May 28, 2008
Victoria P. Zurcher Designs:
Hip, Fresh, Stylish, Original
If you spend much time talking with children, especially those in the three to eight-year-old range, as they are getting to know you and trying to figure out who you are, they will inevitably ask you, “What’s your favorite color?” Even if they don’t ever ask you about yours, they will certainly let you know, “Blue is my favorite color.”
My nine-year-old daughter has recently become obsessed with penguins, and she loves having that as a personal theme. My son has a preschool classmate who likes elephants. Anytime we see an elephant, he shouts, “Kenny likes elephants!”
They have it figured out–the colors and symbols that we choose can help to define us, or at least give us an element of unique personal style. We decorate our babies’ nurseries before we know anything about their personalities–why not continue that throughout childhood, letting their tastes or personalities dictate the products that surround them?
Victoria P. Zurcher designs has set out to do just that. Five years ago after her daughter Sydney was born, she ended up creating products for her daughter because she couldn’t find colors and styles that appealed to her. The unique designs appealed to friends and family as well who encouraged her to start a business. Another WAHM is born!
Browse her site, and you will be amazed at all the products she offers:
- drawer knobs
- step stools
- note cards (including those wonderful fill-in thank you notes that may be not be Emily Post-approved, but are still great for reluctant thankers or early writers)
- kids’ t-shirts (designed to put a smile on the face of everyone who sees them)
- MeMe girls, an opportunity to create products or prints with a special personal likeness
- the original VPZ retro lunchbox
- a cool a stationery set (pictured) that comes inside one of the lunchboxes (which would make a perfect baby gift or baby’s first birthday present or a wedding shower gift, for that matter)
Would you like to win one of the original VPZ retro lunchboxes? Click over to her site and then leave a comment here telling me which color/pattern you like best. We’ll announce the winner on June 8.

Filed under Contests, Kids Stuff, Product Reviews, Websites and Forums by Jennifer



413 Comments on Victoria P. Zurcher Designs:
Hip, Fresh, Stylish, Original »
#1 - Ashley @ 9:50 pm
I love the camo and the red/blue striped lunchboxes. Very cute stuff!
#2 - mannequin @ 9:50 pm
They have a pink poodle lunchbox! A pink poodle!
I guess you can imagine that is my favorite. SO very retro cool.
#3 - Naomi @ 9:52 pm
I like the Flipsides!
#4 - Jen @ 9:54 pm
Wow, these are so cute! My top 3 favorites are the pink poodle, pink coco, and preppy girl! My daughter will go from homeschooling to a school next year, so it would be fun to send her with a cool retro lunchbox!
#5 - jessica @ 10:18 pm
I really like em’ all but I think the preppy girl and the dots n blocks is the cutest. My daughter thought they all were pretty!
#6 - Briana @ 10:18 pm
I l0ve the dots and blocks! My five year old daughter would love to have that for kindergarten this fall.
#7 - Kate @ 10:19 pm
i happened upon your blog…i love it! i really like the pink coco lunchbox.
#8 - stacey moore @ 10:32 pm
love Pink Coco Lunchbox
thanks!
moore.g at insideconnect.net
#9 - Laura H. @ 10:36 pm
Purple poodle lunchbox is my favorite!
laura_licious101(at)hotmail(dot)com
#10 - Deanne @ 10:39 pm
The Joshua set is my fav! I like the colors and the pattern…..sure would love to win! Thanks for the chance!
#11 - anne s. @ 10:41 pm
i melt for the pink coco lunch box and i know my daughter would, too!
#12 - Meg @ 10:42 pm
These are precious!
I love the Ainsley pattern!
Thanks!
#13 - Kim Davis @ 10:58 pm
Love the Green Camo Lunchbox — my 6 year old would love to take that to school!!
#14 - Kim @ 11:02 pm
I love the Dots and Blocks lunchbox. They are all fabulous!
#15 - Tina @ 11:06 pm
I love Preppy Girl (and Dots&Blocks)! So cute!
