giveaway . let us always be adventurers

anyone who’s been following this little blog for a while probably knows we’re pretty big fans of adventuring around here, so when i came across this screen printed map on etsy a while back, i knew our home had to have one.

now, thanks to colleen from walsh-walsh & son, one of you can have the map of your choice (and there are lots of choices!) for your home as well.

as always, there are a few ways to enter, and you’ll have to leave a separate comment for each entry (three comments if you enter all three ways).
1. leave a comment below with somewhere you love to head when you’re in the mood for adventure, or somewhere you’ve yet to travel to, but would like to see
2. pin the map listing on pinterest
3. add the map to your etsy favorites

contest closes friday, august 30

good luck, happy adventuring, and thanks again to walsh-walsh & son for this giveaway!

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congratulations hannah!

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:11 pm

    ANAYANCY - We love to get away anywhere on the coast– We’ll book a hotel near the beach and just drive… Our latest adventure was up in Cambria, CA!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:43 pm

    Lis - I really want to see big sur!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:46 pm

    Becca - Oh man, so many places I want to go – but mostly I really want to go to Bora Bora or Tahiti . . . when we want adventure at an affordable price however, we usually go camping or something.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:46 pm

    megan - for little day-to-day adventures we either head to the coast at sunset or find a place with a good view of The City {aka San Francisco}… but we’re big adventurers too! we’ve backpacked in patagonia, made our way through guatemala and belize and are planning our next big adventure to iceland. our next little adventure will be a couple nights in morro bay, ca for a belated celebration of our 3rd wedding anniversary {and 10 years total together}!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:48 pm

    Becca - I pinned the image from Etsy πŸ™‚ (Becca Stanley – Becca1612)ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:48 pm

    Lis - I pinned and favorited!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:51 pm

    megan - but of course… map added to my etsy favs!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 1:56 pm

    Josh - I couldn’t even wait for the giveaway and just went ahead and bought one πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 2:15 pm

    Kylie P. - I love visiting the California coast for fun adventures. Even just exploring my home town is often adventure enough! Love the map!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 2:15 pm

    Kylie P. - Favorited on etsy. (User: kpcreates)ReplyCancel

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    danni - I just moved to Chicago, so my favorite daily adventures are the inevitable moments of “Where am I?” during my daily strolls and errand-running.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 2:44 pm

    emma a - I’d love to travel to europe and visit all of the major landmarks!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 3:11 pm

    Holly - Someplace I would love to travel and see would be the Redwoods in California. Those tree giants have always seemed magical to me, and I can’t wait to one day road trip to them.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 3:13 pm

    Holly - I pinned their print to my board on Pinterest!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 3:13 pm

    Holly - I favorite the print in my etsy favs!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 3:16 pm

    Melanie - Pinned!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 3:19 pm

    Melanie - Favourited on Etsy!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 3:19 pm

    jenn - Our favorite place to find an adventure is at the Yuba River in Northern Cal!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 3:20 pm

    Melanie - My husband is from southern Ontario, and when we visit we always hop in his parents’ car and take off for the day. Road trips are the best adventures!ReplyCancel

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    monique - I would love to go camping with my little family in the smokey mountains. We just moved to North Carolina a year ago, and the thought of a fire with s’mores just warms my heart, even better if we could see a deer or two πŸ™‚ The map has been pinned and favored πŸ™‚ xoReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 4:11 pm

    Maggie Broderick - I favorited the map! I am loving it. My username is Maggie Broderick on etsy.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 4:12 pm

    Maggi - I love to go to NYC during the fall or right before Christmas if I want an adventure that feels very season appropriate. Otherwise, I love going to Pasadena to visit my brother for family/relaxation time.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 4:39 pm

    Raquel - Pinned and favorited! Sadly we aren’t able to get away for many adventurers, but If we could we’d love to actually get away for our honeymoon we never had. Somewhere tropical I’m sure. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 4:58 pm

    Brie - When we lived in Chilliwack, I loved heading down the Oregon Coast – so many quaint sea-side towns and amazing little stores to peruse. Now, we are back in Alberta and don’t get away nearly as much as we used to. But I bought a book recently, entitled Country Roads of Alberta: Exploring the Routes Less Travelled, so now our goal is to become “tourists” of Alberta and explore all the areas that I only faintly remember from my childhood, plus many more πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 5:00 pm

    Brie - Map added to etsy favourites! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 5:05 pm

    Krysta - 1. India, Italy or Mexico. All offer plenty-o-adventure but totally different ends of the spectrum.
    2. Pinned.
    3. Favored.
    4. BOOM.

