Ever since we bought our first apartment, I’ve been a tad obsessed with decorating it. Suddenly I was taking pleasure in looking for lighting fixtures whereas it was formerly bags and hats. And even though we moved in almost a year ago, it feels like mere months and some walls remained conspicuously bare. So when Julia a long time reader of NQN from Vinyl Design contacted me asking if I would like to do a giveaway I was delighted.
She designed me this gorgeous wall decal with my logo and some images of things that are near and dear to me. Apart from custom designs for businesses or parties there are also designs that are already created. I am hoping that she does a Halloween one too! 
So do you want a chance to win a decal for yourself? Thanks to Julia at Vinyl Design I am giving away a $150 voucher to spend at their store. All you have to do is tell me your favourite design from the current ones and why! Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at Midnight AEST 3rd of October, 2010. You can enter this once daily. This competition is open to people in Australian only.
***The winner is: Sarah W.!”***
Best of luck!
Love,
Lorraine
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What a cute giveaway. My favourite design is the MS Pacman. When so cleverly placed on the corner of the sofa, it makes such an interesting picture. Not to mention that it brings me back to my childhood!
I love your custom wall design, Lorraine! My favourite would be one of the Japanese designs, and I can’t quite decide between the lanterns and the cherry blossom branch! I do love a bit of colour though and for some reason the lanterns remind me of festive times!
Very cute! Love what they’ve done for your wall. It’s probably the cutest one for me.
The growing leaves design is one of my favourites, it’s simple but effective and would be perfect for my studio.
I’m always looking to remind myself to grow and learn and reach for the sky – just like plants strive to do.
The cherry blossom branch.
I’ve been making a lot of changes and since spring is a time of growth it just seems like a fitting reminder.
Great designs all! It was so hard to pick just one, but I’d have to say my favourite is the five birds on a wire – it made me grin just looking at it.
It’s so hard to pick just one but I will go with the pacman. I have a very bare wall from dining to the kitchen. It needs a LIFT! And likewise, we have just renovated our place and walls are very bare. So want to WIN this!
Oh my.. I’ve always wanted to have vinyls and decals in the house.. and that last one with Audrey Hepburn! The Boy will swoon.. he loves her… I can just imagine coming home to a Star Wars inspired home… lols…
Things i’ve learned from reading blogs! Who knows such creative and easy decor services are available without the painful stenciling and backaches?!!!
I know i’m being greedy..but i absolutely love the cherry blossom branch & the Elephants Trail decals!
The cherry blossom branch reminds me of how life, like nature is constantly renewed every season.
And why the elephants? I spent a few days @ an Elephant farm in Chiangmai, Thailand with rescued elephants who were abused and enslaved. Those giant animals were so endearing, and oh-so-protective of their loved ones and family. Hence, it’s symbolic of what a home shld be, a safe place for my family & loved ones.
The Cherry Blossoms Wall Decal is my favorite. It is a fresh & fun reminder that at long last Spring has arrived. It would be so beautiful in my daughter’s room.
What a fabulous idea, I love it. I have just bought my first tiny little house and am in the decorating mood. Being part Japanese, I love the samuri and the geisha but I have a soft soft of Audrey Hepburn, beautiful. Thank you for sharing vinyl design with us!
I think it would have to be the shoes … that would be brilliant along the wall in the bedroom – that way I could still indulge in my addiction without adding the clutter!
I love love love the Five Birds on Wire design, would look gorgeous in the nursery we’re creating for our twins!
Space Invaders, Space Invaders!! I remember when it first came out, and I used to beat my husband at it….no wonder he left! The other designs are fabbo, but most of them are too grown up for me.
I’ve always been a sucker for ladybugs! So cute and they’re my favourite colour too so can never resist them!
I think my absolute favourite was the sausage dogs,they are pure whimsy and made me laugh.
Life needs to have bits of whimsy popping up unexpectedly to remind us not to take things to seriously, and that it’s not that bad after all.
love the cute animal designs! The penguins will go great in my daughters room with the picture of a polar bear that I have there alreadY!!
I love so many things 60′s and it’s a toss up for me between the pop flowers and retro squares.
hey NQN , awesome design, i am still going through a shoes obsession phase.. with 30+ pairs bought in the last yr or so ><
my favourite design would be the mirror frame in the elegance section and the pac man laptop sticker ^^
keep up the good work lorraine!
