***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
And the lucky / randomly selected / soon to be quite worldly person is… Briana (who says “London, Ontario is special to me. That’s where I first lived on my own, went to University, met my husband, and I just loved that city. Plus, it has the best spaghetti restaurant ever, Spageddy Eddy’s!”). Congrats! And for everyone else, scroll down to the contest entry details for a sweet little discount the Wallpapered folks added for everyone.
One look at Pinterest and I don’t feel quite so alone in my fascination with maps. So to everyone else out there who digs a little cartography in their design, hold on to your seats. This week the people behind Wallpapered are giving one of you a nice big 8ft x 5ft world map wallpaper kit so that you can add a map-tastic mural to your home. As much as I love the various world map styles they offer, the coolest feature (at least to me) is that you can also get custom area map wallpaper that basically zooms into a postal code of your choosing. So you could order custom wallpaper showcasing your favorite big city – or even the small town that you grew up in.
- PRIZE: Any world map or custom area map wallpaper up to 8ft x 5ft from Wallpapered (a $400+ value!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “WORLD ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …what town / city / state / country / other geographic area is most special to you? Will you always have a fondness for the town you grew up in? Are you most enamored with the place where you honeymooned? Or are you just bursting with pride over the area where you currently live?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, January 23rd at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: Wahoo, this giveaway is available worldwide!
- DISCOUNT: Get 10% off your custom map order with code YHL2013
- 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…
- ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!
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 Wallpapered.
stefanie says
WORLD ME! … Umea, Sweden will always hold a dear place in my heart. It’s the first placed I studied abroad in college.
Sarah says
I’ve been there! BEAUTIFUL place!
Nadege says
WORLD ME!
France will always be a special place for me as this is where I am from. I only moved to New Zealand a few years ago, and although I love my adoptive country, the country I grew up in will always hold a special place in my heart.
Elizabeth says
WORLD ME!
Any born and bred (even far-away) Tar Heel would say…Chapel Hill, North Carolina!!
Katie says
Woot woot North Carolina! I live in Durham!
Susannah H says
Fellow Chapel Hillian here!
nancy@owensolivia says
I’m in Raleigh! ;)
Amanda says
Yay! I currently go to Chapel Hill :)
Elyse says
Go Tar Heels!!! Cold day in CH today…burrr
Jenny says
I’m in Carrboro!
CherylM. says
Let’s hear it for Charlotte!!
Allison R says
I’m in Chapel Hill too!
heather says
World me!! Chapel Hill, NC is where my heart is. Tar Heel born and Tar Heel bred and when i die i’ll be Tar Heel dead. :-)
Jeff says
WORLD ME. London.
We honeymoon’d there and can’t wait to go back.
Amanda says
World me!
I think my husband and I would like a map of the world, as a symbol of the limitless possibilities life has to offer!
Grace says
WORLD ME! Beaufort NC where my grandparents and cousins live. I have so many great memories visiting my family there and it is such a beautiful little town on the coast of NC
Megan says
World me! I love St Helena, CA, a little town in Napa Valley where my husband and I got married!
Joanna says
“WORLD ME”
Helen D says
WORLD ME! OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!! It would have to be my hometown back in the UK – this newly-Ohio’d girl misses her roots! Awesome giveaway.
AshleyS says
WORLD ME!
We have a framed map from our honeymoon to Jackson Hole, WY in our living room now. We’d love to get a larger map that highlights our new neighborhood (moving in three months!).
Maureen says
“WORLD ME!”
I don’t even know what map I would choose yet!!!
Ashley says
WORLD ME!!
Tiny but true: I would get a custom map of the tiny town I grew up in. It’s nothing too special – very small town America – but now that I’m not there, I’d love to have it be a wall of my house (and it would nearly be to scale at that)!
Laura says
WORLD ME! Also, possible first post?! It will be hard to choose a map; I am head-over-heels for map decor as well!
Melissa Golliday says
world me! I’d love a map of the Cayman Islands. I was born in Georgetown!
Becca says
World me!
I love love love the town I live in now, and to think I grew up only half an hour away and never realized how great it was!
Lindsey D says
WORLD ME!
Tammy Dowden says
WORLD ME!
My favorite place would have to be my hometown in Kentucky!
Laura says
World Me!! I have to say I love our little town of Winona Lake, Indiana! It’s beautiful, especially in the summer, the village along the canal comes alive!
MJB says
WORLD ME! I love historic maps of all kinds, but especially of the great state of Minnesota.
Laura says
Woot, I’m an MN lover too!
