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Fab Freebie: Gotta Hand It To You

***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.

  Handmade Giveaway 2

  • 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.

Comments

  1. courtney says

    Hand it to me! We made personalized candles from a tute I found on pinterest, plus I made caramel corn to go with them. I have also been working off and on knitting a stripped baby blanket.

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  6. Lauren says

    Hand it to me!! This Christmas I made a few of the gifts I gave away, including a leather belt door mat for my dad, a terrarium for my mom, a silhouette cut out of my niece for her mom, as well as some Christmas cards.

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  9. Allison K. says

    Hand it to me!
    My husband and I make Christmas cookies with our best friends every year. A lot of fun and oh so tasty!

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  13. Emily F. says

    Hand it to me!

    I recently made my sister-in-law a satin twisted satin rosette hair clip for her wedding. I used inspiration from pinterest of course! She’ll be wearing it on Friday!

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  17. Heather with a C says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    Last year I started what I hope will become a tradition of making personalized, hand-painted/ hand-made Christmas tree ornaments for my family.

    This year, I was busy painting miniature bird house ornaments with vivid colors using Swedish folk art as inspiration. My family background is Swedish, so hopefully everyone appreciates the sentiment!

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  22. Ann says

    Hand it to me! My daughters turned me on to your blog & Pinterest. We had a girl’s weekend and crafted away, painting, mod-podging. Since I just moved back to the area, it was a blast-spending time with my daughters & completing projects for my new house.

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  24. Nichole K says

    HAND IT TO ME!
    I made holiday gifts look extra special by using pretty ribbon and the recipient’s picture instead of a gift tag.

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  26. Jenny says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    What great booty! The gift I was most excited about this year was a pair of loveys for my baby, made of a gorgeous flannel fabric I love. Here’s hoping he does too!

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  28. Erin in Austin,TX says

    HAND IT TO ME! This year I made wreathes for a festive holiday treat for teachers and my office. I even wound up selling a few and paying for all my supplies! WOHOO!

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  30. Katie says

    HAND IT TO ME!! I recently made an awesome painting at one of these BYOB painting class things. I love doing those!! And my friends and I are making some beaded necklaces at our upcoming “Pinterest Party” ;)

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  34. Angie says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I made sets of stacking blocks (inspired by something I saw on pintrest) that spelled out “Merry” and were coated in fun scrapbook paper and pictures of the kids in our family. I made a set for each sibling and parents. They went over really well!

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  36. Kelly Anne says

    HAND IT TO ME! I’m not usually a DIY decorator, but this year for a holiday party I made cut-out snowflakes using origami paper and strung them up as a garland. It was bright and cheery and perfect!

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  38. Caroline says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I made felted some little sheep and made a garland for my Mom’s yarn room! I also glittered some clothespins to attach them to the ribbon.

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  39. Rianna says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    My husband and I had a baby in August and wanted to DIY as much of her nursery as we could, to keep things personal. All the artwork and mobiles in her nursery are home made but our favorite project was a dresser/chest of drawers which we painted (using a similar method to what you are using for the cabinets) kelly green.

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  40. Kelli says

    Hand it to me! Made each of the neighbors on my street a personalized Christmas hand towel for the kitchen with vintage lace and ribbon with the first initial of their last name.

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  42. Kori says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I used our slow cooker for the second time ever tonight to make my fiance jambalaya. I must say, I’m pretty proud of myself.

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  46. David says

    Hand it to me!

    A friend had borrowed my sewing machine to fix up a little tent for his girls. When I found out he was sick and hadn’t made any progress I went over and got all his stuff and brought it home. A few hours later it was ready for him to put up for Christmas morning. I’ll have to swing by to see how it turned out, but he said it looked great.

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  48. Nichole says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    This year I hand-stamped my own tissue paper for gift wrapping. My husband asked me if I thought anyone would even notice and I had to admit that very likely no one would, but I had fun doing it.

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  50. Crysta says

    Hand it to me!

    I made a new front door wreath for our new house with leftover decorations from our old house. And also made Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas dinner for 10 guests this year.

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