    Thanks crazy kids πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 5:18 pm

    Allie P - Well this is the easiest contest to enter, ever! I had already opened the link so I could pin it and favourite it! I just love it πŸ™‚

    The next place we’d like to adventure is France. On bikes!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 5:19 pm
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    Breanna - We would love to check out the East Coast of Canada! I wish it wasn’t so expensive to fly there.

    *Pinned & *Etsy Favourite!
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/123048993/original-screen-print-on-vintage-map-let?ref=col_view
    http://pinterest.com/pin/10836855326478308/ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 5:53 pm

    mara - i miss friends in CA…i think i’d take the family for a visit. that or canada…still on our to do list before we leave WA.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 6:18 pm

    Kelsey - I LOVE going to Maui for a bit of adventure! Surfing, zip lining over the rain forest, snorkelling, and SO much more.
    And you can never go wrong with camping or going to the mountains for a weekend! I have such fond memories of going camping with my family as a child. I can’t wait until I have some minis of my own to take camping!

    This map would be the perfect addition to my home!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 6:24 pm

    Kelsey - Pinned it! (kelseyvicp)ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 6:26 pm

    Kelsey - Favorited on etsy!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 6:34 pm

    Georgia - http://pinterest.com/pin/156218680797716130/

    Love it. And I’d go to New Zealand, hands down πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 6:39 pm

    Carrie - I’d love to visit the Pacific Northwest! (among about a hundred other places….)ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 7:30 pm

    kim cole - I would love to take my 3 kiddos on a camping trip in the smokey mountains! They would love it & so would this Momma – good for the soul πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 7:33 pm

    kim cole - Pinned it to my Pinterest!!!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 7:33 pm

    kim cole - Added to my ETSY favorites!!!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 8:14 pm

    Neely - Lake Tahoe is our favorite in any season! We are fom Texas so seasons are hard to come by…ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 8:59 pm

    Alison R - I’d love to explore Italy. I’ve never been to Europe, but think having a cup of coffee in Italy and exploring the foods would be so lovely!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 9:05 pm

    Alison R - I pinned the image from etsy. http://pinterest.com/pin/82964818108741265/ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 9:07 pm

    Alison R - I added the map to my etsy favorites.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 9:48 pm

    Jenn - We have been meaning to get to Italy for years and we WILL get there in the near future. I adore these prints!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 9:49 pm
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    Jenn - and definitely added to my etsy favourites. It’s going to have to find a place in my home soon!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 9:52 pm

    sandra - I’ve added this to my etsy favs. Thanks for the introduction. Very cool stuff!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 9:57 pm

    sandra - I have also pinned it!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 9:58 pm

    sandra - my dream adventure would be the SUPERBOWL!
    Lame?ReplyCancel

    • August 26, 2013 - 9:59 pm

      andrea - no such thing as a lame dream. nor a lame adventure.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 10:28 pm

    Kirsty - Oh how we love to travel… but when we just need a break we head to the Hajar Mountains every time <3ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 10:29 pm
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    Kirsty - And also etsy favourited it πŸ˜€ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 10:41 pm

    sara - andrea I’m so excited about this giveaway as I’ve had this print sitting in my etsy shopping cart! and one of my dream adventures is coming true in a few weeks as we are headed to Ireland!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 10:52 pm

    sara - and now added as a favorite on etsyReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 10:59 pm

    Tasha - I added as an etsy fav!ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 11:00 pm
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    Tasha - I want to go back to East Africa! I hope another safari will be in my future some day.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 11:04 pm

    Tricia - We are just nearing the end of our trip to Germany. Next I would like to vist northern BC and the NWT.ReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 11:16 pm

    amanda - pinned to pinterestReplyCancel

  • August 26, 2013 - 11:18 pm

    amanda - Literally 3 days ago I moved from Iowa to San Francisco so my next big adventure is getting to work. Once that is down, I’d love to go all over the city.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 6:56 am

    Kirsten Hinds - Don’t tell my husband because he’s from there and I refuse to live there, but I like to head to California for adventure! There are so many adventurous weekend trips to take from Sacramento.

    Love the map and mantel!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 7:35 am

    Misty - I would love to go back to Utah, I was only able to travel there a little but I loved it so much I’ve been dying to go back and take my kids!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 7:38 am
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    Misty - added it to my favorites on etsy πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:05 am

    Urska - I would love to go back to Slovenia soon. It is a home where I grew up and it would be an adventure for kids.

