***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.
Jenny says
WORLD ME!
I met my husband in Germany, so the entire country is special to me.
Meg @ Anderstons in the Andes says
WORLD ME!!! I have lived all over the world, but my two “homes” are Seattle, WA (where I grew up) and Madrid, Spain, the first place I ever lived abroad.
Sabrina says
World Me!
I think it’d be fun to have a US (or World) map, and mark your travels!
Maggie says
World me! I love the maps of the globe!
Allison says
World me!!!
I grew up in a small town that is very different than the big city in which I currently live. I would love to hang a map of the small town in my home as a reminder of how I was molded by the community which I came from!
jennfer g says
world me!
paris! my husband surprised me [technically us as it was as much for him as me] with a trip to paris for my 30th birthday! it was the most wonderful experience ever and if i was independently wealthy i would move there in an heartbeat.
Eli S. says
WORLD ME!
I studied abroad in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Ally says
WORLD ME !
So hard to choose ! I love Reyjavik in Iceland but fell in love with Luxemburg 12yrs ago but will always love my home city of Sydney, Australia !
Jackie says
WORLD ME! I’d say it’s Florence, Italy – my husband and I spent just 3 days in the beautiful city, but it was enough time for me to fall in love!
Kelly says
WORLD ME!
I love the northeast in the fall, the south in the spring, and anywhere cool in the summer:)
janna brown says
WORLD ME! I love where I live now in Branson, MO! NEVER thought I would live in this quirky, fun, little town but here I am 2o-somthing years later! I love the people here and the beauty and the seasons! So thankful to get to raise my kids here.
Cinamon says
“WORLD ME!” – The west coast!
Sally B. says
World Me! Athens, Ohio is a magical place!
Liz says
World Me~ Florida Girl, through and thru
adria says
World ME! I grew up in the mountains in Western VA so I LOVE that area!
Julie says
WORLD ME! We love Hawaii!!
Jessica says
WORLD ME! Chicago is my one and only!
Penny says
WORLD ME! RVA for me. A close second is Marblehead, Massachusetts–divine!!!
Amanda says
WORLD ME! Kenya. Never been but have studied about it for fun for the last 15+ years. Too much PBS National Geographic as a child…also the reason why my dream growing up was to raise white tigers. :)
Holly says
WORLD ME!
After honeymooning in San Francisco three years ago, I can’t wait to go back.
Lindsay Schatz says
WORLD ME! We took a family vacation to Alaska & it is by far one of the most gorgeous places I have seen to date!
Laura says
WORLD ME!
My husband and I love to travel so we would probably love a map of the world to dream and plan new trips!
Cheryl says
WORLD ME!
J-Tree. Where we got engaged!
Renee D. says
WORLD ME!
Kathryn says
World ME! That’s a toss up beside the Gila National Forest and Big Bend National Park!
Hmmmmm…… Can’t decide!
Margaret says
World Me! New York…home of high taxes, lol!!
Anne says
WORLD ME!
I love all the places I have been, but nothing is better than home.
Amanda says
WORLD ME! Indianapolis, where I live now, means the most to me. I live smack in the middle of downtown and love my walkable home.
Lisa M. L. says
WORLD ME!
VIENNA.
I love the city + my boyfriend’s and my first flat is there
Jen says
World Me! North Central Kansas is home
clare says
WORLD ME! Oh man, this is tough. I heart maps so much. I would probably have to go with Kenya, as I lived there for three years after college.
Becca G. says
WORLD ME! I would have to saw Hawaii. Best.vacation.ever.
Jess says
World Me!
I am half Italian, so I would have to say that anywhere in Italy is pretty special to me.
Joy says
World Me! I think I’d have to make a last minute choice between St. Louis or more specifically the city of Shrewsbury, MO in St. Louis County. Our home has lots of St. Louis themed art by local letterpresses. I think the addition of a map wall would be perfect. I’m already picturing it in my hallway!
Brandon G. says
“WORLD ME!”
For me, nothing beats The Lonestar State (Texas)!
Erin says
WORLD ME! Tahoe Nevada is the first place I realized that nature is larger than life.
Kate says
WORLD ME! My husband studied in Valencia, Spain and is in love with the city. It would be beautiful to have a map in our office.
anna says
WORLD ME! I’d choose the world map so I can sit and dream about all the places I have yet to visit.
KiTX says
WORLD ME!
Beautiful Austin, TX- it’s where I went to college, met my husband, got engaged a couple of years later. It’s not technically my hometown, but it’s definitely where my heart lives. =)
Shana says
WORLD ME!
Paris, FR where I took my first solo vacation and LOVED every minute of it.
Kelly says
WORLD ME! I love love love Italy and can’t wait to go back and visit.
Alexis says
World me! I think I’d choose my hometown of Ottawa, Canada!
Katy B. says
WORLD ME! I’d go with either Italy where I studied abroad, or Wisconsin, my beloved home state :)
Anna says
WORLD ME!
I might get Colorado, where I grew up and where my heart is, or maybe DC- which is home now and very sentimental, or maybe the whole globe, since I work in international development and would love to put a mark on all of the countries I visit (10 last year alone!)
Angie says
World me! We honeymooned in PEI Canada, so that will always be near to my heart!
Tracey says
WORLD ME!
Definitely Detroit. It’s my city!
Wendy says
World me !!
I grew up in Iowa which today is warmer than my current residence of Minnesota. Whodathunk?
Kimberly says
WORLD ME!
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. I grew up in rural southwestern Virginia, met my husband there, and most of our families still live there…so it will always be the most special place in the world to me.
Jenn says
WORLD ME! The most special place for me is Sylva, NC. It’s in the Smokey mountains and I have a lot of extended family there. There is a family graveyard up on a mountain with family members’ graves dating back at least to the time of the Civil War. (You can’t even read some of the gravestones.) The place is almost magical.
Jen S. says
WORLD ME!
I would probably choose the town I live in now. It has been home for most of my son’s life and I don’t see us leaving anytime soon.