In order to pull off THREE giveaways of this magnitude {I mean almost $15,000 of prizes doesn’t happen every day, right!?!?}, we teamed up with 16 amazing bloggers to knock your socks off and pull together the biggest giveaway in DIY blogger history. It was a lot of fun!
Without further adieu, do you want to see the WINNERS!?!?
If you are a winner, you should have recieved an e-mail from [email protected].
If you are a winner, you should have recieved an e-mail from [email protected].
If you are a winner, you should have recieved an e-mail from [email protected].
We each contacted our favorite companies and are so grateful to those that participated. Let’s show them just how amazing they are for sponsoring these events! Please visit their websites to show them our appreciation!
Thank you Silhouette for sponsoring our DIY giveaway and generously including two Silhouette CAMEOS in our prizes. If you don’t have a Silhouette craft cutting tool, it should definitely be on your list for Christmas. It is amazing!
Big thanks to LoveFeast Table for supporting the blogging community by providing such an awesome prize for this epic giveaway! We adore you and your shop and want to send lots of love right back to you!
A huge thank you to IKEA for sponsoring this amazing giveaway! Who doesn’t dream of winning a $500 gift card to IKEA {The Life Improvement Store}? Congrats to Mike. Have fun on your shopping spree 🙂
A big, huge thank you to AZ Faux Beams for a generous gift of $1,000 worth of Old Timber or Sand Blasted beams! AZ Faux Beams is a leading provider of decorative polyurethane architectural products. Their beams are virtually maintenance free, have deep, crisp detail and add market value to any home. They are easy to install and provide dependable solutions to architects, builders and homeowners.
As the #1 faucet brand in North America, Moen offers a diverse selection of thoughtfully designed kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, accessories, bath safety products and kitchen sinks for residential and commercial applications each delivering the best possible combination of meaningful innovation, useful features, and lasting value.
Thank you to Payless Decor for their generous donation of a $500 credit to their site. Payless Decor is the internet’s premiere source for window blinds and rugs. They are committed to provide you with the highest quality home decor products at an affordable price through dynamic customer service, knowledgeable staff and exceptional value. With their free samples and free shipping, affordable window coverings will always be in style.
A big thank you to Flow Wall Systems, the leading seller of flexible home storage systems. Get your home and life organized with a FREE Flow Wall plan. They are on a quest to organize the world one room at a time!
And RST Outdoor, your source for quality and attractive outdoor furniture at affordable prices. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Add onto your home by making over an outdoor space with quality outdoor luxury.
Finally, thank you to Royal Design Studio, the premier source for home decor stencils. Why wallpaper when you can avoid the glue and mess with beautiful Royal Design Studio stencils at a fraction of the cost. They carry a wide variety of high quality stencils and are sure to have a design that meets your style.
Dremelhas been a name I have known since childhood, and in my own family we’ve had a Dremel rotary tool in our DIY arsenal for 10 years now! It is great forvarious projectsaround the house. Now that the rotary tool is cordless the ease of using it has simply skyrocketed! Currently the tool that I am coveting in theirSawmax, compact and easy to use for cutting virtually any material! I am putting that on my list of awesome products to buy! Thanks Dremel for providing the great rotary tools for this giveaway!
-Cassity of Remodelaholic
Thanks for the $500 donation for lovely home decor products from Kirkland’s! They have even been more generous to offer an exclusive blogger discount just four our readers! Use code BLOGGER at checkout for:
20% off entire order of $150 or more
Online only
Valid 10/24-10/28
Online coupon is not valid in stores. Qualifying purchase must be $149.99 or greater before shipping and taxes. One coupon per customer. Not valid on previous purchases. May not be combined with an employee discount, designer advantage discount, any other coupon or applied to the purchase of gift cards. No cash value. Checkout code BLOGGER is valid on Kirklands.com only. Offer valid Wednesday, 10/24/2012 through Sunday, 10/28/12 at 11:59pmCST.
Thank you to Leen the Graphics Queen for giving away a $200 gift certificate to her online store. Leen the Graphics Queen.com is the place to find hundreds of designs, from fun children’s decals to elegant, meaningful wall sayings, from decals to help with home organization, to beautiful monogram and name decals. They also now offer wrapped canvas wall art and Fabric Wall Decals!
Thank you to PSA Essentials for giving $250 in stamps and accessories!
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Thank you to Shaw Floors for generously giving away an HGTV area rug!