    Pinned it http://pinterest.com/ulal/print-poster-graphic/

    Added it to my favorites on etsy.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:13 am

    Patrizia Campbell - We love to adventure just around our block and community lake. Picking up pine cones and leaves and feeding the ducks.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:33 am

    ashley - I’m visiting your blog for the first time from Instagram, where I’m a total fan of your feed. I couldn’t pass up stopping by to enter this awesome giveaway. And what a lovely blog you have as well. Glad I found it πŸ™‚ As for adventuring, we used to do a lot of international adventures prior to having kids. But now, with the littles, we do a lot of CA local trips… Palm Springs, San Francisco, Beach trips. Like you, I love me a good adventure.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:33 am

    ashley - I pinned it to my pinterest.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:34 am

    ashley - I favorited a few of their items! Such a cute shop. Thanks again for the lovely giveaway… Gonna go snoop around your blog now πŸ˜‰ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:48 am

    Laura - I love exploring Michigan’s upper peninsula!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:49 am

    Laura - I “favorited” the Local Adventures Print: 1st Edition, Original Print on Antique Map on etsy (lae143).

    But I can’t decide if I’d get Tennessee (where I live now), Ohio or Michigan!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:51 am

    Laura - I pinned Local Adventures Print: 1st Edition, Original Print on Antique Map to my “spaces” board.

    It’d be perfect in either the office or my daughter’s playroom. (Or maybe one for each?!)

    http://pinterest.com/leitniear/spaces/ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 9:03 am

    Cat Elle - My getaway place is Ogunquit, Maine. Travelled there for 17 years in a row out of my 25 years of age. That place is like a home away from home filled with childhood memories with my cousins and grandparents.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 9:29 am

    kelsy - adventures i’m hoping for in the future- Alaska, south america and skiing the alpsReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 11:49 am

    leslie - oh heavens. we cant wait to pack up our kiddos and road trip and see as many national parks as we can manage. (but not all in one trip!) fingers crossed. xoxoReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 1:29 pm

    Christine - hoping for an adventure to hawaii and new york very soon!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 1:45 pm

    Amber Gardner - La la love it. And our getaway spot is the land of Dixie… St George Utah babyReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 2:30 pm

    cait - hoping for adventures to maui, greece and back to tofino for some surfing!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 2:30 pm

    cait - it’s an etsy fav for sure!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 2:54 pm

    Christina - Love this!! I love to head out on my mountain bike when I need an adventure. When I have more time, camping is always a favorite. Heading to Alaska next week for an awesome adventure!!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 3:11 pm

    Nicole - Love this! I really want to go to Europe some day. All the history would be amazing. That or Australia! On my bucket list for sureReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 3:11 pm

    Nicole - Pinned on pinterest πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 3:12 pm

    Nicole - Also favourited it on Etsy. If I don’t win this, I’m probably going to have to buy. Love it!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 6:18 pm

    Jillian Welk - our family heads out to the paths along the Grand River… always a camera and a bag for collected treasures in tow.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 6:19 pm
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    Jillian Welk - favourite-ed!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 8:14 pm

    Cait - We love to go camping and take several family camping trips during the summer. One of our favorite places is Lake Siskiyou by Mt. Shasta in California.ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 10:05 pm

    melissa gray - when we are in the mood for an adventure we usually will head to the Cascade mountain range. there are so many different activities to do at different times of year…hiking to waterfalls in the summer, skiing in the winter, riding trains in the spring and apple picking in the fall. good stuff!ReplyCancel

  • August 27, 2013 - 10:08 pm

    melissa gray - sorry for the multiple posts. pinned too!
    http://pinterest.com/graymis/prints-and-stuff/ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 3:13 pm

    Kayls - We love to go to our cabin on the lake. It’s perfect there and I love sharing where I grew up spending time with our girl.ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 3:19 pm

    Lacey - We love to go on road trips to see family in Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia. If I could pick where to go I would love to go Europe, Probably Germany and maybe France.ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 3:24 pm

    Amy - I’d love to go to Singapore!
    Pinned on Pinterest and
    Favourited on Etsy!ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 4:25 pm

    Rachel - We live in Australia and daydream about travelling through Canada. We even have vague plans about doing a work exchange to live there for awhile. Would love to have a printed map to hang our dreams on.

    Favourited on etsy and pinned.ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 4:30 pm

    Amber - I recently moved to a new city so when I’m feeling adventurous I head into down town and hop on one of the ferries to one of the little islands in Casco Bay.

