Vote Now!
Oct.20
WallCandy Arts® My Sweet Room Contest
We’re quite proud of the entries to our Contest, and it’s likely that you’ll enjoy looking at them too! They just prove that WallCandy is limited only by the imagination.
So the thumbnails are below, and you can click on each to see a larger image. Then select your ONE favorite, and leave a comment telling us which one you like best and why you like it.
After a couple of weeks, we’ll tally up your votes and present the winner. If you feel strongly about your choice, get a bunch of friends to stop by and vote as well. Remember, a vote that says a name with no comment on why you made the selection won’t count.
Many thanks to our contestants, and to you voters as well!
OK, check out these masterpieces – and have fun commenting your creative praises.
We will wrap up the voting and close the polls on Friday, November 6th, so don’t miss this great chance!
Lori Horwitz
Christy Snook
Karen O’Campo
Claire Ezikian
Molli Muirhead
Alejandra James
Rick Joens
Emily Gibson
Ami Snedaker
Designs for Living
Oct.9
WallCandy is for grown-ups, too!
On this blog, we almost exclusively talk about wall decals. But did you know there are a bunch of products – ones appealing mostly to adult tastes – that are not wall decals but different types of home décor – all in delightfully unique designs?
Oh yes, we offer a line from notNeutral that is sure to whet your decorating appetite. These room accessories are both subtle and distinctive, excellent foundations on which to build your home environments.
Take, for instance, the area rugs. Have you ever noticed how the rug can make all the difference to any space? These spare yet friendly designs in two sizes pull the different elements of a room together.
Tired of that boring sheetrock look? Try some wood paneling! You won’t need hammer and nails, though; just a quick position-and-press application.
Most grown-ups love to pamper their guests with cool stuff. WallCandy products include ways you can set the table, with placemats and trivets, and serve your guests chips in our exquisite leaf bowl.
Oh, and do you like the gorgeous lanterns, lighting up an outdoor deck or walkway?
After your guests have gone home, cuddle up with a few throw pillows and our reversible quilt in the living room.
If you spend more of your time in the garden than anywhere else (or at least, it seems like you do),these garden stakes will surely catch your eye.
If you thought WallCandy was all about kids, think again.It’s going to be the holiday season soon, and your kids will again take center stage. But for a little while now, consider the ways WallCandy is your resource for casually sophisticated décor all around the house, and not just in the kids’ rooms.
Whether you’re a parent interested in instilling high aesthetic values in your children, or living in an adults-only household, you’ll find these designs intriguing. Intentionally spare, they serve as launching pads for the masterpieces of your own imagination!
- Allison
Bits and Pieces
Sep.11
A collage of WallCandy news
Headline: WallCandy was featured on the Today Show on Thursday, September 10th! The segment was a glance at Back-to-School for grown-ups, checking out helpful gear for parents coping with back-to-school craziness.
We’ll be posting the video on YouTube shortly, but in the meantime, you can check out a slice of it on our Facebook site. We were really thrilled with this experience, and would love to share it with you!
Upcoming: The ABC Kids Show starts this Sunday! We’re excited to be attending this annual extravaganza – the primary trade show for the juvenile products industry. Nearly a million square feet of exhibit space are used in the bewitching city of Las Vegas, with the focus on products from newborn through teen, predominantly in the areas of furniture, bedding,room décor, baby gear, gift and layette, toys and related accessories.
Here are a bunch of photos from last year’s event, and here’s this year’s schedule. It’s such a huge and stimulating convention, if you’re going, you’ll want to make use of the interactive floor plan on the ABC Kids Show site. We’ll be at booth #5620.
Hope to see some of you there, and we plan to share lots of news and photos after the event for those of you who will follow it from afar.Oh, and you can follow the action on the ABC Facebook page, as well!
Breaking News: OK, this is the coolest of the cool. Our brand new Room in a Bagproducts are almost ready for release! These are combination bedding sets and WallCandy stickers, to complete your bedroom design instantly. And we are really proud of how they look. Check out these photos, and the ones on our Flickr photostream!
Mom as Superhero
Sep.4
The transformative power of a Mother’s love
Have you ever heard about the mom who singlehandedly lifted up a Volkswagon off the child it had just run over? In dire situations, a mom becomes an instant superhero.
Our fearless leader here at WallCandy Arts told us recently about her specialLabor Day tradition.Sometimes a mom will go to extraordinary lengths.
See, it seems that Allison always has to be away in Las Vegas this time of year, at the ABC Kids Show, a must for our industry. But that means she always misses her own kids’ first days of school.
So to make up for this wrenching loss, each year Allison throws a magnificent Carnivalon Labor Day weekend, inviting all the parents and children of her kids’ schoolmates to come for fun and to get re-acquainted before the school year begins.
