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Sticviews Decals and Tile Tattoos For St. Patrick’s Day!

Alan Okpechi — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:06:09 +0000

Hosting a party for St. Patrick’s Day and looking for ways to impress your family and friends with your creativity? Have you thought about creating custom wall stickers/decals or window sticker/decals for an added touch that can be used repeatedly? If not, you should.
Adding custom stickers/decals not only adds to the festive atmosphere but also can provide entertainment value. Using an image of your own, or choosing one of ours, allows you to create the exact image you want and can be treasured as the years go by.til

Choose a design of the traditional leprechaun, blow it up to life-size proportions and use it as a prop for pictures with party guests. This can be an added benefit for adult parties or children’s parties; all that needs to change is the size of the wall stickers/decals chosen. For additional fun, consider attaching the leprechaun to a freestanding cardboard display, leaving the face open and turn your friends into a leprechaun for the night.

image courtesy of flickr user: Gabriel Rocha (a.k.a. BRIEL)

Using wall stickers/decals you can turn traditional party games into custom party games. Even use tile tattoos to decorate the tiles in your kitchen or living room with a St. Patrick’s Day theme! Remember “Pin The Tail On the Donkey” you played at kid’s birthday parties? Why not turn that into “Pin the Shamrock On the Leprechaun” for your St. Patrick’s Day party? The ways to use custom wall stickers/decals are limited only by your imagination.

Business owners that want to add a festive touch to entice their customers also can create custom window stickers/decals for professional use. Turn the company mascot into an Irishman for a day or create custom St. Patrick’s Day window stickers/decals for promotional uses. To keep your custom window stickers/decals useable for your business in the coming years, just leave any reference to the year or day of the week off and you are set for St. Patrick’s Day decorations.

If you have an idea for wall stickers/decals, window stickers/decals or party stickers/decal but are unsure if it can be done, don’t dismiss it, talk to us. Contact our team of professionals to discuss what you want to accomplish and we will help determine how to make it a reality. Turn the fun of St. Patrick’s Day into a celebration complete with custom decorations from sticview.com.

Customize your Laptop with Dell Switch Lids

Michael Garrett — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:27:02 +0000

How cool is this? With the new Inspiron R Series laptops from Dell, you can quickly and easily customize your laptop to match your style… or your mood… or even your outfit!

With its new line, called Switch by Dell Design Studio, Dell is giving customers the ability to change the look of their laptop by choosing a custom switchable lid. From solid colors to polka dots to plaid patterns, Dell is providing something for everyone.

Although there are just 20 colors/designs to choose from directly from Dell, a partnership with Threadless is providing even more options. As a crowdsourcing community for t-shirt designs, Threadless allows independent designers to offer their art for sale on clothing. This partnership with Dell will allow several popular community designs to appear on Dell Switch lids. This way you can buy a shirt for yourself and matching laptop lid for your Inspiron R. And if that’s not enough, several of the Threadless designs are also available on custom laptop sleeves, so your laptop can be protected in the same style as well!

Many of Dell’s switchable lids range in cost from $29.99 up to $85, depending on the design.

For those of you who don’t have the cash to ante up for the new Dell Inspiron R line with switchable lids, you can still achieve a custom look for your existing laptop. How, you say?

Example of a sticviews laptop decal

Sticviews provides ultimate flexibility in creating laptop skins (or any other kind of decal or sticker). Choose the exact size you need for your laptop and upload ANY image using our online designer. We’ll allow you to add your own text and arrange each graphic element exactly as you desire for a truly unique product. Your custom-designed laptop skin is then produced at our state-of-the-art printing facility using materials that allow for easy installation, removal, and re-use.

Best of all, custom laptop skins from Sticviews can be ordered for a fraction of the cost of switchable lids. For most laptops (with 14-17 inch screens) the cost of a sticviews laptop skin is less than $20!

Want a custom laptop? If cost isn’t a factor, try the new Dell Inspiron R Series with switchable lids, starting at $499.

If you’d rather save some cash and customize your existing laptop, go for a custom laptop skin from sticviews!

How To Create Custom Decals With QR Codes For QR Code Marketing

QR Code Marketing — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:53:07 +0000

Using QR codes on sticviews custom decals can provide a wealth of opportunities for any business or organization to better engage existing and potential customers through QR Code Marketing.

You could stick a custom QR code decal in your store windows to offer a special discount or to get customers to like your Facebook page. Or, you could place a custom car decal with a QR code on your vehicle that advertises your business and provides a quick and easy way for passers-by to retrieve your phone number or find out more information.