Utah Truffles are the BEST chocolates I have ever, EVER had in my life. You will get addicted I promise. I want to thank them for sponsoring this giveaway. Winning $100 worth of chocolate would make anyone’s day 🙂
A big thank you to Worth Home Products for a $500 credit towards any of their products which include a wide array of stylish pendants, drum shades and chandeliers that you can install anywhere you currently have a recessed light. Simply screw it in and slide up the decorative canopy to hide the recessed light. It’s as easy as changing a light bulb.
Karran Sinks was the first to introduce a complete line of acrylic sinks that could be undermounted to laminate. They are the first, and only, company to develop a line of stainless steel sinks that could be seamlessly undermounted to laminate and solid surface.
Black and Deckeris one of my favorite companies, I am so glad they helped sponsor this giveaway. Not only are the employees kind and fun to hang out with, but there products are fabulous and their prices are so friendly! The very first tool purchase for our first home was a Black and Decker skill saw… and the first time I used it, was to begin the remodel of our first kitchen… ah those were the good days! Now, few years later, ahem, I have tried several of their tools and one of my favorites theirgas free mowers. Be sure to check out their great selection of tools!
-Cassity of Remodelaholic
Thanks so much toD. Lawless Hardwarefor supplying such great gift certificates. D Lawless is a great source for affordable hardware, from a cut glass drawer knobs to drawer slides for your homemade furniture. I found them almost 2 years ago when working on ourbuilt-in storage projectand because of their great prices we were able to get both the hinges and the pulls that I wanted for a steal of a deal. The product that I am dying to buy is theirKitchen Aid lift kit…. great price and SO cool!
-Cassity of Remodelaholic
Many thanks to Glidden for participating in this epic giveaway! We appreciate their generous support and presence in the blogging community and encourage all of our readers to check out Glidden’s great line of paint when you start your next project! Also be sure to check out the My Colortopia site for helpful painting tips and ideas from the My Colortopia bloggers!
BIG thanks to FrogTape for the generous basket of FrogTape products and a $500 Visa gift card to one lucky winner who has the opportunity to create an awesome DIY paint project! FrogTape is the only painter’s tape treated with PaintBlock Technology. A DIY must to have for keeping paint lines sharp and inspiring creativity in DIY painting. Need some FrogTape project inspiration? The FrogTape blog squad shares DIY ideas, “like” FrogTape on Facebook or follow FrogTape on Twitter.
Huge thank you to HomeGoods for their $500 giftcard. We are constantly inspired when we walk into their space. Make sure you check out their incredible pin boards for things to inspire and excite you when you are inside your own space
Thank you to Rustoleum for giving away a countertop transformation kit!
Thank you to Dee from Red Letter Words for giving away $350 worth of product (excluding custom orders) to her beautiful online store. Dee’s hope is that her faith inspired art connects people to the unchanging truth of God’s word and reminds them just how much God loves them. Red Letter Words takes its name from the words spoken by Jesus in the New Testament, which appear printed in red in some editions.
Thank you to Mirror-Mate for participating in this giveaway by providing 3 frames. Mirror Mate allows you to Transform your bathroom mirror in minutes with a custom fit frame frame. They custom cut the frame and send you a complete kit. It’s easy! It’s the 20 Minute Mirror Makeover™ that gives your whole bath decorator style.
Is there anything better in this world than a friend who understands you? Last week Miss All Things Thrifty and I had a project day. I showed up in my plaid pj’s from christmas 9 years ago and a DIYers signature no look messy bun. We solved the worlds problems, ate pizza, and planned planned planned. Then living in a smallish town, one thing lead to another and we found ourselves in a VERY uncomfortable situation.
Actually it was probably more uncomfortable for the other people shopping at Homegoods, considering our outfits.
You guys know how much I love this store, it’s the hunt. I love the hunt.
So back to the story. We were walking and I was looking at something when Brooke comes up and says. “They have the most Mandilicious desk!” I broke out into a full sprint, because when something is described as Mandilicious by your BFF you can bet your hoard that it DOES NOT get better than that.
I was INSTANTLY obsessed.
So I instagramed/FBed a pic and walked the store to kill time until the comments started coming in. Because I really do care what you guys have to say! (well usually, but we will get to that in a second.)
There was probably a 90/10 split for those against the desk. And I was SUPER surprised! (You guys are usually such enablers!) This desk was awesome. So I came to the conclusion that it was my picture, that you guys couldn’t tell how great it was.
And I bought it.
And I took it home. And guess what?
