http://www.decalgirl.com/browse.cfm/2,346.htm

If you want to save $2.25 enter code PSPHOME in the discount code box.

Heheh Madam, I aint never heard of the device your using, care to fill us in? (not being sarcastic)

(note the initials -- Z E L D A. That's another gal around here whom we keep teasing.)

I don't like any of the designs posted just yet, but I'm sure that eventually they'll come up with a design that I won't be able to resist.

I really hope that eventually they, or someone else, will solve the custom screensaver issue. That was one of my favorite parts of my K1 skin.

Also, based on what I see, I don't see a lot of benefit to applying the back skin. I don't plan on removing my Kindle from its cover very often...

Are they difficult to attach smoothly? Do they hold up well?

Are they difficult to attach smoothly? Do they hold up well?

They take a little patience to line up properly, but I wouldn't call it a "difficult" process.

They do hold up quite well.

oh Woaaa! those look grooo00oovy!

Cool! I just order the "By Any Other Name" dark red rose background, very pretty! And thanks for the discount code. Every little savings helps! I think the dark background may help the screen look a little lighter/contrast.

I am trying to decide between orient, primal, and the monet. And btw, according to people on kindle boards that discount will always work so keep it in mind if your order again.

Cool! I just order the "By Any Other Name" dark red rose background, very pretty! And thanks for the discount code. Every little savings helps! I think the dark background may help the screen look a little lighter/contrast.

It does. I had a blueish skin for kindle 1 and it was noticeably different after i "skinned" it! Plus white just makes me think I see dirt all the time.

I have to say I'm in the "wow!" category myself. I can't decide which one or two or three to get. I guess I can only use one at a time so I have to choose, darn! :D

Thanks for the tortuous decision Dragoro!

I have requested for DecalGirl to add the My heart skin to the Kindle 2 skins!

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/ls/ls-myheart-350.jpg

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/lgc3/400/lgc3-myheart.jpg

I have requested for DecalGirl to add the My heart skin to the Kindle 2 skins!

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/ls/ls-myheart-350.jpg

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/lgc3/400/lgc3-myheart.jpg

wow! That is too cool! Question though, wouldn't the design compete with the reading screen, or I imagine, you just tune it out after a while. But again, it is very pretty, "me like...."

I may have to go back to DecalGirl and think about a skin for my Sony laptop which is getting pretty scratched, although I have no idea why! I wonder how well the skin would stay on since the laptop has a "waffle" texture to it. Anyone?

Just thought I'd add that the discount code PSPHOME is good for $2.99 today; I just ordered "Gears".

Gene

I thinks Fantasy Blue will look really nice, especially with the royal blue M-edge cover I have on order.

I kind of like the Dark Rosewood one myself...

Between all the cool skins and covers and other accessories out there I could probably spend more dressing the kindle than on the kindle itself!

She added another 40 new skins and one of them was the one I was waiting for, yeah!

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/akin2/400/akin2-myheart.jpg

I kind of like the Dark Rosewood one myself...

Between all the cool skins and covers and other accessories out there I could probably spend more dressing the kindle than on the kindle itself!

I wish you guys would post what you are getting. I'm still torn on which skin I want... for the K1, but still! I like to see the different options!

I ordered the gears, looks pretty cool, I was tossed between that and the Hal 9000 one but since you rarely ever see the back of the thing in its case it was just black really.

Dang it, I should have stayed away from this thread! :)

I love all things zen/oriental so when i saw this skin, I HAD to have it!
http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/akin2/400/akin2-zen-rev.jpg

It will be nice to get away from the "white" case which I find somewhat irritating. I guess I just plain don't like it.

Now I will have two skins, lol, and I haven't even received the first one yet but it's on it's way.
http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/akin2/400/akin2-baoname.jpg

i ordered Superstar, which is now my name for my Kindle.

When I spoke to Decalgirl customer service they said many more designs will be added over the next few weeks. Pretty much any design they have for any other type of electronic product can or will be available for the Kindle

I ordered Ask, I like the colors.

:offtopic: Well, sorta off topic, but I got my skin for my laptop today and it totally rocks! It's bright and beautiful. This picture doesn't do it justice. I can't hardly wait for my K2 skins to arrive now!

I got my Kindle 2 skin today and it's VERY nice. And what fast delivery! Wow!

http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/akin2/400/akin2-baoname.jpg

I got my dark rose skin today but I had some issue getting it to fit right. I think the cut is a little off as the width of the skin doesn't quite cover the edges like I had hoped and it seemed a little bit long. So had to do a little cut and paste but still not real happy with it. I left off the button decals as the text on the buttons blends into the background is is very difficult to read. Seems they should have done the text in white maybe. Ah well, my second skin should be coming any day and hopefully i can get that to fit a little better.

