***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,
Ellen says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
I’ve gotta pull all the gifts outta the closet to start (…and hopefully finish) wrapping them!
Amy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Lots left to do. Shopping, meal planning and cooking, cleaning.
Helen says
Happy holidays! This week will be full of shuttling back and forth between a zillion different family events. Whee!
JennCfrGA says
Happy Holidays! I’m getting the house ready(ahem, presentable) for all the out-of-town guests we’ll be having this week :)
Claire H. says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We are baking, visiting the local ‘Christmas All-Year-Round’ shop to find our annual family ornament(s), visiting with family, and watching Christmas movies… can’t wait!
Shelby says
Happy Holidays!
Making cookies and packing-we are moving two days after Christmas.
Lissa says
Happy Holidays! I am going to be running around like a mad woman doing ALL of my Christmas shopping, decorating the tree and baking cookies/ desserts because I’m crazy like that. :)
Julie S says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Finally done grading exams and projects (I teach at a small college) – now it’s time to relax with family and friends.
Priscilla says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
I’ll be doing last minute shopping (heading out right now ;)
and making some home-made gifts!
Maggie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’ve got tons of cooking and baking to do!
Ilana says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Finally getting around to watching all the Home Alone movies :)
Rich says
Happy Holidays!
Kate says
Happy Holidays!
Finish shopping for gifts, bake more cookies, make truffles for gifts to neighbors, wrap gifts, take the baby to get a picture with Santa and order lobsters for Christmas Eve dinner.
Yao says
Happy Holidays!
I need to finish mailing out some holiday cards and a knitted gift or two and I’m all done. :D
Jennifer S. says
Happy Holidays!! The week before Christmas is always so busy with a party for my brothers birthday on the 20th and last minute shopping, wrapping, cleaning baking and for us, the classic procrastinators…decorting!
Merry Christmas YHL!
Jennifer S. says
that should be DECORATING. GEEZ
julianne says
Happy Holidays!
Christmas cards need addresses… why do I not keep a list of these addresses somewhere??? And work people need gifts… And there is wrapping that needs to be done… Ok, so I have a lot to do still…
Jodi says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This week my kids and I are doing one traditional holidays activity per day (today is gingerbread houses, tomorrow is stringing popcorn for the tree, wednesday is decorating cookies with friends, etc etc). The rest of each day we’re basically planning on being lazy slugs and just enjoying time off from school!
Lindi says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I just have one more present to buy… and a lot of cookies to bake! I’m excited.
Lisa C says
Happy Holidays! This week I will be baking and decorating Christmas cookies at my in-laws’ house and enjoying some down time!
Emily says
Happy Holidays!
I’m taking 10 of my 11th grade students ice skating in Central Park on Wednesday
Marnie says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS…
Baking…relaxing and enjoying family.
Samantha Severson says
Happy Holidays!!
I am waiting for a fat man in a red suit to stuff himself down my chimmney and bring me a basset hound!
April says
Happy Holidayas!
I plan on relaxing and baking!!
Ali says
Happy holidays! Pies – I’ll be making lots and lots of pies!
kate says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
i’m planning out a new bathroom! just discovered that the bathroom the person who i bought the house from is structurally deficient and the whole thing has to come down. looking on the bright side though, new bathroom!
jacqueline says
Happy Holidays!
One of my favorite holiday preparation activities is an all day Christmas Movie Marathon with my friends. There’s a ton of food, some Christmas cocktails, and at least 5 of our favorite Christmas movies!
Katie Beth says
Happy Holidays! I am so thankful to be spending Christmas with my husband who just returned from Afghanistan on Thursday! We will be spending the next week traveling to see lots of family who are all anxious to see him and welcome him home.
Monica Bowles says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Traveling out of state to visit family. FUN!
Keith says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Looking forward to our first Christmas as a family without having to travel!
Lin says
Happy Holidays!
Working with clients to get them ready for their happy holiday.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!
Kellee says
Happy Holidays!! Doing nothing but spending time with family for the next week. That and too much eating!
Joni says
Happy Holidays!
Last-minute shopping is at the top of the list :)
Brianne says
happy holidays!
cleaning!
Jennifer says
Happy holidays! I’m in the middle of nailing down a contractor for my kitchen remodel this week, yay!
Mindy in Indy says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
With a 4 year old and a 1.5 year old we are waking up on Christmas morning to shrieks of joy and shredding paper!
KathyG says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I am just sitting back and enjoying mostly! I have a flight on Christmas Eve to go to my sister’s in TX, so I’ll help them when I get there. But my work here is done!
Happy Holidays!
Karen says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! and as we like to say here in Rockville, MD; MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! We are looking forward to our 2 college age kids coming home and getting the other 2 older ones over to get the whole family together again! Enjoy your little one. They really do grow soooo fast!
Kim says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! My agenda includes a lot of Lifetime movie-watching, cider sipping, and relaxation.
Salina says
Happy Holidays!!! I’ve got lots of cleaning to do, but thankfully all the shopping is done, done, DONE! woo hoo!
Leann says
Happy Holidays! We’re headed to CO from SC to see my brother-in-law before he deploys.
Angela / Hey Emitt! says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I can’t wait to spend Christmas day with our 5 month old. He’s a little young to understand what’s going on but I am looking so forward to Christmas morning with him!
Linda says
Happy Holidays! We will be getting together with family (23 of us) to play games, eat, open presents, eat some more and, finally, eat.
Carolyn says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I’m working all week. But my shopping, baking, cleaning is done and I enjoy going home in the evenings and relaxing.
Judith says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Just bought the crown molding for the kitchen cabinet makeover. The goal is to have it finished before Christmas! We’ll be really busy this week.
My cabinets will be green though…sage green…what do you think!?
Alyssa says
Happy holidays! Planning to get through these last few days of work then R&R for a week with family.
Laura says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Oh I always leave the gift wrapping to the last minute. Presents are done though and cards are mailed! <3
Kate says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I’m enjoying some time off at home this week, and flying to see family at the end of the week.
Emily says
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! All done shopping and wrapping, just waiting for Christmas Eve to set out what couldn’t be wrapped and wait for Santa to visit.
Nicole says
Happy Holidays! The next few days will be spent baking and delivering the last of my cookies, and making the finishing touches on my homemade gifts! How is it that Christmas is in 6 days?!
Heather says
Happy Holidays!! We are driving to Colorado the day after Christmas, so we are getting ready for that trip this week!