***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,
Shannon says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m looking forward to baking some holiday goodies with my Mom :)
Karla says
I will finally be able to relax. Everything is DONE!
Emily says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
I’m wrapping presents!
Mary Hermes says
MeRry Christmas! Lots of last minute shopping and cleaning!
Denise says
Happy Holidays!! Unbeknownst to me, apparently I’m hosting Christmas brunch, so I’ll be planning a menu, cooking, and keeping the tree from falling on my 16 month-old son, Alex. Oh, and he’s still available for Clara in case that thing with Will doesn’t work out… ;)
Corrie says
Happy Holidays!
I have the next two weeks off from work so I will be enjoying family festivities as well as attempting to reupholster a chair! :)
Casey Ballard says
Happy Holidays!
What isn’t on the agenda for the next week?! Lots of last minute shopping, wrapping, preparing for Christmas Day lunch at our house and a trip out of town just after Christmas. Looking forward to a few days off next week so we can try to catch up on a few “sprucing up” projects at home!
Courtney says
Happy Holidays!!
Working, and last minute shopping/wrapping!
Heather L says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Gift wrapping, not a single present is wrapped yet!
Pallie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Our Christmas is pretty low key so we’re just hanging out with my fam.
Kristina A says
Happy Holidays! Just waiting for the guy in red … or my kids are anyway :)
Sarah S. says
Happy Holidays! I am cooking, packing, traveling and spending time with family!
Michelle Penny says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Hopefully, we will be getting positive reports from the home inspector and appraisal for the house we are buying! We would love to know by Christmas whether we will be in a new place in 2012!
Steph N says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m doing some last-minute baking, getting the house as clean as I can, and flying cross-country to see my folks. Plus trying to get things at work where they won’t all fall apart while I’m gone.
Liz K. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ll be cleaning the house getting ready for our very important guest to arrive, our first kiddo! The bundle of joy is due in less than 1 month!
Melanie Wright says
Happy Holidays! This week is relaxing with kids, wrapping presents and cleaning out the playroom. Next week we’re headed out of town:)
Libby says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
All my shopping/wrapping is done – YEA! Now I just have to get through this work week before the traveling around Tennessee to spend time with family commences :)
Colleen C. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!…working and finishing up on some last minute present buying!
Maureen K. says
Happy holidays! I’m off this week and spending the week with my son who turns a year old on Wednesday!
erin says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! I’m so excited I have all of the major purchases made so I’m just finishing up with little things I see here and there to throw in stockings and for little presents to open up in between the “really good” ones. I can’t wait!
A. Marean says
Happy HO-HO-HOlidays to you!! Figuring out an ingenious place to hide a assembled new bicylce that our inquisitive little 4 year old will not find.
Jessica says
Happy Holidays!
My new husband and I will be making the rounds throughout the midwest to our respective families. looking forward to the day we have kids and can say ‘sorry, you have to come to us’ :-)
Celia says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
This is probably my favorite of your giveaways yet! And I was just thinking this morning that that pig speaker would be a perfect gift for my niece who loves pigs! Anyways, I’m hanging around town and seeing my family for the holidays. Hopefully it will mostly consist of sitting on the couch :).
christina says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ll be visiting family up north (burrrrrr!!)
Okay, “up north” is really just San Francisco, but compared to sunny LA, it’s cold!
kathie says
Happy Holidays!! I will be enjoying time with family starting on Friday!
Jenn M says
Happy Holidays!
I’m looking forward to my baby’s first Christmas and celebrating my husband’s birthday. A very busy week.
Will says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Just sleeping in!
Claire says
Happy Holidays!
I’ll be spending the next week traveling home and making some Christmas cookies!
Joelle says
Happy Holidays! Planning on family and friend time. Also, hosting a Christmas Adam party – you know, Christmas Eve, eve? we will have Ribs and apple pie
marney says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’ll spend the next week or so spending lots of time with family and relaxing.
Angela says
Happy Holidays!! I’m flying out on Wednesday to be with family for Christmas…and I can’t wait!!
Christina says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! We have a laid back Christmas planned interspersed with some DIY home improvement like recovering and painting our dining room chairs and installing some recessed lighting. So, maybe not as laid back as I thought. HAHA!
Carolyn says
Happy Holidays! I’m driving up 95… take pity on me!
Ashley H says
Happy Holidays! I will be finishing up wrapping gifts and enjoying time with my 7 month old!
Megan says
Happy Holidays to you four!
We will be going up North to visit my family. But tonight I finish cooking baking & then we wrap gifts. Fun times!
Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!
Jessica says
I haven’t wrapped a single gift. I see lots of wrapping paper in my future!
Robin says
Happpy Holidays!
Just discovered your blog and I love, love, love it. So many fabulous ideas, and I love the budget-conscious approach.
Over this holiday week, I will be baking, making ornaments, and enjoying spending time with my two little ones while on their holiday school break. I adore sharing the Christmas traditions that I grew up with and watching their excitement grow as the day goes near.
Thank you for sharing your insights!
Kara says
Happy Holidays! Heading to MD/DC from Colorado!
Sarah says
Happy Holidays!!
I will be relaxing with my husband and two year old – eating the cookies that we already baked and decorating the windows with paper-snowflakes!
Amp says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We’ll be trying to get some sleep–we have a newborn! He was our Thanksgiving surprise.
ann marie says
Happy holidays! I am having fun seeing my toddlers enjoy the small joys of the holiday.
Bryan says
Happy Holidays! Wrapping, wrapping, and more wrapping! Then driving home to Maine to spend Christmas with family.
Ginna says
Happy Holidays! We have a few small Christmas parties, but mostly looking forward to spending time relaxing and being together!
Rachel says
Happy holidays! Getting ready to make the drive from DC to KY!
Irene says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I have some cooking and baking to do this week, but thankfully no more shopping or gift wrapping!
Cheryl says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Wow, you guys really outdid yourselves! We’ll be finishing up Christmas cards, cleaning, wrapping presents and cooking this week *phew*!
Lynette says
“HAPPY HOLIDAYS!” I’ll be traveling!
Kristin says
Happy Holidays!
We are traveling to see my in-laws in Wisconsin! Always lots of laughs.
Amanda says
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas & whatever else everybody celebrates. I need some motivation to unpack these moving boxes. Moving around the holidays is a bit stressful.
Olivia says
Happy Holidays! My husband and I have put 1100 miles on the car over five days…..so the holiday 2011 theme for us is road trip baby!