***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.
Desiree Loveless says
World Me!
My heart is in Salt Lake City, Utah! It’s where me and my husband had our first kiss, where we dated, where he proposed, and where we first lived when we got married!
Amy anderson says
WORLD ME! Gearhart, Oregon- it’s where I spent my childhood vacations and got married. It’s a place of firsts for me and is the most beautiful place.
Caroline says
WORLD ME! Pacific Northwest baby!
Alia says
WORLD ME!
I love Florence, Italy. I had the pleasure of studying abroad there in college. So many great memories!
cporoski says
World Me! My favorite place in the world is Kenya but I love old maps.
Amy G. says
WORLD ME!
There are so many places that hold dear memories for me, but I will have to go with Turkey. It is where I grew up, and the sights, smells, tastes, and most of all the people will always be home to me.
What a fun question, by the way! It’s fun to read other people’s comments!
Justine W says
WORLD ME! Central Pennsylvania will always hold a special place in my heart. As an ecologist with a strong sense of place, those green-carpeted ridgelines will always be an iconic image of natural beauty. I now live in Central New York state, and feel blessed to have found another classically beautiful area (with lots of snow!).
Veera says
WORLD ME!
Rome, Italy, that’s where we honeymooned. <3
I love maps, they're in my blood, my grandfather was a cartographer.. I'd love my son to discover maps too!
Kristin says
WORLD ME!
I might choose Genoa Italy, and the surrounding areas so that I could highlight areas where I lived to my girls and where my grandmother’s family was from.
Sara says
World me!
I will always love the city that I grew up in, but I’d love a giant map of the Tampa Bay area for my home.
Sarah says
World me! Raleigh, NC all the way!
Jeana says
WORLD ME!!
I would love the whole world map wallpaper. I can’t pick just one place.
Rachel says
WORLD ME!! i will always love midlothian, va, but i also love harrisonburg….GO JMU DUKES!
Brandee says
WORLD ME! Definitely my hometown in Northern Indiana.
Shey says
WORLD ME!
Warrenton, VA -where I grew up, met and fell in love with my husband and am currently raising my two boys.
Angela says
WORLD ME! Athens, GA!!
Tricia A says
WORLD ME!!!!!
Tamsen says
WORLD ME!
Portland, OR and McCloud, CA! The first is where I live and grew up and the second it where I have vacationed all my life, also where i plan to be married!
Alicia says
World me! Hometown of Saratoga Springs, NY! Lovliest town I know.
JenniB says
WORLD ME!
It’s gotta be the town we live in, beautiful Vancouver (Canada).
Bridget says
World me!!!
I love Illinois!
Pamela says
WORLD ME!
Quito, Ecuador where I grew up, my two year old already knows where in the world it is :D
Amy says
WORLD ME!
I love my home and my neighborhood in Mansfield, MA. My parents loved it so much too that they moved a mile and a half down the road from me.
Kristen says
WORLD ME!
Wisconsin! I tried to move away and ended up right back here.
Melinda George says
WORLD ME! I grew up in Troutdale, Oregon, the Gateway to the Columbia Gorge, and the Pacific Northwest has a special fond place in my heart. I love the Portland area and miss it, as I’ve lived the last 35 years in Utah County, Utah. Also a great place, BTW, with the most beautiful mountains.
Katie says
World me!
East coast of Canada, it will always be home.
Thomas says
WORLD ME .. And I would have to think of a special place .. have so many beautiful places in my memories ..
Monika says
WORLD ME! St. John, USVI is our honeymoon spot! Gorgeous!
Carolina says
World Me!!!!!
Eeek! This giveaway was made for me!! I am a map addict…with a geography degree (cartography specialty) to prove it. I would love a big awesome map covered wall! I have a special love for the left coast, where I am from but now live 3000 miles away.
Amber Yost says
WORLD ME!
London, England will always have a special place in my heart. I lived there for 6 months while I studied abroad and it has held a fascination for me ever since.
McKinze says
WORLD ME!: I’m from Iowa, and have lived all over the world (currently Portland, OR). And people give Iowa a hard time … “fly-over” state and whatnot. But it’s an awesome place! And I love it. And maps. Thanks for such a cool giveaway!
Wendy says
World me!
Austin, TX is a place close to my heart. It is where I went to college and the place that started the my self-discovery and has helped shape who I am today.
Kelly says
World me! I would love a map of the whole world to go along with my goal of praying for the whole world in a year. :)
Laetitia says
World me!!!
My favorite place in the world would be Crozon on the west coast of France. It has all my happiest childhood memories….
Danielle says
WORLD ME PLEASE!! Valley Center, CA…where I bought my first home and where I currently live.
Mel V. says
WORLD ME!
I grew up camping in the state parks in the Pacific NW. It’s still my favorite part of the world.
Allyson says
WORLD ME!! I would zoom into the spot that we got married. Such a wonderful starting point!
WendyK says
WORLD ME!
Paris! I was a French major, spent junior year in France, so it remains the most special city to me.
Vanessa says
WORLD ME!!
Small town, Midwest USA has my heart.
Kate says
WORLD ME! Probably the small town where my husband and I grew up :)
Cameron Davis says
World Me!
I love Elizabethtown, KY. It is the small town our family moved to from Plano, Texas when I was in 6th grade. It is where I became a christian, where my brother and I were baptized, where I met my husband, and where we returned to to raise our two babies.
Thanks!!
Cameron
Melissa Oakey says
WORLD ME! Oklahoma City is where we lived while my husband was in grad school and where our son was born, so it will always be near and dear to my heart!
Melissa says
WORLD ME!
I really love going to Kansas City, Missouri. Granted, I’ve only gone out there for work trips, but it’s such a cool place!
Morgan says
World Me!!
I have a huge love for the west coast and good ole California :), but traveling is one of my favorite things to do!
BJ says
World me!
I truly love my hometown of Roseville, CA. Whenever I travel, I get excited about seeing new places, but I always love coming home to Roseville.
Sarah says
World Me!
Southwestern ONtario is special to me. I grew up in the area and love the rolling farmland and being surrounded by the great lakes!
Jennifer W says
World me!
shannon says
WORLD ME!
i love, love, love my current city–minneapolis–but also my home away from home, uganda.
Annie says
WORLD ME!
I’ve got a fond spot for Fontanelle, NE. That’s where I went to church camp as a middle schooler, where I fell in love with Jesus Christ, where I worked as a counselor for a summer, where I met my fiance (he was a counselor with me…not a camper), where he proposed, and where we return several times a year!
Rose says
World Me! I have a lot of places I love. The desert where I grew up, the Northwest where I live now, San Diego and the Dominican Republic which I love to visit and places I haven’t visited yet like Rome, Vrindavan and Costa Rica. But I’ll figure it out if I win a map!