By Jo Philipp
Children grow so quick – just when you get started with getting your bundle of joy to sleep at night, you need to say goodbye to them as they start their own adult lives. Watching your children grow so fast isn’t just an emotional rollercoaster ride, but it’s also quite a journey into becoming a smart budget-maker and a master decorator!
Decorating children’s room with a specific age-related décor can be a costly experience. One year your child could be a massive fan of Peppa the Pig, while the next, they are all about Barbie dolls. You definitely won’t see a teenager get excited of teddy bear wallpapers and pink furniture!
So, are there any decorating tricks you could use to your advantage right from the get-go? Here are our favourite decorating ideas that will last a long time in a girl’s bedroom and which could be easily adaptable with simple accessory changes.
One of the hottest decorating trends for 2015 is black and white décor! The combination might sound a little daunting, but when used right, black and white décor can look extremely elegant and fun.
Even if you don’t want to decorate a whole room in black and white, the two colours are definitely a great addition to your rooms. Children’s rooms especially can benefit a lot from a few black and white elements, as they will calm down the more colourful aspects in the room.
In order to celebrate this funky trend, we’ve picked our favourite black and white wall stickers from our collection.
You can use the below stickers in many creative ways in your child’s bedroom or elsewhere in your house!
1. Black Velvet Silhouette Tree Wall Sticker
The stunning black and white tree wall sticker is a must-have item for 2015. The black velvet finish in this wall sticker will guarantee you with a glamorous design – it could work well in a bedroom, a living room or even the hallway!
Although the tree has a very autumn-look with the falling leaves, the sticker won’t look out of place during other seasons. The black and white finish gives it a timeless look, with the nature element adding more calmness to the space.
You can decide how to place the leaves – your imagination is often the best decorator!
Even though this sticker would work perfectly in a monochrome room, you can easily combine it with a more colourful room as well. In fact, if you have very bright walls, such as bright red, this will help tone down the brightness and add more serenity to the room.
If you want to make most of this amazing sticker, try aiming spotlights towards the tree. The velvet finish will glimmer beautifully under the light and it creates a magical focal point to your space.
Decorating a nursery for your baby girl is a beautiful and fun thing to do. The options are endless with luscious pastel colours and pretty, sparkly accessories. With so much beautiful ideas on offer, it can be difficult to pick your favourite style.
To help you out, we’ve picked some of our favourite nursery ideas for girls. These ideas can easily be the central decorating theme in the room or you can combine some of the aspects with other themes or your own ideas. Our hope is all the below ideas will help you feel inspired!
Enchanted Garden
Nature themes are perfect for nurseries, as they offer a palette of beautiful and serene colours and make accessorising easy. For a little girl, an enchanted garden inspired room would be a magical idea.
In our search to provide you the best wall stickers, we have encountered some fantastic wall sticker brands. One of the most exciting encounters in recent years has been our collaboration with the FunToSee wall stickers brand.
If you are looking for something bright and fun to your child’s room, the FunToSee wall stickers are definitely worth checking out. They have truly provided a spark in our imagination and we are sure they’ll do the same to your children’s creativity.
So, what is FunToSee all about and what are some of our favourite wall stickers from the brand?
Now that we have welcomed a little Princess to the Royal Family, it’s a good time to think princess worthy bedroom decorations. When it comes to the royal nursery, you should think of beautiful vintage colours with a modern twist.
Here are our five décor suggestions for the new Princess.
1. Sorbet Yellow
Although rumours suggest the Duchess of Cambridge went with pink and purple with the nursery décor, a sorbet yellow could have been a cool alternative for the royal baby’s nursery. It’s a bright and uplifting colour – perfect for little girls.
The wall stickers industry can be a competitive place and we are committed in finding the best brands in the industry to work with. We feel that when you shop for wall stickers, you shouldn’t have to worry about the quality of the product – you just want to add more beauty and fun to your rooms!
That’s one of the reasons why we love the RoomMates wall stickers. They are among the best in the industry, providing us with quality, beautiful products.
