***This giveaway has reached our cap of 10,000 entries and is now closed. See who won below!***
It took you guys just a little under 6 hours to push this blogiversary giveaway to its 10,000 entry cap, so we’re here with an earlier-than-usual update on our randomly selected winner. That lucky person is… Britta (who’s currently living in baby/preschooler world so she hopes in five years she won’t “have to deal with someone else’s poop on a daily basis and to be able to sleep through the night!”). Congrats Britta!
For every blogiversary we try to do something special for that week’s giveaway. And this year we ran with the five theme and snagged five different $500 prizes for one lucky winner from a few of our favorite places: FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie. Which means someone’s gonna get a grant total of $2,500 to spend in celebration of our big five year blogiversary.
The five generous folks who are each giving away $500 aren’t just places we love, but also places that hold a special place in the our blog’s history (and future). In addition to being one of our first and most longstanding sponsors, Z Gallerie has dished out prizes for a blogiversary before – and was our first ever giveaway to break the 1,000 entry mark.
Richmond-based Shades of Light (also a long-time sponsor) has found their way into our home on several occasions (their local outlet makes us crazy). Plus we’ve got an exciting announcement about them that we’ll be sharing soon (secrets, secrets, are no fun).
Joss & Main is a newer favorite of ours, and they’ve invited us twice to curate sale collections on their site…. so we’ll always be grateful to them for making us feel like real designers – even if only for a brief time. Haha.
While HomeGoods seems to find their way onto our blog pretty often (like a $500 giveaway for you guys last week), one of our favorite instances was when they helped us makeover a local family’s living areas for them a while back.
And last but not least is FLOR, whose catalogs is one of our favorites to get in the mail. But more importantly, they’re gonna play an important role in our upcoming book tour. More details on that next week!
- PRIZE: $500 gift cards to FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie (totaling $2,500!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FIFTH ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … where you see yourself in five years. We always say we have no clue where we’ll be down the road but it’s always fun to imagine, right? How might your family be different or have grown? Will you be in a new home or a new city? Will you have the same job?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, Sept 26th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- 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 FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie.
Ashley P says
FIFTH ME!
This weekend is actually my fifth wedding anniversary too! In 5 years I will have an 8 and 6 year old an I hope by then we have started building out dream home! Happy Blogiversary!
Kathy says
Fifth me! Hopefully I’ll be married in five years!
Allie says
FIFTH ME!!
5 years from now, I’ll be married and hopefully at the tail end of making over our future home.
Johanna says
FIFTH ME!!
Jessica C. says
FIFTH ME!
September 24, 2017: Hopefully at least two kiddos in tow, and with a lot of progress on our big, oooollld, fixer-upper of a house! And of course, Notre Dame football’s team will have won at least a couple championships by then (PLEASE!).
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Maybe another kid, another car? Eeeks, who knows?!
Lori says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope we are a family of five :-) No plans to move to another city, but by five years from now we will either be adding a second floor to our ranch or moving to a bigger home.
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME!!! Wow thinking about five years from now tends to scare me… but I always know that I’ll have my amazing husband by my side!
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! In five years we will hopefully be starting to look for a new house with more space for a family. Who knows where life will send us. :)
MamaG says
FIFTH ME! With baby #2 on the way right now we’ll probably have outgrown our current house an on to hopefully our “forever house” in five years. Who knows what else, another baby? Embracing my decorating bug more? Having fun and enjoying life together as a family for sure!
Katie says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have a PhD in hand, a decent job (hopefully the market for Literature PhDs picks up), an awesome dog, and a shared and cozy place with my currently long-distance BF.
Mike R. says
FIFTH ME!!
We just bought our first home. I hope that in five years we will have been able to update the kitchen and bathrooms! I also hope we will be able to travel some more as a family!
Mari says
Fifth me for a better me!
Eleanor@SavingOurWay says
FIFTH ME!
I have no idea where myself & my family will be in 5 years! I’m hoping (dreaming) that we’ll be in a little bigger house, that i’ll have some free time, as both our girls will be in school then, same city, and that we’ll be just as happy, if not even more so!
Cathy C says
Fifth me! I see myself finishing renovations of the house I am purchasing! closing just in time for Halloween!!
Bethany fisackerly says
Fifth me! In five years i certainly hope to still be starring my day by reading young house love #epicsuckingup
Chrissy says
FIFTH ME!
I hope I’m still in this house in 5 years, but with a new driveway and some painted walls!
kate says
FIFTH ME!!
I five years…hopefully a baby or maybe even two, and a new kitchen, and a horse. Very random. I know.
Love you guys!
meg says
FIFTH ME! i hope to have a house by then, so i can start doing instead of dreaming about some of the projects you inspire me with!
mary beth says
Fifth me!!!
