Square-Cut) – all worth $215!
- The ceramic pig speaker from West Elm – You already know that we love this often back-ordered guy, so we begged the folks at West Elm to put one aside for the winner.
- And A Very She & Him Christmas CD (or LP) and winter hat – You’ll need some music to listen to on your new pig speaker, right? And we’re loving these festive tracks from Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward.
So now that we’ve outlined the prize, here are the regular giveaway details:
- PRIZE: See above
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “HAPPY HOLIDAYS!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … what’s on your holiday agenda for the next week? Do you have lots of last minute shopping / cleaning / cooking to do? Are you traveling? Or are you just sitting back and waiting for a certain red-suited man to hop down your chimney (like Clara)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 21st at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- DISCOUNT: Get 10% off on framed print orders placed at 20×200 through tomorrow December 20, 2011 with the code YHL10
- 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 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 iRobot, Kreg Tools, 20×200, West Elm and Merge Records,
brittany says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Shopping is done, gifts are wrapped, no decorating left, just a week to enjoy the rest of the season! SQUEEEEE!!!
Elizabeth says
Happy holidays!
We’ll be seeing friends and family, and I’m working on a memory book of our nephew who passed away in August.
Adrienne N. says
Happy holidays!!! I’ll be “working” all week then patiently waiting for Santa to come and hopefully bring me lots of nice things! I have tried to be extra good this year! I am excited to spend lots of time with the fam and surprise them with lots of sweet gifts :)
betsy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Advent box!
Laura says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Still some last minute shopping to do and a little bit of traveling around the state to see all the family!
Dana L. says
Happy Holidays! We’re traveling two hours to my mother’s home to spend christmas.
betsy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Advent!
betsy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Gingerbread houses!
Leslie says
Happy Holidays! We are heading to Colorado for a few days on Wednesday and then to Mexico with my parents and brother. All we have to do before then is pack and arrange for our neighbors to feed the fish…
Anne says
Happy Holidays! Spending as much time with my family as possible! :)
keely says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Rachelle says
Happy Holidays! We just moved closer to our family so we do not have to travel far this year. But we are in the middle of remodeling the living room and hope to get a lot done!
Claire Mooney says
Happy Holidays!
Christmas Day we (husband and 3 dogs) will be camping out on the couch watching all the claymation Christmas specials we saved on the DVR and will be eating our special Christmas dinner…hot appetizers all day long, with some napping in between the ‘courses’. Oh happy day!!!!
Andrea says
Happy Holidays!! I am a master procrastinator, and therefore will probably finish everything Christmas Eve!! Love love love the holiday season!!!
Shawna says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! We are going to share our homemade lefse with family in MN, WI and IA!
kab says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! wrapping!
Terry says
Happy Holidays! Going to spend time with family and eating good food!
Vanessa L says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Thanks for the great prize offering! I will be cleaning, visiting friends, going to parties, cleaning, buying last minute gifts, cleaning, and eating. Crazy busy season.
Sarah M says
Happy Holidays! All my shopping is done, I just have a few last gifts to wrap and then I get to enjoy the holidays. I can’t wait to light candles tomorrow night!
Lisa says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I plan to catch up on Dexter… and spend lots of time with family and friends.
Ashley says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Spending time with the family!
Rachel says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! My fiance’ and I are flying down to Texas! Can’t wait to see family, friends, and warm weather! :)
Megs says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Staying fairly local to visit my parents. I don’t think Christmas is complete without my mom’s Eggs Benedict!!
Kacie says
Happy holidays! I’m finishing shopping and focusing on doing good for other people this week. While I’ll gladly take gifts etc I know that other people have more NEEDS than I do, so something as simple as donating a bunch of books I don’t need to the library makes me feel great.
Lorien says
Happy Holidays! Since we just moved to Florida, and we can’t afford to fly home for the holidays, we’ll be spending the day in the Magic Kingdom!
Rebecca says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am looking forward to spending time with extended family and taking part in my little guy’s first Christmas! Santa is bringing him wayyyy too many presents:)
Sara says
Happy holidays!
We are spending a quiet holiday at home in NYC.
Maria says
Happy Holidays!
Debbie says
Happy Holidays!!
We are staying home in Michigan for the holidays but traveling to Indy for a nice wedding for New Years. Can’t wait!
LindseyR says
HapPy holidays! Home sweet home with family in the finger lakes region of ny! Love it here!
Kate says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m piecing together my handmade gifts for my family and friends. The Xacto knife is really getting a workout! :)
Andrea says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am going to attempt to paint porcelain plates to give as gifts along with home-made smoked salmon, crackers and cream cheese. I hope it works!
Kay says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m doing the traditional family Christmas with my family on the nontraditional Friday after Christmas because it’s the day when the offshore boat captain brother and the sister who lives in another state can be in the same place. It’s actually less pressure than rushing for Christmas Day and I get the benefit of post-Christmas sales.
Stacia says
Happy Holidays! We are done, done, done with all decorating, shopping and baking. It’s a non-travel year so we just have to sit back and wait for Christmas.
Courtney Ericksen says
Happy holidays! I’m looking forward to a low key holiday with my new baby!
Nicole S. says
Happy Holidays! I’ll be learning how to cook Christmas dinner with my mom, wrapping lots of presents, and catching up on Storage Wars.
kim says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I still have a little bit of shopping. I am looking forward to heading downtown with my 8 year old and do all of the Christmasy things that our downtown has to offer. (Macy’s star, carousel, gingerbread houses, and Santa’s workshop!)
Nicole Evans says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m making all of my Christmas gifts, so I still have a few more things to crochet, sew, bake, and craft, then come family time and present-opening! YAY!
Amalie says
Happy Holidays! We just moved into a new house a week ago, so I’ll spend this week frantically unpacking boxes and trying to create a “settled in” feeling for Christmas day.
Jen says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Buying the last two presents and stocking stuffers, and then heading to Palm Springs to celebrate with my family!
Kelly K says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am planning on just slowing down and enjoying the season this week by making ornaments with my family and driving around to look at the lights.
Carrie says
Happy Holidays!
Preparing for a quiet Christmas at home with the family. Kids are eagerly counting down the days.
Stephanie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Doing lots of last minute shopping (and being thankful for being able to shop online).
Ellen says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m ferry-bound for Nantucket Island! yahoo!
Amy B says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! working and then spending time with family!!!!
HeatherM says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Cleaning, cooking, and wrapping are all in our forseeable future here!
joy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I plan on enjoying some time off from work and spending lots of time with my family.
Jenna says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
…celebrating Christmas in our first house! Hosting a fondue party with the parents, fiance, and future in-laws. Have a wonderful Christmas with your family!
bobbi says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am working until Friday, then after Christmas will be working on updating my kitchen! It’s all your fault :)
Merry Christmas!
Dave says
Happy Holidays! We’ll be going to my parents’ in the country.