Instead of putting the back decal on, choose to cut it down a little and put it on the front of my Amazon cover. It is so pretty, I didn't want to hide it!
I love the skin I got for my computer. Very spring like! Click thumbnail to see better image.

I finally gave up and got two of them. They should be here any day now.

I got mine today...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3335979222_530f385b40_o.jpg

Mine came today, too. Now I need to break out the good camera because my cell phone camera doesn't do justice to the colors on my skin.

This thread inspired my new K2 avatar. Thanks!

Schweet!

I got mine today...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3335979222_530f385b40_o.jpg

Gorgeous!

Octochick, your photographic skills are AWESOME. You make me want to buy all of your accessories.

I'm hoping to get a K2 in a couple of weeks. I think I'll definitely be going for a decalgirl skin. I like that you can get ones that aren't busy looking.

does anyone know, with the laptop skins, does the skin include the inside, around the keyboard? not just the outside top of the screen?

Octochick, your photographic skills are AWESOME. You make me want to buy all of your accessories.

So nice, Thank you!

So nice, Thank you!

yes, Lara. Very nice.

BOb

I've used their skins for ipod and blackberry, and they're durable and pretty easy to apply.

I love the leopard spots!

How did you get the Kindle 2 to display the custom image -- or is it only an image, and not actually a screen saver?

Dang it, I should have stayed away from this thread! :)

I love all things zen/oriental so when i saw this skin, I HAD to have it!
http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/akin2/400/akin2-zen-rev.jpg

It will be nice to get away from the "white" case which I find somewhat irritating. I guess I just plain don't like it.

Now I will have two skins, lol, and I haven't even received the first one yet but it's on it's way.
http://www.decalgirl.com/prodimg/akin2/400/akin2-baoname.jpg


I got the Zen for my K1 and just love it. The red is perfect with my M-edge cover. Then I got an Acer netbook, and it's cobalt blue. I got in touch with DecalGirl and asked if they could make the Zen for it, only in blue instead of red. They could, they did, and I love it! It's great that Decal Girl understands the importance of accessorizing! :2thumbsup

How did you get the Kindle 2 to display the custom image -- or is it only an image, and not actually a screen saver?

Deb... there is a patch someone did in this thread http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40302 to allow for custom images on the K2.

BOb

I am really glad to see that people had better luck with the decalgirl skins than I had. FYI, my skin {Radiosity} was completely off in the front, and though I emailed them last week, I have yet to hear back from them:

Greetings,

I hope the recipient of this email is well, and I wish You and Your Loved Ones blessings and as many moments of happiness as your hearts can take, giggling with joy.

Today I received this order; thank you very much for the prompt processing.

With all due respect however, I must ask the following question.

Have you actually *tried* installing this stenciled decal on a Kindle2?

If you do, just like me you'll find out that the front is completely off, and not matching the Kindle 2 at all.

If you try to align with the keyboard holes, the film gets on the screen and the page turning buttons. If you try to align with the screen bezel, it sits on top of the keyboard buttons.
To summarize it, the front is completely unusable.

Any ideas?

Thank you for reading.

Kind Regards,

(me)

I'll comment if there are any updates :rimshot:

Deb... there is a patch someone did in this thread http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40302 to allow for custom images on the K2.

BOb

Ooooh... thanks. I had read the initial part of that thread, but stopped following it, and didn't realize the patch had gotten safer.

"Is he safe?"

"Course he isn't SAFE. But he's GOOD."

I am really glad to see that people had better luck with the decalgirl skins than I had. FYI, my skin {Radiosity} was completely off in the front, and though I emailed them last week, I have yet to hear back from them:

Greetings,

I hope the recipient of this email is well, and I wish You and Your Loved Ones blessings and as many moments of happiness as your hearts can take, giggling with joy.

Today I received this order; thank you very much for the prompt processing.

With all due respect however, I must ask the following question.

Have you actually *tried* installing this stenciled decal on a Kindle2?

If you do, just like me you'll find out that the front is completely off, and not matching the Kindle 2 at all.

If you try to align with the keyboard holes, the film gets on the screen and the page turning buttons. If you try to align with the screen bezel, it sits on top of the keyboard buttons.
To summarize it, the front is completely unusable.

Any ideas?

Thank you for reading.

Kind Regards,

(me)

I'll comment if there are any updates :rimshot:

You'll get quicker service if you call them. The post office lost my package and I called them, and got them on the phone in less then a minute. The number 1-866-841-0922.