It has a perfect spot.
Remember this post I just shared with you about that awkward space in my super long living room? Well I filled it with a small white chest and map, and it seemed fine. Until THE DESK moved in. Then I could see just how wrong I was about that little chest.
So I wanted to share how much this sweet desk has completed that lonely corner.
I had hung the industrial light to photograph it for my giveaway post and I just love it, so now I am on the hunt for something to put there.
So could I have made this desk? Probably
Could I have thrifted for the next 6 months to find something with the same vibe? Probably.
Would I have died without it? Probably. Oh wait. Probably not.
Do you ever think if you were a celebrity what type of “line” you would come out with? I have. I am not interested in a perfume line (unless it smells like paint!), a clothing line, or even a fabric line. What I want is a line of lighting. Stop laughing, I am serious! Custom lighting can change a room faster that you can say thrift shop mama. The thing with lighting is, people are sort of scared of it.
On another tangent. Have you ever seen something awesome on this here blog and said “Dude. Mandi finds ALL the good crap. I hate her.”
BEST NEWS EVER!! You don’t have to hate me anymore!!! Because today I am combining both opening paragraph stories and giving away a custom light resurrected by yours truly!
I have been on the hunt for a month looking for the perfect piece to rehab and giveaway to one lucky reader, there were lots of things that were good-ish but nothing that rang my bell. Until I was in AZ. It’s a good thing that my girl Jilly is as big of a hoarder as I am. She had a few of these beat up dirty industrial pendant lights hanging out in her garage without a home or a purpose. If you remember I used one in Kelsey’s room (after a coat of yellow spray paint) and I saved one for you!
Amazing how something simple like a few coats of spray paint can change a piece so drastically right?!
I used Krylon Dual in White Satin and the perfect vibrant minty green is Rustoleum Green Apple. (The electrical was also changed out so that it can plug into your wall and doesn’t need to be hard wired.)
So what do you think? Do you have a home for this great light?
Enter below! (If you are viewing via reader you will need to click over to enter! So click HERE!!)
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Love Your Guts, Mandi
I teamed up with Homes.com to sponsor this giveaway all project ideas, opinions and fabulousness are mine. Entries are open until Tues. October 23 at midnight EST. WInner will be announced on this post Friday October 24. The winner will be emailed and will have 48 hours to respond to claim their prize.
I have had a change of heart (pun totally intended.)
I used to hate hearts and love in decor. Like groan, eye roll, pssssh, that is so lame, hate. Because usually the lovey stuff you see is super cheesy and overdone “All because two people fell in love” anyone? (Sorry, if you have that in your house!) But as of late they have started to grow on me (like my Family Heart Silhouette Art project with duct tape, and the line from Kelsey’s wedding song that we put on a gigantor canvas.)
So here is my take on it. If it is authentic to you and you puffy heart love it, then you are good. If you and 97 of your closest friends all have the same wooden sign in your bedroom then notsomuch.
We have discussed a few times that the walls in my house are super tall and its hard to find things to fill the space, (especially the space above my couch) with something cheap and awesome. So while I was on my lovefest kick I went for it. Court was NOT excited about this project. I mean really, what man would want a 3.5 ft heart in their living room. But as the saying in our house goes “Sorry, its happening.” Do you use that saying in your house too?
Guess what? I was right, it turned out awesome!! Awesome enough that Court himself gave it the 2 thumbs up approval.
Want to make your own?
Time to get your supplies. I used a 1” piece of plywood (I bought a precut piece that was 4’x4’ and had it cut down to 3.5’x3.5). You will also need 1/2” brad nails (make sure they have a small head on them), something to evenly space your marks and a hammer.
Draw your outline. To make a perfect heart start by dividing your canvas into linear quarters. Mark the center line at the bottom and about 1/4 of the way down (this mark will determine how deep your heart is). Then mark the top of the quarter lines (the green ones) at the top (this will determine how high your heart is). Finally mark 1/4-1/3 of the way down on the edge of your canvas (this will determine where your heart starts to go in) then connect the dots!
Once you have your basic outline you are ready to mark where your nails are going to go. Ok so its time to get honest. Do you ever use things to DIY stuff because its nice and close and will work? (One time I puttied the gap on the inside trim of my windows with a butter knife. Shhh don’t tell HGTV!) You know when you are all set, ready for a project to start it can be SUCH A PAIN to get back up and search for something, when in all actually something else will work just fine. Whose with me?!! (hopefully that was a roar I was hearing and not a groan…) Well I did that and found the perfect spacer for my marks with a roll of 1” ScotchBlue!