#16 - Mandy @ 11:21 pm
You can probably tell I have boys– I think the camo lunchbox is adorable. Love the other designs too!
#17 - Natalie @ 11:23 pm
I like the purple poodle one best! So cute!
#18 - kelli @ 11:40 pm
Wow, I love so many of these! I think I like the Brown Derby for my son and the Pink Blossoms set for my daughter. Although I also really like the Kiwi Cookies…. too many choices.
#19 - Michelle @ 11:42 pm
Thanks for introducing this site! They have great designs. My son would love Flipside Mick!
#20 - Jenna @ 11:57 pm
What an awesome website and Giveaway for that matter!
All the designs are so awesome but I would have to say my fave would be the Dots and Blocks lunchbox!
#21 - Mindy @ 12:00 am
I love the Pink Coco lunchbox. It would bring joy, fun, and pep to the otherwise dreary cafeteria hour.
Super cute. Thanks for the entry.
#22 - Tracy @ 12:05 am
Because I have a son, I’ll put down my favorie boyish lunchbox
“Flipside” Bucky Lunchbox
These are all so cute! By the way, I love the stationary sets and the t-shirts too!!
#23 - Tara R. @ 12:07 am
I love the Ainsley pattern!
#24 - Heidi @ 12:11 am
The pink with white polka dots is my favorite! How cute!
#25 - Belinda A. @ 12:44 am
Lots of cute patterns to choose from! Bubble Gum Sticks is my favorite.
#26 - Noreen @ 12:56 am
Bubble Gum Sticks Lunchbox would be perfect for my daughter
#27 - Krista @ 1:24 am
The red and blue stripe is really cute, but I have a feeling my little guy is going to be way more interested in the camo!
#28 - Anna @ 1:56 am
Oh, I love the dots & blocks. Too cute!
#29 - julie @ 6:13 am
the pink coco for my divalicious niece..
3beez at bellsouth dot net
#30 - Aisling @ 6:37 am
The Brown Derby lunchbox is my favorite for a cool little boy.
#31 - Kim Priestap @ 6:53 am
My son starts kindergarten in September and he would look very cool with a camo lunchbox.
#32 - chyk @ 7:01 am
love the bubblegum sticks@! so cute!
#33 - Amanda C @ 7:13 am
So hard to decide, but over all I think the Purple Poodle lunch box is my favorite. I think my daughter would love it
#34 - Steph Elias @ 7:13 am
The Flipside Bucky Lunchbox
#35 - Diane @ 7:18 am
The dots and blocks would be perfect for back to school.
#36 - Kristen H. @ 7:25 am
I love the Pink Poodle Lunch Box! Thanks
#37 - Louise Brouillette @ 7:46 am
The pink poodle is cute
#38 - Sandra Brodeur @ 7:50 am
I like the green camo lunch box!
#39 - Mama Zen @ 8:08 am
Very cute! I like the “ainsley!”
#40 - Jeni @ 8:17 am
The Bubble Gum Sticks lunchbox would be great for my girlie!
#41 - JenPerkins @ 8:44 am
I love the blue and brown stripe design for my son. Boyish and stylish at the same time!
#42 - Hannah @ 8:53 am
If I were to win, I would choose the blue/olive stripe pattern for my little boy.
#43 - Tracey Byram @ 9:07 am
Flipside Fluffy is my favorite.
#44 - Mad Squirrel @ 9:10 am
I think I am in love. Do you think my husband will be jealous?
#45 - Jill L @ 9:15 am
Those are so cute!!! I love the Flipside “Patty” lunchbox. My kids would go crazy to see their names on them.
#46 - grubmama @ 9:16 am
I love the brown derby lunch box! What a great site!
#47 - Mad Squirrel @ 9:17 am
I’ll read the directions correctly next time! I am totally blaming it on the lack of coffee.
I love the purple poodle color combo and my daughter saw it before she left for school and let out a squeal of delight! I was left with instructions to rob her piggy bank if necessary to get her one, she knows funds are very tight here. I can’t rob her piggy bank but I can hope to win the lottery here and if not I’ll figure it out when I get to that point.
