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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. Katarina says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays! This week I plan on travelling home and relaxing on the couch.

    Reply
  2. nikki says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays!!!!! I am just really trying to enjoy this week and not stress myself out! Wishing the four of you a Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  3. Trisha says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    “HAPPY HOLIDAYS!” We will be traveling to visit family.

    Reply
  4. Kristen says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy holidays!! My husband and I are both really sick so were hoping we’re better in time to enjoy the Christmas weekend with our families. *fingers crossed*. I hope you all have a blessed and happy holiday!!

    Reply
  5. Kristy says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We will be cooking a prime rib, wrapping, shopping, cleaning, traveling, and baking…I’m already worn out just typing it!

    Reply
  6. Rebecca says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    My plans for this week are to finish wrapping presents and make some Christmas candy!!

    Reply
  7. Debbie says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Shopping and wrapping!

    Reply
  8. Clara says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays! I still have everything to do for Xmas still, shopping, planning meals, etc.

    Reply
  9. Deena says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    I will be traveling to visit my Mom on Christmas Eve and will be spending Christmas day with my in-laws. Afterwards our living room is getting a big treat; a new couch!!

    Reply
  10. Jen says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    We will be decorating our basement that just got finished today! And traveling to see my parents

    Reply
  11. Taylor says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Can’t wait for my two whole weeks off of work.

    Reply
  12. Kate says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

    My holiday agenda for the next week includes: Travel (home to my mom’s), shopping (we still have nothing for my husband’s parents or sister, nor for our nephew), baking (with my sister-in-law as we wait for my 2nd of 3 brothers and his wife to get to my mom’s… the s-i-l whose arrival we await is a Christmas baby, so her family gets her first :))

    Oh, and then there’s cleaning and making curtains! But that’s not really for the holidays… that just needs to happen!

    Reply
  13. Jackie P. says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays!!
    I am done with my shopping but we have tons of travelling coming up to see my family and my husband’s family.

    Reply
  14. Katie says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays!!

    I have lots of cleaning and wrapping left to do :)

    Reply
  15. Cathy says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays! Hope you have a great one, too!

    Reply
  16. Diane says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays! Enjoying Christmas with my family, and cooking a big holiday dinner!

    Reply
  17. Ginger M. says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    I have Christmas dinner to prepare! Appetizers, sides dishes, braised beef short ribs, cookies, and drinks! Can’t wait!

    Reply
  18. Jo says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays! Family Christmases and more shopping!

    Reply
  19. Carrie says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (And screaming as if I were on Oprah!)

    This is the first year EVER that I get to spend ALL of Christmas in my home with just my husband and my dog. So I’m spending this week shipping out the last of the family gifts and planning what we’ll eat during holiday break (aside from a whole lot of cookies!).

    Reply
  20. Peggy Bastian says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    “HAPPY HOLIDAYS!”
    I’m hoping to go skiing this week : )

    Reply
  21. Kristen says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

    I’ve got some last minute shopping and wrapping to finish up before we start our trek up the east coast to spend Christmas with my husband’s family and then mine.

    Reply
  22. Jeremy says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! No travel! Shopping done and already on vacation! Time to relax and see in the new year.

    Reply
  23. Cindy says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy holidays! I still have to do a lot of last minute Christmas shopping and getting the house ready for guests!

    Reply
  24. Katie says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Reading Christmas books and singing carols with our new baby boy, Lincoln!

    Reply
  25. Sandy A says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    “HAPPY HOLIDAYS”

    We are enjoying the Holidays with our youngest daughter, son in law and three Grandchildren, doing some Christmas crafts and baking together. We are staying with them (we have been with them since Aug) until after Jan 2 when we will be moving in to the house we bought. We feel so blessed to have this special time with them to make memories. The children are 8,6,and 4 so Christmas is so exciting to see through their eyes!!!!

    Reply
  26. Erica says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    Baking and crafting and eating, oh my! And a little travel to Chicago will fit in there somewhere too! :)

    Reply
  27. Jennifer S says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    “HAPPY HOLIDAYS!”
    We’ll be doing a bit of holiday shopping, but mostly we’ll be traveling and spending lots of time with family.

    Reply
  28. Bethany says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

    I still have some last minute shopping to do and am anxiously awaiting a few things to be delivered this week. Next week I plan on relaxing the entire time, I took the whole week off from work! Can’t wait!

    Reply
  29. Lindsey says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    We’re doing finishing touches on the tile floor and painting trim for our house. For Christmas, I’ll be doing some baking and will be going to see Tintin. So excited for that one.

    Reply
  30. Caitlin H. says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    I’m looking forward to my parents’ annual open house party on Christmas Eve! And have my fingers crossed that all of my gifts arrive on time – I ordered everything online for the first year! Especially my MiL’s gift, which I see has yet to ship. Yikes :-)

    Reply
  31. Jessica J. says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Shopping is done. My week will be spent wrapping, baking, and spending time with my 3 dogs and my family.

    Reply
  32. Judy says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays!!

    Baking some cookies for a family party Friday night and spending the weekend at home!!

    Reply
  33. Amy says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays! Our holiday week will be spent making a diy fort bunk/loft bed for my 5 year old for a christmas present!

    Reply
  34. Katie says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays. Still trying to finish up some last minute DIY gifts.

    Reply
  35. Carrie @DreamGreenDIY says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    “HAPPY HOLIDAYS!”

    I have a FEW last-minute crafts/gifts to finish up, but I am doing pretty well this year! Can’t say the same for my fiance who still hasn’t wrapped my gifts yet… ;)

    Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!

    Reply
  36. Jkegley says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays! I’ll be relaxing this week! On my winter break (am a teacher) so I’m looking forward to this well-deserved break!

    Reply
  37. Kelsey Lawrence says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays! We are traveling to see family and then returning home to spend time with the rest!

    Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  38. Crista says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
    Making some snow globes and cookies with my kids.

    Reply
  39. Sarah says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    A little last-minute shopping and then hopping on a plane to visit family… Thanks for a great year, Petersiks!

    Reply
  40. Andria says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS and Merrrrry Christmas! Let’s see…apparently I had procrastination fever and this week my list included getting cards out (half check), putting together photo books of baby girl (CHECK just now!), wrapping presents, cookie baking, and a very healthy dose of family together time. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

    Reply
  41. Aaron says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    Some cooking but mostly I will be relaxing and spending time with family.

    Reply
  42. Alisa D says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Unfortunately, my mother is having surgery. So it will be a very quiet but, meaningful Xmas.

    Reply
  43. Jenn says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We will be moving into our first house this week… what were we thinking?!

    Reply
  44. Jenn says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

    My week will be spent wrapping gifts and painting the laundry room in preparation for the arrival of my new Wild Cherry red LG washer and dryer! Hollaaaaaaaa!

    Reply
  45. Kelly says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’re going to watch our twin boys be surprised and hopefully delighted by what Santa brings them. Merry Christmas, YHL!

    Reply
  46. Mary McG says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Happy holidays! I have ton’s of last minute gifts to buy for the family

    Reply
  47. Lindsey @ arkadian belle woods says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I still have cleaning to do! I think most of the shopping is done….oh wait….mannnn I still have to brave the grocery store! Geeeezz :-)

    Reply
  48. Ashlyn says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    So much traveling! Georgia to North Carolina to New York to North Carolina to Virginia to Georgia!

    Reply
  49. Sara B says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Happy Holidays!

    I am fortunate enough to have the next two weeks off, so I am going to enjoy my time with my kiddos!

    Reply
  50. Jackie says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Happy Holidays… this week will be spent, finishing shopping, wrapping and baking for our trip home this weekend!

    Reply
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