So, what’s the company’s secret and what are some of our favour RoomMates wall stickers? Read ahead to find out!
The magical world of children’s stories is full of amazing fairies, but one of the most loved fairies of them all has to be Tinker Bell. Tinker Bell is the somewhat feisty, yet helpful fairy, who entered the big stage in 1904, and since then she has entertained us in movies, musicals and books. Today, Tinker Bell is one of Disney’s most recognisable characters!
Here’s the beautiful story of Tinker Bell, and why we love her so much.
The Birth of the Character
Tinker Bell, or Tink for short, is the creation of the writer J.M. Barrie. She was first introducedin the original 1904 play Peter Pan. A few years later, in 1911, J.M. Barrie turned the play into a novel and published the story of Peter and Wendy, which we all know and love today.
Tinker Bell was a little bit different in the original play than the Tink we are familiar with today. Her funky name, Tinker Bell, actually came from the storyline where she was an actual tinker for the fairies! This meant that she was always mending pots and kettles for other’s to use – hard to imagine Tinker Bell today getting her hands dirty with such work! Continue reading →
One of the most beloved teddy bears of all time is the beautiful Tatty Teddy bear and his friends. These bears, also known as Me to You bears owing to the brand, have been decorating our children’s rooms – and been great romantic gifts, too – since the late 1980s.
So, what is the background of Tatty Teddy and how to add a bit of its magic to your child’s room or nursery?
Drawing Under a Pen Name
Although Tatty Teddy is such a popular bear and most recognise the look immediately, the illustrator behind the original idea isn’t as well known. One reason could be that the illustrator, Michael “Mike” Payne, actually used a pen name to draw the images.
Mr Payne approached Carte Blanche Greetings company in 1987 with a sketch of the character. He had signed his drawings with the pen name ‘Miranda’. The name came from a houseboat he used to holiday on with his family.
Tatty Teddy is quite a star himself around the world. Image courtesy of Athique Ahmed, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.
Carte Blanche Greetings loved the beautiful images and took the design under its wings. In the first few years, all prints with Tatty Teddy were signed by ‘Miranda’, although this has later changed to a simple ‘Tatty Teddy x’ or ‘T x’.
Furthermore, the beautiful Tatty designs that you find in cards, prints, wall stickers and other such products are now drawn by a number of artists. After Mr Payne, there have been a number of illustrators, even though the design has remained almost unchanged ever since 1995. The most recent artists to work on the design include Steve Mort-Hill and Ceri Lewis.
Bringing Tatty Teddy Alive
As the popularity of the Me To You Bears grew, Carte Blanche Greetings started looking into new ways to let people enjoy this amazing design. They decided to bring Tatty Teddy alive and create a soft toy version to accompany the beautiful prints.
In 2000, the first Tatty Teddy soft toys were produced and the honour of crafting the first toys went to Linda Laverty. The beautiful soft toys had the looks we all fell in love with – the short grey fur, small black eyes, a soft snout and the distinctive blue nose. It was sewn to look like it had patches and the arms and head showed signs of repair.
A few years later, the second generation of Tatty Teddy soft toys hit the shelves. These had a bit finer fur and they also included a beautiful storybook of the origins of the Me To You bears. In 2009, the third generation of soft toys saw their daylight.
The soft toys proved to be an instant hit and you can now buy soft toys in many shapes and sizes. Tatty Teddy has received a range of new looks with hats, t-shirts and scarves, but all containing that important Tatty Teddy message of love.
A collection of cuddly Tatty Teddy soft toys. Image courtesy of Athique Ahmed, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.
The limited edition soft toys have become increasingly popular. A number of people collect these amazing toys these days and you should definitely check your wardrobes to see if you have any cuddly bears lying around. Some of the collector’s items can actually be worth a bit of money these days!
‘I Love You’ and the Messages of Love
One of the reasons Tatty Teddy has been so popular is all about the fantastic message of love it comes with. Ever since the first cards were printed, the message was always a simple message of love.
