Wilson Graphics Review (and a little giveaway!)

*** This giveaway is closed! ***
*** Winners: Josie and Robyn ***

Something fun :)

I recently received a prize of a vinyl wall decal from Wilson Graphics (I won this over at Project Nursery late last year). Thinking of the future nursery, I picked out a pretty decal of a bird feeder on a branch. We have a wall between the bathroom door and closet door that is about 4' wide and blank. I think it's where a changing table would go. I chose the Jade colour; the room is painted in Tiddley Pom from Behr's Disney line - a very soft and neutral pale greenish yellow. It's hard to tell from the photos but it's a really lovely, calm colour. On receiving the decal I must say it was more turquoise than I was expecting (of course, colours are not always accurate on computer monitors). Still fairly gender neutral, though, so it works for me.

So here is the wall before applying the decal. You can see the decal on the dresser with my painter's tape and the instructions.

Next step is to tape up the decal. I used a long level to get it even with the top of the closet door (my husband chose the height - I probably would have gone a little lower, but I'm still happy with the result). I wouldn't recommend painter's tape for this, by the way - I had it on hand, but really a tackier masking tape would be better. I found the painter's tape, being low-tack, wanted to lift off when I folded the decal upwards to remove the backing paper.

A few minutes of smoothing and pressing it down with one of those mud trowels... you know, the ones for drywall mud, they're flat and broad (they must have a name), and then a few minutes more of gently and slowly peeling off the transparent overlay and ta-da!All in all, it took maybe 20-25 minutes to do this by myself. The longest part was peeling off the overlay - with all those fine branches, I had to be really careful that they were not lifting off with the overlay. That's just the way this design is. With a little patience, I had no rips or bubbles in the decal. I like it!

With the decal I received, Paul from Wilson Graphics also sent me two butterfly decals to pass on to friends. Who do I love? (raise your hand!) I'm going to give these away to two of my readers (one decal each) :) I think they're very cute for a little girl's room or would be fun for a bug-collecting nature boy as well. You can click on the pictures to be taken to the Etsy shop for more info on sizing or to purchase if you just can't wait!

The Giveaway:
Two winners will each receive one butterfly decal by Wilson Graphics

The first winner has first pick! There is no mandatory entry; do any of these things for an entry:

• follow my blog
  
• let me know where you think you'd put a butterfly decal if you win
• add my button to your blog and leave me the link
• blog about this giveaway and leave me the link (it doesn't have to be a full-out post, a mention in a list is fine :) ) - 2 entries, leave 2 comments
• follow me on Twitter (let me know and leave your Twitter name in your comment)
  
• Tweet this giveaway and post a comment with the link to your tweet. You can copy this, if you like: "Canadians: enter to #win a butterfly decal at Emily's Latest! http://tinyurl.com/yfext3r" - 1 entry (this isn't a daily!)

Please be sure to include your email if it’s not public in your blogger profile! Anonymous comments without a way to contact you will be rejected. Canadian mailing addresses only, please. Giveaway ends February 23rd at 11:59 EST. A winner will be drawn the next day, announced here, in a separate post and emailed! This isn't a sponsored post - I'll be mailing these myself & while I was sent the samples to pass on, there was no mention of a blog review/giveaway. Just FYI.