***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Thanks to random.org, we’ve got a Merry (belated) Christmas prize going out to… Kristin Aune (who made t-shirts for both of her kids, ornaments, buckeyes and has been trying to perfect her fudge pie recipe). Congrats!
Wahoo. Hope you guys all had an awesome holiday weekend (you can see a sliver of ours here). As we mentioned on Friday, we’ll be stopping in with one quick post each day this week (amongst family hosting, feverish book-deadline writing, and priming & painting all of our kitchen cabinets). But we couldn’t wait to share today’s giveaway that we wrangled after seeing so much amazing stuff at our local Handmade Holiday craft fair. So this week’s lucky winner will get:
- An 8×10 letterpress print (any choice of quote & color), a set of blueprint notes (airplane, boat, golfcart, knots, wave, or lighthouse) and a leather blank book from Almanac Industries. These Baltimore-based bookbinders and letterpress gurus bring a wonderful worn and masculine vibe to these printed prizes.
- $50 towards Funnel Cloud Studio on Etsy. Obviously we love her Virginia-themed art, but she also has a bunch of cheerful patterned prints and cheeky illustrations to choose from too.
- A 26-letter ornament set and this green vase from Turnerbots. And we thought our J, S, C and B initial ornaments were cool. Someone’s about to get a whole alphabet full of candy colored ceramics, along with a V-A-S-E.
- $50 towards Zou Zou’s Basement on Etsy. We loved the bunny print that we bought, and this $50 is enough to snag two of her colorful prints.
- PRIZE: Everything mentioned above
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “HAND IT TO ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … what you’ve made with your own hands recently. Did you bake something for the holidays? Did you give a handmade gift this weekend? Or have you tackled a DIY or homemade art project recently?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, December 28th 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: 10% off any item in Turnerbots’ Etsy shop until January 15th, 2012 with the coupon code YOUNGHOUSE.
- 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 Funnel Cloud Studio, Turnerbots, Almanac Industries and Zou Zou’s Basement.
-alex says
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We made Christmas cookies. I have two boys, so most of our cookies wound up being pteranadons and triceratopses. Nothing says the holidays quite like a dinosaur decorated with Easter sprinkles.
Rachel S. says
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I made a difficult homemade coconut cream pie for my fiance completely from scratch! I also made homemade mason jar snow globes! Even though Christmas is over (so sad) I’m going to be doing more holiday crafts since I actually have time now!
Tracy says
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I usually make biscotti for the family gifts, but with a 14 month old, I was a little short on time! Instead, I bought chocolate dipped pretzels and added a drizzle homemade peppermint icing to them. It turned out really good! :)
Stretch says
Hand it to me! This holiday season I used my hands to make about 300 chocolate truffles for various parties!
Angela says
Hand it to me! I made a yarn wreath for a friend, and when I gave it to her she said, “I know you must really love me, because you spent all this time wrapping yarn around a darn wreath!”
Andrea says
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I drew a salmon on porcelain plates to give to our family for Christmas, along with some home-made smoked salmon, cream cheese and crackers.
gradgirl says
HAND IT TO ME! This year, I made my own Christmas cards and gift tags. Finally.
Rachel says
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I made potato leek soup for Christmas lunch. YUM!
Harmony says
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I recently made a “3 musketeers” costume for my almost 4 yr old daughter-shes obsessed with the movie Barbie and the 3 musketeers. Also known as a form of torture for parents…;)
Jenny says
Hand it to me! I made some bath salts this year from scratch!
Heather says
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My sister and I did all DIY Christmas gifts this year so I made her several pinterest creations!
Sara D. says
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I am in the process of making fan programs for my wedding!
Beth says
Hand it to me! I made homemade cinnamon sugar roasted almonds for my coworkers for Xmas!
kelly says
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cherry pie, curtains and several presents…tis the season for crafting.
Nupur says
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I’ve been putting together holiday cookie tins with brownies, elephant ears (a three ingredient wonder of puff pastry, sugar and cinnamon and jam-filled thumbprint cookies.
Rebecca says
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My hands have been busy for this Christmas…I made some very cute coasters for friends and family as Christmas gifts (pictures will eventually show up on my blog…key word, “eventually”), I made homemade cinnamon buns for Christmas morning brunch, and at least once a year I break out the challah bread. This is a long process involving much kneading of delicious eggy bread!
Sara S says
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Lots of dinners and chocolate chip cookies!
Lara Rassette says
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I made homemade butterfingers and peppermint bark for several family gifts for Christmas.
Jenni says
Hand it to me! I made dairy-free oyster stew for my allergy-ridden hubby!
Brittany Mallett says
HAND IT TO ME!! heh heh :)
I made a lot this year… but one of my favorites was the gifts for our neighbors. This was our first Christmas in this house, and we hadn’t even met some of our neighbors yet, so I made caramel popcorn and did them up in yellow bags with homemade individual tags and bows, etc. They were so pretty, and I loved going around to all the houses and dropping them off!
Ranelle says
Hand it to me – Cookies and gifts for my brother and sister-in-law.
Sarah S. says
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I made a neat gift card holder for my mother-in-law this Christmas. It seemed a little impersonal to just hand her a stack of gift cards, so I created a little booklet and each one slid onto a pocket kn each page. Then I gave it a little bling with some ribbon and jingle bells. It turned out great!