The soft toys at the start always had the text ‘Me to You’ written on them and the prints are often very touching with the bears hugging or kissing or just looking after each other.
It isn’t any wonder then that as well as being a popular product among babies and children; Tatty Teddy is also one of the most bought prints during Valentine’s Day.
Overall, the popularity has been astonishing. The Me to You range was selling around £2,972,000 worth of products in 1999 and by 2003 this had risen to £33,021,500! The official website received over 11,000,000 unique hits in 2004.
Taking Over the World
The Tatty Teddy design has long been only on sale here in the UK. But the product is famous among tourists and the world has fallen in love with the cuddle bears. It isn’t any wonder that finally in 2011 the Douglas Company started selling the brand on the other side of the Atlantic, in Canada and the US. You could even sleep at a Tatty Teddy themed bedroom on your next visit to Alton Towers.
The growing popularity has also seen a massive increase in products available with the beautiful Me to You design. It isn’t just greeting cards – although you can find a card for any imaginable occasion! – and soft bears, but also office accessories, bed linen and even clothing for children.
Our Tatty Teddy tea party stickers.
You can even decorate a full room with the Tatty Teddy theme. We have a beautiful range of wall stickers available to add a soft touch to your child’s bedroom or playroom. The beautiful grey design with a touch of pink, red and blue guarantee you can use the stickers together with other colours. Whether your walls are soft pink or blue, or even a darker shade of orange or green, these wall stickers add plenty of character to the room.
Furthermore, the product line isn’t the only thing that has grown; it’s also the number of Me to You characters. In 2008, the company introduced us to the Blue Nose friends. The story goes that Tatty Teddy was feeling a bit lonely and so one night he dreamt of getting new friends and the next morning the wardrobe was full of amazing blue nosed characters! You can see the story in the Youtube video below.
Tatty Teddy with his beautiful messages of love has captured our imagination for so many years. It is amazing to think how a few simple drawings can cause such an impact on a whole nation and get us all excited about his adventures. It is hard to see that the Me to You family would ever stop captivating us and we hope Tatty Teddy continues to spread the love for many more years to come!
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Spring is a popular time for redecorating your home, as it is the season of fresh starts! Spring is the time for bright colours and fun accessories to take over your home’s décor – perfect for adding a bit of wall sticker inspiration to your walls.
If you are on a mission to redecorate your child’s bedroom or playroom, then we have the best ideas for adding colour and fun to the room with wall stickers. These ten are our favourite spring inspired looks.
1. Spring Blossom Wall Stickers
The Japanese cherry blossom tree is one of the most beautiful signs of spring and if you can’t add an actual tree to your garden, then this gorgeous wall sticker will make it up for you. The beautiful colours of cherry blossom pink are a great idea for not just your little girl’s bedroom, but you could easily use this amazing wall sticker elsewhere in the house as well. For example, it’s great for a teenage girl’s room or for the conservatory!
Our beautiful Japanese cherry blossom tree sticker is a delicate addition to any room.
2. Big Top Circus Bedroom Wall Stickers
Another great sign of spring is the arrival of circus. Most circuses tend to start touring more extensively as the summer approaches and circus themed decorations are therefore a great idea.
The Big Top Circus wall sticker collection, pictured below, is a fantastic splash of colour to a children’s bedroom or a playroom. This collection provides you with 33 stickers, which you can use on the walls, mirrors, doors and smooth storage boxes. The collection’s colours also make it easy to mix with the rest of the room’s décor.
3. Little Monsters Wall Stickers
Bright colours are a must-have for spring and this Little Monsters sticker collection is a great way to add many bright colours to your décor. The bright blue, red and orange monsters with their quirky antics can instantly brighten up the room and the mood!
Although boys might be a bit more interested in the humorous monsters, it can be an appealing look for a girl’s bedroom as well. The different sized stickers make it easy to use in a variety of smooth surfaces from walls to small boxes.
Add some humour to your kid’s bedroom with Little Monsters.
