***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
After an excitement and entry filled holiday giveaway we’ve crowned our big winner. Well, random.org has crowned a winner. And she is… Nina (who’s planning to soak up and celebrate the magic of the season with her toddler, babe, and hubs this week as well as do some gift wrapping, toy assembling, and cookie baking by the light of the tree). Congrats!
Oprah has Favorite Things. Martha has Good Things. We have Things We Love (okay, so maybe it’s not as catchy or scream-and-cry-on-national-TV-worthy, but we tried). The point is that we’ve rounded up five prizes that we heart, covering a whole range of topics that we love talking about ’round these parts – from art and tools to cleaning and ceramic animals. All in all, it’s nearly $750 worth of goodies for one lucky reader! So without further ado, here’s what one of your stockings will get stuffed with this week:
- An iRobot Scooba 230 – A compact floor washing robot from the makers of Roomba that’s small enough to get under cabinets and around commodes (worth $299!). Because less time spent scrubbing your floors means more time spent DIYing.
- An $150 gift certificate from 20×200 – One of our favorite spots for fresh original art, including the bicycle print that my sisters got me for my birthday last month. There are lots of ways to spend your $150, like splurging for a framed piece.
- Over $200 worth of Kreg Tools – The stuff that gives me the confidence to take on my woodworking projects (this set includes the Kreg Jig Master System and Multi-Mark as well as new stuff that I don’t even have: the Shelf Pin Jig and Square-Cut) – all worth $215!
- The ceramic pig speaker from West Elm – You already know that we love this often back-ordered guy, so we begged the folks at West Elm to put one aside for the winner.
- And A Very She & Him Christmas CD (or LP) and winter hat – You’ll need some music to listen to on your new pig speaker, right? And we’re loving these festive tracks from Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward.
So now that we’ve outlined the prize, here are the regular giveaway details:
- PRIZE: See above
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “HAPPY HOLIDAYS!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … what’s on your holiday agenda for the next week? Do you have lots of last minute shopping / cleaning / cooking to do? Are you traveling? Or are you just sitting back and waiting for a certain red-suited man to hop down your chimney (like Clara)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 21st 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: Get 10% off on framed print orders placed at 20×200 through tomorrow December 20, 2011 with the code YHL10
- 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 iRobot, Kreg Tools, 20×200, West Elm and Merge Records,
CrysHouse says
Happy Holidays! I have to find something to give my mother-in-law!
LIsa P says
“HAPPY HOLIDAYS!”
This week I will be finishing up my shopping, wrapping, knitting my daughter a scarf and hopefully making two fabric covered cork vases using your tutorial! It is going to be a busy week!!
Sarah says
Happy holidays! I will be traveling to Colorado to spend Christmas with the in-laws and hopefully do some skiing.
Annie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
I’m headed home tomorrow to relax with my family! I got my shopping done weeks ago so I’m looking forward to just having fun this week!
kathy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Just starting my xmas shopping today and have to ship them to Florida for the family and drive to Philly from DC to celebrate with other family! The life of a grad student…. : )
Kristin says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Thankfully, we don’t have to travel. Our family is all in town. My husband and I have a church “young-married’s” party and then I’m hosting a girl’s movie night. Other then that, all shopping and wrapping is done! So I can relax and enjoy my Christmas tree :-)
sap says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Spending time with the family, lots of baking, packing up my parents for their upcoming move, and lots and lots of driving!
Erica says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’re traveling to Nebraska from Illinois.
Michelle M says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Working, shopping, wrapping, cleaning…ah! Where did the time go?!
Emily says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This week I will be working (short week!), celebrating my husband’s birthday, wrapping presents, and making Christmas cookies!
Lisa says
Happy Holidays! I’m headed to my hometown to celebrate with my huge, crazy family and old friends!
Laura says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This week will be filled with present wrapping and watching my favorite Christmas movies, like “Home Alone” and “Elf” and “Christmas Vacation” again because I’ve seen two of those already this weekend! Speaking of this weekend, my family hosted our first-ever Christmas Fiesta, where we wore fake mustaches, had tacos and fajitas and busted a pinata! I love this time of year!
Liz says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We have to wrap everything and do a ton of cleaning!!
Nicole says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
All that I have left to do is wrap presents and make sure the house is tidy. I am so glad we got so much done ahead of time so we could enjoy the month.
Sharon says
Happy Holidays!
What a wonderful give away :) My holiday plans include visiting my family on Christmas Eve and visiting my husband’s family Christmas day. Our parents live an hour and a half apart and it is nice to get to see everyone during the holidays.
Lydia says
Happy Holidays! This week includes finishing last minute gifts, baking, and maybe finally making our Christmas cards. So much to do…
Patrick says
Happy Holidays!
