***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,
Carrie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Friday I will be at the Infusion Center, pouring sparkling grape juice into champagne glasses and toasting my twin sister and her husband for completing his 14th round of chemotherapy! Talk about a merry Christmas! :)
Jessica says
Happy Holidays!! Shopping and wrapping this week!
jenn says
Happy Holidays…let’s see on my list…work, a few gifts left to buy, grocery shopping, Christmas 6 hours away with the bf’s family, Christmas with my family an hour away and finally just Christmas at home with my loves! Merry Christmas to you guys and thanks for making my season bright with your blog each day!
Sara Smith says
Happy Holidays! I’ll spend most of the week trying to tackle the mess in my husband’s office! Not fun, but desperately needed!
Monica says
Happy Holidays!! Traveling to Missouri w/ our 3.5 month old!
Kate says
So many cool items! My Christmas preparations involve fitting in gift wrapping in between music performances– I’m typing this from the orchestra pit!
Sarah r says
HAPPY HOLIDAyS!! Celebrating my new nephew (tomorrow!!!!), then celebrating with both my family & my husbands. Busy busy but I live this time of year :)
JR says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Relaxing and hanging out with the family.
Jovit Claire says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I plan on spending this rest of week(resting =P) and weekend just catching up. Catching up cleaning and organizing and wrapping presents but best of all spending time with my boys and the rest of my family. Christmas movies each night and lots of snuggling. =)
Betsy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Joan King says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Will be working up till X-Mas Eve!! It’s ok somebody has to do it:) Will be spending the holiday with my kids, all home w/MOM for the holidays!!!Yay for me!
Amanda says
Happy Holidays! We will be traveling to Indiana to visit family.
Cindy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I wish I was relaxing and waiting for the jolly guy, but this week is packed with work and deadlines. *Throws fit and pouts.*
Laura says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
We’re traveling to see family in Florida (yay 80 degree weather!).
the cape on the corner says
happy holidays!
we have our 3rd chanukah gathering, this time it’s just immediate family, on friday. then christmas eve and christmas with the boyfriend’s family. best of both worlds!
Kim says
Happy Holidays! I am looking forward to watching my son on his Christmas morning…even though he is too small to realize what is going on :)
Emily Long says
Happy Holidays! On my agenda, baking and drinking eggnog!
Selidji Laleye says
Happy Holiday!!! I still have LOTS of STUFF to do(cleaning, cooking,decorating… but it will get done.
Judy King says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I am going to Norman, OK to visit our three sons. Go Sooners!!
I have almost all of my shopping to do, but I work best when the whip is at my back. Lol
Jennifer says
Happy Holidays!!! Lots of work planned and then after work is done on Christmas at 1:30 heading about an hour away for dinner with some relatives and then quickly back so I can work again at 5 am. Luckily have a few days off the week after so get to celebrate and relax a week late!!!
Virginia Luyster says
Happy Holidays! Done shopping,and missing the days when my kids were Clara’s age. so much fun!
Molly says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m all done with the shopping, have two things left to wrap, and still need to put ornaments on the tree (at least the lights are on). All of our families have been pow-wow-ing this week on what movies to watch over the holidays, and prepping our Netflix queue’s accordingly so that the DVD’s arrive in time. Some Christmas movies, and some that people haven’t seen in a while. I really hope we get to just veg out and play with our new toys this weekend! :)
Chris says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ve still got a few little items to pick up, lots of wrapping and then a bit of clean-up. Planning to have a relaxing Christmas at home with a few relatives.
Lisa L says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We’re cleaning and decorating and getting ready for holiday visitors!
Katie K says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Kristin says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Staying home with my 8 month old and amazing hubby.
Lisa S says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning.
Nancy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’ll be spending time with our son visiting from Midlo!
Sarah says
Happy holidays!
Looking forward to do some skiing!
Shannon G says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I am spending the week relaxing and enjoying family–most notably, our new baby!
Essie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I have to send out my Christmas gifts!
Meghan says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m looking forward to watching my 1 year old niece open all of her presents from santa! ;)
Nora says
Happy Holidays! Working on my mom’s present…it’s a written account of an event that occurred in my life. She loved hearing about it and wanted me to write it down for her.
Tracy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Shopping, cleaning, wrapping, traveling… and loving every minute of it!
Katie says
Happy Holidays!!
I’m simply relaxing after my first semester of grad school!
Michelle says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Spending time with family and friends!
Laura G says
Happy Holidays. Still need to wrap presents. Always room in the house for new artwork.
Anne-with-an-E says
Happy Holidays!
I am, unfortunately, working at the hospital for the Christmas holidays. But I will be celebrating New Years + Christmas together with my family… woot woot!
Allison says
happy Holidays. the celebrating begins Friday night with dinner, brunch Saturday, family dinner Saturday, breakfast at our house Sunday with family, followed up with visits to three sets of grandparents on christmas day. all of this with a two and three year old. We are hoping to fit in a few naps as well!!!!!
Jen says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I will be finishing out the week with work, wrapping gifts, and looking forward to a weekend of time with family and friends!
Leah W says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Lots of last-minute cleaning, as the brother and his wife of ~5 months are coming down to stay at my place. Then it’s all about spending time with them, the parents, and my grandmother in Richmond!
Jen H says
Happy Holidays! cleaning and decorating. the dining room is ground zero for gift collecting and prep, and is a total mess right now
Jamie says
Happy Holidays, Petersiks! I just finished my last day of work in 2011 today, so it’s time to catch up on my shopping, wrapping, and hopefully do some relaxing too!!
Lisa says
Happy Holidays!
So looking forward to getting out of the SLC smog and visiting family in South Carolina!!
Allison says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I just arrived at my mom’s for a whole week of Christmas goodness! What an awesome giveaway, thanks!
Amber says
Happy Holidays! I have so much left to do. Mainly because I decided at tje last minute that a homemade gift for most of our family would be perfect!
Winnie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Bring my daughter to the work Christams party!
Abbey says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m going to Chicago to see my family!
cecily B says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Making felt ornaments this week to give as gifts to the neighbors. Christmas weekend will revolve around family. :)
Ali says
Happy Holidays! I still have to cook…lots!