Spook your friends as Appygraph launches free
Halloween ecard collection
The No. 1 ecard app Appygraph launches
HORRIBLE new collection for you to personalize for loved ones
Geneva, Switzerland. 12 October 2012 –
Appygraph, the No.1 lifestyle ecard app on the iPhone today launches its most horrible collection yet, just in time for Halloween. The hit app, which aims to become the Instagram of ecard apps, is available free to download on
iTunes.
Appygraph captures little moments of happiness and makes it easy to build connections with your loved ones through your smartphone. The cards carry emotions much better than plain text messages and provide an instant, simple and easy-to-use alternative to traditional cards. You can also easily upgrade to collections based on a theme or season to share with friends and family. It’s never been easier to tell someone you’re thinking about them at milestones in your life, or to send seasonal messages when holidays come around.
The app provides a new way to send cards to friends when you’re on the go. Cards can be texted from phone to phone anywhere in the world, allowing your friend or loved one to immediately receive and enjoy your personalized greeting. Your beautifully customized cards can also be shared for free on Facebook, email, iMessage and other third-party services (such as WhatsApp) allowing friends and family to enjoy your own pictures and messages included in the card.
The company was founded by Swiss couple Charles and Valérie Massin after they explored together the possibilities of combining Valérie’s beautiful artwork with Charles’ coding skills. The Eureka! moment for the couple was when they received a basic text message about a friend’s baby, Ivan, who was healthily born on May 11th 2010, weighing 8 pounds. They felt that with new technology you should really be able to receive a beautiful ecard within minutes – and so the birth of baby Ivan gave birth to their new company.
Valérie Massin, co-founder and designer of Appygraph, explains: “My artwork has always been very important to me and popular in Switzerland, but Appygraph’s availability in the app store has given me a far wider audience than I could have ever have imagined! People love that they are sending on colorful, positive, hand-drawn images made expressly for our app.”
Having become the No. 1 ecard app in multiple territories, Appygraph has proven that a small developer with a passion for design can go up against the big names in greeting cards and give them a run for their money.
Charles Massin, co-founder of Appygraph, adds: “When people receive our ecards on their phone, friends and family always want to know ‘how did you do that?’ Our app really works like magic and we’ve gone from small origins to rank higher in the Apple app store than some of the biggest traditional greetings card companies like Hallmark and Disney.”
The Appygraph app comes in four languages (English, French, German and Spanish) and when you first download it you receive a free selection of cards, that we will be frequently updated for seasonal occasions. You are then able to add your own personal touch to the cards by adding in your own message and image, uploaded from your iPhone, before it is sent instantaneously to your recipient. Your message font and size is changeable and with a choice of 40 different styles, you are only limited by your own imagination.
Christien Tinsley is an Emmy nominee for his Special FX prosthetic design work on American Horror Story and also has a retail temporary tattoo line inspired by his work on set!
Tinsley Transfers temporary tattoo line has a vast array of options for Halloween. The 3D FX Transfers are debuting October 1 which was inspired by the gory character makeup from the set of AHS. Below are a few temporary tats from their “Goth” line, which reference the creepy vibes of Tim Burton, Hitchcock, and more!
http://www.tinsleytransfers.com
Everyone loves dry ice, particularly this time of year. It makes tailgates cooler, camping easier and (of course) Halloween spookier. This year,
Penguin Brand Dry Ice is encouraging dry ice fans to get out their cameras and snap a photo of their coolest, spookiest, most innovative uses for dry ice for a chance to win $1,000!
The contest is being run off of the Facebook page at http://facebook.com/dryiceideas and puts the fans in charge of selecting the finalists. Once we receive all the photos (and optional videos for that matter) on November 1st, we’ll turn on the voting and the 10 photos with the most votes will move on to the final round. In addition to the grand prize of $1,000, we also have first and second runner up prizes of $500 and $250, respectively.
Throughout the campaign, we’ll be featuring some of the best entries on our blog at http://dryiceideas.com where users can also find safe handling guides and plenty of ideas throughout the month!
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is only a few days away! This year, the spooktacular event has more mazes than ever – created by the sickest minds in horror.
Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare – This outrageous new maze will take guests through the twisted mind of shock rock legend, Alice Cooper. From razor-sharp guillotines to electric chairs where you can still smell the burning flesh of its victims, this new addition to Halloween Horror Nights is sure to shock you!
Below are renderings used in the development of this maze entitled SICK THINGS and FEARMASTER ALICE.
“Halloween Horror Nights” will take place on select nights beginning September 23 and continue on September 24, 30; October 1,7, 8,9, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
To order tickets click here.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is only a couple weeks away! This year, the spooktacular event has more mazes than ever – created by the sickest minds in horror.
La Llorona – According to legend, La Llorona is a woman doomed to wander the Earth forever consumed with the guilt of drowning her children and then herself. This spine-chilling maze takes you through the remains of a haunted Mexican village – and beware, for those who hear the screams of La Llorona are marked for death!
“Halloween Horror Nights” will take place on select nights beginning September 23 and continue on September 24, 30; October 1,7, 8,9, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
To order tickets click here.
Halloween is one of the year’s biggest holidays for taking pictures – whether snapping shots of a that perfect, homemade costume or a tot tucked into a pumpkin suit. Fujifilm and Rite Aid announced their annual Picture Perfect Halloween Photo Contest is again accepting entries. This year’s grand prize winner will receive an all expense-paid trip for four to Hersheypark in the Dark, as well as a fangtastic array of photo prizes.
Now through November 8, photographers of all ages and skill levels are encouraged to register, submit Halloween-themed photos and vote for their favorites in six categories:
· Best Pumpkin
· Cutest Baby Costume
· Best Kids Costumes
· Best Teens and Adults Costumes
· Best Pets
· Spooktacular Decorations
There will be first, second and third prize winners for each category. To see more about the prize packages, click here.
Beyond the contest prizes, visitors to HalloweenPhotoContest.comcan enter to win daily giveaways. More than two thousand items will be awarded throughout the contest. Giveaway merchandise includes: picture frames and personalized photo t-shirts, puzzles, mugs, stickers, mouse pads and free photo prints.
HalloweenPhotoContest.com also features expert photo tips to help capture the spirit of the holiday, decorating ideas and printable jack-o-lantern stencils to create a spooktacular Halloween ambiance, and delicious recipes courtesy of Kraft Foods. In addition, site visitors will find free digital scrapbooking kits, fiendishly clever party game suggestions and more.