With sticviews, creating your own custom QR code decal is as simple as following just a few steps:

1) Create your QR code

There are several free QR code generator tools available on the web, each of which provides different actions for your QR code to perform. Some are all-encompassing, providing many possible actions (vCard, Map, Facebook “like”, etc.) and extra features (such as the ability to embed graphics or change the colors). Others are more limited and easy-to-use, offering only the basic actions (URL, phone #, etc.). Use our ultimate list of QR code generators to find a generator that fits your needs. I chose the BeQRious generator.

Choose your desired action or content type. Here, we’ll create a basic text QR code. Input your content, adjust any options, and then click ‘Create Code.’ (This process may vary depending on which generator you are using). Once your QR code is displayed, you can save the image to your computer (Save it in a location you will remember… you need to access this image soon).

BeQRious offers QR codes as a PDF and GIF, so I will download the GIF image file.
(Be sure to keep in mind that sticviews only permits .JPG and .GIF image uploads for use on decals. If you download a QR code in a different image format, it must be converted to JPG or GIF before it can be uploaded.)

2) Upload to Sticviews

Now that you have your QR code, head over to the sticviews.com homepage. To get started creating your custom decal, click the green “Create” icon in the top navigation menu (seen below).

This will take you to the 1^st step of the Sticviews online designer where you can choose your shape, size, and material. The price is automatically updated to reflect any changes you make.

Click the green NEXT button to proceed. You will now be shown the stock image gallery. Just above the collection of images, click the ‘Upload your Own!’ button. In the popup window, select “Browse” and navigate to the location where you saved your QR code. Check the box to agree to respect copyright laws, then click Upload.

(If you receive a Resolution Exceeded warning, you may wish to create a larger QR code to upload, to ensure your code is able to scan after printing.)

3) Customize & finalize your decal

Now that you have uploaded your QR code to sticviews, you will be taken to the final step of customizing your decal. In the center of the screen is a preview of what your decal will look like. In this step you can add text, upload more images, and size and position everything exactly as your want it. If you need to make any adjustment to the size, shape, or material of your decal, you can do that here as well.

When you are done customizing, just click the ‘Add to Cart’ button and you’ll be on your way to ordering your very own custom QR code decal for any use you can think of.

If you are ready to start creating your own QR code decals, begin at Step 1 now!

Be sure to check out some of our other posts for help finding QR code generators and for more ideas on how you can use QR codes to grow your business or organization.

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The Ultimate List of Free QR Code Generators For QR Code Marketing and Advertising

QR Code Marketing — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:48:59 +0000

QR codes can be used in many ways to better engage your customers so here is the ultimate list of free QR Code Generators for QR Code Marketing and Advertising. Just take a look at how easy it can be to use QR codes on window decals, wall decals, and car decals to grow your business.

If you are interested in using QR codes on your own sticviews custom decals car decals, or static cling window film, there are several free QR code generator tools available on the web, each of which provides different actions for your QR code to perform. Some are all-encompassing, providing many possible actions and extra features, while others are more limited and easy-to-use, offering only a few basic actions.

This list is intended to help you find a QR code generator that meets your needs. QR codes have many, many different uses, and with this collection of QR code generator tools you can create a QR code to do just about anything you can thing of. So, here they are in no particular order:

Kaywa QR-code
This is one of the most popular free QR code generators on the web, probably because of its simplicity. Pick your content type (Text, URL, Call, SMS), input your content, and choose a size. That’s all it take to create a QR code.
GoQR.me
This generator is similar to Kaywa, but here you have a extra option to create a QR code that displays a vCard. Also, you have more flexibility in the size of your QR code (from a 250px square up to 1000px).
Peter Minne’s vector QR code generator
If you are looking for a way to create a vector QR code (that is easily scalable to any size), look no further than Peter Minne’s QR code generator. While it is very basic (only offering the URL action), you do have the ability to change the background and foreground colors, and it provides four download formats (PNG, SVG, PDF, EPS).
Delivr QR Code Generator
With this generator, you have many more content types to choose from than some of the others provide. You can create QR codes that link to services (such as Facebook, Android market, Twitter, YouTube, etc.), or you could link to an RSS feed, or Google Maps. This is one of the most comprehensive QR code generators, in terms of available content types.
BeQRious generator
Although this is one of the more simple QR code tools, one stand-out feature of the BeQRious generator is the ability to embed any image into your QR code. Downloaded QR codes can be saved in PDF or GIF formats.
QR Code Generator from the ZXing Project
With perhaps the most simplistic layout, the QR generator from ZXing is very easy to use. Highlights of this generator include the ability to create a code that connects to a WiFi network (works with Android phones only), as well as codes that can create calendar events on the scanner’s phone.
INVX.com QR Code Generator
This generator gives you just one box to create a QR code. In this box you can input a URL, email address, phone number, contact information, or any other information you desire (although the possibilities are more limited than some of the other offerings). You can change the foreground and background colors and input your own custom size.
QR Stuff
Like theDelivr QR code generator, the QR Stuff generator offers more content types than the average QR code generator. A special feature here is the ability to create a custom PayPal Buy Now QR code!
Qurify!
There are only 2 steps with this tool. Enter your message (up to 255 characters) and click Qurify! You are then shown your image to download in PNG or JPG format, or to send to a friend. Extremely basic!