We just had our first child (5 weeks old) so I hope in 5 years we have added to our family with another one (or two) children. I hope we have moved to our forever home and I am a kick butt SAHM or have a great part time job that is flexible with the kids.
Trista says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to be putting the master’s degree that I’m working on to good use and hopefully I’ll have a couple kids running around.
Katie Arnold says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I hope to be having just as much fun as I’m having right now :)
Barbette Jensen says
Maybe move to a smaller house since we will be empty nesters by then, and our youngest (of 5) out of college. Or maybe keep the big house. I hope to be at same job I love and also keep making artist teddy bears in my “leisure” time. Maybe a little more travel with the hub that doesn’t involve children’s activities!
Beth says
FIFTH ME!!!
We just bought a house, so we’ll probably still be there. We might fill the extra room with a baby…but I’ve got 5 years, right?
Alex W. says
FIFTH ME!
HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!
In five years, I see myself buying my first house of my own. My boyfriend and I recently set up a (very large) Excel sheet with our savings goals for a down payment. Cheers to 2017!
Amy N says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will have a teenager – yikes!
Lindsey says
FIFTH ME!!
I can imagine a baby or two in our lives in the next five years :)
Nikki @ only25hoursinaday says
Fifth me!
I hope to have at least 1 more child and for my husband and I to finally own our own home. I am so excited for the future!
haley says
FIFTH ME! I see myself in a house I own doing some of my own diy projects. Congrats on 5 year blogivrrsary
Cathy says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to have a nicely furnished & accessorized home by winning one of YHL’s give-aways. :)
megan says
Fifth Me! I hope to have transitioned into a job that keeps me closer to home so I can enjoy the house we’re about to buy.
Catherine S. says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I will probably be back to work at least part time since all of my kiddies will be in school. It will be very busy but quite a change after 12 years at home with them!
Nate says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I hope we’ll be living in an old house that my wife and I have renovated together, and looking at having a kid. Also, we’ll have added a second dog to the family. :)
Melissa says
FIFTH ME!!
Wow in five years I’d imagine our family will have grown by two(current bun is in the oven). That possibly we may have moved out of our town house to maybe a home more in the country. If so my husband will have convinced me that we NEED a dog. And hopefully by that point I’ll get to be a SAHM!
Andrea says
FIFTH ME!
I see ourselves knee deep in DIY stuff in our starter home!
Sara says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope my husband and I will at least have one child by then and that we have made major strides in our career. I predict we’ll be living in New York or Philadelphia. Congrats on five years! I’ve read every post along the way and have loved watching you grow.
Amy K says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have my house completely renovated so I can just relax and enjoy it!
Carrie says
In five years I see myself surrounded by children, homeschooling and having a fabulous time amid our chaotic, full life. :)
Jen says
Fifth me!! I hope to (finally) have at least one kiddo in five years (we are running into some trouble on the fertility front) or at least come to peace with the idea of being a child-free couple.
Audrea says
FIFTH ME!!! oh pretty please Fifth me!!!
I see myself married DIYing our first house!
Leigh says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have added another kiddo (or 2) to our family and hopefully in a new house and while I’m dreaming…in a new city!
Mandi says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, hopefully we’ll be settled into a home of our own. We’ll have traveled the world, so maybe we’re thinking about kids? :)
Sara says
Fifth me pretty please please please. We recently constructed our “forever” home. Unfortunately that has left little money to use for decorating!! In five years I see ourselves happily married, living in our house that we’ve made a home & crying when we send our little dude off to kindergarten :)
Lauren M. says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I hope to have a fabulously decorated house and a few kids!
Kathy says
fifth me!
gosh.. five years.. hopefully, I won’t still be in this little cubicle I’m in now – that’s really my only wish. oh, and maybe another dog or two!
Life In Yellow says
FIFTH ME!
I never realized our blogiversaries and anniversaries were the same month of the same year! My hubby and I were married on Sept 29 of 2007 and I started my blog days after as a way to share pics with family…but it has evolved in recent years and has been fun to celebrate the anniversaries of both (just started drafting a post about this the other day!)
Hard to say where we’ll be in five years…hoping to be self-employed as graphic and web designers (and still blogging) and maybe moving further west? Happy anniversary to you (and the blog!) and thanks as always for creating such a great site for inspiration!
Liz
Ryan says
FIFTH ME!
In a great house.
meredith says
FIFTH ME!
in 5 years…let’s hope i’m eating ice cream somewhere warm!
Benjamin says
Fifth Me! On vacation to Australia.
Amy T. says
Fifth Me!
Hopefully finished updating our newly purchased old home :)