Once you have marked all the way along your outline its time to start nailing! 4 even taps of the hammer sunk my nails in perfectly and evenly.
For my lettering I printed out Love using one of my fave fonts Bebas. I tried tracing it onto the board but found that it was easier to just nail right through the paper.
I wanted my board and nails white (that is why I nailed before I painted) so once everything was in place I gave it a few coats of white spray paint. Once your paint is dry its time to bring on the string!! You can find embroidery string everywhere from Walmart to your local craft store!
Start by tying a small knot around one of the nails and then go to town! Make sure you don’t cross over any of your letters and you are golden! I used 2 spools of brown string.
A tip I have to make your letters stand out is to wrap around their perimeter a few times to darken the outline.
Now we have FINALLY gotten to the point in this post where I am about to reveal one of my favorite secrets. How to get a PERFECT edge on your canvas/plywood. Are you ready!?
It is THE MOST frustrating thing in the world to get a project done and be doing the finishing touches and screw it up. Especially when you think its no big deal, right?!
There are few things we Gubler’s cant live without and ScotchBlue is for sure on that short list. Aside from the regular uses and unexpected uses that I shared with you today we use it for EVERYTHING. I came home from the store yesterday to this cute ScotchBlue Ballerina that Court made for Dylan. Please note the ballet slippers. And sorry ladies, he’s taken.
Ok back to the project.
So what do you think? Do you love Love art?
I am on the hunt for more people to follow on Pinterest (because CLEARLY I have more free time than I know what to do with!) so leave your Pinterest link in the comments and I will follow you! And if you want to follow along with the board I created all about awesome color combos I would LOVE it! xoxo
Love Your Guts, Mandi
I teamed up with ScotchBlue to bring you this post. All opinions and project ideas are 1000% mine…except the painters tape Barbie dress, that was all Court.
Happy Wednesday, friends! What better way to wrap up the most incredible giveaway to ever hit blogland, than with one last day of prizes!! 16 blog friends have been working together to bring you, our readers, followers and friends a chance to win some fabulous prizes as a “thank you” for all of your support and encouragement.
Grand Prize A: Value $1,600.00
A $100.00 gift card to Utah Truffles. MSRP: $100.00
$150 gift card to D.Lawless Hardware for kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls. MSRP: $150.00
$500 Gift Card to Kirkland’s. MSRP $500.00
$500 Gift Card to Payless Décor MSRP $500.00
$350 Gift Certificate to Red Letter Words. MSRP $350.00
Grand Prize B: Value $1469.98
$200 Gift Certificate to Leen The Graphics Queen MSRP $200.00
Two Black and Decker Platinum 20V Max* Lithium Ion Flex Vacuums {one for you and one for a friend}. MSRP: $149.99 each
$500 gift certifcate to Worth Home Products. MSRP $500
$220 gift certificate to LoveFeast Shop MSRP $220
$250.00 Paint Prize Package from Glidden. MSRP: $250.00
Grand Prize C: Value $1472.54
One Cordless Dremel tool from Dremel. MSRP: $139.99
One Countertop Transformation Kit from Rustoleum MSRP $250
A Mirror Mate kit MSRP: $250.00
One Moen Lindley Kitchen Faucet MSRP: $482.55
A $100 shopping spree to Royal Design Studio for stencils and supplies. MSRP: $100
Do we know how to go out with a bang or what?!
All you need to do to enter this giveaway is like the incredible sponsors’ Facebook pages:
And for an additional entry add us to your Google+ circles
…and then validate your entry by answering the question below {click “do it”}. In order to see the question, you need to click “do it.”. I’ve had a few readers also say that you need to also click “log in to Facebook.” PLUS you can get two optional entries by completing the two other tasks. Don’t forget to validate your entry in the Rafflecopter Widget.
Also, Rafflecopter has had a few issues keeping up with the high demand of this giveaway So, if you don’t see the widget below, come back later. Thank you for being patient!