Qurify! QR code generator
Kerem Erkan’s QR Code Generator
IT pro Kerem Erkan has built what is probably the most flexible 2D barcode generator available for free on the web. In addition to QR codes, this generator can also produce Data Matrix and Aztec Code – two other types of 2D barcodes. There are more than 20 content/action types to choose from and enough option boxes to confuse just about anyone. You can change the colors, block size, margin size and choose from four output types (PNG, PDF, TIFF, SVG, EPS). If you crave flexibility and options, this is the QR code generator for you!

Any of these QR code generators will be able to help you create the perfect QR code for your needs.

When you are ready to get started creating your sticviews decal, check out our post on how to create custom decals with QR codes for additional help.

If you know of any other QR generators that should be added to this list, or that people should know about, feel free to mention it in the comments.

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How QR Codes And Custom Decals Can Grow Your Business Using QR Code Marketing And Advertising

QR Code Marketing — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:05:01 +0000

Sticviews is the perfect resource to make QR codes to grow your business using QR Code Marketing and Advertising. Today, QR codes are being used for many creative purposes. Combined with sticviews’ innovative materials, you can create custom promotional decals that go on easy, come off clean, and can be used nearly anywhere.

What are QR codes?

Quick Response (QR) codes are 2D matrix bar codes that are readable by barcode scanner software available for many camera phones and smartphones. QR codes can encode several different types of information for quick retrieval, including text, URLs, phone number, and other data.

How can I use QR codes on custom decals for my business?

A example of a QR code being used on a window decal

QR codes become very appealing when you discover the wealth of possible uses they have for businesses, promotion, and advertising using car decals or static cling window film, for example.

At sticviews we allow you to upload images to create affordable, custom decals, signs, and advertising for businesses and organizations of any size. Choose our opaque WhiteStic or translucent ClearStic materials for installation on smooth surfaces and outdoors, or order decals on our fabric ClothStic material for use indoors on nearly any textured surface.

Upload your own QR codes at your desired size (in 1:1 scale) to be used on your decals,which your customers can:

quickly scan to visit your website for a special offer
quickly scan to retrieve your phone number and call you in a matter of seconds
scan to quickly retrieve and save your contact information for later use.

If you have a retail location you can use our ClearStic material to place promotional QR codes on the windows. Window shoppers can still see inside your store, as well as scan the black QR code to discover your QR code promotion.

For more inspiration on good uses of QR codes for your business, see this list of 50 creative uses for QR codes. Or this list.

How big should my QR code be?

Ultimately, the size of your QR code should depend on the “focal distance” of the scanner. Essentially, how far away do you expect the person to be from your bar code?

A QR code being used in a newspaper ad could measure as small as 0.5” square, because the reader is viewing the ad from a very close distance. On the other hand, a QR code being used on a large window decal could be much larger, to allow viewers to scan it from farther away.

ShareSquare blog provides a great article and rule of thumb on sizing your QR code appropriately:

half an inch bigger for every foot farther away you expect the person to be. An absolute minimum size of 0.5″ square for the QR code, with no maximum.

Be sure to test your QR codes by scanning them yourself and making sure they work properly from the distance you intend them to be viewed from.

How do I get people to understand the concept of my QR codes?

The popularity of QR codes around the United States is taking off like wildfire. Originally invented in Japan to track parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR codes have already become mainstream throughout most of Asia. The most important thing to remember is that you want people to take an action.

Rather than assuming that you customers will know how to use your QR codes, provide a simple, short explanation on your custom decal or sign. Tell customers to scan the barcode, or at least make sure that they understand that this is the intended action.

And remember, QR codes are all about creating engagement. Sure, you can just create one for people to find your web homepage, but will this make them want to spend their money? Get people excited! Make them want to scan your QR code! Give them something they can’t pass up. So what are you waiting for? Get creative and get started using QR codes to grow your business!

Scan our sample QR code to test out how they work and to get started with QR Code Marketing and Advertising!

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Easy Home Decor – Interior Renovations With Tile Stickers, Kitchen Wall Decals, and Bathroom Wall Decals!