Dear Lorraine,
The Sunflower Wall Decal from Nature Designs caught my eye. I adore the simplicity and lovely sun like petals that are filled with so much brightness and meaning. It’ll provide my daily inspiration to wake up early every morning to do the things I’m very passionate about, like heading to the beach for a full morning workout… before footprints fill the shores, visiting the morning market to buy fresh Australian produce from the farms, stopping by at the nearby café for a nice morning cuppa, not to mention returning home to check out the fresh delicious updates and lovely competitions from NQN.
The following quote from Calendar Girls sums up my appreciation of sunflowers:
“There’s nothing on this planet that more trumpets life than the sunflower. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that’s such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.”
Always seize the day!
Cheers,
Jessie
I usually choose things my children but I think the cherry blossom branch would look amazing in my bedroom over the bed!
Wow Lorraine! I don’t live in Australia, but this is a wonderful giveaway. I hope the sweetest Australian blogger wins;)!
I really liked the musical note wall stickers categorized under “Elegance Designs”. My apartment has a piano and sticking some musical notes above the piano will surely keep my sister happy as she is aiming to become a pianist.
By placing them above the piano in an upwards manner, it will look as if the music she is playing will reach the heavens.
Oh I love your design Lorraine- it is perfect! I just had a look at the vinyl design store and all of it is so adorable right down to the me geek laptop sticker! ha. But as I am obsessed with everything NYC I absolutely love the urban skyline decal-I’d put it near my desk to remind me of my goal.
ps: I also really lovely the retro clock in the Audrey pic, fab!
Wow what a fantastic idea! And the designs are great. I think even my husband will like the retro ones. They’ll go well on my Mondriaan colour scheme of my kitchen!
wow, I love the Audrey one, so elegance !
Their Retro Squares design adds a very contemporary touch to a modern house. It’s gender neutral and timeless, and can definitely add a splash of colour to a plain white wall. I love it!
I love them all, but with children growing up it is time to use more mature wall art to decorate their rooms.. The girls adore all the Penguins..would look great on the walls of their room.
Cheers Cathy
Two Fatty Birds! I love the idea of them being perched all around the house. Gorgeous!
oh how divine is the Growing Leaves wall decor. that would look fantastic climbing our staircase at home!
Space Invaders is my favourite for the kids, although I do have some favourite quotes I’d love to have made up.
Hmm, If I were honest, I’d say that your custom decal is my fave cos I love the teapot, teaspoons and the cupcakes, so this may not qualify as an entry!
Plus, the idea that you have your very own unique decal means so much, using the things that are important to you, as you mentioned. Especially when it’s something you’re really proud of, like NQN, it’s really nice to see it on your wall, like a mini tribute and daily reminder of what’s important in your life. From the store, I think the peony catches my eye cos I am girly like that! 
It would have to be Audrey, what an amazing women she was. I used that exact photo for my 40th Birthday Invitation “with the phrase” Frock Up I’m 40. I would have it on the wall over my desk to remind me how fab it is to be a 40 (now something year old)woman!
I love the space invaders decal and think it would look great in BuBba’s room.
I love the ladybirds!!! We have ladybirds all over our house but not wall stickers!
Absolutely love what they made for you – suits you so well! Personally, I’ve got 2 favourites, cant’ decide between the two of them at all, which is Sattelite of Love and the Mirror Frame.
Friday I’m in love – this is the song I sing at the top of my voice when I’m in the car! It’s a song that comes with great memories and it’s such a joyful sentiment – I feel like that every Friday!! What a brilliant design to have on the wall…
The maple branch is my favourite. We bought a gorgeous little birdcage decal while we were on our honeymoon, every time I look at it I remember that lovely time. They are such a great idea
I love the London underground one… I think it would make the expat boyfriend very happy to see again every day!
Well…….it just has to be Audrey…..the ultimate in cool and chic…. she looks great !
Your custom design is lovely!
I’ll be passing this onto a few friends who have been looking for these, she has quite the extensive collection.
Nice to see they’re Australian made, too.
I’ve heard of some people receiving ones they bought online (from other companies) that were made in China and wouldn’t stick or had really tacky glue which bubbled etc.
I really love the shoes. I love the idea of having the shoe decals around near the floor- might take away from the mess that’s always on my floor…oops.
I wish there was a poodle decal. That would be my ultimate favourite!
SHOES!!! The perfect remedy for a girl who currently has a shoe ban placed upon her!
I do so love the Geisha, and the lanterns….have some vinyl art from a friend who makes it here in London…have on our walls “Eat Drink and Be Merry…”, some a big lattice wine glass and bottle, and a chandelier…best decorating ever as you just peel them off and start again when you need a change!