{Alternate entry available by sending your entry e-mail to [email protected]}
*This giveaway is in no way affiliated, administered or endorsed by Facebook or Pinterest. Winner will be notified by email on 10/23/12 and will need to respond within 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen. Winner must be 18 years of age or older and a US citizen in order to win. Winners are responsible for paying any necessary taxes on winnings. Alternate entry email: [email protected] with entry information. All prizes will be mailed by the sponsor and all participating blog owners are not held responsible if the prize is not fulfilled. A list of winners may be requested after the giveaway has ended. Questions and additional information can be requested by emailing: [email protected]
We sure did! In fact, we had so much fun that we decided that we just couldn’t stop there. So today, this group of 16 DIY and home decor bloggers are back with a second amazing giveaway. This time, you’ll have a chance to win some jaw dropping DIY prize packages. You know you are just itching to get started on some new projects or {ahem} actually finish the ones that are already in progress. Are we right? You already know the group of gals that are bringing you the chance to win the DIY goodies. But just in case you need a reminder, here they are:
I am SO excited about today’s giveaway, especially for the $500 Homegoods giftcard. You guys know that they are HANDS DOWN my favorite store in the world. They have killer pinterest boards that are FULL of inspiration and we all know that we can use more pin-spiration! So go and get inspired!
Ready to see the prize packages? Let’s get started!
Grand Prize A:
A $500 gift card to national off-price Home Fashions retailer HomeGoods! Click here to find your inspiration! MSRP: $500.00
Two Black and Decker Platinum 20V Max* Lithium Ion Flex Vacuums {one for you and one for a friend}. MSRP: $149.99 each
A Mirror Mate kit MSRP: $250.00A $500 Visa Gift Card and Frog Tape Gift Basket from Frog Tape. MSRP $550.00
Grand Prize B:
One 8×10 HGTV HOME Flooring by Shaw area rug, Grandeur collection (this includes: Exotic Journey, Luna de Luna, Nirvana, Nomadic Elegance, Good Karma, A Stitch in Time and Zybra). MSRP: $1299.00
A $150 gift card to D.Lawless Hardware for kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls. MSRP: $150.00
One Cordless Dremel tool from Dremel. MSRP: $139.99
1 custom stamp, 3 Peel & Stick packs, 2-color ink, 1 color ink and 3 boxes of note cards from PSA Essentials. MSRP is $250.00
$1000.00 gift certificate to AZ Faux Beams. Good toward Old Timber or Sandblasted beams (can include shipping).
A $100 shopping spree to Royal Design Studio for stencils and supplies. MSRP: $100.00
One Silhouette CAMEO™ electronic cutting tool. MSRP: $269.99
How to enter, you ask?
Mandatory entry: Follow all 16 bloggers on Pinterest…{Yes, this means clicking over to Pinterest 16 times, after all the prizes are worth it!!}
…and then validate your entry by answering the question below {click “do it”}. In order to see the question, you need to click “do it.”. I’ve had a few readers also say that you need to also click “log in to Facebook.” PLUS you can get two optional entries by completing the two other tasks. Don’t forget to validate your entry in the Rafflecopter Widget.
Also, Rafflecopter has had a few issues keeping up with the high demand of this giveaway So, if you don’t see the widget below, come back later. Thank you for being patient! {Alternate entry available by sending your entry e-mail to [email protected]}
a Rafflecopter giveaway *This giveaway is in no way affiliated, administered or endorsed by Facebook or Pinterest. Winner will be notified by email on 10/23/12 and will need to respond within 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen. Winner must be 18 years of age or older and a US citizen in order to win. Winners are responsible for paying any necessary taxes on winnings. Alternate entry email: [email protected] with entry information. All prizes will be mailed by the sponsor and all participating blog owners are not held responsible if the prize is not fulfilled. A list of winners may be requested after the giveaway has ended. Questions and additional information can be requested by emailing: [email protected]
Good Morning!!! Get excited! Today is a good day. We are teaming up as 16 blog owners to bring you the most exciting giveaway that we’ve ever seen. We have worked hard to put together INCREDIBLE prize packages and the best part is that the fun has just begun! Today our first giveaway will begin, and tomorrow there will be a new one! THEN, if that’s not enough we will have ANOTHER one on Wednesday. Yep, three days of giveaways with fun prizes just for YOU.
*This giveaway is in no way affiliated, administered or endorsed by Facebook. Winner will be notified by email on 10/22/12 and will need to respond within 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen. Winner must be 18 years of age or older and a US citizen in order to win. Winners are responsible for paying any necessary taxes on winnings. Alternate entry email: [email protected] with entry information. All prizes will be mailed by the sponsor and all participating blog owners are not held responsible if the prize is not fulfilled. A list of winners may be requested after the giveaway has ended. Questions and additional information can be requested by emailing: [email protected]