***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.
chuma says
WORLD ME!
brittany says
WORLD ME!
I would want the whole world. to show my son what he has at his finger tips.
Anna Merritt says
WORLD ME! My favorite city is Portland, OR where I grew up as a kid. I’d love a map of this city because the memories I have as a child are incongruous with the working knowledge I have now as a driving adult, so I find it endlessly fascinating piecing together geographical reality with fond memories.
RonTopofIt says
WORLD ME!
Bear Valley, CA. Great cross country skiing with great people.
James says
World me! Montaione, Italy is special to me since we lived there for 5 beautiful months this year.
AJ says
WORLD ME!
Sheree C says
WORLD ME!
I love the Portland/Albany/Hood River areas in Oregon. I attribute this to 1) I have a lot of family there and 2) I love the rain! :)
Tara says
World ME!
I think I would pick Kansas City. We just moved from there and I am seriously homesick. All my children were born there and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Emily says
WORLD ME! Washington, DC where I grew up, met my husband and had my two wonderful boys. I live on the West Coast now but I still dream about back East.
Danielle says
WORLD ME!
I would love a zoomed-in map of Baltimore since I’ve got more pride than ever! GO RAVENS!
Teresa T. says
WORLD ME! Oahu, Hawaii and all the Hawaiian Islands. I went to college there and had a fantastic time and would live their again with my husband and girls. Let’s just say they would love to live their too!
Elisabeth says
WORLD ME!
Paris, I choose it for nostalgia´s sake!
Kate d says
WORLD ME!! I would love something from the Pacific Northwest… maybe the Cascade mountain range or the San Juan Islands! Thanks!
Sam says
World Me!
I really love Germany. It’s where I was born and where I stayed during a study abroad in college. However, I’d like a map of the world to put on my son’s bedroom wall. :)
Laura says
WORLD ME! I’d like to have my hometown on my wall!
Layne says
WORLD ME! The FL panhandle! So many memories there.
Nus says
World me! Cape Town, South Africa, for sure! Molo to all of you as we say here.
Rebecca says
WORLD ME!
Wyoming has a special place in my heart…it’s where I got married!
Chris A says
WORLD ME!
Oregon is most special. I have lived here my whole life.
kc says
WORLD ME!” and tell us…
Sydney Australia…sorta home.
But I love paris too. so much history, so much architecture…such great food
Stacey h says
WORLD ME!!!
As an army wife I move a lot, but each place has been special to me for some reason or another!
Lisa says
World me! I love Missoula, Montana. The first place I could call home and the place where my husband was born and both of my kids were born!
Katharine says
World me!
I’m raising my babies in Roanoke, VA and I think it’s awesome!
Noora says
WORLD ME! Helsinki, the city of my heart. I hate it during winter but miss it most terribly when away.
debi says
“WORLD ME!” Pittsburgh of course! It’s where the Steelers are!
Melissa says
WORLD ME!
Would love the USA for my son’s room!
Emily says
WORLD ME! Grenwich Village is special to me. I grew up in Sydney, Australia and continue to live here but have visited NYC twice and I don’t know how to explain it but it feels like home much more than anywhere in Australia. It’s a place I often get nostalgic for. Unfortunately the legalities of getting a Visa to work in the USA is much too complex to contemplate, so its unlikely I will ever live there. So I’m moving to London in July instead!!
elizabeth says
WORLD ME! Although I no longer live there, I’m proud to be from new orleans, la.
Sarah says
WORLD ME!
I would do a custom size world map and use map pins to show every place my husband and I have been together.
Cathy says
“WORLD ME” I always say you can have your oceans and your mountains and your big cities, just give me a beautiful Iowa cornfield in the summer.
Terra says
WORLD ME! I grew up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which are pretty dang amazing!
Evelyn says
World me! It is too hard to choose. San Francisco bay area or, New Zealand south island.
Carly says
WORLD ME! Melbourne, Australia is my fav place in the whole world! Also nadi in Fiji is pretty special to me as this is where we honeymooned xx
Gen K. says
WORLD ME! I think that Detroit and the surrounding suburbs will always be the most special to me. My dad was born in Detroit and so was I, then moved to the suburbs when I was three. I’ve lived all over the USA since, and it will always be a special place to me.
Stacey says
WORLD ME!
I’m proudly South African!
Heather Morris says
“WORLD ME” I love maps and globes, I have been wanting to order some of the vintage canvas pull down maps like they used to have in classrooms.
These are even better! One would look perfect in my daughters room which I am currently re-decorating.
If I grew up in Maine and still live here, I really love Maine and thoroughly appreciate its beauty even during the cold winters!
Kaylyn says
WORLD ME!
Right now, I’m pretty proud to be living in Baltimore, MD after making it to the Super Bowl!!
Natalie says
WORLD ME!
I love my college town- Lawrence, KS. Would love to map a room with that sweet place!
Bernadette says
WORLD ME! I’m living in Graz, Austria right now and that’s also the town my son was born so that’s the most special area to me right now.
Rachel says
WORLD ME!
Madrid–I’ve lived there three different times at three very different stages of life and it was magical in three different ways.
christine lasko says
world me! i grew up in monterey california, beautiful!
Amy P says
World ME! We adopted 3 children from China so it is really special place to us.
Veronica says
World Me! I am torn either Chicago, Kauai, or Oregon
Christine says
WORLD ME!! Los Angeles…home will always be where the heart is!
river1 says
World me
Later jim
Arika says
WORLD ME! I’d probably do my favorite vacation spot with my husband, SAN FRAN!
TJ says
World me! I would choose the place where I met my husband, got engaged and got married…
Krista says
“WORLD ME!”
Dianna says
WORLD ME!
Pullman, WA where my husband and I met at Washington State University.
Emily R. says
WORLD ME!
I will always love Michigan, where I lived the first 24 years of my life. All of my family and close friends still live there and it’s a beautiful place, in spite of varying degrees of turmoil, so I hope to visit there frequently for the rest of my life!