***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.
Kayleigh says
WORLD ME! Orlando, Florida holds a special place in my heart… the first time I moved out on my own was to do an internship at Disney World, and I fell in love Disney and Florida and found myself at the same time. This Pacific Northwest girl can’t wait to get back to Central Florida and live there forever.
PaulaS says
World Me!
Love, love these maps. Haven’t done much travelling, but it doesn’t hurt to dream, right? Many thanks for the international giveaway. Pxx
Mary says
WORLD ME! Definitely Ventura California where our family beach house is … My happy place!!
Jennifer says
WORLD ME! Anywhere would be fun.
Suzanne says
WORLD ME!! Martha’s Vineyard. Oh yea!
Pamela says
WORLD ME! Austin, Texas baby!! :)
PaulaS says
World Me! Love, love these maps. Haven’t done much travelling, but it doesn’t hurt to dream, right? Many thanks for the international giveaway. Pxx
Tracy says
WORLD ME! Definitely a huge map of the whole world!
Jessica K says
WORLD ME!
I love San Diego, it’s my favourite US city. And I dream about it often while enduring cold Canadian winters (its -28 tonight… brrr…er i guess -18.5 farenheit!)
Kathryn says
WORLD ME!
It’s gotta be my homeotwn of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, a close up, or a Northern Ontario glimpse. Go Soo! Woo!
Madison says
WORLD ME!
I think I would want a map of my small town in KY that I grew up in. All the farm land plots would have a cool patchwork effect going on I think.
Ashley says
WORLD ME! Auckland, New Zealand
I’m from beautiful New Zealand and a massive fan of your blog! Can’t wait for your book to arrive here from Amazon(2 more weeks!)
melissa says
WORLD ME!!!!!!!! Morocco and Asheville, NC are two dear places to me!
Rachel Lockyer says
World me!
Outside of my city, Chicafgo, I love Charleston, SC.
HeidiG. says
WORLD ME!!!! My husband & I lived in the Kuwait in 2009 – 2011 and our son was born there. I just appreciate the experience of living in another culture that is so different from American life & having a healthy baby who now has a story about daddy working to help support the troops during war.
Ashleigh says
World Me!
I will always call Detroit my home!
Sarah says
WORLD ME! I grew up in and have always come back to northwestern Washington state. No other place says home to me in the same way.
Ella says
WORLD ME!
My favourite place in the world is Leigh, a tiny tiny town in New Zealand. It’s where my grandparents built a bach (holiday house) 60 years ago when they came to NZ, and my whooole extended family gather there every summer. Beautiful beach, beautiful bush, beautiful memories!
Allie says
WORLD ME! The west, particularly Utah, Idaho, Montana.
JennW says
WORLD ME! My college town – Arcata, CA.
Pam Lowe says
World Me! North Georgia mountains, honeymooned there!
THank you
Kathleen says
WORLD ME! I’ll always be partial to the places I did my graduate research-Cape Cod and the Bahamas.
Sarah says
WORLD ME!
I love too many places too name, but always special are the best college town in the country, Chapel Hill, NC (2007 grad!) and London, the place in all my travels that I would most love to live!
Lori says
World me! I’ve always lived in Chicago and I love it.
Dorothee says
WORLD ME! I would totally get the Antique map, since I am a historian. And I grew up in Normandy: so I’d love a map of Rouen :)
Melissa says
I think I would pick the place where my husband proposed which is where we were married 3 years later.
Melissa says
I forgot to say WORLD ME-oops…
jenn aka the picky girl says
WORLD ME! This is one of THE most exciting giveaways. I absolutely adore maps. I have four on the wall in my house, one huge one rolled up, and a globe, of course. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted an enormous one of Tuscany, my absolute favorite place on earth. Thanks for such a great giveaway!
MelanieO says
WORLD ME!
Tough choice, but I’d probably go with the part of France where we honeymooned. We had friends living there at the time who toured us around, and it was one of the best vacations I’ve ever had. And it seems like a million years ago now that we have kids in elementary school!
Dianne says
WORLD ME!!!
Highland Park area of Saint Paul (Minnesota) – our first home (originally built for the returning WWII veterans) and neighborhood close to the Mississippi river and across the river from Fort Snelling. History and sweet memories.
Angela says
WORLD ME! Prince Edward Island is the most relaxing, rejevunating, happy-making place in the world. When I win the lottery, I’m moving there!
Christa says
WORLD ME!!
I will always have a soft spot for the big easy – Nola baby! I was born there and returned for school 18 years later at Tulane!
Angela says
WORLD ME!
I love the city that I live in, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada…but the Maritimes will always hold a special place in my heart.
Anne L. says
WORLD ME! PHILLY! I’m not exactly “In West Philadelphia, born and raised, on the playground where I spent most of my days…” but Philly metro will always be home.
Alison says
World Me! I lived in London for a year after college and am still smitten with that city!
Rachel says
WORLD ME! Love my current city, Brookline, MA, but also love Jerusalem, Israel. Would pick one of them!
Dani M Perkns says
World me!
So many places… But we live in Indiana and my daughter was born in Oregon, which she doesn’t remember but she always calls that a special fact about herself… I want to encourage that for sure!
christina says
WORLD ME!
I’d love a map of the Fox Valley area in Illinois. Grew up near the Fox River so we love all the small rivertowns. They are so special! Fun fact: alot of of Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman was filmed there too!
Rebecca says
World me! Home, RVA or a favorite vacation spot like London, Alaska, Vancouver, Victoria or Sonoma, California. One of my best vacations ever including staying in a 50s style kitch hotel, The Flamingo. Good thing i love maps–too many places to decide!
Rachele says
WORLD ME!
Texas love!
Sharon says
WORLD ME! I will always have a fondness for New Orleans, the place I was born and the place that holds many of my early childhood memories.
Angela Dupuie says
WORLD ME!
I have and probable always will love my hometown Kansas City. Seems others are falling in love with it also because it is growing like CRAZY. I also have a soft spot for a little city in Michigan called Marine City. Our family has a little cottage there and my children love to spend as much time ther as possible.
Lauren says
World me! Where i was born, would love it in my office!
Andrea says
World Me! I grew up in Idaho and I love it, unfortunately I don’t live there now.
Katie DeYoung says
World me! I’d go for a map of the US. I think it would be so cool to teach my kids geography of our country on a huge map like this!
Robyn says
World me! New Orleans, LA! I was born there and I so love the rich cultural background and history of everything!
Naomi says
“WORLD ME!”
I really like the countries around Italy and Greece.
Barbara says
WORLD ME! It would be hard to choose my most special area… I love northern BC, where we live, but there are a list of cities that I could live in again –
tracy a says
WORLD ME!! Always had a fondness in my heart for the Pacific Northwest!
Kelly says
World me! I attended college in Iowa City and there is just something about that place that feels like HOME.
Laura L. says
World ME! I would choose Culpeper, VA where I work as an Urban Planner. This wallpaper would be awesome in my office!