In a world of tweets, likes, friending and instagraming, now there is pinning. How often does an explanation of a creative idea end with “I saw it on Pinterest!” From party decorations, to costume ideas, to a million ways to use a mason jar, to Oreo-Reeses-chocolate-chip-marshmallow-pretzel-Rollo cookie recipes, this website has it all.
Pinterest is an online idea board that allows you to create your own themed board and then pin any photos or videos to it that you find interesting on the World Wide Web. You can check out your friend’s boards and repin their awesome ideas too.
Once I got the hang of pinning and liking on Pinterest, I found myself spending hours creating boards on things that I think are totally cool; typography, desserts, cute animals, quotes, and of course… Nutella! Soon after, the whole Schell marketing team realized that we all shared a love for (and perhaps slight obsession with) Pinterest and began to share boards that help spark ideas for our advertising. In searching for home related pins we knew that the pinners of the world could only benefit from a Schell Brothers Pinterest board featuring amazing photography of our homes. So our Pinterest account was born!
The Schell Brothers Pinterest page is just starting out and needs your help to grow. We have featured photos of our homes and communities, interior shots of our stunning kitchens, and various courtyard pictures. But we wanted to show you more that just our homes!
We set up a Why Love DE? board which focuses on beautiful images of our area in southern Delaware.
You can hear what current homeowners have to share about their Schell experience on our Real Life Testimonial board (updated every Testimonial Tuesday!).
And we just had to share a bit of our great culture with fun videos and photos of our team and company events.
We want to know what you like, what you would re-pin and what boards we should start, so lets hear your ideas! Follow us on Pinterest, repin from our boards, comment on our photos or comment below. Happy Pinning!
It’s February and love is in the air, what a great excuse for another photo contest! This time, it is open to anyone that Lives with Heart.
If you are a local, you have probably have seen our Live with Heart magnets on cars up and down route one. It’s a saying that our team strives for and is the basis of our culture of happiness. But what exactly does it mean? It’s as simple as it sounds, living your life by putting your heart into all you do. Taking all your positive energy, interest and good intentions into your daily life. It’s a sincere and pretty simple way to think about what life throws your way, and I can tell you from experience, it results in a lot of smiling and laughter!
Now it’s YOUR chance to show us what you put your heart into! Take a photo holding a Live with Heart magnet doing something you love, or with someone you love. It could be at your favorite beach spot, doing your favorite hobby, or with the people that mean the most to you (just make sure that lovely magnet is in the photo!). Send all entries to livewithheart@schellbrothers.com. Our team will choose the top 3 photos and the winners will receive a $50 dinner for two! Check our facebook page on Feb. 14th for the winning entries and to see how we all Live with Heart!
Don’t have a magnet? No worries! You can pick one up at any Schell Brothers sales center in any of our communities.
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Mitch Albom
Happy Valentines Day!
Here at Schell Brothers it is quite obvious that we get excited about the holiday season! Decorated models, festive billboards, and a very special elf are some of the ways we enjoy sharing the season with you. Now it’s time for YOU to show us how you spread some Schell Brothers holiday cheer, by sharing your decorated Schell Brothers home.
We loved seeing our homeowners get into the fall season, but the leaves have all fallen and the scarecrows have been replaced with holly and wreathes. After the success of our fall contest, we are now accepting entries for our Holiday Door Decorating Contest for Schell Homeowners!
Send a photo of your festive front door to frontdoor@schellbrothers.com before Thursday Dec. 13th. After we receive all entries, the photos will be posted to our Facebook page and the voting will begin. Be sure to ‘like’ our page and share your photo with all of your friends! The homeowner with the most likes will win our contest and will receive a $200 gift card to Michaels Arts & Craft store!
Happy Holidays and Happy Decorating!
Being fairly new to Schell Brothers I am always learning something new about our communities and how our homes truly stand out. After a sales meeting in Heritage Creek a few weeks ago I was taken aback by how much personality and uniqueness was beaming from the homes. I have been through this community a few times, so what made this time different? I realized that it was the festive love the homeowners had given to the front of their homes. They are proud to own a Schell Home, and it shows through the care they take in making their already special home, extra special.
No one can escape the feelings of autumn; the air gets crisper, the trees get more vibrant, and the sense of community becomes stronger (and lets not forget how cute fall clothes are!) Just by driving through the Schell Communities we can see the thought and time that went into decorating for the season, so why not show it off even more!
We are calling ALL SCHELL HOMEOWNERS to be a part of our first Front Door Decorating Contest! While you are taking a sip of your morning coffee, admiring the bright mums, cute scarecrows and leafy wreaths, snap a photo of your festive front door and email it to frontdoor@schellbrothers.com. Be sure to send it in before Thursday, Nov. 8th when the contest closes.
After we receive all entries they will be posted to our Facebook page for voting/likes to commence. You will want to be sure to ‘like’ our page and share your photo with all your friends because the homeowner with the most likes will win the contest! We wouldn’t let the winner walk away empty handed… the winning front door will receive a $200 gift card to Giant Foods (now that’s one big Thanksgiving turkey!) AND their front door featured in a November Cape Gazette ad.
So grab those hay bales, gourds and cornucopias and get decorating! There is only one week left, so don’t wait. Photos must be of a Schell Brothers Home and submitted by a Schell Brothers Homeowner. Photos may be send as a jpeg. Winner will be announced Friday Nov. 16th.
Happy Autumn!