Yea, my By any Other name (rose) decal totally sucked! I ended up having to cut and paste in order to get it to fit and then it still looked awful! So I ended up throwing away the front decal and used the back decal on the front of my Amazon book cover. It was too pretty to just toss and really dressed up the cover.
Today I received the second decal I had ordered and was much more successful with this one! It actually fits the Kindle and I really like the look. Guess I should have complained to the company and maybe still will. Afterall, they don't know if they have a bad fitting decal unless someone says something!

Yea, my By any Other name (rose) decal totally sucked! I ended up having to cut and paste in order to get it to fit and then it still looked awful! So I ended up throwing away the front decal and used the back decal on the front of my Amazon book cover. It was too pretty to just toss and really dressed up the cover.
Today I received the second decal I had ordered and was much more successful with this one! It actually fits the Kindle and I really like the look. Guess I should have complained to the company and maybe still will. Afterall, they don't know if they have a bad fitting decal unless someone says something!

That's correct MsAstoria, by reporting it, you'll be preventing another person from receiving a badly fit decal.:thumbsup:

Called and spoke with Keith (decal girl) and they are sending me a new decal. Course I tried to talk him into a different decal that I liked better, but no go. Ah well, no harm in trying. They are very prompt in their turnaround time so should have it in just a few days.

Give them a call, Lily. We'll bombard them with complaints till they get it right! Power to the People!!! :party4:

I received the first of 2 skins I ordered from DecalGirl, the TieDye design.

I'm not fond of it. In the smaller images seen on the website, the design looks pretty crisp. In person, it looks like the image was blown up quite a bit and is a little blurry like a poor quality color copy.

I've ordered the Lily style as well (see my avatar). I hope it looks better.

Mine fits pretty well. There's a little bit of white showing around the edge, the inner edge surrounding the screen and the button edges, but other than that, it's a good fit. It's only about a millimeter.
The decal is just sticky enough to stay on without being a pain to put on. I lifted it back up three or four times to get it just right and didn't feel like it was going to tear or warp. (Don't pull too hard, though, because I'm sure it would stretch and not return to its shape.)
A co-worker said he found the design a distraction from reading on the screen, but I just find plain off-white or black too bland for my gadgets.

Ordered Mount Doom tonight. Hope it works out, but if not at least it's not as much money as I wasted on the Prodigy cover.

Mine fits pretty well. There's a little bit of white showing around the edge, the inner edge surrounding the screen and the button edges, but other than that, it's a good fit. It's only about a millimeter.
The decal is just sticky enough to stay on without being a pain to put on. I lifted it back up three or four times to get it just right and didn't feel like it was going to tear or warp. (Don't pull too hard, though, because I'm sure it would stretch and not return to its shape.)
A co-worker said he found the design a distraction from reading on the screen, but I just find plain off-white or black too bland for my gadgets.

Ohhh!!! Faerie! Is that the skin? It is gorgeous! I didn't see anything like it when I got mine!

I think the DecalGirl product is great.
Here is my K2 with Dissarray.
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt122/geoffthomas/20090312SkinnedKindle-front.jpg
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt122/geoffthomas/20090312SkinnedKindle-back.jpg

I like it!

I almost went with Disarray but went with Ask (http://www.decalgirl.com/browse.cfm/4,19178.htm) instead (the colors work better with my covers).

I got the digital camo skin (green/beige). It's all right. I wasn't pleased with most of the designs as they're too busy. Can't we just have a clear skin, or at least front/back that match the original colors of the Kindle? I liked the original colors, but didn't want any more scratches other than the small one I acquired on the back somewhere, and the camo seemed the least distracting (I didn't like the plain black).

Honestly, once I start reading I really don't see the design so I don't find it a distraction. I like the contrast between the darker border and the lighter screen. Seems more like a frame.

I got the digital camo skin (green/beige). It's all right. I wasn't pleased with most of the designs as they're too busy. Can't we just have a clear skin, or at least front/back that match the original colors of the Kindle? I liked the original colors, but didn't want any more scratches other than the small one I acquired on the back somewhere, and the camo seemed the least distracting (I didn't like the plain black).

You may want to check out Burbuny's thread on the Zagg Invisible Shield. (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41215)

Some very pretty Kindles in here. I need to make an upgrade on my skin too :_)

You may want to check out Burbuny's thread on the Zagg Invisible Shield. (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41215)

I've tried one of these on my iPhone before and wasn't happy, although that was on the backlit screen, which wouldn't be an issue here. For now, the camo skin (1) hides the scratch; and (2) will protect the Kindle to some extent; so even though I'm not entirely happy with the pattern (though it was the best pick for my purposes out of the choices) it will do the job.

