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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Things We Love

| By John Petersik | December 19, 2011 | 10,002 Comments

Fab Freebie: Things We Love

***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:

Thing We Love Giveaway

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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!
  4. 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.
  5. 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,

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Comments

  1. Whitney says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:00 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! We’ve got a little bit of shopping left to do…nothing big though. Other than that, lot’s of traveling and spending time with family!

    Reply
  2. Rebecca says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:01 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Shopping and wrapping are complete so now it’s time to get cleaning.

    Reply
  3. Lisa F says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:02 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I have a bit of crafting and shopping to finish, which will be a tad difficult with a sick child & husband. Looking forward to Christmas Eve with the in-laws, and then to my parent’s for Christmas. Also looking forward to having the week off between Christmas and New Years!

    Reply
  4. Sarah says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:02 am

    Happy Holidays! Christmas is mostly taken care of, but I’m gearing up for my little Clara’s first birthday party on Christmas Eve!

    Reply
  5. Mollie says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:03 am

    Happy holidays! Of course running around like mad tryin to get everything done…and working as a nurse delivering babies :)

    Reply
  6. Katie says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:03 am

    Happy Holidays! We have somch cleaning to do before the family comes by our new house!

    Reply
  7. Lena G. says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:03 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I have to finish my four month old’s stocking! A few last minute gifts to buy too.

    Reply
  8. tabitha says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:05 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
    Hosting family for the first year in a new home, so lots of prepping that is actually pretty fun to do!

    Reply
  9. Jen E. says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:05 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
    cleaning and last minute decorating…

    Reply
  10. Lindsay R. says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:07 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I am traveling home to my home town of San Luis Obispo with my husband and our 16 month old daughter. Can’t wait! merry christmas!

    Reply
  11. SaRaH L. says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:08 am

    HaPPy HoLidaYs! We have no plans….we’re expecting our little one soon and won’t be able to travel to be with our families, so we’re just hanging out low key and enjoying our last Christmas as just a couple :)

    Reply
  12. Priscilla says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:08 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I will be celebrating Christmas with my family, and look forward to baking cookies and enjoying one another.

    Reply
  13. Stephany says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:10 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    Lots of shopping, cleaning and baking left to do!

    Reply
  14. Katie Honkanen says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:10 am

    Happy Holidays,

    next week/ this week i will be… going to the live nativity, spending lots of time with family, working (ugh, how dare they ask me to work this week :) )and gearing up for the new floor install that we are anticipating in January.

    Reply
  15. Steph T. says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:11 am

    Happy Holidays! We’ll be doing some last minute wrapping and baking before we have to travel the 600 miles to Southern California. At least we get to fly this year!

    Reply
  16. Jenn Haley says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:11 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! looking forward to time with the family in LA!

    Reply
  17. Heather says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:13 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    We’re going home to NC to visit family for Christmas, and then we’ll spend the week before New Years doing last minute odds & ends before our wedding!!! We’re getting married on 12/30, and I’m more anxious about that than I am Christmas!

    Reply
  18. Amanda says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:14 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! My next week is fairly relaxing, thank goodness. The frenzy of family visiting was last week. Now I just have one or two more gifts to take care of, and otherwise, it’s couch and hot cocoa time until Christmas.

    Reply
  19. Megan says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:14 am

    Happy Holidays! Christmas shopping is done. Currently at the beach in Mexico celebrating our first wedding anniversary before jetting back to the US to wait for Santa :)

    Reply
  20. miss kate says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:15 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

    seeing old friends and new, visiting santa, wrapping gifts, goofing around with my kids, watching Xmas specials, and singing every note of holiday music!

    Reply
  21. Sarah says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:15 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Baking and wrapping is on my agenda, and spending lots of quality time with my two little girls.

    Reply
  22. Nadia says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:15 am

    Happy Holidays! Plans for this week are to survive a week with the fam, with my boyfriend to help plus lots of awesome friends and a fab brother to make it thru!

    Reply
  23. Mary says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:16 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS — I’m spending the holiday with my amazing family!!

    Reply
  24. Carlie says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:16 am

    Happy holidays! Last minute shopping, baking with the kids, and general lazing and holiday movie watching!!

