Congrats for Lori Gilbert, who won our Big Apple Chalkboard Giveaway and will be receiving a free Big Apple Chalkboard wall decal kit from WallCandy Arts.

And as a special thanks to all those who entered – please watch your email for a special 50% off discount code so you can get Big Apple Chalkboard too!

Thanks so much to all who entered the giveaway! We look forward to seeing you around the blog!

What mother wouldn’t love an apple-shaped peel-and-stick chalkboard wall decal for their kitchen? It’s perfect for the grocery list, reminders, phone numbers, and messages for the family. And now…you can win one!

Entering the contest is super simple. Just follow these contest guidelines:

1. You must comment on this post to enter the contest. Tell us why you or your mom needs Big Apple Chalkboard in the kitchen. Be sure to enter a valid email address so we can contact you if you win.

2. Tweeting about the contest (referencing @wallcandyarts in the Tweet, and posting a link to this blog post) gets you a second entry!

3. Posting about the contest on Facebook (tagging the WallCandy Arts fan page and adding a link to this post) will get you a third entry!

4. Remember, you must comment on this post to enter the contest. Tweeting and posting on Facebook get you an additional entry (max of 3 entries, total). You must tag WallCandy Arts (Facebook) or reference WallCandy Arts in an @reply (Twitter) so we can track and count your entries.

5. The contest is open to U.S. Residents only.

6. The contest ends at noon on Tuesday April 20th, 2010. The winner will be announced on the blog, Twitter, and Facebook on Tuesday, as soon as all the entries are tallied.

7. The winner will receive one Big Apple Chalkboard wall decal kit upon confirmation of shipping address. WallCandy Arts will contact the winner via the email address provided in the blog comments entry, so make sure it is valid. If we do not get a response within 24 hours of contacting the winner, a new winner will be chosen. Winner will be chosen completely at random.

Good luck!

WallCandy Arts is getting ready for Christmas, and we know you are, too! To celebrate the season, we’re offering 30% off selected wall decals. Don’t miss this fabulous sale!

And don’t forget – place your order by midnight, Dec. 15th for delivery before Christmas!

Happy holidays!

- Allison

WallCandy Arts appreciates our loyal customers and recognize that some of you were unable to make purchases on Monday due to the overwhelming demand on our site. We want to extend our Cyber Monday promotion to you for the next 24 hours.

Please enter the code cybercandy30 at check out and you will receive a 30 percent discount off your entire order of anything in our online store.

Happy Shopping!

- Allison

Wanna get 30% off everything in our store on Cyber Monday? All you need to do is sign up for our newsletter before Monday November 30. We’re sending out the promo code on Monday morning at 4am EST which you can use at checkout to save 30% off everything between 5am and midnight on Monday November 30.

Sign up for our newsletter here

- Allison

Kudos to all entrants, and to our voting readers, as well!

Time to announce a winner! Our polls are closed, the popular vote has been tabulated, and the people’s choice in our My Sweet Room Contest rings loud and clear! Drum roll, please ….

Congratulations to home decorator extraordinaire, Christy Snook, who decorated her daughter Delaney’s room to perfection with a happy combination of our wallsticker kits.

Christy ran away with the large majority of votes in our Contest, but we still must congratulate all the entrants, who each demonstrated marvelous creativity in his/her own unique way. And extra congratulations to Rick Joens and  Karen O’Campo, who both received special mention.

Allison Krongard, President of WallCandy Arts, remarked about Christy’s entry: “Delaney’s room is bursting with fun and intrigue. I love how Christy combined Candy Factory with the Seasons designs. I would have never thought of it but it looks fantastic. I really appreciate all the entries;it’s such a joy to see what people do with the product.”

To reward her excellent work, Christy will receive her choice of WallCandy wall sticker kits.

Thanks so much to all participants, and we hoping everyone is looking forward to our next Sweet Room Contest. We’re planning for it to be bigger and better than ever! Look for details soon.

- Allison

Just how wild is your imagination? Does it stalk the deepest jungles and roar with the beasts? If so, Chalkboard Animals are calling your name this week! Give in to the primal urge before November 8^th, enter the code ca10 at checkout, and ride off on exotic safaris at a 10% discount!

Big but benign, the giraffes and other chalk-writable creatures in this collection will become your kids’ best buddies for imaginative fun.

- Allison

The choices are infinite!

Wallpaper murals are exciting and inexpensive decorating solutions that have captured the fancy of many parents recently. What better way to inspire your child’s imagination than with a colorful, big-as-life scene right there in her room?

You can choose from an endless selection of themes, from storybook illustrations, to sports or world maps or outer space, to wilderness or fantasy scenes, and everything in-between. You can even have your own photographs enlarged to become murals.

After all, those four blank walls don’t provide much stimulation. You want to give your child all the delight and motivation you can in this stressful world. But hiring an artist to create an original is beyond most folks’ budgets. Wallpaper murals provide an inexpensive and satisfying alternative.

What’s required to transform your kid’s room with a mural? Probably,the hardest part is selecting the scene you want. Take your time choosing, as this will be a fairly major decorating commitment! Be sure you’re virtually in love with the picture before purchasing.

Most wallpaper murals come with paste provided, or pre-pasted. You apply the picture in strips, much the same way any wallpaper is applied. It will take you a few hours to do, if the mural is indeed wall-sized,and the brilliance of the effect will be worth every minute of effort! Smaller murals, for doors or sections of wall, will of course be more quickly installed.

It’s best to start with a very smooth, latex-painted surface for a wallpaper mural. If your surface is not smooth, you can install a ‘liner-paper’ that will make the wallpaper go on easily.

Worried about damaging the wall when you remove the mural?Check with the seller to ensure your mural’s adhesive is safe.

Again, there are a multitude of options in wallpaper murals.You can choose the scene, the size, the substrate, the adhesive type, and more. But if wallpapering is not an experience you enjoy, or if your landlord prohibits it, or if you want more ongoing flexibility in your décor, remember that you can opt for vinyl wall decals. These are generally smaller than murals, but they come in just as huge a variety as their larger cousins, and can be applied and removed with ease.

Everyone loves pictures, and kids are endlessly entertained by excellent visuals. You know this is true, having observed your child watch the same movie over and over a hundred times. So it’s truly smart parenting to provide your young ones with rich and always accessible images for their constant delight and comfort.

- Allison

Save 15% off all Room Decor when you enter the code spooky09 at checkout. Sale ends Sunday November 1.

- Allison