I think she likes it because is is going to be a 4th grader next year and this is a bit more grown up and not so babyish.
#48 - Marilyn @ 9:20 am
The blue and brown stripe rocks. The rest are all fine also!
#49 - MaryBeth @ Four Silly Sisters @ 9:23 am
I think the dots ad blocks are my favorite, but there are tons of really cute ones!!
#50 - wanda @ 9:29 am
I like the dots and blocks best,all sooo cute!
#51 - Lisa @ 9:36 am
I’m all over the brown derby set. So cute!
#52 - R.L.Scovens @ 9:39 am
I really like the Red & Blue Stripe Lunchbox.
#53 - Marsha Golden @ 9:41 am
The Pink-White-Turquoise Fill-In would be my choice.
#54 - Bebemiqui @ 9:42 am
I like the Flipside Spike lunchbox.
#55 - Sarah C @ 9:50 am
They are all so cute, but I love the Pink Coco and the Red Stripe!
#56 - Michele @ 10:01 am
Preppy Girl style is very cute…it’s hard to choose though, they are all great!
#57 - Nodins Nest @ 10:05 am
we would love the brown derby!
#58 - Deanne @ 10:14 am
I love them all! But I’d pick the Blue Olive Stripe.
#59 - Cathy R @ 10:18 am
I think the Camo is very neat!
#60 - chris swanson @ 10:25 am
I love the colorfull dots lunch box. VERY RETRO! Cool thanks for the giveaway.
#61 - Knitting Queen @ 10:37 am
I LOVE the blue and brown stripes! So cute!!
#62 - linda @ 10:39 am
The dots and blocks are my choice.
#63 - Jo Ann @ 10:44 am
totally in love with the Jack and Sophie. But they are all so cute it is hard to pick one.
#64 - Jessica @ 10:54 am
I am so impressed. These are darling! I wish _I_ needed a lunchbox. O well. My favorite would probably be the red and blue stripe… or the pink poodle… or dots and blocks. What is wrong with thise picture??
#65 - Karla Franklin @ 11:01 am
I love the Brown Derby pattern!
#66 - Jennifer Monteiro @ 11:08 am
I like the pink poodle lunchbox.
#67 - Deborah Wellenstein @ 11:09 am
The pink coco is very cute. Thank you for this giveaway!
#68 - Chuck Darrah @ 11:19 am
I really like the brown derby!
#69 - Darcy @ 11:22 am
What fun lunchboxes! I would choose Dots and Blocks. Thank you for the giveaway!
#70 - Jen E @ 11:31 am
How cool!! I love the Dots and Blocks!
#71 - Starr @ 11:34 am
My daughter and I had a blast checking out the VPZ site! She picked the Flipside Patty lunch box as her favorite because she likes the purple bug. =D
I liked the Purple Poodle… purple is my fav color and I love the retro harlequin pattern!
Thanks for having another fun contest!
#72 - content sasso @ 11:50 am
What a great idea!!! I would love the Flipside” Bucky Lunchbox for my son!!!
#73 - Nico Bonvouloir @ 12:12 pm
These are so much fun…. I love the Bubble Gum Sticks Lunchbox. So very cool!
#74 - Ashley R @ 12:18 pm
While I love the Argyle looking one, my son would definately go camo.
#75 - Katie Martin @ 12:22 pm
Brown Derby Lunchbox is my favorite. Thanks. What a cute site.
#76 - Lindsay @ 12:22 pm
I like the red and blue stripe lunchbox. Thanks!
#77 - Jodie Quinn @ 12:44 pm
I love the dots and blocks and the preppy girl lunch boxes! They are so adorable and girly, I can definitely see my nieces wanting one, great gift idea!
#78 - Patricia Hill @ 12:46 pm
I love the purple poodle lunch box for my granddaughter
#79 - Tanya Moyer @ 12:53 pm
So cute!! I love the Bubble Gum Sticks design! Great giveaway!
