Kelly Tirman

Walmart Get On The Shelf Winners Announced

kellytirman — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:56:59 +0000

Walmart has announced the winners of its Get On The Shelf competition, an “American Idol”-like contest that attracted products from inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses across the nation.

Decided by fan votes, three unique products, including grand prize winner HumanKind Water, took the top spots and will now be featured on Walmart.com and in stores.

It greatly exceeded expectations, with over 4,000 entries and massive engagement on social media. There was also a great deal of traditional media coverage of contestants and the contest by large media and by local outlets across the country, both broadcast and print. Contestants and the public both had fun. This first-of-its-kind initiative couldn’t have succeeded without active participation across the whole organization, including @WalmartLabs, GEC Merchant teams, PR, Walmart.com, Legal, Ethical Sourcing, and more.

“This competition was crowd sourcing at its best,” Walmart spokesman Ravi Jariwala said. According to Jariwala, Walmart will work closely with all three winners to help them manage and meet production needs and increase the visibility of their products to Walmart’s 200 million weekly customers.

Due to the wild success of this “test” do you think other retailers will attempt something similar? If so, who?

Kelly Tirman

Kelly Tirman is Natural Connector, Crowdsourcer and Change Management Business Professional specializing in eCommerce & Social Business. She currently works as a Senior Business Operations Manager for Walmart’s Global eCommerce Business however in her “free-time” Kelly blogs on several topics including Urban Living, Raising Multilingual Children, Organic Beauty. She happily resides in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

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Linden Estelle is Eleven Months Old

kellytirman — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:02:46 +0000

Linden Estelle turned eleven months old today. I can’t believe how fast time is flying. To ensure I remember all these special moments I will be taking a “birthday” picture every month for her first 24 months as well as charting her developments.

Summary of Linden’s development this past month:

She will pretty much repeat any word or tone you make. Not only does she appear to be musically gifted thanks to her dad’s nonstop guitar playing but she is turning into quite the mockingbird as well.
She is currently cutting two more teeth, for a grand total of six.
Will stand momentarily without support.
She will walk around for several minutes while holding on to one of your hands.
Will poke and pinch small objects and attempts to put EVERYTHING in her mouth.
Is still breastfeeding during the evenings and weekends.
And much to my regret, still is not sleeping through the night.

The Outtakes:

We tried taking pictures in the rocking chair again this month but instead of smiling…
She started to complain and then… Got outright postal. This child knows what she wants and she is not shy about letting others know it!

Don’t you just LOVE the Onesie Linden is wearing? I found them on Etsy. They are made by Watching Me Grow, a wonderful mom owned small business. Help support them by clicking here and liking them on Facebook!

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Super Cute and Easy DIY- Perfect for the Kiddos.

kellytirman — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:28:42 +0000

When we decided to start a family we knew our lives would change forever. For many people this change includes painting walls with chalkboard paint. However if you hate painting or you can’t paint because you rent, I have the PERFECT solution for you – Chalkboard Contact Paper.

Yep, that’s right thanks to this wonderful contact paper, YOU can easily make a super cute DIY chalkboard WITHOUT having to paint anything!

First grab an old inexpensive media cabinet (like this one from IKEA). We purchased our several years ago before we ever dreamed of having kids. However, if you don’t already own one you can easily pick up one at a garage sale or on craig’s list.

When you take the chalkboard paper out of the wrapper you will more than likely think that it feels nothing like a chalkboard and that this is the dumbest idea you have ever tried. Don’t worry. I promise it will work like a charm!

Just make sure you apply it evenly and that you get the bubbles out. I used my shower squeegee for this.

Once I got to the bottom I used a razor blade to cut off the excess.

Once your chalkboard is complete you are going to want to cure it. To do this simply rub it with the side of the chalk all over the board and then erase it using a chalkboard eraser.

Add hyperactive toddler and some chalk.

That’s it – Now you have a super cute chalkboard without having to paint anything!

Kelly Tirman

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Linden Estelle is Ten Months Old

kellytirman — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:07:01 +0000

Linden Estelle turned ten months old today. I can’t believe how fast time is flying. To ensure I remember all these special moments I will be taking a “birthday” picture every month for her first 24 months as well as charting her developments.

Summary of Linden’s development this past month:

Weighs 19 pounds and is 28 inches tall
Likes to tell me very long and detailed stories about her day using a language that no one can translate.
She will walk around for several minutes while holding your hands.
She enjoys drinking out of sippy cups, even if they actually belong to someone else.
Is still breastfeeding during the evenings and weekends.
Still only has four teeth.

The Outtakes:

We were thrilled that Linden actually seemed willing to sit in her rocking chair for pictures!

During our photo shoot I played music in the background, which she seemed to enjoy.

Don’t you want to just kiss all her little fat rolls? I know I do.

Yep, she is adorable and knows it!

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Linden Estelle is Nine Months Old

kellytirman — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:45:16 +0000

Linden Estelle turned nine months old today. I can’t believe how fast time is flying. To ensure I remember all these special moments I will be taking a “birthday” picture every month for her first 24 months as well as charting her developments.

Summary of Linden’s development this past month:

She will point and say “Mama”, “Dada”, “Ivey”, and “Hee Haw” (which is her word for”play”)
Will often sit “funny” as demostrated in the above picture.
Will surf around the house while holding onto furniture
Will rather furniture surf than crawl
Is still breastfeeding during the evenings and weekends
Still has a total of four teeth

In the last month Linden has eaten all kinds of food. And loves to nosh on large pieces of artisan bread.

The Outtakes:

We tried taking pictures in the rocking chair again this month but…

She was not happy about that idea.

Seriously, why sit still for a picture when you can…

Crawl and…

Stand on your tippy toes. Right?

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Kelly Tirman

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