The Eiffel Tower – so you can be in Paris even when you are not…dreaming of the food, the shopping and romantic walks through the old city streets!
i love love love the pacman decals, they’re just so amazingly retro cool.
I like the cherry blossom branch the best, although the two fat birds are very cute.
Oh, these are so so cute! I just love the cherry blossom branch, wouldn’t it be great if I could have some Spring blossom inside my house!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I just love the Penguins Wall Decal because penguins are my favourite animal!
I think the butterflies wall decal are the cutest things ever and I would love to own it.
How exciting, I love these giveaways Lorraine. If I win, I’d love the “Firday I’m in love,” one of my favourits lyrics. And the sausage dogs for the kids…squeal, too cute!
wow I want to have your logo on my working room, it’s gonna be awesome! can?
Just discovered your blog via *you* on Twitter. Love it! Sydney is my old home town though I’ve lived in Abu Dhabi/Dubai since 1998 and now of course I live out of a suitcase.
Thought you might be interested in our September Grantourismo Travel/Food Blogging Competition this month as our theme is food – we’re asking people to create a blog post on a quintessential dish of a place. We’ve got loads of great prizes, including a stay in a holiday rental anywhere in the world, plus an Olympus camera, Context & Viator tours (including cooking courses & food & wine tours!), use of an Our Explorer guide AFAR magazine subscription. More details here: http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/09/03/grantourismo-travel-blogging-competition-september/
I’ll be dropping by regularly – for some cake!
heheh i liked them all , but two fatty birds sitting on the light switches made me laugh!!!
I have too many favourites. I love Audrey Hepburn – she is my all time star! I look just like her only shorter, fatter, curly hair…
The penguins are cute, the dashhounds gorgeous but maybe I will just settle on the funky bubbles. They symbolise just pure delight and Fun . Thank you Lorraine – I love your blog.
Annie
Choices, choices!! They do wonderful designs- Audrey, simply stated elegance or the Eiffel tower – bringing back great memories of my trip to Paris would be my pick. Thanks for another great giveaway
The growing leaves design is awesome! it brings nature right into the living room. but i do love your custom design the most!
cupcakes are my love!
i have always wanted one of these and its really hard to choose but i really like the Cherry Blossom Branch
I love vinyl decals! My bubs room has some & my laptop is decorated with some but i’d love to have a few more around the house.
I’m loving the cherry blossom branch, would be perfect for our bedroom.
These are super cool, I can see the cherry blosson decal in my apartment, love them all but that is my fave!
I think I might change my mind to the London underground design, it would remind us of where me met and where our first daughter was born.
Oh cool prize! this is my fave http://www.vinylwalldesign.com/CHERRY-BLOSSOM-BRANCH-STICKER.html
woo!
I would choose the ‘Geisha’ because I bought a Geisha panel a few years ago that I’m yet to embellish , the two would look great together and it would give me the incentive to finish and mount it. ( I have too many unfinished projects atm )
I love the peony because it is simple and elegant.
What a fun giveaway, Lorraine! I love your adorable logo design!
I adore these decals. I was a faux finisher for years and it was no fun on scaffolding doing double story domes. The decal with the buffet is amazing.
Oh, by the way, I’ve redone my kitchen walls (with textures)four times in 9 years and now I’m eyeing your NQN decal wall and thinking “spinach tiger” on my kitchen walls.
Oh, oh! This is such an exciting competition! We are in the middle of redecorating our house (on a budget) and are planning on Vinyl decals for the kid’s rooms. My favourite would have to be Eiffel Tower, I may not be in Paris but I’d have a bit in my home!
The Eiffel Tower – I would love to display this in my house – remind me of a place that I want to visit!
cpcakes for me! all the designs are amazing btw
Audrey Hepburn – because she’s amazing!
The penguins! They will look great at the end of the hall, with the penguin on the left ‘diving in’ to the bedroom at the end of the hall!
Wow, there are so many gorgeous designs, including your custom made design, just gorgeous.
My favourite is the sausage dog though. I love the one laying on it’s back looking up at the bone, super cute.
Great post Lorraine! I’ve been researching wall decal companies for doing up Baby Connelly’s nursery so I’m glad to have this referral
OMG these are perfect. I’m moving to our new home soon and I’ve been thinking of wall decals for our long hallway. Absolutely love the sausage dogs and penguins. Thanks for the referrals Lorraine.
