***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.
James says
WORLD ME!
So many places, I can’t choose. Might have to go with the world map.
Sanya says
WORLD ME!
Would love a map of Europe to remind me of trips taken there when I was growing up!
Mary B. says
WORLD ME!
Becca says
WORLD ME!
My favorite place in the world in North Carolina. My family always took a trip there every summer when I was a kid and its where my husband is from.
Laura M says
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Kristin says
WORLD ME!
Pittsburgh, PA will always hold a very special place in my heart.
rebecca says
WORLD ME!! I hold London in a special place in my heart.
Lindsay P says
WORLD ME!
Texas will always be home. Come back in July, promise it wont be raining and 40 degrees. =)
Marisa says
WORLD ME!
Christmas Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Michelle says
WORLD ME!
Melbourne or Adelaide, Australia. Unfortunately not available, but love, love the world map!!!
Ashley N. says
WORLD ME!
Edinburgh, Scotland. Spent 3 years of my live in that gorgeous city and had my first date there with my future husband :)
Erin says
WORLD ME! I fell in love in Alaska and ended up moving there for a year, when my husband and I first got married. It will always be the place where our love story began.
jess. says
World Me!! For the past 8 years our home was Syracuse, NY & although we’re now living in San Diego, Syracuse will forever hold a special place in our hearts.
Amelia says
World me! Detroit, Michigan.
Vanessa says
WORLD ME! Manhattan Beach, CA. We lived in LA for a little over 8 years and it wasn’t until we left – that we realized how much it had become home.
Jenn T. says
Oh my gosh! WORLD ME!! We are moving to a new house and have decided on a ship/map idea for the master bedroom. I was just looking at these the other day. I would have to say we would get one for Oregon…it’s our favorite place. Thanks for letting us know about this company :)
stephanie says
World me! Leipzig Germany… Got engaged there.
Angela S. says
“WORLD ME!” I love the SF bay area as it is my hometown & can’t get enough of it.
Aubrey says
WORLD ME! I was deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan and though that seems weird for it to be a place I loved it was and the memories there are very special to me. The next in line would be where I live now, Austin, TX. It’s one of the first places I have lived and felt accepted and welcomed at the same time!
Erin says
WORLD ME! I love maps, too! I love collecting vintage maps from places I’ve been/lived. NYC, Venice, San Francisco, Paris, Hong Kong. Love them all.
Annette McDonough says
World me! Bering sea, Alaska my family lived there last year and it was amazing! We will be moving back in 2015!
Molly says
World me! My home town for sure.
Laurie says
WORLD ME! I am a Chi-town girl all the way. Though we live in Denver now, and our little man is a Colorado native, my husband and I will always be midwesterners at heart. I love to let my freaky Chicago flag fly, and a map covering my new dining room wall (in the house we are closing on in 9 days!)is the perfect way to show my pride :)
BTW, Thanks YHL for all the inspiration. Our new house (and our bank account) thanks you too!
Andrea B says
World Me!
We honeymooned in Costa Rica – two years after our wedding – so it will always have a special place in my heart. (I live in DC so I am pretty in love with where I live too!)
Carrie says
WORLD ME!
I love the San Francisco Bay area. I was born there and my now-husband proposed on our vacation there!
Sam M. says
World Me! I think San Fran would make a good map :)
Maggie D says
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Hillary says
WORLD ME! I grew up in San Antonio, TX, and hated it my whole life, until I lived a few other places and gained some perspective. Now there is no place else I would rather live.
Sarah says
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erin says
WORLD ME! Almost Heaven, West Virginia!
Jane A says
World Me! I would love to have a map of Denver and our new neighborhood!
KitS says
World me! My husband and I spent the first two years of our married life in East Africa, so that is definitely a special region of the world to us.
Savina says
World Me!! I would love a classic world map.
libby says
World Me! I have a special place in my heart for Des Moines, Iowa, its where i went to school and worked after college. If my family lived closer to there I think i’d still live there!
Ash says
World me!
St. Lucia, where the hubby and I went for our honeymoon. We miss it so much, especially during the wintertime :-)
nick says
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Kristi says
WORLD ME!
I love all things maps too!
My husband and I both grew up and now live in the New England area, so I would love a map of that area! How fun!!
Blessed & Broken says
WORLD ME!
It would have to be a world map. Thanks to growing up military, my “home” has been around the globe.
Janessa says
WORLD ME!!!! My Washington is most special to me.
It is just beautiful…then I would say Germany!
Ashley says
WORLD ME!
I think the place I treasure most is probably Kansas City. It’s a brand new city for my husband and I, and it’s the place where we began our life together. We’ve been here a year and love it!
Cassandra says
WORLD ME! North Carolina, home state home. :)
Stuart says
World me! I will always love NC, born & raised with no plans to leave!
christina M says
World me!! Ireland…it was my favorite vacation ever!!
Jennifer says
World Me!
I live in the S.F. bay area so that would be kind of cool. But, I think I would love a map of Budapest.
Michellelhb says
WORLD ME! Karaganda, Kazakhstan will always hold a special place in my heart as we adopted our sons from there.
Kelsey says
WOrld me! I definitely share your obsession with maps, John! My boyfriend (also a John) and I spent two weeks in Egypt in 2012, mostly in Luxor, and it was the most mind-blowing travel experience! It’s so different culturally and holds so much stunning history! We’ll be back for sure.
Kelsey says
2011. I’m still not all together with the change of years, I guess!
Nora Vassar says
WORLD ME! I spent a few wonderful years living with my family just outside of New Orleans. We left 3 days before they called for an evacuation for Katrina. We have been dreaming of returning ever since we left!
Jennie says
World me!
Pennsylvania! And Virginia where we honeymooned :)
Victoria says
WORLD ME! I love this! I’d find it so hard to choose, but would probably go for my hometown of Mississauga, Ontario.
Betsy says
WORLD ME!
I fell in love with Salzburg on a beautiful fall day there!