A Summer Wasting

As summer comes to an end, I have been enjoying my last few days outside in the beautiful weather before I set off to college. Life has bee stressful lately with preparing for college so it was nice to unwind and de-stress with my doggy, Misty. Anyone else going off to college soon?

How to jazz up plain phone cases

My neighbor recently gave me some of her old phone cases for my iphone 4s. Most of them were very plain and needed some sprucing up, so I decided to pull out the glitter N glue and turned it into a DIY art project. I love being crafty, so this was right up my ally and has been something I’ve wanted to experiment with for a while now. Basically the inspiration I took for decorating these phone cases was based off of cases I saw on Pinterest and crafty things I had laying around my house. 

The Splatter Effect

For the cool splattered look, I used a couple of nail polishes in summer colors. The phone case ended up being very simple to make, but had a very messy process so I'd recommend setting down a tarp or doing it outside. 

The colors I chose for my case:

Essie /Tart Deco

Revlon /#85 Minted

Essie /To buy or not to buy

Love My Nails /#522 Twilight Mauve

N.Y.C /#114 Taxi Yellow Creme

Love My Nails /#556 White

All you need to do to create the splattered effect, is to dip your brush into the polish then flick it back and forth over the case. Voila! You now have a cute case that all your friends will be jealous of!

Bejeweled

I got the inspiration to create this case from Pinterest. A studded cross cases has been on my wish list for some time now, yet never seemed to be worth the money. Instead of buying a $50 case, I spent $10 dollars on the studs from Hobby Lobby. (If you're also looking for a plain/ clear phone case, you can find them on Amazon for around 2 bucks!)

To attach the studs to the case, I used tacky glue and looked at a photo of the case I was trying to mimic as reference.  

Half way through, I found it easier to spread the glue about the case and then apply the studs instead of applying glue to each stud individually. 

Have you made your own DIY Phone Case? Leave me a link to a photo of it in the comments! I'd love to see what you all come up with!