***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.
Kripa says
Fifth me! Because of this blog, I hope to turn my home into my dream home through DIY love.
Ashlee Erickson says
FIFTH ME!
In five I predict a new house and a new job. We definitely need the space with the growing kids who will then be 12,10,8, and 6. Holy smokes, it’s gonna be here sooner than I know it.
Sarah C. says
FIFTH ME! I will have a seven year old and probably a lot will have changed :)
Alla says
FIFTH ME!
Hmm no idea where I’ll be in five years but as long as I’m with my hubby by my side and our fur babies, then I’ll love where ever it is.
Annegirrl says
FIFTH ME
I see my children at the ages of 10 and 7.5, which just blew my mind a little bit. Hopefully my husband will be in a much better place professionally and I’ll be in a much better place physically. Other than that we would be happy to just keep on being as happy as we already are.
Catrina says
FIFTH ME!!!!!!!!!!
I see myself still married and with two children, one we know will be 4 1/2 by then since we are expecting in March. :)
Andrea says
FIFTH ME!
We’ve got a little one on the way, so in 5 years…maybe I’ll be pregnant with number 2!
Megan says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have a new house, new job and new baby in five years!
Kelley says
Fifth Me!!
Five years…sheesh. My kids will be 6 and 9 and hubs and I will have been married fo 11 years….so in a nutshell, we’ll be blessed! And maybe some of these house projects will be done…maybe.
Paige S says
FIFTH ME!
pendy says
FIFTH ME!
I hope that five years from now my family is healthy and that I have a few more grandchildren!
Jamie G says
Fifth Me!!! We move into our first home this coming weekend, so in five years I hope to be done with making this new house my home!
Claire says
Fifth me! Hopefully my husband and I will have completed many of our house to-do projects in five years — we tackled the front and back yard this summer :)
Megan Stans says
“FIFTH ME!”
In five years, God willing, the Hubby and I hope to have baby #1 either on the way or recently arrived…and we hope to have moved into our dream family home! : )
Happy 5th Blogiversary! : )
Sarah says
Fifth Me!
I hope to be married and maybe prego in the next 5 years. :)
Andi C. says
Fifth Me! We’re currently house hunting, so in 5 years I hope we’re all settled into our home with a few kiddos running around.
Christie says
Fifth me!!
Congrats on 5 years :) I have no idea where we’ll be in 5 years, as I graduate this coming May. But hopefully we’ll still be healthy and happy!
Richard says
FIFTH ME!
I may be retired in five years! Woo to the hoo!!
MacKenzie says
Fifth me! Pretty please. There is no tellin’ where I will be. No tellin’. :)
jasmyn says
We’ll FIFTH ME why don’cha! My fiance and I are getting married in 46 days (yes I’m counting down) and we’ve moved into my grandma’s old house. There’s a lot to do. We’ve done the structural stuff and now we’re moving on to decor and makeovers. In 5 years , I hope we’ll be about done with our house to do list and there will be some little ones around to enjoy it. I’ll still be doing the same job (cause I love it) but will hopefully be half done paying my student loans. Grad school aint cheap ya know.
Christy Q says
FIFTH ME!
Hmm… five years from now, I hope to be healthy, enjoying time with my husband, my parents and my dog. Can’t ask for much more than good health and the company of my loved ones.
Faith says
FIFTH ME!!!
Five years from now, I would love to be the proud owner of a beach house where I can start implementing all the cool things I have been posting to my ‘Beach House’ board on Pinterest!!! We are nothing without dreams, right???
CP says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully we’ll have another kiddo added to our family and still be in the same house, after several more DIY projects of course!
Jenna C. says
FIFTH ME! I’d love to be raising goats in southern AZ. Or living in a villa in Sicily. Or raising goats in a villa in Sicily?
Annie says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I will have babies and my house will be impeccably decorated (a girl can dream).
{Ironically, my boss asked me this same question this morning, and I told him that I HATE the 5 year question. Ha!}
Ivonne R. says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I’ll probably be living closer to family, and my oldest will be getting ready to go to college.
Tracy says
FIFTH ME! I love, love where we live so I’m guessing we will stay put.
Mercedes says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to have moved closer to my family and hopefully have started on a family of my own. Looking forward to a lot of milestones hopefully happening in the next 5 years!
harmony says
Fifth me! Probably in new, more permanent place, settled into my home routine and style, celebrating the beginning of grade school for my littles.
Angela says
Fifth Me!
I hope to be in a job I love and in the same house with my husband and my cat. I hope all of our plumbing works well by then!
Allison W. says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living in the OBX with my Hubby!
Erin says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 Years- hopefully more kids, new home, happy & healthy!
Debra says
Fifth me!
In five years I hope to have bought my first investment property and will redo it and rent it out.
Jen says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope I can add another five countries visited! Fingers crossed!
Michelle Reeve says
Fifth Me! We are in our forever home, we hope because we just moved, but maybe we will finally have everything decorated and unpacked!!!
Danielle says
FIFTH ME!! We hope to be living in Asheville, NC. A great city and near and dear to family. :o)
Caitlin says
FIFTH ME!
We’ll definitely have a few kiddos bounding around, and hopefully in a bigger house in the same town, but nicer part of town :)
Michelle L says
FIFTH ME! What a fantastic prize! I think I could just about redecorate my living room area with some massive goodness! In five years my oldest will be just about driving. We will probably be doing that same thing…work, church, etc., but I hope to have a home that is is welcoming and that screams us. I also hope we can take the kids to Disney World in the next five years.
David says
FIFTH ME! One child graduated from high school and another on his way. How did they get so old? How did I get so old?
Shannon says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be under the same roof with my sweetie, holding a job that lets me pay the bills but doesn’t stress me out, and with a gorgeous new sleeping porch on the back of my house!
Danielle C says
FIFTH ME!!
I see my self enjoying my hubs, 2 kiddies and workiNg for ourselves!
Karen says
Fifth me! Hubby is about to graduate college, and both our jobs are part-time/temporary, so we’re open to almost anything on the job front!
b*schus says
FIFTH ME! wow that’s a tough one. I definitely want to still be married with my dog and daughter, and hopefully another kiddo or two! Careerwise, I just hope for a happy fulfilling workplace with good flexibility for family time. (OH, and definitely a new house).
Jackie Jade says
FIFTH ME! I hope that in 5 years, I’ll be blogging more and being able to work less (or part time). Hopefully I’ll have also upgraded out of our tiny starter home!
Lindsay says
FIFTH ME!
I would hope in five years my fiancé and I will be married and maybe even have a baby!
Tabitha says
FIFTH ME!I have one little on the way and hope I will have two then having dance parties with them and my husband in the kitchen!
Christy U. says
FIFTH ME! In five years hopefully I’ll have my own home so I can go DIY crazy!
JB says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in the next 5 years I will be married and starting a family.
Sarah Summers says
FIFTH ME PLEASE!
We’re hoping to have bought a house and have filled it with one or two happy babies :)
BRAD says
FIFTH ME!
In five years ill be. . . who knows. but hopefully the wife, myself, and our three year old have a whole lot of fun between now and then