***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.
Jenny says
HAND IT TO ME!!
I sorta did some DIY vinyl crafts! I bought a few fantastic kits and gifted a few and kept a few :)
Sarah says
Hand it to me! …Please!
The last hand made thing I made was some scrapbook styled wall art with my best friend for her birthday. We had a blast!
Stephanie says
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I made created a photo collage of my niece for members of my family for X-Mas.
Amanda G says
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Paige says
Hand it to me, please. :)
I made a Sherry inspired square wreath. Happy holidays!
Fran says
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I have baked a lot recently for Christmas! All other “by hand” artwork has been temporarily put on hold because I have a 7 month old (and a 4 year old!).
bethany says
hand it to me!
i definitely did my share of holiday baking :D
Karen L. says
Hand it to me! (Please) I made lots of food things for our Christmas this year including roasts, turkey, special traditional casseroles, pecan squares and chocolate chip cookies! Fun to share with all our family, along with the College and Career Sunday School Class who are coming over soon, too.
Amy M says
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I made my husband an egg sandwich yesterday…
Kathleen says
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I made most of my Christmas decor this year but my favorite thing I made was a cute dress for my daughter!
janna brown says
Hand it to me…! Let’s see, I have made a snowman shirt for my son, a scarf for my friend. Lots of yummies for friends, neighbors and my family (me included!).
Lisa says
HAND IT TO ME! I made 120+ chocolate-dipped pretzel rods for colleagues and friends. Took two nights after my son (18 months) was in bed. Luckily my husband, who is a chocoholic, actually doesn’t like chocolate-covered pretzels. Next year I will need to make more as I ran out before giving all the necessary gifts. But I might make cookies instead as I just picked up a bunch of comfort-grip cutters for half off at Sur La Table!
Lisa says
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I knitted hats for my brother and sister this year. Unfortunately, the hat for my brother was a bit too small, but it fit his girlfriend perfectly, so it all worked out!
Christina says
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I made some tile/scrapbook paper coasters inspired by pinterest for various friends and family members. Wahoo for actually making something I pinned!
Bonney says
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I made chocolate covered pretzel sticks, cookies, a name on canvas out of buttons and a baby quilt. The name and quilt are for my niece due in February!
Laura D says
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lots of baking, but the big deal was an A-frame tent for the kiddo… courtesy of pinterest
Jessica R. says
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I made cookies for Santa with my two little munchkins.
Christina says
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I made my nearly-one year old a Christmas stocking, complete with messily embroidered initials :-)
Natalie V. says
HAND IT TO ME! Inspired by your dining room curtains, I made some much-needed curtains for my family room! Hung them up on Friday, just in time for our family to come over on Saturday for Christmas Eve!
Angie says
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I made my 8 year old niece a picture with her name ironed on ribbons sew together! Zebra a pink print
Catherine S says
HAND IT TO ME! I made lots of cookies and fudge over the last few weeks so I am taking a break from the kitchen. I would love to paint our cabinets though so I am excited to read about the progress with yours.
Melissa says
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This year I made gingerbread men with my kids, ages 2 and 5. We made some out of salt dough and painted them to give away as ornaments, and we made the edible kind to share with family. Everyone’s favorites were the ones who suffered “injuries” on their way into or out of the oven – nothing like a gingerbread man with a severed leg and a face of agony!
Liz B. says
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I made some thank you cards for those people who helped me with my thesis research. Cut out some cute wrapping paper and glued it to the front of some plain cards from Michaels. Totally look legit!
Letitia says
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I just made a bunch of ornaments from scratch, out of clay and cookie cutters. Painted them and even created a handmade stencil for one. http://instagr.am/p/ZTN_h/
Theresa says
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i did lots of crafting this holiday season, a wreath for the door, tile coasters, monogrammed wine glasses, and earrings!
Amber S says
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This Christmas I made a wreath from extra cuttings from our Christmas tree. It smells so wonderful! and I’m always working on things around the house!
Mia says
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I made my first ever pot roast. Sooo, Hand it TO ME! (HappyNEWYear)…
Amy says
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I have made some art for my kiddo’s room.
Margaret says
Hand it to me! Christmas is always lots of fun handcrafting. This year I’ve made an advent calendar, cookies, cards and play dough!
jordan says
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I last made a7 foot long scarf!
Lindsey says
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Sarah M says
Hand it to me.
I made a couple of Christmas gifts this year! For my parents, I printed photographs of the letters in their last name, and then bought some frames and re-painted them to put the photos in. The end result looked real good!
I also made blankets for each of my brothers by putting two pieces of fleece together, cutting strips around the edge and tying them together. I bought fleece of their two favorite sports teams (Twins and Vikings) and used that to make the blankets.
All gifts were a hit :)
karen says
“HAND IT TO ME”. I made wreaths, handmade goodies, cinnamon rolls, bread, jewelry and more this Christmas!
Sara says
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I would say that the best thing I have made by hand recently was the wrapping I did for my gifts this year. Brown kraft paper tied with wide bold colored ribbon accented with twine and little ornaments tied in the ribbon. Topped with a cutout of holiday themed photo book paper in the recipients initials. They were beautiful – even if they didn’t like their gift at least they loved the wrapping!
lindsey g says
hand it to me! =)
i made all 3 of my neices embroidered library totes, with fabric apliques! they turned out really cute if i say so myself…
Amelia Adams says
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I made a puzzle out of 4 square blocks for my nephew. Also am renovating our house, so every day is a project
Kendra says
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I made an ornament for my new sister-in-law where I took their wedding invitation and cut it into strips, spiraled it, and put it in an ornament for a keepsake.
Maria says
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Homemade gift tags that match the wrapping paper
Susan says
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I am making a workstation for my children even as we speak, using the tried and true “painted doors on a repurposed base” method. Can’t wait to install and start using it later this week!!
Ellen says
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Katrina says
My family made ornaments and edible gifts this year!
Brettany says
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We’re currently getting the nursery painted, furniture put together, bedding sewn for our little arrival in March.
Leigh Anne says
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I did a ton of Pinterest craft projects for the holidays, and I love how those touches make the house look so festive!
Laura in LA says
HAND IT TO ME! Cooking and wrapping and decorating OH MY!
Adrian says
HAND IT TO ME! I made bourbon butterscotch sauce. Yum.
Deana Rooks says
Hand it to me! I made a tray where I used vintage photos and glossed them over for my MIL. she loved it!
Sharon says
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This year we made ornaments for our tree! Quite a few were made out of an old book of short stories, one was handstitched paper, and my favorite was a small vintage gold picture frame I hung on the tree with our baby’s ultrasound picture :)
Lindsey says
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Cheese balls! I found a great recipe on Martha Stewart.com for three cheese balls that all start with the same base recipe and used them for an ugly Christmas Sweater party. The best part — we reshaped the leftovers for an impromptu shin-dig one day later! Yep, I did that.
Becca says
HAND IT TO ME! I made a crib skirt!
Katie N. says
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I always make lots of chocolatey treats around Christmas-time, but this year I decided to make some cute handmade tags to go with the treats I was giving out. I traced a tree-shaped cookie cutter on to brown paper bag paper, punched a whole at the top of the tree, and wrote a little message and tied it with a ribbon :)