Thanks for offering this!
~Tanya
the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com
#80 - Julie Smith @ 12:56 pm
they are adorable! My favorite would have to depend on who I was shopping for…but if for my son, I would pick the Brown Derby lunchbox.
#81 - Kelley @ 1:13 pm
My son would LOVE the camo lunchbox! I have two girls too, so probably one of the more feminine ones would be their choice.
#82 - Rachel Fox @ 1:18 pm
I absolutly love the Bubble Gum Sticks lunchbox! So adorable! Thanks for a great offer!
#83 - Amanda @ 1:26 pm
My fav is the Pink Coco - SUPER CUTE!!!
#84 - Staci J. @ 1:30 pm
I would love a Blue Olive Stripe Lunchbox. My husband is a teacher and takes his lunch everyday and this would be so perfect!!!
#85 - lace @ 1:39 pm
the Pink Coco Lunchbox and the Purple Poodle Lunchbox are cute.
#86 - Anne @ 1:40 pm
I so enjoy the Personalized Emma Lunchbox!! Wonderful site; brought back lots of memories!
#87 - Ann @ 1:42 pm
I love the “flipside” Patty lunchbox, just adorable! Thanks for the great giveaway.
#88 - Angela Brasier @ 1:43 pm
I love the “preppy girl”, my daughter’s name is Adriel…that would look so good on it!
#89 - dallimomma @ 1:49 pm
I really like the dots & blocks pattern. My granddaughter goes to kindergarten next year and she would love it.
#90 - Angela Young @ 1:50 pm
So cute!! My son would love the Brown Derby Lunchbox.
#91 - Charles Yount @ 1:52 pm
bubba would love it!
#92 - Jennifer Barnett @ 2:06 pm
The “Dots and Blocks” lunchbox is bright and colorful. It is cute and would be hard to lose!
#93 - LisaW @ 2:09 pm
I like the Brown Derby and the Blue Olive Stripe. Thanks!
#94 - Mattie @ 2:14 pm
The pink cocoa is so cute!
#95 - Stacy @ 2:15 pm
Love the dots and blocks lunchbox, I could use it!!
#96 - Carolyn @ 2:20 pm
Purple Poodle Lunchbox and keep the letter M for my mom. She takes her lunch to work.
Thanks.
#97 - Patti @ 2:20 pm
CUTE!! I love the Pink Poodle Lunchbox! What fun!
#98 - misty w @ 2:26 pm
I like the Preppy Girl lunchbox. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
#99 - Heather R. @ 2:29 pm
I like the red and blue stripes for my little one! Thanks!
#100 - Cathryn Patrick @ 2:33 pm
I like the “Dots & Blocks” lunchbox. My Kaitlynn would love it!
#101 - Elizabeth M. @ 2:34 pm
I love the Bubble Gum Sticks lunchbox!
#102 - Sky @ 2:36 pm
The dots and blocks is so much fun!
#103 - Cindi @ 2:39 pm
Happy Thursday! You guys are just full of wonderful giveaway contests. These lunch boxes are the cutestI really like the “Blue Olive Stripe” Lunchbox. Please enter me in your delightful drawing. I know a little person that would enjoy having a new lunch box.
Many thanks, Cindi
#104 - Margaret Smith @ 2:39 pm
These are so great. I know that my son would love the Green Camo Lunchbox. Thanks so much for this wonderful giveaway.
#105 - Meredith Peters @ 2:40 pm
I like the Purple Poodle Retro Lunchbox! Too much fun!
#106 - CE @ 2:48 pm
I like the pink coco lunchbox!
#107 - The Gang's All Here! @ 2:51 pm
I love the dots and blocks for my LadyBug - and it would be just in time to replace her very worn, torn My Little Pony one!!!!!
#108 - Amy @ 2:52 pm
I love the “Sophie” with circles and squares! So cute and fun looking!
Thank you for such a fun giveaway!
