***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – scroll down to see who won!***
The winner of this week’s giveaway can literally make that request. Because Swedish-born Virginia-based artist Erica Eriksdotter is giving away a commissioned painting worth up to $350. That’s right everyone, put on your fancy pants because soon you could be telling your friends smugly “oh yeah, that beautiful painting over there? I commissioned it.”
We really like the color in all of Erica’s work, and we love that our winner will be able to guide the color and design of their custom work to fit their home perfectly. You can even pick the best size for your space (from a 12 x 9″ up to 16 x 20″). Here’s how to enter:
- PRIZE: A commissioned painting from Studio Eriksdotter worth up to $350
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT ME A PICTURE!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork that you currently own. Maybe it’s a finger painting done by a kid in your life? Something you got on etsy? Or a drawing that you sketched yourself to fill some blank space?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, November 24th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States, Canada and Europe!
- 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 Thursday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
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Not only do we have one winner, but everyone can get 10% off of anything from Studio Eriksdotter through Dec 9th. Use the code YOUNGHOUSELOVE for any stationery purchase in her Etsy shop or you can contact her directly for art inquiries.
And our very lucky winner (as selected by random.org) is… Ali Moore. Congrats!
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Studio Eriksdotter.
Janelle says
Paint me a picture! My favorites are work my mom did when she was in college.
April P. says
Paint me a picture! Right now my favorite picture in my house is one of two Adirondack chairs sitting on a porch facing towards the ocean. The colors are very muted and calming… i love it!
tabatha sumner says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My personal fav piece of art is a black and white photo of a girl standing at a bakery counter. Purchased on etsy.
melanie says
Paint me a picture! We have a beautiful picture of a street in Hondouras painted by a street vendor there.
Jennie says
Paint me a picture!!! I have wayyy to much blank wall space!!!
Monse Valera says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
My husband and I just moved to our first house and our walls are BARE! this could be our first piece of art in our house… :)
Spring says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece of art is the Lego mosaic my husband made for me last Christmas. It combines his love of Lego and my obsession with Wonder Woman. It took him six months and it was a complete surprise.
Pics are here @NathanFillion This couple will name their future child after Firefly if they win engagement ring contest! http://on.fb.me/cD5nLe
Jen K says
Paint me a picture! I love the piece of art my hubby bought me while we were vacationing St. Barth’s. It was a trip of a lifetime and it is so nice to have a real piece of art to remember it by!
Jenet says
Paint me a picture!
I currently have absolutely zero art in my house! We moved in two years ago and are still fixing it up so we haven’t gotten around to decorating yet!
Spring says
Whoops! Wrong cut and paste. Pics are *here* http://www.flickr.com/photos/spotzle/4472423272/in/set-72157623600045333/
Jennie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite art would be our own photography from our vacation to Alaska three years ago.
Sonya Narla says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My print of “Starry Night” in my apartment.
Amy SB says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Jess U says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My sister painted a picture of my little family..husband and two dogs. It is so sentimental to me. She’s super talented and I think of her everytime I look at it and how lucky I am not only to have an amazing family, but an incredible sister, too!
Katie says
Paint Me A Picture!
My favourite piece of art in my home is a picture that 4 of my Mom’s friends had painted for me as a wedding gift. I’m a med student, and it’s a painting of a doctor taking care of a young patient. It’s cheerful and bright and I will hang it in my office someday – when I finally finish training and HAVE an office! :)
Still in school so I can’t buy much art right now. I’d love to win this prize to add some much needed colour to my place!
Eryn says
Paint Me A Picture!!
My favorite artwork is the collage of my kids’ art on the fridge!! Thats also the only artwork we have:)
Farrah says
Paint me a picture! I love the picture that my two year old drew of me – just a head with stick legs…
Danielle says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My little one did a finger painting on canvas that I love. I love Erica’s work, it’s so vibrant.
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WendyMi says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!
My favorite picture at the moment is a fun oil painting of a NYC street view, but I’m always on the lookout for more. It’s something that I have wanted to start collecting.
We have a fun new place near me called Painting With a Twist. I’m itching to get over there and paint my own masterpiece.
Mallory says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
A picture a photographer friend took and some fun plates
Karen T. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece was given to me as a Christmas present by my grandmother years ago.
EJ says
Paint me a picture.
