***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.
Yvi says
Italy will always hold a special place in my heart because it’s where I honeymooned and had gelato every single day!!
Nan says
WORLD ME!
Edinburgh, Scotland, where my ancestors lived for centuries.
Tracey says
World me! Richlands, NC. My husband and I met and married there!
audra says
WORLD ME! i live in and love Grand Rapids, MI!
Rachel says
WORLD ME!
I think the most special place to me is Bloomington, IN, home of my alma mater. On a map, It has such a nice grid system with just enough kooky gaps and curves to be beautiful. In person, it is the most beautiful place in the Midwest. Hello limestone :)
Liz says
WORLD ME! I’m currently loving Maui (where we went for our honeymoon.)
amie says
World me! I heart pittsburgh!
Melissa Assalone says
WORLD ME!! Lake Tahoe, CA!
Molly says
World me! Philadelphia- where I lived as a platonic roommate of my husband and eventually fell in love with.
Carrie says
World me! Love my current place.
meghan says
WORLD ME!!!! I would get Port Huron, MI. Born and raised until I went away to college, but it will always be home. <3
Jen says
World me! I love maps and am torn between Seattle and The country Somalia. Seattle is where my hubby and I honeymooned, and we also live in the area.
meghan says
I would get Port Huron, MI. Born and raised until I went away to college, but it will always be home. <3
WORLD ME!
Virginia Traynor says
WORLD ME!!!
breckenridge, co is where we honeymooned and i’m convinced is the prettiest place in the world!
Jenn says
World me! Leuven, Belgium would be my pick!
Eleana says
World Me! Hazyview, South Africa will always hold a special place in my heart. I spent a summer there volunteering at an AIDS Orphanage.
Liz Brueseke says
World me!
We’d love a world map! We were just talking about doing a project with a world map in our house!
Indiana is where my heart is, all my family, and where I grew up!
Bethany says
World Me! South America! I often get my husband maps for special occasions and he spent a year traveling in SA, so it was next on my list. A perfect Valentine’s Day present?
Amanda says
World Me… Hungary, where my husband is from.
Jolene says
WORLD ME! I’m enamoured with the whole world! Keen to see as much as I can…
Sarah Redmond says
WORLD ME!!
I’d do the bottom right half of Australia – grew up on the left, got married in the middle, had our baby on the right.
Then I’d stick pictures all over it with my lifes timeline.
Michelle says
World me!
I’m a girl from Maine and that never leaves you.
Mary says
World Me!
The town I grew up in, which is also where I met and married my husband. And the town we live in now, which is where we got engaged, where we’ll hopefully have our first child, and where we’re planning on leaving… :-( I’m excited to move on, but I’m realizing more and more how much I’ll miss this place!
Roberta ONeill says
WORLD ME!
I was born in Italy — and live in Rhode Island and love my family & home. And…I love reading this blog…And I love maps!
Alicen says
WORLD ME! I love that map on the bottom right of the samples you put in the post, so I would go for a map like that from perhaps a small town in Missouri where my husband and I met…
Deborah says
World Me!
Annapolis Md would be perfect!
Kelly says
WORLD ME!
Kelly says
WORLD ME. The town of my alma mater means a lot to me, it’s where I met my husband and where we got married!
Flavia G Ortiz says
“WORLD ME!”
I was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and moved to the States when I was 19. I love the States but there is something about HOME that brings tears to my eyes everytime I go back to visit.
Paolina says
World me!
Sofia, Bulgaria is my place of birth and where I live with my lovely husband.
Hannah Delaney says
WORLD ME!
Portland Oregon baby!
Jess says
WORLD ME!!
My favourite place would have to be Broome, Australia, where my (now) husband & I had our first holiday.
Love that this prize is open to those of us outside the US. Thanks.
Lynn @ Our Useful Hands says
WORLD ME!!!
The place that sits in my heart and I drift off to while washing dishes is South Africa. I went there in 2003 on a group tour just as Michael and I started dating. It’s weird, but I just KNEW he would one day be my husband so some of the most awesomest excursions in the world I skipped doing because in my heart I said “I want to experience that with my dude back home who will one day lock it down with a ring and get some high paying job to pay for plane tickets to get back here someday.” And who knew? I was right. He locked it down, but we’re still stashing away that cash for that trip of a lifetime. Table Mountain here we come!
My best, Lynn
*I hope I win this, but if not I’m still gonna get a map wall so help me….
Katie L says
WORLD ME! I love old nautical maps of Cape Cod….I’ve been dying to do a DIY project with one for our beach house!
Meg says
world me! Pittsburgh – great city!
Amber says
WORLD ME!
We lived there for 5 years as child-less newlyweds, so Boston is a special place for me.
Alix says
WORLD ME!
North Carolina! It’s home and where I met the love of my life and the birthplace of my two boys!
Lauren O'C says
WORLD ME! Probably Dublin…or maybe South Bend, IN…or possibly the good ole mitten, Michigan.
Jennifer says
World Me! I moved to the Seattle area 6 years ago and just told my husband yesterday that I will never get over that I get to live here!
kimyen says
World Me! Vietnam is my special place since I was born there!
Amy says
WORLD ME! Charlottesville, VA where my husband and I met in college and still live!
Kristina says
World me!, Denver, co
rebann123 says
WORLD ME!
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge in northeast South Dakota. It’s where I grew up, and while my parents still live there, they will have to move when my dad retires. Believe it or not, growing up “in the middle of nowhere” can be a luxury – I had an amazing childhood!
Mary Mac says
WORLD ME! It’s a great big world and all on the wall!
The north of Ireland, especially the Donegal coast is close to my heart.
Callie says
WORLD ME!
I know it sounds corny, but I have never felt as at home as I did/do in NYC. Amazing.
Beth says
World me! I have a special love for Virginia, since I moved away to Florida and realized how much I love it. I’m back now, and so much happier.
Connie says
World me! Shreveport, LA (the other LA), my hometown. Maps are one of my favorite things ever!
Steven says
World Me! i need to be worlded…
Rachel says
WORLD ME!! I would say a map of where I live now…..it would be fun to be able to see all the spots I know on a map so large!
mary says
WORLD ME!!! I’ve only lived in Charleston, SC for 2 years, but I’m already super attached to this place and never want to leave! I looove maps and a wall world map would be so awesome in my living room!!