Lydia says
HAND IT TO ME! We’ve made a few things lately. We went to a holiday party and were instructed to bring an ornament, so I took a photo of their house, gathered sticks from the yard… and made the photo the center/bottom of a “nest”. Also, my husband is a marathon runner and we recently made a plaque-like board with wooden letters that spell MARATHON with little hooks beneath each letter for each of his medals!
Sarah says
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I made gluten-free sugar cookies and some dairy-free buckeye balls (peanut butter coated with chocolate). Both were a hit!
angie says
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After spending hours baking and cooking for two Christmas celebrations, I somehow found the time to make memory frames for our family ala ideas I have pinned from Pinterest!
Lindsey says
Hand it to me! Currently finshing a DIY sunburst mirror to hang in our master bedroom!
Carrie says
hand it to me, please!
This was my first Christmas as a stay at home mom and I bit off way more than I could chew in the baking dept. choc chip cookies, toffee chip cookies, peanut butter, peppermint bark, toffee, pretzel kisses, and truffles. Needless to say, we are ordering out a lot this week.
Randa says
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I “made” a photobook (via shutterfly) for my parents as a Christmas gift, which I think they’ll love.
Sasha Sobey says
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Ours was a mostly-handmade holiday this year – woven bracelets for my beautiful sisters, ornaments for our cousins, cookies for our family and friends, picture frames with family photos for the grandmas. Our 4 year old even got in on the creative party – she made christmas trees out of styrofoam cones, tissue paper, and old napkin rings for her grandma and grandpa. A tiny budget and a whole lot of handiwork made it the best Christmas ever!
Sandy says
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Made all the food for our Christmas!
Melissa Peterson says
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I had a blast making a new brussel sprout dish for Christmas dinner (I know- brussel sprouts, right?!)But it was Oh-so-good!!! I also loved giving my mom the watch I handmade for her for Christmas this year!
Pam B says
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We did “creative Christmas” with my family this year, we made a set of coasters for each family! It was fun to see what each family made! :)
Laura says
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I made some ornaments this year and a framed “map art” for my brother and sister-in-law of all the places they have lived (pinterest inspired).
Melinda George says
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I made crochet dish cloths for friends this Christmas. Plus a fantastic Christmas eve dinner for inlaws and a great Christmas dinner for us…wrapping for four kids and three grandkids.. I’ve been busy. :)
Hannah Arthur says
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This is the first Christmas my husband and I spent in our new home in California (2000 miles away from family) and I just had to decorate sugar cookies for the holidays. So I made the sugar cookies and got all the decorating fixin’s and we went to town! I also gave paintings (that I painted) to family for Christmas and bought gifts for our nephews and niece from local artisans. And now, I think I will go have one of those sugar cookies :)
Jessie says
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I made kiss cookies and peanut butter toffee pretzel cookies this year!
Katy Schiele says
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I transferred four photos of my daughter and nephews onto small canvasses to give to the grandparents for Christmas. So easy and the gift was a hit.
Dana says
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After hearing my mother and grandmother talk (this past Thursday) about wanting to put an island in the kitchen for more counter space, my brother and I decided to quicly make one for her as a Christmas gift. We were able to get all the supplies at Home Depot, cut, sand, and assemble the basic structure in 24 hours and see Mom cry when she saw it on Christmas day. We are pretty proud of ourselves. :)
Amber says
HAND IT TO ME!! My son, who is almost three and 100% enjoying Santa and Frosty, and I made cookies for Santa. It was a memorable experience :)
Allison W says
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I made a crustless cranberry pie for dessert last night and today I’m making a ham and bean soup from leftovers!
Emily says
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I made an ornament wreath that I found on Pinterest… gotta love what you can do with a hot glue gun.
Emily
Theresa says
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This season I was a slacker We’re in the midst of moving and with an 8month old who just learned to crawl, nothing goes as planned. So when we were invited to a Christmas party I was sort-of freaking out that I had to make something, but I ended up making 4 different kinds of fudge from Pinterest. Gotta love the pins!
Melissa T. says
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I made the world’s most delicious homemade Mac & Cheese! We’ve had holiday parties almost every night of the week, and at 7 weeks pregnant, bland carbs are about the only foods I can tolerate. So I perfected my recipe and took a casserole-dish of it to every party! It was a hit every time!
Jennie M says
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I made several things I pinned on Pinterest for holiday presents this year.
Deidra says
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I made little nest necklaces for my sisters, with eggs inside representing each of their kids. Too bad little sister didn’t announce she was expecting until they were already wrapped under the tree!
And one of my favorite Christmas traditions is making handmade candy canes. By the end of the holiday season, my rust had worn off and we had it down pat!
Meghan says
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I was a very DIY Christmas at our house! Not only did I make the Turkey dinner (with gravy, stuffing and cranberries) for Christmas Eve, I handmade a bunch of gifts: painted pillows and onesies, t-shirt scarves and bracelets and wire and bead nest necklaces!
Chris P says
HAND IT TO ME! I made homemade muffins and breads for Christmas brunch!
Jo @ Let's Face the Music says
HAND IT TO ME! I just finished making invitations for our Soup Swap Party at the end of January. Details-of-the-party post going up in a couple days. Today’s post describes the how-to of Chocolate Mice. Thanks for the giveaway. Jo @ Let’s Face the Music
Claire says
I knitted a fingerless mitten for winter!! It’s my first attempt at knitting and I’m just running around with the left mitten. The right hand is still work in progress… Slowly but surely
Claire says
Opps! Nearly forgot to mention… HAND IT TO ME!!
Vicki says
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The only thing I’ve made by hand lately is a mess! My house is getting a serious scrub down this holiday break.