Liana says
WORLD ME!
I’m excited to head back to Hong Kong this year or next for vacation. I spent a semester there during college a few years ago and loved it. Fascinating blend of modern and traditional life, and just a really fun city for walking and people-watching.
Whitney R says
World Me!
Margot S. says
WORLD ME!
I’m from Pittsburgh, PA and that city will always be one of my favorites. With the three rivers a close up map would be so cool!
Brenda says
World Me!
Its a tie between the North Eastern US (where i grew up) and London with all the history and curved streets.
Lindsey says
World me!
We live in Chicago, our first move as a married couple was to this city, and both of our children were born here. Love it.
Katie says
WORLD ME! The town where I went to college – Auburn, AL – will always hold a place in my heart.
Shelley @ Green Eggs and Hamlet says
WORLD ME!
I absolutely love where I live so I would probably get a map of Colorado. Although I’m always a sucker for a good world map or just the USA.
Ashley J says
WORLD ME!
I will always hold a fondness for Traverse City, MI, because that’s where we got married!
Ingrid says
World Me! Brighton, England is special to me as my birthplace.
Thanks!
Nicole Williams says
World me! I would say Manhattan or Johannesburg. Both places I’ve lived and loved.
kate says
World me!
I like New Hampshire best, fun vacations, mountains and ocean all right there.
Sarah says
WORLD ME!
Sorrento, Italy. I went there when I was 16 on a school trip and can’t wait to go with my husband and daughter in a few years. Magical place.
Ashlee says
World ME!!
Well, San Diego is my favorite place. I’ve only visited there twice in the past two years for work related meetings though. I was born there and hadn’t been back. When I first stepped off the plane the first time, I felt like I was home. As far as the map, I’d go with a world map, but I’d chose it for my man. Our basement will eventually be his “man-cave” and he loves maps and tapestries that look old and vintage.
Sarah says
World me!
I would probably pick my hometown, Syracuse, NY.
Lindsey R says
WORLD ME!!!
Mine would have to be NC where I have been all my life!
Stephanie says
WORLD ME!
San Francisco. I’ve always loved it and that is where I got married!
Scott says
WORLD ME!
I would probably select my hometown (Fairfax County) but my current home (Des Moines) also sounds like a good idea too.
Lauren says
WORLD ME!
Louisville, KY is special to my husband and I. We have lived there for 5 years now and are just already so deeply rooted. A wonderful city filled with awesome people, food and architecture.
Bethany Annechino says
Yay for Luhvul!
Jessica says
World Me!
I love Lake Cumberland KY. My parents have had a house boat there since I was 9 and we spent most summer weekends, and some winter ones, there. Now my kids love it there!
Rachel says
WORLD ME!! I lived in Versailles, France during my junior year of college. I love everything about it…the food, the wine, the architecture, the French people, the history, and the way of life there. My time there had a huge influence on me, and I will forever think of Versailles and Paris as my second home.
Katie K says
“WORLD ME” Durham, NC
My husband and I would move there in a heartbeat if all of our family wasn’t where we live currently
BreAnne Benzel says
World Me!
I’ll always have a special place for Pullman Washington. That’s where I went to college, WSU. A big school in a small town in the middle of nowhere. It was the best 4 years ever!
Ashley S. says
My parents grew up in Pullman and my grandma still lives there. Wazzu is where I met my husband.
Go Cougs!
Leah says
WORLD ME!
Venice will always be super special to me because that’s where my husband took me for our honeymoon.
Wendy Smith says
World Me!
Maine is the most special state for me, I was born here and live here and always miss it when I leave on trips.
Janelle says
WORLD ME! How appropriate that it’s an international givewaway, EH? :)
Kim says
World me!
Texas… born and raised! :)
Abbe says
world me! i lived in seattle for 10 years, and will always have a soft spot in my heart for the beautiful pacific northwest!
shannon says
World me!
I love the city that I live in…met my husband here and have my family here. Go Ottawa, Canada!
Alicia says
WORLD ME! Hmm, I have lived in a bunch of places, but having recently left Brooklyn for good, I choose it for nostalgia’s sake!
Rena says
WORLD ME!
As uggo as it is, I’m firmly attached to my hometown Cleveland, OH.
Therese says
WORLD ME!
I’m from Wisconsin, and I love it here…just not today with the wind factor of -20 at 8am this morning. Brrr!
Mary says
WORLD ME! I grew up in beautiful Wurzburg Germany, so I love that area!
Andrea says
World me!! Umbria in Italy where we got married.