#109 - carly @ 2:59 pm
I love the Preppy Girl lunchbox! So cute! So fun! I love all things personalized and cant get enough of this site. Thanks for such a great giveaway!
Carly
#110 - Debbie @ 3:10 pm
I love the bright colors!
#111 - shannon bradford @ 3:11 pm
Oh My Stephanie would love a lunchbox for 1st grade!!!!
#112 - CanCan @ 3:19 pm
How cool! I like the red and blue stripes lunchbox. The little “monster” designs are cute too!
#113 - Aubrey @ 3:30 pm
I love the green/white or the red/blue the best!
#114 - Michelle @ 3:32 pm
My daughter would love the dots and blocks!
#115 - Stacey @ 3:37 pm
These are so cute. I love what she has to offer. My favorite is the dots and blocks.
#116 - Meg @ 3:59 pm
I really like the red and blue striped. Hooray for lead free!
#117 - K. Cleaver @ 4:01 pm
She has the coolest items over there. I like the brown derby lunch boxes but my son said he likes the Bucky lunchbox.
#118 - jffryclough @ 4:02 pm
blue, black and white stripe suits me
#119 - Carolyn @ 4:22 pm
My son would love the Flipside Bucky! So fun!
#120 - Rhonda B @ 4:23 pm
Love the camo lunch box.
#121 - Carrie H. @ 4:27 pm
I love the Dots & Blocks lunchbox!
#122 - Jocelyn @ 4:40 pm
The Pink Coco lunchbox!
#123 - Bree @ 4:43 pm
I love the Preppy Girl Lunch box for my daughter! So cute!
#124 - Adrienne Gordon @ 4:48 pm
“Flipside” Bucky Lunchbox is my fave
#125 - Michelle T @ 4:53 pm
I love the Brown Derby. Perfect for my boys.
#126 - Krispy_Kremer @ 5:00 pm
Blue Olive Stripe would suit my son Otto
His favorite colours!!
#127 - Adriane @ 5:15 pm
I love the dots and blocks lunchbox! just right for Chloe who starts preschool in the fall.
#128 - stampedwithgrace @ 5:25 pm
cute! I like the Dots & Blocks and the Brown Derby Lunchboxes
#129 - Jessica T @ 5:38 pm
Boys - Brown Derby
Girls - Dots and Blocks
But, really, they are all so great!
#130 - Mary @ Adventures in Mommyland @ 5:52 pm
I like the Flipside “Patty” Lunchbox. Great giveaway, thanks!
#131 - Megan B. @ 5:54 pm
How great! I love the pink poodle lunchbox, my niece would absolutely die of happiness if I gave it to her. Of course, it would have to have an “M” in the middle, but she would be sooo happy! Thanks for the contest!
#132 - Lee Klein @ 5:55 pm
I like the multicolored polka dotted design (has Sophie on the front.) It’s so happy looking!
#133 - Bhavana @ 5:59 pm
My daughter would love the Dots & Blocks Lunchbox.
Thanks.
#134 - cat @ 6:15 pm
I love the Dots & Blocks lunchbox. I’m trying to “go green” so I walk to work everyday. It would be so cool to be walkin’ down the street showing off one of your lunchboxes. What a great giveaway
#135 - Elaine @ 6:22 pm
I like the Flipside Buckie lunch box-very cute!
#136 - Chris @ 6:35 pm
Oh my girlfriend flips over this stuff! I’ve never really checked it out though. I like the camo design the best. Seems strong when a girl sports camo. Something about it always made me do a double-take. I think she’d love it. Hook her up.
#137 - Lina Correa @ 6:49 pm
I like the joshua or jack
#138 - Alexia @ 7:15 pm
I love the Brown Derby Lunchbox!
#139 - Kathy Scott @ 7:16 pm
With all boys the brown derby lunch box would be great. Thanks for the chance.
#140 - Linda Moeller @ 7:19 pm
Pink poodle!
#141 - Regina @ 7:27 pm
i would be happy with any of them
#142 - Jill @ 7:39 pm
My daughter is starting Kindergarten next year so I would LOVE one of these. I like the dots and blocks.