I know how you feel! We bought our first home last year and I have been nesting ever since then…I actually have some wall decals framed as a cheaper art option, and I have been VERY keen to decorate my bathroom with a decal as a simple way to brighten it up! My favourite has to be the cherry blossom – reminds me of the lovely spring weather that hasnt quite arrived yet
I LOVE the forest one – so cute!
I love the pac man laptop sticker. It would give my laptop some style and originality!
LOVE the Urban Chic – Skyline decal.
Across the top of my low kitchen window, I can pretend I have a great view instead of a miserable grey wall…
Oh my gosh! i LOVE the tetris retro one! Even the colours are perfect for my baby room! I LOVE designing our apartment also. I’m in the middle of designing and decorating the future babyroom at the moment and the theme is unisex retro… the tetris print would be awesome for our feature wall! YAY thanks for the inspiration NQN!
I love the sausage dogs! Especially since they remind me of Slinky Dog from Toy Story 3. Who doesn’t love things reminding them of Disney?
Urban Chic – Skyline Wall Decal- Love this as it reminds me of the beautiful skyline that we have in our cities. It’s just a more fun that I can spruce up my humble abode with it
Soy
Shoes Wall Decal is my favourite because it looks so cute!
Loving the Helicopter decal under the Urban section. That would be a scream to have in our house, we could re-enact cheesy action flicks. I can just hear my husband now “get to the chopper!”
OMg
They all so cool and cute!!!
I really like to combine Audrey Wall Decal and the Eiffel Tower Decal. It’ll look elegant, stylish and classy…..
ST
Forget expensive and overpriced paintings. The Cherry Blossom branch in red would look ideal in my new lounge room.
Helicopter – it’d be constant fuel for my fascination with them, inspiring me to keep saving my pennies so I can go up for a flight one day.
I’m torn between Maple Branch & Cherry Blossom branch. Both would look equally as good on my very naked & plain bathroom wall.
I can’t go past the Audrey wall design – frankly she would be the perfect guest (silent and always dessed for dinner) and look fab over my stainless steel desk slash dining table…
the sausage dogs are my favourite, because they’re absolutely adorable!
I like the cherry blossom branch as it so elegant and willowy
OMG how do we decide there are so many beautiful designs…but I will have to go with the Cherry Blossom – my favourite tree – as well as being obsessed with cooking/baking I too adore home decor and am constantly adding items to our home and one of the essentials is plants & flowers – this decal could save me on the weeks were I didn’t buy flowers the wall would be pretty anyway!!
Today i’m loving the lollipop flowers, I imagine waking up every day & seeing them would mean you’d have to start your day with a smile
My partner and son keep hinting at getting a dog, but I’m not so keen. That said I would very happily live with the ‘Sausage Dog Wall Decal’ – but would they be fooled and if so for how long?
I love all the retro designs, but especially the falling blocks – they remind me of my brother on his game boy back in the day. His room in his bachelor pad definitely needs some redecorating so they would come in handy!
If I was choosing for my son I would choose those fab rockets to brighten up his new but dull room (no mural). For me I would choose the two fatty birds who are strangely appealing and make even plastic light switches look good (and that’s not easy). Fab website thanks for passing on the details.
Oh wow, your custom NQN design is gorgeous! I would definitely go the mirror frame and then hang a mirror inside it to add a quirky touch to my hallway.
Absolutely love the sausage dogs! But if I was decorating my home I’d probably go for something more along the lines of the cherry blossom branch.
love the sausage dogs. they look so edible
I love that maple branch decal…
ooh! I am obsessed with searching the wall decals on Etsy but have yet to buy one. Perhaps because my house is falling apart and decals would just draw attention to my cracked walls?
My fav from Vinyl Designs is the cherry blossoms branch of course!
I am determined to redo my bedroom and the cherry blossom would help me make a decision on my decor.
I have been looking at the other designs in the nature range and think the maple branch might work in the bedroom too!
haha cant help but browse through the site again. the sausage dogs are cut, but cherry blossoms are so elegant!
Hi Lorraine,
Vinyl Design’s decorative wall decals are such a brilliant concept. I’ve never seen anything so beautiful and innovative. It’s like a wall tattoo, so personal, intimate and very sensual, a perfect escapism! My personal favorite has got to be the Urban Decals, especially the Eiffel Tower and Air Balloon designs. They remind me of my honeymoon in Paris back in the 70s when life was so idealistic, simple, pure and beautiful. There were the best days of my life, a total bliss… right until my children came along one after another
. I’d love to have the designs adorn my walls as they would provide a very personal and priceless memento of the days that mean so dear to me, the perfect inspiration and food for thought for Spring!
