***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Thanks to random.org, we’ve got a Merry (belated) Christmas prize going out to… Kristin Aune (who made t-shirts for both of her kids, ornaments, buckeyes and has been trying to perfect her fudge pie recipe). Congrats!
Wahoo. Hope you guys all had an awesome holiday weekend (you can see a sliver of ours here). As we mentioned on Friday, we’ll be stopping in with one quick post each day this week (amongst family hosting, feverish book-deadline writing, and priming & painting all of our kitchen cabinets). But we couldn’t wait to share today’s giveaway that we wrangled after seeing so much amazing stuff at our local Handmade Holiday craft fair. So this week’s lucky winner will get:
- An 8×10 letterpress print (any choice of quote & color), a set of blueprint notes (airplane, boat, golfcart, knots, wave, or lighthouse) and a leather blank book from Almanac Industries. These Baltimore-based bookbinders and letterpress gurus bring a wonderful worn and masculine vibe to these printed prizes.
- $50 towards Funnel Cloud Studio on Etsy. Obviously we love her Virginia-themed art, but she also has a bunch of cheerful patterned prints and cheeky illustrations to choose from too.
- A 26-letter ornament set and this green vase from Turnerbots. And we thought our J, S, C and B initial ornaments were cool. Someone’s about to get a whole alphabet full of candy colored ceramics, along with a V-A-S-E.
- $50 towards Zou Zou’s Basement on Etsy. We loved the bunny print that we bought, and this $50 is enough to snag two of her colorful prints.
- PRIZE: Everything mentioned above
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “HAND IT TO ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … what you’ve made with your own hands recently. Did you bake something for the holidays? Did you give a handmade gift this weekend? Or have you tackled a DIY or homemade art project recently?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 28th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- DISCOUNT: 10% off any item in Turnerbots’ Etsy shop until January 15th, 2012 with the coupon code YOUNGHOUSE.
- 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…
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 Funnel Cloud Studio, Turnerbots, Almanac Industries and Zou Zou’s Basement.
Kirstin says
Hand it to me.
Homemade Chex Mix
Jenny A. says
Hand it to me! I guess the thing I DIY’d this week was corn casserole for Christmas dinner at my dad’s house. I hope that changes though, because I want to get started on phase 2 of our basement project this week.
Caley says
Hand it to me!
I have been quite crafty as of late. I made 3 home-sewn blankets for 3 lucky family members for Christmas. I also created “snowballs” for Christmas. They were a hit!
Cathy says
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I made DIY canvas art for a few family members this year. They turned out really cute!
http://www.cathygreeninteriors.com/2011/12/diy-canvas-art/
Heather says
HAND IT TO ME! I made a ton of cookies over the holidays, and I made little handmade snowman signs for my friends. I LOVE the holidays!!
Melissa says
HAND IT TO ME! PLEASE! :)
This year instead of giving away boring giftcards, I made mason jar snowglobes with Christmas figurines, tiny ornaments, and glitter and put them giftcards inside! The looks on my relatives faces were pretty hilarious when they realized what all the things swimming inside there were.
Brenda says
Family is visiting, so I’ve been cooking and baking up a storm–my favorite was scones for breakfast and grandma’s apple pie for dessert.
Sarah M. says
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We made a carnival-style photo prop over the weekend with a giant sheet of cardboard. Fun and engaging, though we need new markers now!
Allison O. says
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I hand-stitched gift tags for all of our presents this year. Time-consuming, yes, but they turned out great!
Gillian says
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I made all the ornaments on our tree this year so it would be child friendly for our 16mos old twins.
Lucia says
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My son and I built towers out of marshmallows and toothpicks this weekend – fun!
Brenda says
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Family is visiting, so I’ve been cooking and baking up a storm–my favorite was scones for breakfast and grandma’s apple pie for dessert.
Allison says
Please-oh-please HAND IT TO ME!
This year I gave the homemade version of Clodhoppers candy to my friends for Christmas. So easy to make and so addictive! I also made a personalized anniversary card for my husband.
Leanne says
HAND IT TO ME!!! My home-making takes places in the kitchen. It would be my pound cake! Yum!
Kris says
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This year I made a wreath and some art for our mantle!
Lindsay says
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I made so much stuff for the holidays it will be late next week before all the glue comes off my fingers!
Megan says
I made a bunch of holiday cookies and treats!
Stephanie says
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I made a Christmas tree painting using my 10-month old’s handprints. So cute!
Rebekah says
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I just finished a poster I made using one of our wedding photos. I just blew it up in photoshop, then added some fun effects. It turned out pretty rad!
Kate says
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I did a ton of holiday baking this year (and it was all delicious!) 13 dozen cookies – frosted sugar cookies, triple chocolate chocolate chip, and peanut butter, 9 mini banana breads, a blueberry coffee cake, around 2 lbs of hot cocoa mix with 5 dozen chocolate-dipped spoons to go with it, and a ginormous batch of Chex mix. Most of it went to various people and places as gifts, but a significant portion of cookies may have disappeared into my belly. :)
Emily says
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I tried making fingerprint bookmarks for my parents using my girls’ fingerprints…EPIC FAIL. Wop Wop.