    Reply
  25. Sarah says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:16 am

    Happy Holidays! Spending time with family!

    Reply
  26. Madison says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:19 am

    Happy Holidays!

    I have all my shopping done but I need to wrap it all and make my homemade treats! Busy but very fun!

    Reply
  27. Jen Coombs says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:19 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! I’m working, shopping, wrapping, cooking and making some A to the awesome sweaters for a Christmas sweater contest. Buzy

    Reply
  28. Em says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:20 am

    Happy Holidays!

    I’m working all week but have the weekend off!

    Reply
  29. Franny says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:20 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! I’m such a last minute shopper…so that’s what I’ll be doing from now until Christmas Eve! That, & planning the holiday party for work! :)

    Reply
  30. Ellen says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:20 am

    Happy holidays!

    Volunteering at my kids school Christmas parties,baking,shopping for last minute stuff,baking, wrapping,baking. I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

    Reply
  31. Madi says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:21 am

    Happy Holidays!

    I have two family Christmas gatherings as well as a gathering with our friends and I still have a little bit of shopping to do! I need to stop procrastinating!!!

    Reply
  32. Yvonne says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:21 am

    Happy Holidays! Just eating out with my husband and new baby.

    Reply
  33. Amanda says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:22 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
    Dipping dozens of truffles. I’ll send you some if I win! Scooba, Scooba, Scooba, Scooba, Scooba, Scooba, Scooba! The power of positive thinking, right?

    Reply
  34. Samantha says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:22 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m hosting a gingerbread house party for my kids’ friends. So I’ll be baking, constructing, fretting, and I’ll probably have icing in my hair by the end of the week!

    Reply
  35. Brandy says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:22 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
    All we have left to do is put the finishing touches on the house so we’re ready to host our Christmas Eve celebration.

    Reply
  36. Amy says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:22 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ll be finishing up all my Christmas shopping and birthday shopping for my fiance who is a Christmas baby!

    Reply
  37. Mike says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Happy Holidays!!!

    I have two extra days off this Christmas and I plan on spending them helping my wife with the last minute errands we always seem to have no matter how much we try to plan ahead. Lots of time will be spent with family and friends!!

    Reply
  38. chris says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:23 am

    happy holidays!
    listening to christmas music & cookies & wrapping gifts & last minute shopping:)

    Reply
  39. Lakshmi says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:24 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

    Traveling all over California visiting family!

    Reply
  40. Beverley says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:24 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    We’re gearing up for a trip to California to visit family :)

    Reply
  41. Susan C says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:26 am

    Happy holidays!

    I’ll be heading east from California to Ohio to spend Christmas with family. All that’s left to do is to enjoy family and friends.

    Reply
  42. Ashley Weiss says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:27 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
    I am baking treats for neighbors this week, wrapping the last few gifts, and enjoying the holidays with my family!

    Reply
  43. Rochelle says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:30 am

    On my agenda is shopping, baking, and a surprise trip for the kids to San Francisco for the day! Tis the season!

    Reply
  44. Liv says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:31 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Just working and traveling to see family! :)

    Reply
  45. Ann says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:31 am

    Happy Holidays!

    Ill be relaxing after I finishing my “winter cleaning”. Have an awesome holiday!

    Reply
  46. Dawn says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:32 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Yes. No. Not so much.Started tearing up flooring in kitchen, nook, laundry pantry. Found enormous cracks, mold, yuck. Advice? Gifts would cheer me up. Hah. :P

    Reply
  47. katie says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:33 am

    Happy Holidays!
    Almost done shopping, then starting on Thursday the marathon of christmases begins. Three days and four different family Christmases. Can’t wait!

    Reply
  48. Tricia says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:33 am

    Happy Holidays! I just finished my shopping, a little more baking to do and then off to my parents for Christmas day.

    Reply
  49. Mrs.Ronso says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:33 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

    I will be shopping for my husband and finishing cleaning my house before company comes. Much like Clara, my 22 month old is also waiting for SANTA to come!

    I hope you four have a very Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  50. Kate says

    December 20, 2011 at 1:33 am

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

    Trying to get some Christmas cheer into our new house!

    Reply
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