***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.
Sarah P says
WORLD ME!!! Charleston, SC is very special to me and my boyfriend, Brian. He moved there shortly after we began dating; my frequent trips out there were really when we go to know each other and fell in love.
Sarah says
World me! C-Ville, VA. It’s where I went college (wahoo-wa!), made my best friends and most importantly met and fell in love with my husband.
Kim says
World me! I’m a Minnesota gal — BRRR! :)
Jessica says
WORLD ME! I think I would have to say the Adirondack’s of NY, where I currently live.
Jillian says
WORLD ME! I would have to say Germany which is where I was born. My dad was military but I’d love to go back and see where I was born :)
Laura says
World me! I love NC. It is the perfect state. :D
Lindsey @ A Pear to Remember says
WORLD ME!
Montreal for sure. I traveled many wonderful places around the world when I was young, but Montreal was the first “abroad” trip I took with the hubby, and his first opportunity for a passport! It was magical.
Madison says
World Me! Texas. Texas FOREVER :)
JessG says
WORLD ME!! There are so many places I love – places I’ve lived, places I’ve visited, the place I live currently (and hopefully will stay for the rest of my life) – it’s so hard to narrow it down!!
Mindy says
WORLD ME!! What a fantastic give away. I love Seoul, S. Korea. It’s where I was born and spent most of my childhood. I love everything about it… the people, culture, food.
Kristin says
WORLD ME! No question, the most special place on the planet is….
Charlottesville, Virginia.
Wahoowa.
DawnSC says
WORLD ME!
Hmm, which place to choose… each place I’ve lived and visited holds a special place in my heart, but I’ll have to go with my current home in SoCal. It’s the place where my husband and I got married, created our first home together, and brought our sweet little boy home from the hospital.
Lucy says
WORLD ME! I was born in Bristol, England, so even though I’ve spent most of my life in the US, going back there to visit family always feels like home.
Kelsey W says
WORLD ME!!! Chicago is pretty special to me since it’s where I moved with my best friend after college and met my sweetie. Who knows if we’ll stay here forever, but it will always have a special place in my heart.
Stacy says
WORLD ME! I love the streets of NYC! There are so many of them that I love to stare at the maps to follow them through the city.
Cara says
World Me Please!
I will always have a special place for New England! I grew up there, went to college there, found my husband there, settled down there and about to welcome our first baby there!
heather says
world me!
as a typical native new yorker i think it’s the center of the universe! but i love delaware and north carolina too! lol
Alice says
World Me! Map of southern Indiana. Grew up there and miss it!
Tanyua says
WORLD ME!
I still get a thrill when driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to the place where I was born & mostly raised (& my parents still live) – The Eastern Shore of Virginia! ;)
PK says
World me! This is hardly unique, but I LOVE New York City. Lots of great memories there, first with my sister, then with my niece.
Laura says
WORLD ME!! We just moved out of NYC when our second child was born. We miss it everyday! We’ve filled his room with NYC treasures so he can share our love of the city.
Christine says
World me!!
As you mentioned, the place I grew up – Maryland, on the shores of the Gunpowder River (a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay), is closest to my heart. However, my husband and I are true geography nerds. So much so that we both majored in Geography in college. I/we adore anything map related and would love to be the lucky winners.
Lindsey says
World Me!
London holds a special place in my heart, but I’d probably get Philadelphia, which is where I live now. I moved around every 2-3 years growing up, so living in Philly for 9+ years now, I can finally call somewhere HOME!
Kate says
WORLD ME!! I’ll always love Costa Rica, as that’s where my husband and I got married in 2008. If I was to get one of these beauts, I would get a world map because I love traveling and often daydream about all the places on my travel bucketlist.
Laura says
WORLD ME!
Hanover, New Hampshire!
Nicole says
WORLD ME! My home town, Nashville, TN is my fav. Seriously, it doesn’t get much better than Music City USA.
erin says
WORLD ME . . . . I love where we live right now, Park City, UT. It is where I met my boyfriend, we bought our first house, and I know there are many more amazing things to come here.
Christine says
Oh, props to you for knowing the term ‘cartography’. Whenever my husband explains that he has a Physical Geography degree with a Cartography Certificate, most people have no idea what that means. ;)
jodi says
WORLD ME!
i heart maps. so, so much. my current home of brooklyn, new york is pretty special to me. as is yokohama, japan, where i lived for a year.
eleonora says
WORLD ME!
Bangkok, first stop of an amazing honeymoon around Thailand and Burma. We fell in love with Asia right away!
Eleonora
Sara says
World Me!! Southern Pines, NC is my favorite area! I haven’t lived there since I was little but I always feel the most at home there.
Elizabeth says
WORLD ME!
As silly as it sounds, tiny Lake Waccamaw, NC holds a big piece of my heart.
Susan says
WORLD ME!
Jayme says
World me! My husband and I met when we were both living in San Francisco, and though we moved away long ago, the city is still close to our hearts.
Kate says
WORLD ME!
Philadelphia will always have a special place in my heart.. It is where I went to college, met some of my best girlfriends, and started my relationship with the man I lurveee.
Dawn says
WORLD ME!
I love home, it’s close to so many cool places, and it’s home. Milford CT!!
[email protected] says
WORLD ME! Even though I’ve been to many different countries, I’d have to say itty bitty Key West, FL has a special place in my heart. So unlike anywhere else, and it’s been the location of great family vacays and even my honeymoon :)
marly z. says
WORLD ME!! Sackets Harbor NY – right on Lake Ontario and beautiful every season.
Erin says
WORLD ME! I have such a hard time choosing just one place. Maybe Colorado? New England? New Zealand? I need a map of the whole world!
Jaclyn says
Greenville, SC. It’s a perfect little “big” city where I my husband, got to know him, fell in love with and married him. Most importantly it’s where I found myself.
Julia says
World me! I’m going to have to go with Iceland. My sweetie and I had the best time there and are saving our pennies to go back.
Justin says
WORLD ME! I’ve got to go with Detroit.
cassidy says
WORLD ME! It’s hard to pick one, but I might say the island of Oahu, since our little family started out there. We lived their for 4 years and both of our little ones were born there, so we have lots of fond memories of that tiny island!
Ellen says
World me! I’d love a map of the Balkans!
Katherine says
WORLD ME!
Tucson, AZ will always be special to me…it’s where I went to college and met my significant other.
Megan says
WORLD ME! I am really attached to Chicago. I moved there after graduating college. I had no job, no friends and no money. But I did have a ton of determination and excitement. I made it on my own and I will forever <3 Chicago!! Quite an accomplishment for a small town gal!
Megan says
WORLD ME! I’m an Alaskan girl, but I live in Boston now and would love to have a huge map of home to decorate our apartment!
Meg @ halfhippie says
WORLD ME!!!
I’d love a map of Ireland (centered around Killarney) myself!
Amanda says
World me!
There are so many places that hold wonderful memories for me, but Ireland stands out. Such a beautiful country rich with culture and tradition.
Erin says
WORLD ME! Hmm…I’d either go with a zoomed-out view of the Midwest (eastern Nebraska through St. Louis, where we live now), or I’d go with Southeast Asia, because we lived near Jakarta, Indonesia for three years after we got married, and Java and Bali are home, too!