***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.
Lisa says
WORLD ME! Otter Lake near Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada probably tops my list of favourite places.
Mackenzie says
World me!
I dream of Granada Spain
Sonda Jordan says
“WORLD ME!”
Hmmmm…. It’s to hard to choose just one place. I love the ocean, the Black Hills/ Badlands, and of course Iowa (where I live)
Sara says
World me! I haven’t decided where I would choose…there are too many beautiful cities!
Kelli says
WORLD ME! I really do love my home state of West Virginia, but I have come to adore Charleston, SC, and it’s the only other place I can imagine living. Someday. Maybe. :-)
Teri says
WORLD ME!
I’d have to go w/ my hometown… Bethlehem, PA! <3
Kirstin says
World ME!!!
My husband and I are both Phoenix (AZ) natives which is very rare, most people here are transplants…so even though it hits 120 melt your face off degrees, it is still home :)
Adrienne says
WORLD ME! I will aaalways love my tiny hometown in Maine.
Yvonne says
WORLD ME!!!
I’ve lived in and traveled to a whole bunch of places, so a full world map would be ideal for picking out the next destination!
Ashley W says
WORLD ME!
I think I’m most enamored with all the places I’ve lived (Ohio, Arizona, Virginia, and Washington) and visited (Savannah, Pensacola, Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix, DC…). I love going new places and they each are special to me!
Gemma says
WORLD ME!
Klosters, Switzerland. My first white Christmas :)
Kerianne Moeller says
World Me!
I in a northwest native and I love it here. I couldn’t live anywhere else. And yes I do love the rain.
See you guys on Friday at the Tacoma H & G show. Don’t worry about the smell, they call it the Tacoma Aroma. Its because of the papermill.
Liz says
WORLD ME! I go to UNC and live in Durham so I’d have to say RDU!
Lauren says
WORLD ME! I love Santa Cruz, California. It is such a beautiful and inspiring place and it is where I spent most of my childhood. I always look forward to my visits to see old friends and family. xo
Kristy H. says
World Me!
It’s a tough call for me (but I wouldn’t mind having to make a decision on it!)… we got married in Jamaica so that would be cool. We live in an historic neighborhood in Milwaukee so that would be cool too. I love Paris though and think it’s one of the coolest looking cities in map view so… still a tough call!
Sarah says
WORLD ME!!! My fave is Montana, the Big Sky State!
Candace says
World me
grew up in NJ, and will always defend it. Otherwise, there are too many fantastic places to list that I love!!
Leigh Anne says
WORLD ME!
Louisville, KY representin’!
Amy says
WORLD ME! Italy or Paris!!
Katy says
WORLD ME! Please and thank you.
Florence, Italy – my neighborhood and jumping off places for adventures.
Mary says
World me! I hold a special place in my heart for Bloomington IN, where I went to college and law school. And thanks for the fun giveaway!
Monica says
World me!
Fort Worth, TX. Born, raised and my first love.
Samm Spangler says
World Me!! I love Arizona (where I grew up), Oklahoma (where I went to school BOOMER SOONER), and Texas (where I live now)… I casually refer to myself as an OklaZonaXan :-)
Mara says
WORLD ME!! My son is a grad student majoring in geography so we love us some maps!! Lots of places are fun to look at on a map.
liz says
WORLD ME! Holy cow, this is awesome. Tiny little Stratford Ontario will always hold a place in my heart…. my hometown that the locals all have a love/hate relationship with (it’s a big tourist destination in the summer for its Shakespearean Festival Theatre!)
Jodi says
WORLD ME! My favourite place is Canada!! I love that this map contest is open to the wide world because the US always gets the cool giveaways! You have lots of fans in the great white north as well :)
Elizabeth says
WORLD ME! Please! My husband and I love maps for their memories and non-stop inspiration to travel. We have a big map in our 4-year-old’s room and it’s a riot to hear him try to recall the places we’ve told him about. Very cool giveaway!
Thank you.
Cristina says
WORLD ME! Fairbanks, Alaska – where we live. I am still hoping you will make a book tour stop here. :)
Juliet says
WORLD ME! Lawrence, KS! It will always be home no matter where I live!
Kim says
World me! Definitely my home town… of 300 people. I even have the coordinates tattooed on me.
Nora N says
WORLD ME! I’m in love with my small town here in California. We’re close enough to major shopping, but the town intself is small and a great place to raise my kids
kelly says
WORLD ME!
I <3 Carrboro, NC
Amy says
WORLD ME!!!!
I actually am a cartographer, so i get to work with maps every day! Good thing I love them! I would love Asten, Netherlands as that is where my mother is from and grew up. It makes me think of my family that is still there.
Corey says
WORLD ME!
I moved to DC right after college, and I feel like it’s where I really grew up. Also… I have a borderline-cray obsession with Abraham Lincoln, and DC is where ginormo Abe lives.
Anna says
World Me!
I live in the UK. I love to travel but always feel a certain warm glow when I return to my little town, in Lincolnshire.
Sarah says
WORLD ME!
Probably Italy, where my husband and I vacationed before the birth of our daughter. Best babymoon ever, and so many great memories.
sally says
World Me! Turkey. Izmir, exactly. My daughter Leah spent a year there after high School and her birthday is coming up in February, and she is moving into her own apartment….let’s face it, I NEED this map!
Janey says
WORLD ME!
Oooh, picking just one place is really hard. Not as hard as picking just one map, though. :-) I have a lot of contenders, but I think it would come down to either New York City or San Francisco. I’ve lived in both and each of them had a major impact on my life. And I’m not in either one right now, so the nostalgia factor is pretty high there, too.
Elise says
Philadelphia. It’s my city. It’s where I grew up. It’s where I live. It’s where I feel in love.
Tammie K. says
World ME!! Colorado –where I used to vacation with my parents and then as a newlywed and then with our kids and hopefully in the future with our grandchildren.
Betsy says
WORLD ME! Iowa girl, born & raised!
Tracy says
WORLD ME!!
I’m proud of the good ole USA!!
Heather says
WORLD ME! I sure do love visiting Ireland!
Erin C. says
WORLD ME! Writing this comment is seriously like deja vu to me. Have you guys done a giveaway like this before? Weird. We live in Oklahoma but my husband and I are in love with the mountains. We would move to the Rockies in a heartbeat if the opportunity presented itself.
CohoesMom5 says
WORLD ME! – LeRoy, NY – the birthplace of Jell-O and the town where I grew up (mostly).
Ann @ The Domestic Domicile says
WORLD ME! It would have to be the Minnesota Twin Cities area. I already have like waaay more than enough twin cities maps in the house but since I am a map freak a map sized wall sounds perfect!
Mrs.M in MI says
World me!
I was forced by marriage to live in this zero-degree ‘ell ‘ole… so a giant map of my mild and beloved hometown, Cincinnati, would make me incredibly happy.
Lisa Wallace says
WORLD ME!
No matter where we end up in the long run, San Antonio TX USA will always be special to me because it is where we got engaged and started our life together. All of our plans for future were forged while living here and setting up our home together. We used maps as a decoration theme in our wedding reception and have a general fondness for the visual of “where we’ve been” and “where we want to go”. Winning this contest would add to that theme that we have carried over into our home….?
Isaac says
WORLD ME!!!! Chicago will always have a special place in my heart.
catherine says
WORLD ME! I grew up looking at a globe in my father’s office and now my kids are obsessed with looking up places on maps. I’ve been longing to put a huge map up on their bedroom wall of the world.