Bathroom Wall Decals — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:09:26 +0000

Have boring white tile in your kitchen or bathroom — the solution lies in tile stickers, kitchen wall decals and bathroom wall decals! Try ordering your own custom tile stickers to add some flair to your kitchen. This is a great fix to a dull kitchen, not to mention way cheaper than installing new tile! Or of you are contemplating a new tile you can always order temporary stics to test out the design before you spend money on new tile!

upload any image and create your own kitchen wall decals!

Want to add some flair to your living room or home office? Try adding your own stics using our fabric stic. These stics adhere to any surface and won’t damage the walls! Decide the image would look better in your bedroom? No problem, just remove it from your living room for a quick install in your bedroom! These are a great solution when you live in a rented space and can’t paint the walls!

upload any image and create your own bathroom wall decals!

What about using stics to decorate your floor? Tired of using a rug and having to replace it? You can use fabric stic to create a neat faux rug for your living space. Add some pillows around it and could be a great sitting area!

upload any image and create your own tile stickers!

Don’t forget about renovating your appliances! You can use stics to spice up your microwave or fridge too with appliance skins!

Change your window view with custom Cityscapes Window Decals and Window Stickers

Window Decals — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:04:21 +0000

If you have not browsed through our online gallery of images and designs, head on over for a look for window decals and window stickers! You will now find our new Cityscapes gallery, filled with over 25 spectacular photographs of cityscapes and skylines.

Over the years, we have had many customers create custom window decals representing their hometown, or their favorite vacation destination, or just a beautiful scene that they couldn’t live without seeing every day!

Well now, instead of going though the hassle of finding a great image, we have decided to provide you with several beautiful photos of various cities and destinations with breathtaking views.

From a skyline view of our home city of Dallas, Texas to an amazing view of the Chicago River, or the beautiful night sky over Tokyo, we have photos that are sure to have your friends and family admiring the view from your windows. And, as always, you can order any quantity, whether it’s ONE or 100, for a great low price!

To find the new Cityscapes gallery, simply choose the ‘Cityscapes’ category from the menu in the sticviews gallery.

Renew the view from your window by ordering custom window decals using any of our new images on our clear stic material. Or, if you would rather have a custom wall decal or laptop skin, choose from one of our other materials (WhiteStic and ClothStic) which can literally be used for thousands of applications.

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Browse the sticviews gallery today or upload your own image to get started creating your custom decal!

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Sticviews Car Sticker and Wall Decal Ideas For Your College Dorm Room!

Wall Decals — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:05:45 +0000

Living in a college dorm room is an excellent way to combine friends, fun and education but turn that boring room into the envy of the floor with school mascot wall decal and car stickers! Since most dorms prohibit altering the walls in any way, wall stickers/decals and window stickers/decals are the perfect solution from turning drab into fab!

image courtesy of flickr user: Daniel Morris

The process is simple. Find the image you want to use – such as your school mascot – and turn it into school mascot stickers/decals to use on your walls, ceilings and windows for the world to see.

Using wall stickers/decals to decorate your dorm room does not need to be simply about your college mascot, consider other options as well – they are truly limitless. If prefer to show your support and enthusiasm for other activities – like a sorority or fraternity – use the Greek letters to signify your support and show it for everyone to envy. The unique, custom wall stickers/decals created by sticview.com are fully removable so if you move and want to take them with you next year, that’s not a problem. They do not damage the surface, so your parents will not receive a bill from the school demanding they pay for the damage you have done to the walls of your dorm.

Window stickers/decals also give you the option to count down to specific events – like Spring Break. Creating a window calendar of sorts gives you a large, visual reminder of a special upcoming event or vacation and can provide motivation as well as decoration. Use a fun font to create a series of numbers and make a window advent calendar of sorts to help you track your progress through the semester or through the cold winter months. Every time you see the countdown on the window you will be reminded that in just a few days or weeks you will be enjoying yourself on a beach in the sunny Caribbean.

Campaigning for the dorm’s supervisory board or other student-government positions? Use window stickers/decals and wall stickers/decals to promote yourself to your fellow students and potential voters. This is a fun, practical alternative to a poster board and marker sign that can be used for reelection next year as well.

If you choose to create a wall sticker/decal, window/sticker decal using trademarked images – such as your school mascot – make sure you have permission to do so. We just make the product, it’s your responsibility to make sure no laws are being broken in regards to image rights.

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Gift Your Valentine With A Custom Decal or Custom Sticker And Watch Their Surprise!

