***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,
Tiffany Mazzara says
Happy Holidays! My plans for next week are to spend lots of time with family & friends. :)
jordan says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
my girlfriend and i are headed to hawaii with her parents for christmas!
Judy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS..plan to be sipping on some frosty drinks while sitting next to the pool on a big old cruise ship. Yippeeee!
Melanie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We’ll be driving across the country to spend time with the family- can’t wait!
Rebecca says
Traveling to Philadelphia and then off to go skiing and possibly doing some archery in the Poconos.
Steph says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Lots of family time and hopefully reading a good book!
Sam @ The Junk House says
Happy Holidays!
I wrapped all of the presents yesterday, but still need to add bows and ribbon. I also need to make peppermint bark and dipped pretzels for gifts.
Corie says
Happy Holidays! I’ll be frantically baking for thank-you presents!
Marla says
Happy Holidays!
We are going skiing in Montana! Woot! Woot!
Hollie says
Happy Holidays! I will spend a day or two this week buying gifts for my mom’s stocking. My dad and I have had this tradition for several years and I love buying my mom stuff she will love!
jen says
Happy holidays! It’s our first Christmas in our new home – I’m prepping for a Christmas Eve party with family and friends! :)
Lindsay says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Trying to make sense of our home prepping for a big kitchen project over Christmas while my dh can string together some time off work. A Scooba sounds heavenly about now.
Stephanie says
Happy Holidays! We are baking up a storm around here. Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without cookies! :)
Corie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This week I’m wrapping up the preparations! While I’m giddy over all of it… hosting 3 meals in 2 days should be interesting (Eve dinner, Day brunch and dinner). Lots of cooking, baking, cleaning and last minute grocery shopping for me this week!
Plus loads of holiday stuff for the kids at school.
Busy momma, for sure!
Beth says
Happy Holidays!
We will probably spend all week shipping order to our fabulous Etsy customers! And more importantly, wrapping presents for our daughter’s very first Christmas!
Hooray!
Nicole says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’re off to Hawaii for 2 weeks! Yippee!
Katie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Let’s see…I’ll be cleaning, baking Christmas cookies, and spending a lot of time at work (oh the life of a grad student…). Looking forward to Thursday though when I go home to Maryland!
Kristin says
Happy Holidays!!
Last minute gift wrapping, sending out packages, trying to find a for my sister to be able to come home for christmas/her birthday (which are the same day!).
Heather Davis says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
My dad is flying in to spend Christmas with my husband, our son, and I! I’ll also be celebrating my 31st birthday on the 26th!
Ashley says
“HAPPY HOLIDAYS!”
We are working this week, but family comes into town on Wed and then we are non stop partying through the New Year with fam and friends.
Emily says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I still have some last minute shopping to finish. Then after I wrap the presents, I’m going to enjoy this wonderful holiday with my husband and two little boys. :)
Meredith says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Going home to Wisconsin and SUPER happy about it!!!
Amanda says
Happy Holidays!
I will be enjoying family and friends and lots of delish food/drinks over the next week…my husband and I are so excited to begin our new Christmas traditions with our little one who is 16months old!
Merry Christmas :)
Tovah says
Happy Holidays! Just had our big Gingerbread house decorating party so this week I am relaxing and will be preparing for the five hour drive to see family for Christmas. Happy holidays to you guys! I love reading your blog!
Sarah K says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
We’re packing up the minivan, wrangling the kids, and driving back to our hometown for a three day Christmas extravaganza!! :) Can’t wait!
Lisa Johnson says
Happy Holidays! And Merry Christmas! I am (amazingly!) done shopping and nearly done wrapping! My week is going to be full of cooking and baking while crossing my fingers that we’ll get some snow!(forecast for OK isn’t looking promising- but I’m hoping)
Elizabeth says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I have gifts to wrap and a few Christmas movies to watch…then the family gatherings begin on Christmas Eve!
