***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,
Erika Williams says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I am so excited that my sister from Nevada and my sister from Philly are coming to Pittsburgh to celebrate Christmas. Glad that we get to spend the holidays together.
ELT says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Trying to make things special in spite of the fact that we live far far away from our family.
Leeza says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I’ll be doing last minute shopping like a boss
Beth says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Whoa, what a giveaway! This week it’s 3 more days of work, 2 more gifts to buy, lots of wrapping (my favorite part) then a road trip back home to Detroit from here in Virginia – can’t wait to see everyone and hopefully some snow up there!
Kristin Corbin says
Happy holidays!!! We’re just playing the waiting game now. Finished all our shopping and can’t wait to celebrate with our one year old!
Chad says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Christmas Eve football
Lindsey says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I just moved back to the US from overseas so we are frantically doing last minute Christmas shopping, visiting family, and getting settled in our new house :)
Cecilia says
Happy holidays!!
Settling into our new house…and getting ready to have the family over for Christmas. Yikes!
Alicia says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! The only thing on our agenda is to relax and enjoy the week with friends and family!! xoxo
Kathy A says
Happy Holidays! Heading to Ikea this week to finish my Christmas shopping and I have to bake some cookies.
Susan L says
Happy Holidays! I will be enjoying my family next week with a house full of company. Can’t wait!
Jeny says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We will by gosh finish tearing down the wood paneling in our family room (ok, fine, by Valentine’s Day). Christmas Day will be in Chicago with family.
Rena B says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Spending time with family.
DDay says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’re doing the normal Christmas breakfast w/ in-laws and then driving 5 hours to do dinner w/ my dad’s side of the family
alexis says
Happy Holidays!
I have so much shopping left to do…nothing like waiting until the last minute :o)
Genie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Sooo looking forward to making latkes with my daughters!
Hope says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We will be hosting 2 family parties!
Michael says
Happy Holidays!
We are camping at my wife’s grandparents’ house for the holidays. We enjoy the meat-of-the-week, their house has no heat upstairs, and we aren’t allowed to shower when we go (to save water). Camping in the winter=fun.
Krista says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Spending Christmas with the family and cooking my first Christmas dinner. Eeeks!
Mary Thurman says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I thought I was all done shopping, but alas, I do have some last minute stuff to pick up. And of course the wrapping of it all. ;)
Isaura Greene says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This year we have an interesting holiday agenda. We are simply waiting on our bun to finish baking. That is to say that we have baby #2 on the way. Cleaning (nestibg) has been done, shopping has been done and now we just hang tight and attend holiday parties here and there until labor begins.
We wouldn’t mind a Christmas Baby at all. In fact, big brother asked Santa for his baby brother for Christmas. So let’s see what happens!
shani fouts says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We are getting the house ready for the holiday and last minute Christmas shopping. Once that is all done we will be enjoying great food with friends and family!
Rloe says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Wrapping! Wrapping! Wrapping!
Jessie says
Happy Holidays! Oh dear, I have FAR too much shopping left…
Melissa B. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS Sherry, John, Clara, and Burger! The next week will be a blur of shopping, cleaning, finishing our kitchen to a point of usefulness, decorating, baking, wrapping presents… and actually working every day straight through Friday. Phew, take your time Santa!
Polly says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Getting ready for family to arrive, wrapping presents, and some last-minute shopping!
Stephanie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Trying to figure out if we can make it to 4 different places on Christmas, especially with the snow storm predicted to hit us that day in Massachusetts.
Geoff says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I plan on relaxing and eating some delicious food with my family.
Rachel G. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I still have to do all the things. Its so bad that I’m taking a day off work this week to get stuff done.
monica says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Some shopping, some cooking, some work…spending time with my kido-s all planned for the week, the weekend and the holiday…..!
Amanda says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m spending a week at home, with the family and pets just enjoying their company. Hope yours is great as well :)
LizzieBeth says
Happy Holidays!
I have one last gift to purchase and a batch of cookies to bake, but besides that I am sitting back and enjoying the holiday. My brother flies in from LA today and I can’t wait to see him!
LB
Lauren says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ll be cooking my first Christmas dinner for the family!
Kristin Jones says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! All I have to do is get excited about opening gifts (and well, I may have already done that).
Melody says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
An epic tour of VA and NC to visit various families.
Cindy says
Gifts-wrapped. Baking-done. Menu-complete.
Wine bottle-uncorked!
Jan C. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I guess it would be nice if I finished putting the ornaments on the tree and wrapped the gifts, eh? Otherwise, I’m going to try to make it a stress-free Christmas. Hope yours is great!
Tiffany says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Looking forward to some time off work and a new tradition-celebrating with my parents and my in-laws together!
Kim says
HaPpY HoLiDAys!!!! Painting, wrapping, cleaning, and waiting!
April says
Happy Holidays!
We’re in the airport, on the way home to visit family right now– and tell them that our baby is a BOY!
christine w. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS – in really good shape! all shopping done and hope to spend the rest of my week loving on my kids & hubs and baking some cookies. they are getting more excited by the day and i can’t wait to see their little faces on christmas morning! cheers!
Lisa says
Happy Holidays! I’m a teacher, so my winter break starts the 23rd and I plan on tackling last minute shopping, house cleaning and cookie baking once my break starts!
Leslie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I just have a few more presents to wrap and I’m all done to sit back and relax! Wo-ho!!
Adeline says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Can’t wait to head back to NC for a week and spend time with family and friends!!
Suzanne G says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Technically, I’m ‘ready’, however, I’m now second-guessing my purchases, and heading out for some last minute ‘extras’. This usually happens when I’m prepared…Sometimes, it’s best to just procrastinate!
Pam K. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I have a little shopping and then lots of baking with my kids!
Hollie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Pretty much finished our shopping…just need to wrap about 1/3 of the presents.
Meredith Maczka says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This week, I absolutely have to finish making our Christmas cards. Usually…I start in July. This year, I started December 1st.
Alison says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We are still unpacking as we moved in last week to our new house…while getting ready for Christmas day dinner for 13 guests and who can forget our ugly sweater party we are throwing on Friday for our friends. I have come to the realization that all of my unpacked boxes will be wrapped like presents so no one notices the chaos… it will just look festive ;p
Alia Suthard says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Still have to make last minute gifts like bath salts and homemade chocolates!