Wall Decals — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:29:18 +0000

Don’t wait until the last minute to adorn your love with a gift — give your loved one a custom Valentine’s Day sticker or decal as a sign of your affection today! Break out of the traditional gifts that are to be expected like a box of chocolates or a teddy bear and think outside of the box by choosing sticviews personalized stickers and decals . Creating personalized stickers that commemorate your relationship is a unique way to make your loved one say “Wow!” The best part personalized stickers and decals is that you can place them anywhere! Whether meant to go with your loved one everywhere they go like an iPhone 4 sticker or an iPad decal, or as a decor option like a kitchen tile tattoo, sticviews offers a unique and affordable solution for the stressful question, “What am I going to get him/her for Valentine’s Day?”

Step 1:

Find all your favorite photos of you and your Valentine or images that your Valentine adores:

Adorne Your Valentine With A Custom iPhone4 Skin!

Setting up an appointment with a professional photographer is another option in acquiiring high quality photos not only for personalized stickers and decals but for your own photo albums. Check out some photographers that we recommend below:

Step 2:

Upload your photos or images to sticviews.com

Uploading images and photos to the sticviews website is an easy process on the way to to creating your personalized sticker for your Valentine. We accept multiple types of image formats and are compatible with both Windows and Mac based computers.

Step 3:

Give your custom photo enlargements as a gift or personalize another gift with your custom sticviews photo prints.

Here’s some ideas of what you could do with your custom Valentine’s sticviews:

Custom wall decals for your bedroom:

Photos by Flickr users slemmon, sonofgroucho

Custom laptop skin:

Create a personalized memory box:

Fill a box or chest with momentos from you and your Valentine’s love life and stic your sticviews photo decals on it. Create a custom sticker label with our text editor.
Photos by Flickr users brenda-starr, slemmon

Skin your Valentine’s furniture or appliances with decals:

Place a photo gallery right onto your a work desk or coffee table without the stress of peel away residue. Simply place the sticview decal or sticker on a flat surface and smooth away air bubbles. If you wish to replace or reposition the Valentine’s Day sticker or decals simply peel away with no risk of residue or damage! Check out how we skinned the sticviews’ office coffee tables with animal print in this blog article!

Decorate your their office space and skin their office desk:

Surprise your Valentine by personalizing their work space with your photo decals and custom photo enlargements.
Don’t wait until the last minute to when thinking of your Valentine by choosing the often boring and generic teddy bear and box of chocolates. Choose a gift that will last as long as your relationship.

Surprise your Valentine with Tile Tattoos:

Tile tattoos, otherwise known as tile decals or tile stickers, are a perfect and unmistakably stylish way to decorate your kitchen tiles or bathroom tiles. Whether regular sized 4 by 4 tiles or larger bathroom tiles, sticviews can help you personalize and surprise!

Check out this blog article on tile tattoos for ideas, or view the Youtube video below for additional ideas!

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Impress Your Friends and Family With Tile Tattoos

Tile Stickers — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:54:54 +0000

Not every home comes with decorative tile tattoos, otherwise known as tile stickers or tile decals, but, there is a solution for your bland home tiles that anyone can take advantage of! Peel-away tile tattoos and tile decals can be applied in a variety of locations throughout your home adding your own personal touch of character and creativity to your kitchen tiles, bathroom t iles, living room or anywhere you have tile. Whether you desire a tile tattoo with a more elegant and sophisticated design found in the sticviews.com gallery, or an image of your own choosing, tile stickers and tile decals are a perfect solution for your home.

You can use sticviews.com’s preloaded gallery of images or upload your own design or image for your high quality tile tattoos. Decorating spaces like your kitchen tile or bathroom tiles offers a solution to your otherwise bland tiles, and best of all the tile stickers can be removed easily at any time with minimal effort. No residue or goo is left behind when removing tile tattoos from a tile surface making it perfect for themed parties, holidays like Christmas, Valentine’s Day or Fourth of July.

Applying tile stickers is as easy as using sticviews.com’s simple 3 step order process that a person anyone can use. Simply choose an image either found in the image gallery or upload your own image and select the appropriate size to complete your tile tattoo order.

Benefits of Tile Stickers

1) Personalization – Uploading any image of your choosing is easy and limitless. Upload an image of your school mascot, images of loved ones, or favorite motto’s, etc.
2) Quality – sticviews.com tile decals will not peel off or fade over time.
3) Interchangeability – Peeling away tile tattoos (with no residue) is a convenient solution when needing to move away or replace them for a holiday or occasion.

There are many uses for sticviews.com tattoos, stickers and decals! Decorate and personalize walls, windows and appliances with tile tattoos! Watch our YouTube video for some examples.

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Choose sticviews.com affordable and tile tattoos to add a personalized touch of decor to your home.

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