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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. Holly says

    HAND IT TO ME! I recently made my sister in law a door mat with their name on it…using the young house love method of course!! Gotta love frog tape!

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  3. Clare says

    Hand it to me!

    With our little 5-month-old, I haven’t had as much time to make lots of cookies this season (probably better for us all), but I did make a chocolate cake (from scratch!) for a Christmas Eve gathering.

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  7. Ash says

    Hand it to me!! I have a 4 week old & three other little ones, so making something this year went right out the window.

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  8. Lauren says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I decorated all of the placecards with a christmas theme (string lights) for our christmas dinner. It was the first time we hosted. :-)

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  9. Megan C says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I made all the women (yes, I suppose I am a bit sexist) in my family homemade laundry detergent for Christmas. I’ve been using it for some time myself. I love that I know exactly what goes into it and therefore is on my clothes-and my skin!-everyday. I hope they love it as much as I do!

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  11. Jill says

    Hand it to me!

    Inspired by Pinterest, I DIY’d an advent calendar! I’m very proud of it, and know we will use it for years to come!

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  13. Sarah in Indiana says

    Hand it to me! Every Christmas I make several batches of homemade cinnamon rolls as gifts. This year I’ve also made some salt dough ornament gift tags and a scarf for a library fundraiser.

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  16. Bryn says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I ventured beyond my comfort zone this holiday, and made convertible shawls for my sis and sis-in-law. They were tricky, but loved!

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  19. Kathy Frazier says

    HAND IT TO ME! Please. Oh, and I forgot to put this in my comment: I actually baked about 600 cookies for my family this Christmas. No, we’re not fat, we just like our cookies!

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  20. Emily Anne says

    HAND IT TO ME!
    I tried to make a lot of my Christmas gifts this year. I made some ribbon ornaments for our tree (with inspiration from pinterest!). For gifts I made some infinity scarves, and I etched initials into mason jar mugs. Very cute.

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  22. Anna Hughes says

    Hand it to me!

    I made a fabulous rum cake that I thought was my own secret recipe. Nope, Pioneer Woman posted it on her blog last week. Thanks for ruining my secret, Ree!!!

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  23. Gavin S. says

    HAND IT TO ME! (please) My sister and I recently sewed and painted scarves as Christmas gifts (a Pinterest idea, of course).

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  24. Jen says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I am installing cork tiles inside two of my kitchen cabinet doors, after seeing the idea here months ago!

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  25. Katie says

    Hand it to me!
    I made tons of salt dough ornaments this year, and relieved my mother in law from cooking duty on Christmas Eve, too.

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  33. jodik says

    Hand it to Me!!!!

    I made a wooden sign for my neighbors this Christmas. Had there name on it along with the year they were married! Was actually pretty proud of myself.. I thought it turned out great!!!!

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  35. hanah says

    HAND IT TO ME! This Christmas season, I made a homemade wreath with my 3 year old using our ‘christmas themed’ shopping bags.

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  38. Jes says

    Hand It To ME!
    I have made so much stiff lately… I made my Step-mom and Grandma’s gifts, some new jewelry for myself, my first ever cheesecake from scratch, and I will be starting my first quilt very soon as well.

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  40. Becca says

    HAND IT TO ME!!!

    I made several of the DIY swirl ornaments that you did in your Pinterest challenge! I made some as gifts and loved them so much that I had to make some more for myself! :)

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  45. Jen K says

    HAND IT TO ME! With a 2 year old and 4 month old, no handmade gifts from me this year…maybe next year I will have pulled it together!

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  48. Kate B says

    HAND IT TO ME!

    I made an advent calendar for our family’s White Elephant exchange. It was my husband’s idea and we used some old spice tins we’d switched out and a magnetic dry-erase board. I designed and printed numbers to go in the clear windows of the tins and also printed out symbols from a German drinking song my family is way into (Schnitzelbank) to decoupage onto some wooden circles we got from the craft store. I also painted the edges and stenciled some circles with snowflakes to make up 24 ornaments. My husband drilled holes in the circles (after setting up a complex clamping system, I wish I’d been able to watch, but I was running some last minute Christmas errands while he did it) and then strung some baker’s twine through the holes to make the ornaments. My sister ended up with the calendar, so we’ll get to see it often!

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