    Favorited it, and pinned it! http://pinterest.com/amberandrewsxo/dwell/ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 4:55 pm

    rychelle - favorited on etsy!ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 4:56 pm

    rychelle - there’s a little cabin in idaho, i like to slip away to….ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 5:36 pm

    stephanie - Ever since a friend of mine chartered a boat with friends of hers in Croatia I’ve been dying to go. It sound like an amazing destination.ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 5:37 pm

    stephanie - Favorited on EtsyReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 5:37 pm

    stephanie - Pinned onto my “Gift Ideas” board. (I think it would make a beautiful gift)ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 8:24 pm

    Liz - We always adventure in the mountains, even hiked our first peak this year! We can’t ever wait to get back, canmore being our new love, now we want to learn to rock climb! We always adventure!! Lovely poster πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 9:03 pm

    NikiH - I live in Ontario and have never been to any other province in Canada, so I’d love to travel and see our beautiful country. Specifically Banff and it’s national park…I’d LOVE to see Lake Louise in person, the pictures look stunning!!ReplyCancel

  • August 28, 2013 - 9:27 pm

    XandrΓ© Verkes - Have been a few places, but cant begin to list the places that I still want/need(?) to see…. it grows daily!!! Want to see everything – everywhere!!!!

    PS. favourited & pinned as well!!!! πŸ™‚ **ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 8:32 am

    Erinn T - Okay, I totally have to get in on this giveaway! So awesome and would totally be perfect for Jack’s fist birthday party/theme!!

    I would head back to Europe, except this time go to Poland, Italy and perhaps back to Paris [i love that city and could take that adventure every single day. sigh].
    xoeReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 8:33 am

    Erinn T - And I favourite’d on Etsy. This along with about 5 other of their prints πŸ˜‰
    xoeReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 8:33 am

    Erinn T - AND, I also pinned this print πŸ™‚
    xoe

    Here’s to hoping!ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 9:15 am

    jennifer martin - We love to visit vermont when we are in the mood for adventure πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 9:15 am

    jennifer martin - favorited on etsy!

    etsy name: foundpieceReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 10:07 am

    Sara - We love to go down to Oregon and explore the awesomeness that is the Oregon Coast. So inspiring!ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 10:12 am

    Sara - The map listing is pinned!!ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 10:13 am

    Sara - and favourited on Etsy πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 10:54 am

    Candice - we’d love to go the ‘bad lands’ together. we are a camper-lovin’-traveling-kind of family.ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 10:58 am

    Candice - it’s been pinned! holla!ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 10:59 am

    Candice - and favorited on etsy!!! woot woot!ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 11:08 am

    jennifer - one of our fav places to go explore is the haverford reserve. it has a bunch of trails that are always fun to explore! my husband took sophie camping for the first time this summer & she couldn’t get enough =) i see more camping adventures in the future! (pinned & fav’d on etsy!)ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 12:15 pm

    Rebecca - Hoping to head to French Polynesia this year to help celebrate my 40th!! Otherwise we love to get away on the boat and head to our cabin and visit friends on neighbouring islands.ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 12:16 pm

    Rebecca - …and I pinned!!ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 12:16 pm

    Rebecca - …and I liked on ETSY!ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 6:47 pm

    Kaylin - My husband and I have been married for almost 3 years (Sep 18th!) and we are trying to make it a tradition to go somewhere every year or so. So far we’ve been to a little village in Costa Rica, Barbados, and the San Juan Islands. I think next on the list is Argentina. My husband’s grandpa used to go down there to explore and do some fly fishing πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 29, 2013 - 8:44 pm
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    Amber - I’d love to go back to Japan with my kids. My husband and I meet there while we were working and haven’t been back for 7+ years.ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 3:25 pm

    Shelley - I would love to go to Ireland and Scotland. Just seems like the perfect place to get lost, wander and take your time. All things i am terrible at doing, but wish I could!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 3:31 pm

    Shelley - Pinned and Favourited!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 4:03 pm

    hannah - would love for one day to do a cross canada trip with the family. i am yet to explore much of eastern canada and would love to see niagra falls!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 4:05 pm

    Kelly Hopson - I love visiting Edmonton and you guys, hanging out with the littlest Hankis is always the best kind of adventure!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 4:06 pm

    hannah - pinned it!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 4:06 pm

    hannah - favourited!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 5:33 pm

    Amanda - When Coen and baby-of-the-future are old enough we want to take them to the UK to explore all the castles. I already have one (big) boy who can’t wait to go πŸ˜‰ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 6:01 pm

    lauren - I’d love to visit Japan!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 6:02 pm

    lauren - favourited on etsy!ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 7:37 pm

    brenda - LOVE this! We did a tour of the west coast this summer in our RV and it was awesome! I would love to go to Australia if I could (without the RV of course).ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 7:38 pm

    brenda - I posted it on the Bloom Pinterest page. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

  • August 30, 2013 - 7:39 pm

    brenda - I faved it in Esty. I think this would be cool to hang in the RV. It needs some serious decorating. LOL!! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyCancel

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