I’m looking forward to spending time with family.
Adam says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m going to be relaxing now that my exams are over; I’ll be spending time with the in-laws and then going skiing over New Year’s.
Melissa says
Happy Holidays! Spending time with my little family, family parties and lots of eating.
Erin says
Happy Holidays! We’ll be heading to Upper Michigan for a week of family holiday time – and lots of eating.
abby says
happy holidays!! working, visiting grandparents, wrapping, and sewing!
cec says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!
My husband and I are braving the roads and driving 10 hours to Alabama to spend the holiday with his dad.
Man, that Roomba would be sweeeeet….it bet our chihuahua would try to fight it!
Megan S. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Looking forward to exchanging gifts (love seeing the reaction on family/friends faces!) and trying out some new crafts I found on Pinterest
kristin says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We’ll be heading back to the city where we both grew up so we can catch up with family we haven’t seen since Easter. Only a few small gifts left to buy.
Leah says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’ll be DIYing some gifts to give away, should be fun :)
Sarah T. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
We are moving 3 days before Christmas – this would be the BEST gift ever!
Kelly says
Happy Holidays! I have to work all week but will be last minute shopping, cleaning, and prepping for a holiday party in my free time.
Lisa says
Happy Holidays!!
Eating, resting, enjoying the company of family and trying to keep my 13 month old son from tearing down my parents’ Christmas tree during our visit in PA.
Shraddha says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Jamie H says
Happy Holidays! We’ll be going to visit the in-laws/parents for the weekend. Luckily all of our shopping is done, we’re just waiting for the last gift to arrive in the mail.
Staci says
Happy Holidays!
Man, what I wouldn’t give for that Kreg set.. or the pig speaker!
This week is busy, busy, busy at work for me (I work at a Church; Christmas is kind of a big event) so I’m glad my party has been thrown and shopping has been completed!!
Misty H says
Happy Holidays! Staying close to home and treating my mom to a day of beauty before the weekend madness :)
Sarah says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
I have to find some delicious cookies to make for various family dinners!
Dawn S says
Happy Holidays!!
We hand-made all our gifts this year, and my part is done (all that’s left is to paint our 2 year old’s twin bed that Hubby built from an Ana White plan). But no relaxing just yet — my in-laws arrive this week for a few days, which is always stressful to entertain them. But then we’ll get to relax as a family of 3, alone, for the Christmas weekend before we go visit my family for a day or two.
I’m also hoping Hubby can toddler-watch while I paint the baseboards and door trim in the last 4 rooms of the first floor…it has been on my to-do list for about 4 months!
Kristin says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
My husbands family is coming over from England and we’re all going to feast on mince pies and christmas pudding!
Amy B. says
Happy Holidays! We will be celebrating my husband’s birthday, wrapping presents, and celebrating with family.
Andrea says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We will be going to a fancy christmas eve party and then heading south to see my family on christmas day. Lots of present shopping left to do! This would definitely help with that. :)
Marlene says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Wrapping all the presents I bought and deciding what to make for Christmas dinner.
Amy Harle says
Happy Holidays!! I’m finishing up last-minute shopping and getting the house ready for the big day. Thanks for the chance :)
kim says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
will be doing all things holiday; elf-on-the-shelf-ing, cookie making, photos with santa, hot cocoa, and of course last minute shopping!!
Nicole says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS :)
We will be traveling to Michigan, with our puppy, to spend the holiday with family.
And we can’t wait!!!
Luce says
Happy Holidays!!!
Christmas shopping is done and my house is nice and clean.
We are ready to spend a few days with our families. Yay!
Zabet says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
We’ll be spending the week eagerly awaiting prezzies ordered online so we can get to wrappin’!
Julie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I have some baking to do since we already at the first round of cookies! : )
meag says
Happy Holidays YHL! I’m vacation planning…because at the time it seemed like a good idea to take a break after the holidays!
Erin says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am hosting a formal style sit down x-mas dinner for the first time this year! I am pumped to breakout the fancy plates and silverware we got from our wedding. And I’m pumped to make some cookies!!!
Julie Truman says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ll be preparing a huge Christmas dinner for my family of two…and eating it for the rest of the week!
Jackie K. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Lots of celebrating with friends and family going on this week for both my birthday (this Thursday) and Christmas! ‘Tis the season!!
Kristi says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We are celebrating Christmas with our families with TONS of great food, presents, games and then following it up with some renovations on our new home — this would be a perfect start to that!
Michelle says
Happy Holidays!
I’ll be baking/preparing final homemade presents, celebrating with coworkers, watching lots of Christmas movies, having a Christmas movie/dinner/present night with my boyfriend Friday and then spending the weekend with my family. Can’t wait!