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Fab Freebie: City Love

***This giveaway is now closed – see who won below!***

This week’s TWO lucky winners are… Maria G (who loves Kansas City despite being under 12-15″ of snow at the moment) and Fiona (who loves her hometown of Washington DC so much she even loves the traffic). Congrats you two!

Today marks the seven year anniversary of our move to Richmond, VA. Woo hoo! It’s crazy to think that it has been that long, and to celebrate this week’s giveaway is from a city-minded artist: Kimberly of Albie Designs. We’ve had her charming illustration of New York City hanging in our hallway o’ frames for as long as there has been a frame collection there (my sister bought it for Sherry for her birthday a few years back). And now Kimberly has released a Richmond city print. So whether you want her new RVA work of art, or others from around the country (and even the globe) you’ll get your pick thanks to the $100 gift card that she’s offering up to two lucky winners.

Albie Designs Giveaway

  • PRIZE: An $100 gift card to Albie Designs on Etsy
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “I LOVE [INSERT CITY NAME HERE]” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … why you love it so much. Is it a city you’re just thrilled to live in? Is a place that always makes you happy to visit? Or maybe it’s a city that you’ve never been to, but fantasize about visiting?
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
  • PRIZE SHIPS: Huzzah! This giveaway is available worldwide.
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners 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 winners. 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 Albie Designs.

Comments

  3. Erin says

    “I LOVE Chicago!” I currently live just outside and work in NYC, but Chicago is my hometown. I still have family there and love to visit. While NY has its own appeal, it just doesn’t have the charm of Chicago. I miss it.

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  4. Noelle Frye says

    I LOVE NYC!

    I lived there for about six months during a temporary job assignment ten years ago and have been trying to get back there permanently since! I love the energy the city has…no other place like it in the world!

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  6. Michele says

    I LOVE PHILADELPHIA! It’s my adopted hometown and I always tell people that I love it even more than NY which is where I grew up!

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  8. Allison Burton says

    I LOVE BRUGES! My (now) husband and I took a trip there soon after we started dating, and it was just beautiful. Great food, great beer and just an amazing little town.

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  13. Keally says

    I LOVE PARK CITY, UT!

    It is where my husband and I currently live. I get to ski in the winters and hike around in the beautiful warm summers, doesn’t get much better!

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  14. Erin says

    I LOVE ST. LOUIS! We’re Nebraskans by birth (and will always love the Good Life!), but we moved to STL after spending three years overseas because we love the city, it had a lot of good grad school options, and a lot of our friends moved here.

    We love this place. We can’t wait to raise a family here. Like any city, it has its issues, but we truly adore it.

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  17. Kelsey says

    I LOVE EVERY BIG CITY I’VE VISITED … SO FAR! :)

    After growing up in a relatively small town (and living in that same town again now), I fell in love with Richmond, VA when I lived there during college. I just love the big city feel. I have enjoyed New Orleans, DC, and Chicago the most since Richmond. I just love that there is always something going on and the diversity in people.

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  20. Grace says

    I LOVE PITTSBURGH!

    It’s where I go to school – it’s a unique city and a hidden gem that most people don’t think of when they think of beautiful cities.

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  23. Lauren says

    I LOVE MEMPHIS!!

    Because it’s a city with a scarred and worn down past but an amazing, vibrant way of dealing with it!

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  24. Sarah says

    “I LOVE BOSTON!”

    I went to college here and have lived here for the past 15 years (minus a short 3 year stint on the West Coast!) and I couldn’t think of a better place to live. Great culture, all four seasons, good shopping! What’s not to love!

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  27. Ally Becker says

    I love DC! Actually I’m surprised I didn’t say NYC since that’s where we’re both from, but we haven’t lived there since leaving for college in ’95 so I guess I’m starting to consider this place home?!?! About time!! :)

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  28. Kate says

    I love Richmond! I went to college there and miss it all the time (part of the reason I love your blog). Right now I’m living in middle of nowhere pennsylvania, and one of my “someday” dreams is to move back to VA.

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  33. Rachel says

    I LOVE TORONTO!

    I was born in Edmonton but moved to Toronto at a young age and definitely consider myself a Torontonian. Toronto is the most multicultural city in the world, more languages are spoken on a daily basis here than anywhere else and that gives us a very unique personality. I love my city for teaching me about the world and helping me find my place in it. My city found also helped me find my man and my dog without whom, my life just wouldn’t me the same.

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  34. Karen Kohl says

    I LOVE SAN DIEGO!

    I was born there but haven’t lived there since I was 7. We’re moving back in 2014 and I can’t WAIT!

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  35. Sarah says

    I LOVE FLORENCE! My husband and I traveled there a few years ago and it was such a great place to be. We just walked and walked for hours every day.

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  36. Lindsay says

    I LOVE DC! As much as it has its problems, gotta love my hometown. Also, I’ve been eyeing Kimberly’s prints and would love a gift card!

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  38. Kayla says

    I LOVE BUFFALO!

    I was raised in Florida but the majority of my family is in Western New York. The place has such a strong an beautiful culture. I was able to live there for a year after graduating high school and I left my heart there when I came back down south to go to school. I can’t wait to return!

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  41. Lucy says

    I love London! I was fortunate enough to live there for four months last year on a temporary work assignment and it is just an amazing city. I miss it so much!

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  42. Leanne says

    I LOVE PHILADELPHIA! I am one of those people with total and unabashed love for my gritty little city despite all the naysayers (and even my own naysaying). It’s historic! It’s walkable! You can walk down the same streets that built our nation! You can take those same streets to some of the country’s best restaurants! Wander through the various neighborhoods and feel like you’re somewhere else! Best of all, Philly is home to the first home I’ve owned, some of the best friends I’ve ever made, and is the place where I met my true love! We are so excited for out futures together in Philadelphia!

    (That said, we LOVE to travel and I’ve already eyed some other-city prints for our mega wall of adventure, which is already crowded with *multiple* historic and modern maps and prints of Philly)

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  44. FC says

    I LOVE ST PAUL! Because it’s our home, where we met, and where we’ve chosen to live our lives! (Also, the quality of life here is amazing, and so different from where I grew up).

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  45. Carly says

    I LOVE MINNEAPOLIS!

    We moved out to MPLS from New Jersey and it is a whole different world, but it’s great! We will always love NYC and Philly though, so maybe we’d have to do. whole series of prints…

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  46. Katie McIntyre says

    I love Buffalo, NY! Where I grew up, met my husband, got married, (move away for 6 years-got pregnant and moved back) gave birth to my daughter, and will continue to raise my family here. After 6 years in Virginia, I am glad to be back in the city I love the most!

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  48. Daffodil says

    I LOVE MONTEREY CALIFORNIA! Because it is amazing, and because it is beautiful, and because I got engaged there, and because I miss it right now as a blizzard rages outside.

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