Best wishes,
Cynthia
I have been thinking about other places in my home that I could use a wall design and I think the japanese lanterns would look brilliant in my kitchen, bizarrely. I have a floating shelf which is slightly too high on the wall so has a large space undernearth, lanterns would look very unusual there!
Back to the kitchen design, we have a long wall which our table sits against, I think it would be hilarious to have a row of penguins lined up underneath!
I totally understand your decorating fetish, Lorraine! It is soooo important for one’s home to be inspiring you, even when you’re relaxing or just pottering around your house, because that’s when your brightest, life changing ideas come. I am hoping one day to design bespoke shoes, so the shoe motif will get my creative juices running!
great giveaway♥
I think the Five birds on a wire design is so cute!, they would look great perched up in my living room!
Five Birds on Wire Wall Decal.
I work for an animal welfare organisation that desperately needs some cheerful birds to decorate its bland walls.
I am back to decorating the bedroom with the cherry blossom design.
The Elegance designs are very much to my taste. In particular the Musical Notes would be quite fitting almost anywhere in our home, as we all play an instrument and our lives are not complete without music. The wall decals are indeed gorgeous and I’m so happy to have discovered them!
Cherry Blossom Branch is my favourite, I can see it bringing my living room to life
growing leaves
The growing leaves would work in my kitchen, growing up from under my table! At least it would be one plant that I can’t kill!!!
I think if I am going to decorate the kitchen it needs to be humorous so I am going to go for the sausage dogs, super cute and funny too… also, don’t need to feed them or clean up after them!
I think the growing leaves decal would look great in my living room – very stylish!
My eldest daughter was born in London so maybe the London Underground design would help us remember her heritage.
I love the cherry blossom branch. It’s the closest thing to growing one and it is guaranteed to last!
I am fixated on the cherry blossom branch for my bedroom makeover. I think it will tie in perfectly with my slightly unusual theme of travel. Sadly I have yet to visit Japan to see the beautiful cherry trees in bloom, one day maybe.
Or maybe the japanese lanterns? Or would they look silly in my bedroom? Hmmm.
the japanese lanterns are pretty!
Its fun changing my mind but I keep coming back to the cherry blossom branch.
The Penguins are cute, the Two Fatty Birds are a must to hang around the house, but Audrey can sit with me any day she wants at the Office.
haha. the Two Fatty birds are cute too, would get them just for the name.
Japanese Lanterns – would definately brighten up the room. Not no mention its energy saving too
Great Designs!! I can’t go past the owl in tree decal. My husband & I are trying for our first baby at the moment and it would go perfectly in a baby nursery!
I love the ‘Me Geek’ one! Perfect for my laptop…and my personality!
Cherry Blossom branch is decided. I am investigating wallpapering my built-in wardrobe doors in a deep red and throwing some red cushions and a red throw on the bed. Lovely.
the growing leaves would work really well in my study. so stylish
My favourtie design is Audrey – that’s what caught my eye in your side bar. I adore Audrey Hepburn – she ws the epitome of elegance, grace and style, and this Breakfast at Tiffanys image is fun as well.
i am back to loving the sausage dog again. would love a dog print on my wall, right next to my doggie’s doghouse!
Definitely cherry blossom branch!
Cherry Blossom Branch into the last stretch!
I love the Audrey Hepburn decal. Breakfast at Tiffany’s was my Mum’s favourite movie and it was a ritual of ours to watch it together before she passed away earlier this year.
Cherry Blossom Branch all the way.
Oh, the elegant shoes! Now I can expand my collection without worrying about where I’ll find the wardrobe space!
This will probably be my last comment on this competition. I have really enjoyed thinking about decorating, its not something I have done in ages and now I feel full of inspiration! I am going to start on my redesign of my bedroom and will be using the Cherry Blossom Branch as my central inspiration!
the Japanese lanterns are so elegant, would glam up my bedroom
TREE WITH OWL WALL STICKER. Brings the outside in and as my son grows so will his tree adding his special momentos. Love it!
Time for one more quick vote for the gorgeous Cherry Blossom Branch!
I’m getting ready to decorate the girls room and your Elegance Designs have inspired me and they girls. Love Audrey she would be a great guest to have in our new room.
I think my final verdict is for the Sausage Dogs. Cute and funky.
the Forest is fantastic! imagine a forest growing along your walls…
Spring is in the air so it has to be the pretty cherry blossoms.
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