*** This giveaway is now closed – see who won below! ***
After 10,000 interesting name origin stories, random.org has selected our winners as… Beth (who says “my dad picked it out and to this day I’m whole heartily a daddy’s girl.”) and Chelsea (who’s name story is: “My parents got my name from the 1981 movie, On Golden Pond. ‘Chelsea’ was played by Jane Fonda”) Congrats!
I realize from the name Online Fabric Store, you might have trouble guessing what this online store sells, so allow me to solve that mystery for ya. Fabric! And seemingly every kind of fabric – like upholstery, decor, quilting, apparel and even garden fabric. Which means that this week’s two winners (who are each getting $250 to spend there) could tackle anything from sewing some pillow covers or making a duvet to redoing the curtains in an entire room. And the cool thing about their system is that the more yardage you buy, the cheaper each yard gets – and once you get over that $50 mark, your shipping in the US is free.
- PRIZE: A $250 gift card to Online Fabric Store
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FABRIC ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …what’s the meaning behind your name? Does it carry some special significance within your family? Or is there a cool story behind how your parents picked it? Have you always wished it was something else?
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: Wahoo, this giveaway is available worldwide!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners 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 winners. Good luck…
- ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!
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 Online Fabric Store.
Catherine says
FABRIC ME!
I’m named after my great great great great great times a thousand great grandmother. She was the first Catherine, and it’s been used almost every generation ever since.
PS: The fabric in the bottom middle of the picture is currently hugging the seat of my office chair :) I love it!
Brittany Lishia says
FABRIC ME!
My name was Julianna the entire 9 months that my mother carried me. My whole family referred to me as Julianna. However, the day I was born my dad went downstairs to get my mom a magazine from the gift shop and the front of the People magazine had an actress on it that had named her baby Brittany Morgan. My mom loved it so that she changed her mind immediately and changed my name. When the nurse labeled my crib/(plastic box they put babies in), my family kept telling the nurse it was the wrong baby and their baby’s name was Julianna… HAHA! My dad had to come out and straighten everything out! Quite an eventful day I would imagine. However, I have wished at times that my name was Julianna. I married an Italian and Brittany does flow as nicely with my last name! :)
Liz says
FABRIC ME!
Depending on who you ask I was either named after my dad’s sister or my mom’s favorite childhood toy… a stuffed blue elephant.
Samantha says
FABRIC ME!
My dad really liked Bewitched…
Samm Spangler says
Fabric Me!!! My parents were obsessed with Bewitched where the main character’s name is Samantha Stevens… My name is Samantha… my little brother? Steven…
My mom also proceeds to tell all other “Samantha”s that if they have brown hair, they are wrong, since Samantha was a blonde in the show… … … it made making friends in school REALLY fun…ha!
Mia says
Fabric me! My middle is name is after my grandmother!
kelsey says
FABRIC ME!
my name… well my mom was recovering from a C-Section and watching tv… it was the last name of an actress. kind of funny!
Patty C. says
Fabric Me!
I used to experiment with different spellings of my name but I’m not aware of any special meaning to it.
Jessica says
FABRIC ME!!! My name is Jessica…just like 95% (so it seems) of all girls born in the 80’s. Oh well!
Archer says
Fabric Me!
I have a weird name. It’s my great grandmother’s maiden name. I get a lot of Mr. mail even though I am a Mrs.
Nicole says
FABRIC ME!
My parents picked my name when they were driving home from a Neil Diamond concert when they were just dating.
Melissa Levin says
FABRIC ME!
Melissa was the compromise after being unable to agree on Elizabeth or Rebecca, both names I think I would have preferred;) It does mean honeybee though!
Anne @ Healthy Does It says
FABRIC ME!!!
brooke says
FABRIC ME!! :) i love my name, although when i was a kid, i wished that it was darby…or bethany. but i came around and am perfectly content with brooke. :) my parents named my brother, sister and i names that couldn’t be shortened. they didn’t want to name us one thing but have us be called something different. so, i got brooke. :)
Katie M says
FABRIC ME!
I was born via emergency c-section, so it was left to my Dad to fill out the birth certificate. He wrote the wrong name! I was supposed to be Kathleen and called Katie, but he just wrote Katie. My mother was not exactly pleased when she woke up!
Gina says
Fabric Me! My parents just liked my name.
Carmen says
Fabric Me! My parents chose my name after a nurse at the hospital where I was delivered. I guess they just liked it!
Lauren says
FABRIC ME! I was named after my dad..so far I’m the only girl I know who can claim that (although my dad spells his name Loren).
Debbie says
Fabric me!!! Not sure but I think I read somewhere that Debbie means “busy like a bee”. :)
Lea M says
FABRIC ME! I am named after my great-grandmother, and absolutely love my name and its family connection. I’m on the cusp of having my first child (due tomorrow!) and my husband and I chose names that have strong meaning to our families. We can’t wait to meet this little guy or gal!