Paulina J! says
I’ll be painting my office since Ikea decided to deliver my bookshelves the week of the 26th. So excited!!
Breanne says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!
My husband and I will be leaving Raleigh to go to the big city of Pittsburgh to see my extremely large family! All the amazing gifts I made this christmas are all wrapped and packed for the journey. Happy holidays to you and your family!!
I will honk to you all when we drive through Richmond Thursday!
Jennifer Hohner says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Finishing my stencil floor project this week and then off to Colorado to visit Family.
Kirsti @ Lovely LaLaLand says
Happy Holidays! My week: baking, wrapping, cleaning, packing, traveling, visiting, laughing, loving and giving!
Jamie @ A Healthy J.D. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We will be spending the holidays in Colorado with my sister and her family, including my 5 month old twin nephews who I am dying to meet!
Joan says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Happy because I hope to win one of these fabulous prizes. Happier yet because I just have a couple gift cards to pick up and I’m done shopping.
Rachael S says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I still need to buy stuff for my husbands stocking. I keep hoping Santa will show up and do it for me…
Kristina Strain says
Happy Holidays! We’re hosting Christmas eve this year.
Alex says
Happy Holidays!
I’m getting ready for the holidays by finishing all my grading for the semester (talk about beastly) and by finishing up the last few gifts I have to make.
Sunny says
Happy Holidays!!!
We are just enjoying time with family all week while we wait for Santa to come :)
Emily E says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m hanging out with family on Sunday. But, we are celebrating Christmas with our little family on Christmas Eve, sans all the craziness of traveling.
RA says
Happy holidays!
I have a ton of baking and wrapping yet to do, so I am WAY grateful that my company is closed on Thursday and Friday so I can run around like a maniac.
Kate S. says
We have had a pretty relaxed holiday season so far, but that ends this week. My birthday is Wednesday and that kicks off a long chain of activities: my birthday party, our annual holiday baking day, an annual shopping trip to Galena, IL (a historic village), Christmas with my in-laws 2+ hours from home, Christmas with my family 1+ hours from home, my father-in-law’s birthday on the 26th, our wedding anniversary on the 27th, we have plans to see a movie on the 28th, a dinner party on the 29th, and then one day to rest before New Year’s Eve. Just looking at my calendar makes me dizzy!
Shannon Welch says
Happy Holidays! I have a few last minute odds and ends to finish up, but otherwise I will just be relaxing and trying to enjoy the last bit of the holiday.
Emma says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m going to find time to make some latkes this week! Then on Friday I’m off to Baltimore to visit family for the weekend :)
Adrien says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Cooking, baking, cleaning, drinking.
Amanda says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I’m working until Thursday (which is making me feel a bit bah humbug)…We are headed to the inlaws on Thursday night, and I am looking forward to a long weekend spent with family.
AC says
Happy Holidays!
We’ll bee making our normal rounds at the family’s. This will be our last time as a family of 3 (us + dog) as our little girl is due Feb 4th!
Julie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We are traveling to Chicago and Dallas for Christmas, so I have to quit shopping because there is no space to pack anymore stuff.
KLL says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m very, very nearly done with shopping and equally as close to finishing the wrapping of gifts, so mostly I get to spend this week just waiting to see family. I’m not hosting anything this year, other than a small gathering of my immediate family for gift exchanges, so this week is WAY more relaxing than one year ago at this time!
Stefanie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Wrapping. Lots and lots of wrapping!
Christina says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Gonna be a cookie baking, candy making, present wrapping, hot cocoa sipping, kid cuddling machine these next few days.
Excited.
Julia Ciesla-Hanley says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
We have a few more gifts to pick up along with wrapping the few gifts we’re giving. Family decided to do Secret Santa to help cut down on holiday expenses. We then travel to Buffalo, NY on Christmas Eve for a traditional Polish dinner followed by present opening and Christmas Eve Mass.