Day 1- Stuff I Love & Our First Giveaway!

Who’s pumped?!? This girl. Today is the first official giveaway on my blog and I’m super excited and kinda nervous.

Truth? I’m wondering if anyone will participate. I mean, I know that I love free stuff and I’m fairly certain that there are at least three readers out there so maybe we’ll have a showing. 🙂

Let’s get started, shall we??

It all started with this post here over with my homies, Young House Love. (Disclaimer: they are not really my homies, but I like to think they are. We do Tweet back and forth sometimes. On second thought, I think that does make us Homies.)

Anyway… they were featuring Jessica Rose with Vol.25 and her super cute artwork. Seriously, look at her stuff listed on Etsy:

Unfortunately, I didn’t win that particular contest but I did fall in love with Jessica’s style. I mean, how could you not?

I contacted her in November about doing a custom piece because I absolutely Love her stuff. And after many many emails back and forth, we finally got our act together and she drew this for me:

She’s been really busy lately and can’t take custom orders but since I waited so patiently, she was kind enough to whip up this bad boy for Ryan and I. {love her}

As you can see, this is my blog’s namesake. Together We Are Home… no matter where home may be. And for us, as a Navy family, home will be a lot of places.

I also got this sweet print which is hanging in our living room.

So in honor of Day 1- Stuff I Love I’m giving away one of Jessica’s prints from her Etsy shop, valued at $24.

I chose this one because it pays homage to our blog and as it hangs on the wall of one lucky winner’s home, I hope it reminds you of what is truly important in this life.

Details about the print via Jessica’s Etsy shop:

IMAGE SIZE
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8×10″

PAPER SIZE
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8.5×11″

PAPER MATERIAL
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Each and every piece of VOL25 art is printed on textured canvas. I promise you will fall in love with this canvas paper, just as much as I did! The depth and color produced is very crisp and truly amazing… something you have to hold in your hands to really appreciate. You are welcome to browse my shop feedback, many customers have left excellent feedback regarding this unique media.

ARCHIVAL INK
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VOL25 artwork is reproduced with highly archival pigment based ink. We use a professional level wide format Epson Stylus 4880. Super fun fact: I affectionately refer to my printer as “Prints Charming.” 🙂

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So there you have it… our very first giveaway has been launched! Now down to the nitty gritty:

Prize: One “Wherever We Are Together” 8×10″ print (or another one of equal price if you’re not partial to this one)

To Enter: Comment on this post and tell me your favorite place you’ve ever called home.

BONUS ENTRY– Follow my blog via email or the RSS feed, let me know in a comment and get an additional entry (or if you already follow, just post that as a comment).

Giveaway Ends: Tuesday, April 19th at 12 midnight CT

Number of Winners: ONE*

Winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on the blog Wednesday, April 20th.

*Everyone’s a Winner! Jess is very generously offering a 40% discount at her Etsy shop to all Together We Are Home readers. Woo Hoo!! Go get yourself some purty stuff to hang on your walls cause you know they need it. Use code SPRING40 at checkout.

You can check out more of Jessica’s work here:

Blog: http://www.vol25.typepad.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Volume25

Good luck ya’ll!

I was not paid or compensated in any way by Jessica of Vol.25 to write this post or host this giveaway. I purchased her art on my own before starting this blog. I simply wanted to share her awesome stuff and make some lucky reader’s day with a free gift!