Farrah says
Fabric Me! Regardless of what everyone thinks, I was NOT named after Farrah Fawcett. The queen of Iran when I was born was named Farrah.
Katy Hinsdale says
Fabric Me!
My parents were watching a movie with the actress Kathryn Grayson in it and loved the way the credits looked with the spelling of “Kathryn”…so that’s how I got my name!
Katherine B says
Fabric me! I’m named after my grandmother (although she’s Catherine with a ‘C’)
Nikita says
Fabric Me Please!
I got my name from the Elton John song in the 80’s. My mom said that I got so I’ll always have a song.
Shannon L. says
FABRIC ME! My name means “wise one,” but my parents said they just both always liked it…no cool story here!
Katie says
FABRIC ME!
I am working on reupholstering dining room chairs and would love the giftcards!
bacurrie says
FABRIC ME! I have the same first name as my mom so I have to go by my first and middle name which is my great-grandmother’s name. It was all very confusing!
Stephanie says
FABRIC ME! My middle name is the same as my mom’s which i love!
Jennifer Rae says
Fabric Me! My name means “fair lady” or “white ghost” depending on which book/website you look at. My name is so common so I was careful to pick names out of the top 100 when we named our three boys.
Grace says
FABRIC ME!
My first and middle names come from my great-grandparents (Grace was my mom’s grandmother’s name, and my middle name is the last name of my father’s grandparents). I love my names because they tie me to both sides of my family.
Elisa McCoy says
FABRIC ME!
I was named after a family friend who’s middle name was Elisabeth. My dad chose my name… he took the ‘beth’ off of the name. My mom got my name pronounciation(it’s said uh-lee-suh) wrong for the first 2 weeks!
Margaret says
Fabric Me!
My name means “pearl” and I’m named for my grandmother.Or possibly my dad’s ex-girlfriend. Which is what he says when he wants to tease my mother!
Anita says
FABRIC ME!
I was named after my Grandma Anna. Anita means “little Anna” so I will often sign my name with a little a.
anita
Jennifer B. says
FABRIC ME! Jennifer means a few different things (graceful, fair), but my favorite is “white.” Because I am. lol.
Mary says
FABRIC ME! I would love the fabric injection into my supplies! My name is definitely a family name… With Irish-Italian heritage, I guess having Mary as a family name isn’t too terribly creative!
Bridget says
Fabric me! Named after both of my grandmothers, gotta love it! :)
Laura says
Fabric me! I think my name means a crown of laurel leaves, pretty exciting….
Kory says
FABRIC ME!!!!
My parents wanted a unisex name in case I was a boy.
Cory if I was a boy & Kory as a girl:)
Amanda says
Fabric me!
My mom actually thought she was being creative by naming me Amanda… in the early 80s. She was wrong.
car54 says
Fabric Me!
When I was born my mother was expecting a boy. She swore everyone who saw her pregnant told her she was having a boy.
She only picked out a boy’s name–Michael. Then she had a girl. They had no girl’s name picked and we had a friend of the family whose child had a stuffed Aunt Jemima kind of doll (it was the fifties, don’t judge) and her name was the name my mother picked. I have never forgiven her, lol.
Krystal says
FABRIC ME!! No real meaning on why they picked my name they just liked it. I have never had a problem with my name
mis says
Fabric Me! I was named after a great great grandmother. I remember seeing her tombstone when I was a little kid and it freaked me out because it had my first and last name on it.
Ang says
FABRIC ME! Please! My mom’s name is Mildred, which she has always hated, so she picked a name that was not crazy for me :)
Sharon says
Fabric Me! My name is for the Rose of Sharon tree – was almost Rose – like Sharon better. Will check out that fabric site – always looking for fabric and I love the “Wahoo” – my eldest goes to UVA and we even moved to Charlottesville last year because we love the area so much – Wahoo indeed!
Lisa Jackson says
FABRIC ME!
I scored a really sweet chair while playing in the Macklemore thrift store challenge and it needs a new cushion! My name doesn’t hold any particular significance other than my parents agreed on it ;)
Anika says
Fabric Me!
My parents thought I was going to be a boy…it was just their intuition and they were wrong! I was born via c-section back when they still used general anesthesia so my mom was completely out of it and they hadn’t really decided on a girl name. But my dad decided my name should be Anika so he had everyone calling me that before my mom was even awake enough to realize she had a girl, not a boy! Good thing she liked it too!
Nancy says
FABRIC ME! Like many others, my parents were expecting a boy but got me instead. My father’s family specificially does not name babies after family members.
Brittany says
FABRIC ME! My first name doesn’t have any particular story, but my middle name is Ann after both my grandmothers!
Jenny K says
Fabric me! my middle name is the same as my grandma and great-grandma’s!
Linda says
FABRIC ME!