#143 - kelli @ 7:45 pm
I like the Dots & Blocks Lunchbox.
#144 - Bernadette @ 7:53 pm
My favorite is Bubble Gum Sticks.
#145 - Kathleen @ 8:31 pm
I like the Flipside Bucky lunch box, especially the back!
#146 - Tonya Froemel @ 9:14 pm
The Pink Poodle Lunchbox is my favorite!
#147 - Rena @ 9:24 pm
dots and blocks and second is pink poodle. Very retro cool!
#148 - charline s @ 9:39 pm
I love the Green Camo Lunchbox.
#149 - julie @ 9:40 pm
i like dots and blocks.
#150 - Shay @ 9:42 pm
Love the pink with white polka dots and the cool font they chose for that lunch box.
#151 - Sandy F. @ 9:43 pm
Dots and Blocks is really adorable. count me in….thanks!!!
#152 - Hil'Lesha @ 9:48 pm
I love the pink poodle!
#153 - Julie D. @ 10:00 pm
Dots and Blocks would be my pick!
#154 - Lori Williams @ 10:14 pm
Pink poodle, baby!
#155 - Heidi Todd @ 10:42 pm
The purple poodle is hands down my fave!
#156 - Tara Braun @ 10:56 pm
I like the pink poodle.
#157 - Dolly @ 11:05 pm
i need one for ME!! how cool. i love the navy block and flipside bucky. i’ve seriously been looking for retro lunchboxes since i graduated from college (I won’t say how many years ago that was!!) I had superman and strawberry shortcake metal lunchboxes when i was a kid….i really miss those!
#158 - David Coward @ 11:06 pm
kids would love it
#159 - Jeanine @ 11:13 pm
I love the dots and blocks one the best, with my baby starting school in the fall this would be great to win.
#160 - SassyBelle @ 11:21 pm
Ooh, definitely preppy girl!
#161 - Susan @ 11:54 pm
I love the bubble gum stick design!
#162 - liz @ 11:57 pm
i love the brown and blue stripes..perfect baby gift for my friend who is about to have a boy!
#163 - Gina Stratos @ 12:35 am
My daughter has recently become obsessed with the color pink. She would love Bubble Gum Sticks.
#164 - janet lindsey @ 12:45 am
i like the blue,brown, and white stripes.
#165 - Cheryl English @ 12:53 am
The Pink Poodle lunch box has my vote.
#166 - Suzanne Bastien @ 1:14 am
Preppy Girl lunch box for my 7 year old. It can have her name on it, and she will look fabulous with it!
#167 - Stephen Saunders @ 1:54 am
brown derby rocks, rocks I tell ya
#168 - Danielle @ 2:13 am
My daughter would love the pink poodle lunch box. I love that they are metal, so much easier to disenfect!
#169 - KR More @ 5:54 am
got to go with the “Flipside” Mick Lunchbox
#170 - Terra Heck @ 5:54 am
It was very hard to decide, but I really like the bubble gum sticks lunchbox. It would be so cute for my youngest step-daughter.
#171 - Dorothy Davidson @ 6:39 am
I think I like the “Flipside” Mick Lunchbox
#172 - Trish @ 7:11 am
My Grand Neice would love the Pink Poodle Lunchbox! She is moving from Texas to NJ this week and her mother plans on getting her into the last 2 weeks of school here. I’m sure it’s a scarry time for an 8 yr. old and a new lunch box might be a little helper to get her over this transition.
#173 - david basile @ 7:38 am
Red & Blue Stripe Lunchbox
#174 - Kristinia Clos @ 7:54 am
Definately the preppy girl!
#175 - Sharon Jones @ 8:38 am
I love Dots & Blocks Lunchbox
THANKS
#176 - Lynn H @ 8:49 am
i would be happy with any…I guess I’ll have to decide when I win!
#177 - Vicky Boackle @ 9:02 am
i like the dots and blocks lunchbox.