However, I wonder if perhaps a bit of "scratch remover" (really, just filler that hides scratches) combined with an IS (once the scratch is made harder to see) might be the way to go. I am not sure, however, if 'removers' are safe or effective on brushed metal even though I know they've been tried with some success on smooth iPod backs.

Installed Mount Doom tonight - went on well, looks good. The key board really stands out now.

decalgirl covers are so cheap i got two different ones becase i could'nt make my mind up http://imagesshack.info/88l963.jpg

i ended up getting lily & ask covers

I must say decalgirl rocks

decalgirl covers are so cheap i got two different ones becase i could'nt make my mind up http://imagesshack.info/88l963.jpg

i ended up getting lily & ask covers
I just received the Lilies skin and absolutely love it!

I see I'm not the only one whose skin doesn't quite cover the entire screen edge and some of the original color shows through.

Yeah, if you look back at my "Dissarray" you will see that I also have that very small border of white. almost the same as the Lillies above.

I contacted Decalgirl about the availability of custom skins, having inquired last month and been told that they should be able to take orders around the end of the month. I got a 3550x2650 PSD file with layers for the art, the mask, and an overlay to show where the cuts would go, with instructions on how to size and position the art, then sent the art layer back to them (the full PSD file being 42Mb zipped and far beyond my ISP's attachment limit). I got back an acknowledgement that they could produce it, with instructions on placing the order, which I immediately did. This is what I will be getting:

http://members.cox.net/srmalloy/images/Kindle_2_Great_Wave.jpg

Nice choice of art! I have the collection of Hokusai's 36 Views of Mt Fuji (not the original :( ) and love the work. My condo sits right on the old Tokaido Road (although these days there are more traffic lights,) and the old ukiyo-e and shin hanga (the Japanese woodblock prints) would make some wonderful skins too!

Stitchawl

I just received the Lilies skin and absolutely love it!

Very nice! But those aren't Lilies (Monet paints the waterlilies); those are Irises (Van Gogh).

Hey srmalloy;

this news seems worthy of its own thread, and perhaps you could even post the PSD file (if it's okay with decalgirl) so that others can start making their own skins.

Hmm. So then I should be able to make art using the original color of the plastic on the front and a two-tone for the back that has a metallic silver lower part and the grey plastic of the top part -- IF we can do metallic colors. Ideas, ideas. Did the information say anything about whether metallic colors will be available?

(The idea is that the skin would "disappear").

this news seems worthy of its own thread, and perhaps you could even post the PSD file (if it's okay with decalgirl) so that others can start making their own skins.
The Decalgirl Kindle 2 custom skin template is posted over in this thread (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44652).

I got the Paper Cut skin and installed it last night. Lovin' it! :2thumbsup Here's a few pics. The rest can be found at my Kindle set at flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheriegeekchick/sets/72157616778231664/).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3442563089_0fff7ba80e.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3442563153_67e731aed9.jpg

wow! that's ermmm busy!

I got the Paper Cut skin and installed it last night. Lovin' it! :2thumbsup Here's a few pics. The rest can be found at my Kindle set at flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheriegeekchick/sets/72157616778231664/).


I like it, very abstract. Does everyone use the back piece? I haven't since I keep my K2 in a cover. I wish I could have just ordered the front pieces.

Daffy, I liked it for the very "abstract-ness" of it myself. :) I don't really consider it "busy" though. There were plenty of busy skins there, but I found they were generally the ones with more distinct images and patterns, and to me, the abstract nature of this detracted from the busy-ness.... Or maybe that's just me. :shrug:

But yeah, I threw on the back simply because I sometimes pull my Kindle out of the case Amazon case I have for it and read it nekkid. So it's nice not having the cold metal back for those times.

I use the back piece because I only use the case when I'm out of the house and I don't care for the feel of the metal case back.

I contacted Decalgirl about the availability of custom skins, having inquired last month and been told that they should be able to take orders around the end of the month. I got a 3550x2650 PSD file with layers for the art, the mask, and an overlay to show where the cuts would go, with instructions on how to size and position the art, then sent the art layer back to them (the full PSD file being 42Mb zipped and far beyond my ISP's attachment limit). I got back an acknowledgement that they could produce it, with instructions on placing the order, which I immediately did.
I got the skin in the mail today, and immediately removed the old skin, cleaned front and back with a Windex-dampened cloth to make sure I didn't have any dust or whatnot on it, and applied the skin:

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/481/skinnedkindle.png

I'm very satisfied with the result; now I need to fiddle with the original image to get a screensaver image that will key into the skin whenever it comes up in rotation.