Grace says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!” I think my fave one of a kind piece of artwork would be a sketch that I once did of an ex that I still have. It still reminds me of the peaceful nights we used to have just chilling.
Lindsey says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite one of a kind image is the abstracted saxophone that I bought during Louisiana’s Angola Prison Rodeo in October. It was painted by a man currently serving life for armed robbery.
sally G says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of art is a watercolor portrait a friend of ours painted of my husband and me on our wedding day.
Tiffany says
Paint Me a Picture, some paintings of Santorini that we picked up in Rhodes by a Greek artist, it takes us back to our trip each time we look.
Emily says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My college roommate is an encaustic painter, so we commissioned her to paint us some pieces to hang at the church for our wedding. We now have four beautiful pieces hanging in our living room!
liz talbot says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I have a pencil sketch of my now-husband and I when we were engaged, but would love some color on my walls!
Tricia says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My little one is just 9 months old so she’s not an artist YET but as soon as she draws/paints/artfully drools on a piece of paper, I’ll hang it up. For now, my favorite one-of-a-kind piece of art in our house is the painting I did my senior year of college. Our project in art class was to cut out a 1″x 1″ square out of a magazine and “blow it up” on a larger canvas using acrylic paint. Mine is red, with a part of a dining room chair, a coconut, and a part of a yellow napkin. It’s funky, it’s bizarre, but I love it.
Christina Peterson says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite one-of-a-kind artwork I own is a painting my husband picked up in Greece – it’s a silhouette of a photo of me.
heather f says
“paint me a picture”
I collect paintings and sculpture of crows. I would love to see what the artist could do with that theme! the rest of our art is giant flowers
Lyndsay M says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
We have blown up some of our photos from our honeymoon to italy, and those have definitely become our favorite pieces :)
Emily says
Paint me a picture!
Liane Roy says
Paint me a picture!
I have two shadow box-type frame thingys that I’ve customized with photos of us, pretty colored paper, and clips of poetry/quotes about love. I really like them!
Erika says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE”
MMy favorite original artwork is that which my 3 year old lab did – it is her pawprints in four different pastels that she did at the doggie daycare for a spring fling get together. Love it…hangs on my fridge proudly :)
Paula in MN says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have a beautiful old pie safe with steel doors. My kids hang their artwork for me up there every day, and at the end of the week it gets filed in their portfolios. It’s my own revolving art wall.
emily says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My grandfather sketched a whole series of animals in crayon over a couple of summers. After he died, my grandma framed one for each of her 15 grandchildren. Mine’s a toucan. Really silly, but I love it.
Catherine MacLean says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece is from a local artist here in Halifax, she uses bits of the sea in all her art (sand dollars, sea glass, beach wood etc). It’s a simple, beautifully painted pieces of canvas with 3 varying sized sand dollars attached to it, love it.
KaraQ says
Paint me a picture! My favorite piece of art is a huge abstract piece done by my husband. It’s currently adorning the brick wall of our loft. But there’s always room for more art in this space :)
Lauren says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite one-of-a-kind artwork is actually a picture of two (somewhat crooked) smiley faces my 2YO daughter drew – one crooked happy face is mommy, the other is her. :)
Dee says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!” We’ve been in our house since 2006 and the only “art” we have on the walls are photos :(
Carmen says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite original art is a Starry Night picture that my now 10 year old did with oil pastels a couple years ago. I need to frame it, I still haven’t.
Chelsea says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece of art is a print that I purchased from an Etsy shop that I discovered on this very site.
Jane Little says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Thanks for offering this cool giveaway. I don’t own any original art ‘cept some drawings from my fourth grade students. However, I have bought some on Etsy for gifts.
Anna says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!! I love these paintings!
andrea says
Paint me a picture!
I have some nice photographs that I’ve taken myself and had framed.
Priscilla says
Paint me a picture! One of my favorite art pieces is a drawing done by my daughter, of a mountain scene.
Cara says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!
I don’t have any original art — would love to have some though!
Emily says
Paint me a picture!
Actually I went out art hunting over the weekend and came up with a photo that is printed on some canvas and sealed with a thick varathane that makes it look positively juicy. Only way to describe the colours.
Katherine says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
A painting done by my mother, of the piano at our church. The same piano I played for my senior piano recital in high school. A great way to keep a memory!