***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,
Mike says
Happy Holidays! I’m spending the holidays with my Mother and Grandparents
Kelly says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’ll be spending the holiday not working, which is reason enough to celebrate.
Sandy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I’ll being doing some last minute shopping and spending time with family!
Anita says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ll be cooking and cleaning and then enjoying my 2 weeks off from work.
Adrian says
Happy Holidays! I love your blog. We are trecking back to Ohio- a 13 hour drive from Minnesota (with a 2 year old) yay!
Emily says
Happy Holidays!
I will be working a TON this week because I work at Bath and Body Works and we have extended hours for Christmas. I will also be baking goodies for our big family Christmas dinner!
Amalie says
Happy Holidays! We just moved into a new house a week ago, so I’ll be spending this week unpacking boxes, trying to create that “settled in” feeling for the kids before Christmas Day.
Amalie says
Oops, thought my first comment was lost in cyberspace. Please just delete this one.
Becky says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am working through Thursday…but I am (anxiously) awaiting the FedEx (wo)man, the postal carrier, and the ups guy/gal this week for some last minute gifts :)
Mike says
Happy Holidays! I’ll be eating ;)
Alise says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I get to spend the next week hanging out with my 7 month old, doing lots of fun things like wrapping presents, baking cookies, making caramel sauce, and then packing and traveling down to Utah for Christmas!
Alyson says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’re celebrating a quiet Christmas this year, just my boyfriend and me. Usually we travel or have guests, but this year is the first where we’re doing neither, and it feels kind of nice!
Sarah says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
It seems like everything on my schedule is self-imposed. Like I’ve finally finished decorating and all of the sudden I have the impulse to make a Christmas/winter pillow. But I’m mostly pumped to go ice skating and go to Zoo Lights at the National Zoo with my bf. I’m not sure that he’s as excited as I am.
Helen says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Agenda = fly home to DFW and finish shopping for my mom and best friend.
Tracy K says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am hosting Christmas at our house this year. I finished my shopping early, but still need to wrap. I’m trying not to wait until Christmas Eve this year!
Susan G. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Still a few things to get for the kiddos…and wrap…and maybe bake cookies…geez I better get to work!
dinah says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Partying with friends and studying for next school quarter! I know, who studies during winter break T.T. Sigh.
Hope your holiday is filled with tons of laughs and yummy food!!
Andrea says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m busy til Thursday (work, shopping, baking, wrapping gifts, etc), relaxing on Friday, spending Saturday with my husband’s family and Sunday with my family. And relaxing again on Monday :)
nori says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS. Going to west texas for xmas.love the pig.
Denise says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I will be finishing up wrapping presents and enjoying my holiday!
cristina says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Im all done christmas shopping and will driving to S.C (from GA) for christmas at the in laws this weekend.
Susanne says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m finishing up my Christmas shopping and then going to Virginia to see my family.
Melissa says
Happy holidays! I will be doing some shopping of course and trying to relax with family
Melissa says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We have friends and family visiting, which makes a great Christmas!
Amber S says
Happy Holidays!
I’ve got some wrapping to do, Christmas cards (hopefully) sent!, and Cheer to spread! :)
Ashley says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Lots of plans this week. My favorite is my job…it’s like playing Santa. I get to give out toys and food and holiday cheer to less fortunate families in the school where I work! I love their happy faces.
Christina Langrall says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Looking forward to catching up on reading while riding in the car from NC to DC…hope you all have a few more postings for me to read during the trip!
Melissa says
Happy Holidays! I will be making cookies and wrapping presents while hoping my husband doesn’t have to work on Christmas!
katchen weaver says
Happy Holidays! I am working a bit. Baking a bit. Making dinner for Christmas Eve at our house & dessert for Christmas day with the grandparents.
Betsy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Brother coming in from Seattle! Hope he gets a white Christmas here
in Chicago! Also a surprise 80TH for our mom on the 26TH….Lots to do but
lots of fun too. Thanks for all your great ideas!
Lauren W says
Happy Holidays!! I’ve got presents to wrap, bags to pack, and a plane to catch!
Rosie says
Happy Holidays!
Usually, we stay home and elaborately decorate, bake and play board games. This year, we elaborately decorated for our dogs (and our dog sitter) and hopped a plane to New York City for Christmas!
Sandie Emig says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m just STARTING my shopping! Busy week!!! Thanks for the giveaway!
Tanyua says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Watching my 8 month old open presents for the first time!!!
Kristen says
Happy holidays! Pigging out;)
grace says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! i’ll be spending some quality time with the family and NOT traveling! would love to win this giveaway as the husband and i agreed to not buying presents for each other this year!
Kari says
Happy holidays! My husband will away for work next week, so I will finish up some last minute shopping so we can celebrate when he’s returns!
Christina D says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Lets see… wrapping gifts, baking, cooking, cleaning & enjoying having my family here for Christmas :)
Amy says
Happy Holidays!! Looking forward to taking my two little boys to RVa on Thursday to see the “Legendary Santa”! Can’t wait!!
jeanna says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Going to Disney World, doing some cooking before, and wrapping!! Busy, Busy!!
Michelle says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Shopping, baking, cleaning……hosting Christmas breakfast and dinner this year!
Catherine says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Have to do laundry for my Christmas getaway to Vegas!!
Jennifer Finley says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! I am so excited that my parents are visiting us from out of state for the holiday week!! My two kids (12 mos and 20 mos) are going to have their first Christmas with their grandparents here!! So lucky! :)
Lindsay says
Happy Holidays!
We’ll be spending it in NYC, Cape Cod and Vermont. New England Tour, here we come! I’ll need a vacation from the vacation!
Cara says
Happy Holidays! I am doing mostly online shopping and sitting at home with my newborn baby girl.
Elizabeth says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I will be traveling from SC to Atlanta, then to Birmingham, back to Atlanta and then home to SC! It will be crazy but fun.
Kristin says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Traveling, traveling, and more traveling!
Lindsay says
Happy Holidays! Shopping, wrapping and saying, “see ya next year!” to my kiddos!
Amy S. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Addressing Christmas cards, shopping, cleaning the house, baking & cooking, Christmas Eve pageant. Lots still going on!
Molly says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! just working and maybe a little baking. and then traveling this weekend! we are splitting our weekend between our 2 families, so I am sure it will be filled with lots of fun, lots of family, and all kinds of wonderful in the category of food and treats. can’t wait!!
Jessica P. says
HAPPY HOLDAYS!