4. Dotted Tree Wall Stickers
Another great, spring-inspired tree sticker is this Dotted Tree wall sticker (below). You could easily use this anywhere in the house, but the cartoon-like design makes it a great addition for kids’ bedrooms.
The sticker is a large design, so it adds enough décor to your wall on its own – making decorating with it fast and simple. The beautiful, soft green colour means it is a good fit for both girls and boys and you can add more colour to the décor with other accessories in the room.
5. Colourful Butterflies Wall Stickers
We have a great collection of butterfly stickers, but one of the best stickers for the spring is this collection of Colourful Butterflies (below). It has just the right shades to brighten up the room with bright oranges, blues, reds and greens.
It is the perfect collection to use in a little girl’s bedroom and the different shapes make it easy to use the stickers on a variety of surfaces. You could easily add one sticker on the headboard of the bed or even on the back of a chair.
6. Woodland Tree Nursery and Bedroom Wall Stickers
Spring is the time for nature to come to life, with many animals becoming more active around the woodlands. If you want to add a bit of this outdoors magic to your kid’s bedroom, then check out this Woodland Tree wall sticker collection, pictured below.
The pack has stickers of cheerful squirrels and quirky rabbits – you’ll even get a sticker of a curious little deer! Plus there are flower and bird stickers to create a spring wonderland to your child’s room.
7. Lollipop Tree Wall Stickers
The Lollipop Tree wall sticker is another great splash of colour to the bedroom. The two Lollipop Tree stickers have the brightest of colours of yellow, pink and blue, creating a truly spring-like look on the wall.
It adds a nice colourful touch and if you have tall cabinet, you can even use the stickers on the doors. This makes even the dullest of furniture and walls look brighter and more fun.
Lollipop trees are a quirky splash of colour on any smooth surface!
8. Fun Animal Wall Stickers
This funny Polka Dot Piggy set of wall stickers, pictured below, has spring written all over it. The friendly, smiley faces of these farm and jungle animals are going to make playtime so much more fun. It is a great sticker for nurseries, but also a perfect fit for both girls and boys’ bedrooms.
The multi-coloured stickers of monkeys, turtles, walrus, snails and ducks can be used on the wall to add colour, as a borderline or even as a fun feature on storage boxes and cabinet doors.
9. Dinosaur Wall Stickers
If girls are more interested in colourful butterfly stickers, then boys are going to love this Dinosaur wall sticker collection. The pack contains a host of dinosaurs from Stegosaurus to Iguanodon and all the stickers come in bright spring colours.
The colours used in the stickers leave you plenty of room to play with the rest of the décor. The stickers are also suitable for boys in all ages, meaning you could even use these friendly dinosaurs on a nursery wall!
Our dinosaur wall stickers are excellent for kids of all ages!
10. Enchanted Garden Wall Stickers
You might have started preparing the family garden for summer and if you want to bring some of the magic of a blooming garden into your child’s bedroom, then check out this Enchanted Garden sticker collection. The beautiful soft colours of the flowers add a bit more fairy tale magic to the walls.
It is a beautiful collection to use in a nursery or in a little girl’s bedroom. The little individual fairies are a fun addition and let your girl know that sometimes dreams do come true!
The above ten stickers are our favourites for adding some spring-time magic to your child’s bedroom. Wall stickers are a great way to set the mood in the room and a quick way to splash some colour into the walls.
Bring the magic of a blooming garden inside the house with our wall stickers.
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Wall stickers are a clever way to decorate a child’s bedroom or playroom.
Instead of just adding them on the walls, look to incorporate their design and theme into the room’s décor. This way, you’ll end up with an interactive and creative room that sparks the child’s imagination and makes play time more fun and educational.
If you are looking to create a fun and creative playroom, then here are some ideas on how to use wall stickers in your décor.
Educational Fun
Toddler playrooms should have plenty of educational toys and decorations. You don’t want to make the room feel like a schoolroom where all your little one does is study the alphabet, but at the same time you do want to encourage your child to ask questions and learn new things. If you make learning a fun experience that takes place during playtime, your child won’t ever lose that quest to experience and discover new things.
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