Given that they redesigned some of the skins to fit differently on K2 (knowing the lack of a screensaver was an issue), I'm not surprised they're not ready to just jump on it. I think if I were them, I'd be hesitant too--after all, they went to a lot of work to format up well over 100 skins in an extremely short period, and to have to do them over to accomodate a screensaver hack that a lot of people are not quite ready to take the plunge on....
I'm OK either way; I purposely bought one that would look great even though it doesn't have a matching screensaver, and I actually wouldn't use theirs in the majority of cases, so it doesn't bother me that it isn't available. But then I think of certain skins, like Quest, and can see where it would be fun to have.

Given that they redesigned some of the skins to fit differently on K2 (knowing the lack of a screensaver was an issue), I'm not surprised they're not ready to just jump on it. I think if I were them, I'd be hesitant too--after all, they went to a lot of work to format up well over 100 skins in an extremely short period, and to have to do them over to accomodate a screensaver hack that a lot of people are not quite ready to take the plunge on....
Why would they have to do them over? From working with the template they sent me for my custom skin, all they'd have to do is take the area inside the inner guide on the template, square it off at the midpoint of the arcs at the corners, bring it in a touch, size it to 600x800, greyscale it, apply the Kindle palette with error diffusion, and save the resultant file. With an up-to-date graphics program like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, that should be all scriptable so it's a one-button process. Open file, process script, save image.

Looks good! Though I wonder what happened to the button labels. I saw them in the artwork you posted earlier but they're missing from the final picture you posted. Whoops.

Looks good! Though I wonder what happened to the button labels. I saw them in the artwork you posted earlier but they're missing from the final picture you posted. Whoops.
After looking at the template with and without the labels, I decided I didn't need them, and for me it looks better without them. The copy of the Hokusai skin template I'm passing out to people who want one like mine has the button labels, though.

Our family has six K2's between us. We are all high volume, bookworms and all ladies for the record. I was first to get a K2 soon after it came out and the other five just received them last weekend. Everybody picked their own skins after I discovered decalgirl and loved them. Will try and post pics of the six of our K2's with skins on back and front.

New to this so forgive me if the pics were too big or too many...

All six decals were from decalgirl...service was fast...each one worked first try and the bags were from etsy site , Janine King and Borsa Bella. Been happy with all things K2 related x6! So far, so good...

Love this site...thank you all for being here.

Kitten 320 aka Cyn of Cyn's Bim (name of K2) :thanks:

Our family has six K2's between us. We are all high volume, bookworms and all ladies for the record. I was first to get a K2 soon after it came out and the other five just received them last weekend. Everybody picked their own skins after I discovered decalgirl and loved them. Will try and post pics of the six of our K2's with skins on back and front.

New to this so forgive me if the pics were too big or too many...

All six decals were from decalgirl...service was fast...each one worked first try and the bags were from etsy site , Janine King and Borsa Bella. Been happy with all things K2 related x6! So far, so good...

Love this site...thank you all for being here.

Kitten 320 aka Cyn of Cyn's Bim (name of K2) :thanks:

Wow Kitten! You are certainly the Kween of Kindles! Great Pics.

Do you all share the same account and books or all do your own thing?

Our family has six K2's between us. We are all high volume, bookworms and all ladies for the record. I was first to get a K2 soon after it came out and the other five just received them last weekend. Everybody picked their own skins after I discovered decalgirl and loved them. Will try and post pics of the six of our K2's with skins on back and front.

New to this so forgive me if the pics were too big or too many...

All six decals were from decalgirl...service was fast...each one worked first try and the bags were from etsy site , Janine King and Borsa Bella. Been happy with all things K2 related x6! So far, so good...

Love this site...thank you all for being here.

Kitten 320 aka Cyn of Cyn's Bin (name of K2) :thanks:

We share my account as we are all related and tight and share books in any event. It's been the most exciting thing to happen to all of us in ages as readers.

We are all new to this and have much to learn...but I figure between the six of us , one of is bound to get it...(the others are much brighter than me)

Glad you enjoyed seeing the pics...My other hobby is photography and I've been documenting the K2's arrival and subsequent deliveries.

We are going to have our own "reading group" as a result of being able to share...if we can agree on a book!....We need a name for our group...so far we've been using, "K2 6 Pack"....We need suggestions....

Our K2's names are...Cyn's Bin...Library Laine...Sharon's Stash...Colleen's Corner...Jackie's Route and Nicole's Scrolls.....

So...suggestions for replacing the 6 packs name are open and welcome...

Thanking you in advance,
Kitten320 aka Cyn of Cyn's Bin :help:

You ought to send those pics to DecalGirl --- they might get a kick out of them, and even use them on their web page!