Says Allison, “The carnival is my opportunity to meet everyone my babies will be spending the school year with since I always miss the first day of school due to the horrible overlap of the ABC show. I’m still the nut case crying in the convention center bathroom Monday morning of the show but at least this carnival gives me the chance to put faces with the names when I call to speak to the kids after their first day.”
To give you an idea of the event’s scope, Allison has moved trees to make room for the giant waterslide, a centerpiece of the Carnival. She’s taken down a heavy set of doors to allow access to her backyard for the Mr. Softee Ice Cream truck. She picked up a few gigantic ice cream cones at the New York International Gift Fair to add to the decorations.
“Guilt is powerful,” she says, when we gasp at these extremes. But we know it’s not really guilt; it’s just a very small token of the love she has, the love for her children that gladly moves mountains and leaps over tall buildings in a single bound.
We’ll post photos next week from this year’s event, so stay tuned!
WallCandy in STAR Magazine
Aug.12
The current issue of Star features WallCandy, including a photo of our Dottilicious wall stickers on their monthly HotSheet page. We’re honored to be sharing the page with Super Saturday (Hot Sale), and other nifty tips.
Star’s write up mentions our Landscape and Candy Factory removable, reusable wall-sticker kits, while showcasing Dottilicious as the mag’s favorite. We applaud their excellent good taste!
You can view the page online, or go buy yourself a souvenir hard copy!
WallCandyArts Retailers: the best of the best!
Aug.7
Look how Grace Chesse sets the style in Shanghai
We assume you’re familiar with our Stores page, where we list the many fabulous retailers who carry WallCandy removable wall stickers. But have you taken a moment to check out those listed under ‘Outside ofthe US?’ Yes m’am, we are represented on fully six continents.
So this post is about one of the amazing retailers with the good sense and savvy to carry our products. She’s Grace Chesse, of Shanghai Lollipop, a children’s boutique in China– and she’s a dynamo!
Check out, for instance, her adorable backpacks (with matching beverage bottles), just in time for back to school. Or how about the clever changing table that turns into a small desk, then a large desk, then an organizer as your child grows. Kind of reminds us of our new Smarts® product.
At the very least, you’ve got to check out the On Sale page, where you’ll find bargains on the cutest toddler shoes, tee shirts, and even a few items to tempt Mom herself.
Look here to see all the WallCandy designs the company features. It seems we have Grace’s stamp of approval, and it’s a high honor. She’s clearly a savvy and tasteful businesswoman.
And of course, we’re grateful to all our many retail representatives. How about these folks in Spain? Or these in Australia? Is it possible that WallCandy has invented a new universal language?
Please let us know in the comments where you’ve been when you’ve seen WallCandy offered for sale. We’d love to hear your stories!
The Sweet Side of Allison
Jul.24
Interview at Milkshakes & Margaritas
As you know, we’re friends and admirers of the fine folks over at Milkshakes and Margaritas. Well, now they’ve done something we think is really pretty cool – an interview with Allison Krongard,WallCandy’s top mama.
Allison talks about her experiences as an entrepreneur and mom in this encouraging exchange, her choices and preferences, and some great photos. She even divulges her favorite place in the world.
Check out the post here,and be sure to read all the way to the end, as there’s an irresistible offer for you there!
WallCandy in People Magazine!
Jul.17
Think you know all the uses there are for WallCandy movable wall stickers? Think again. We found this fun game and photo in a recent People magazine, and can’t resist sharing with you. We’ve always known calling them wall stickers was a misnomer.Why not floor stickers? They certainly seem to have inspired Cameron Diaz to dance!
Milkshakes and Margaritas
Jun.12
New blog tickles our WallCandy fancy
OK, so you get one guess what a blog called Milkshakes and Margaritas is all about. You got it – way cool kids and their even cooler parents!
Our friends Tanya Schevitz and Danielle Gutherie, moms in San Francisco, are the drivers of this new daily read. Each the mother of 2 boys, they just started up the blog this month. Tanya also writes for several publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle. Danielle is a partner and designer in the San Francisco -based design studio, the Vega Project.
Pairing Tanya’s writing with Danielle’s graphic skills seems to be a brilliant idea! We really like the site’s design. Categories so far include Freebies and Giveaways, Father’s Day Gift Ideas, Loving This, and Things We’ve Learned. So there’s a nice combination of great product features and personal observations.
The site is dedicated to “all things kid and parent related.” We’re betting it’s going to become a leader. Check out this post, for instance, about Tom Robbins’ B is for Beer.
The bloggers would love to have your feedback in the comments there, as they nurture this new baby towards maturity. Grab their feed, and share with your friends. This site will delight any parent.