Amber P. says
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I made photo coasters for a few family members for Christmas. Pinterest project!
Lori says
HAND IT TO ME. The most recent thing I made was cookies, Snickerdoodles.
allie says
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I made some popcorn balls – yum!
Becky says
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I am not very crafty, but I do love to cook. I made She-crab soup yesterday.
Colleen says
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Our family made a Christmas CD for friends and family.
Rachel H. says
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This year I made four different kinds of cookies and gave them to my parents, grandparents, and inlaws. I also made a felt shingle tree, which was a pinterest find. I used two different shades of green for mine, and everyone loved them (wish I had taken pictures of them!).
http://papiervalise.typepad.com/scissor_variations/2009/12/diy-felt-shingle-tree.html
Crystal says
Hand it to me! I made a paper snowflake garland for my apartment!
Meghan says
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I went yarn crazy this year and made yarn trees as the centerpiece on our dining room table and a yarn wreath for our door. :)
Courtney says
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I created a brand new tree skirt for my Christmas tree based off a pin I saw on Pinterest. I also make gluten free dart free pumpkin bread for some friends of mine at work. My Christmas presents to my friends were handmade coasters and collage ornaments, again ideas found on Pinterest.
Andrea S says
HAND IT TO ME!…. I have not necessarily made something recently but I’m about to paint a lot! That counts, right?
Heather says
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I have been baking a lot of cookies and other goodies for Christmas!
Jenn says
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I dipped things and chocolate
Nicole says
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This year was the first that I tried my hand at homemade gifts. I made beautiful wooden plaques for all extended family members, which read “La Famiglia” along with last name initials, and the year that their family was established. They came out great, and everyone loved them!
Andrea says
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For my parents this year, I did a ’12 Days of Christmas’ theme, with 12 different gifts, of the 1-12 quantities. Most of them I made myself, including the bouquet of 12 different flowers! Mom liked the flowers more than #1, a Kindle Fire! =)
Jenifer says
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I recovered an old footstool I found in my mom’s basement and gave it to my sister for Christmas. My sister saw the fabric at my house – (I had it laying out trying to figure out what I was goint to do with it)and she said it would be perfect for something in het living room. Boy was she suprised at Christmas – She loved it!!
Katie Rose says
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I got together with my girl cousins and we had a Christmas baking day! We made all sorts of goodies, then divided the treats and took them home to share with the rest of our families :)
Pam says
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I recently cooked a turkey for the first time ever!
Liz G. says
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I’ve been using my extra time to tackle some of the projects I’ve pinned on pinterest, most recently: ornaments made from the pages of an old book :)
Susan says
HAND IT TO ME! I was sick over Christmas break, but had my mom here taking care of me. She did most of the home-making, but I did help her make Chex mix and date nut rocks. It was a low key holiday, but we had lots of fun with all of her homemade goodies!
Nancy S says
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No DIY for the holidays this year :(
Unless you count making bird & squirrel feeders from our left over Halloween pumpkins.
My Pinterest folders are starting to fill up so there is hope for next year :)
Natalie says
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My coworkers and I all exchange gifts for Christmas and this year I made homemade chocolate covered pretzels and peanut butter truffles to give as gifts! Everyone loved them and I had so much fun making and decorating them!
Paige says
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I DIY’ed a bunch of my Christmas gift. It made it more personal and thoughtful, and I was so excited on Christmas morning to see my family open them :)
Sarah says
HAND IT TO ME!!! I made some Christmas ornaments and I wrapped lots of presents!
Lauren R. says
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I’m super low on fundage, so I made almost every Christmas gift this year. A table runner with hand-woven fringe edges for my Mom, a book of my dad’s favorite stories that he wrote down ages ago (I bound it nicely), painted ceramic mugs (with booze and homemade mulled cider spices), jewelry, home-baked bread… I ended up only spending about $150 on gifts for ALL of my family and friends – not too shabby!
Paulina J! says
“HAND IT TO ME” I painted my office and it’s looking awesome. My Ikea bookshelves will be delivered tomorrow!!! I’m so excited to put them together.
Andrea says
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I made my sister-in-law a photo book, and it made her cry!
Natalie Derrickson says
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I made gift bags for wine bottles! We’re moving next to a winery (darn!) and I wanted to give fam a taste of the wonderfulness next door!
Jennifer says
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I put together a couple gift baskets to give away at Christmas. I made slippers, hand soaps, body scrubs, candles, and some other little goodies to fill the baskets.
Lindsey says
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I did lots of homemade Christmas gifts this year. Including a couple of canvases and a photo calendar. Not too exciting, but perfect for the ones I made them for!