DIY Glitter Ocean Chevron Themed Phone Cases!

DIY Glitter Ocean Chevron Themed Phone cases!

It's so much more beautiful in person, but hard to photograph!

What you will need for the Chevron Print:

• A Plain Phone Case, Plastic Preferred, $~2 on Amazon
• Glitter in a Couple Different Shades, Any Craft Store
• Mod Podge, Craft Stores/WalMart
• Electrician's Tape or Any Other Non-Sticky Adhesive
• Foam Brush or a Throw Away Brush

For the 3-D Elements you will need:

• Sea Shell and Bubble Buttons, $2-4 a Pack at Michael's, I Used Parts of 3
• Any Other Decoration
• Rope for a Bow, I Already Had Some on Hand
• E-6000, Hot Glue, or Another Strong Adhesive
• Nail Clippers

"Tiny Seashells" and "Bubbles" from Dress It Up, found at Michael's

"Seashells at the Seashore" from Dress It Up.  I chose to use plastic seashells for durability.

Here are some of my glitters I thought about using.  The teal and blue in the fat containers are the ones I ended up using, and are found in a set of 12 at Michael's.  I used a 40% off coupon and they were around $5-6 I think.  

The long skinny containers are from Walmart and were much less in price.  They are much chunkier.

The ones in the little baggies are from the Dollar Tree. 

The gunmetal glitter in the big ziploc is from Hobby Lobby.

I first tried to figure out how I wanted to use the bubbles.  When I bought the buttons I had no idea how I was going to use them.  I thought it would be cute to focus them around the top of the phone, where the camera and speaker are!

These are all of my buttons laid out.  To get them to stick to the case, you have to clip the backs of them off of the buttons.  The little semi-circles in the box are what the backs look like after they had been clipped off.  I have found that nail clippers work the best for taking these off, thanks to a suggestion from my dad!

Then I got to work on a stencil for the chevron print.  Electrician's tape isn't very sticky and leaves no residue, so I used it.  I took cardstock and drew a little chevron print.  I measured it out but I don't quite remember my measurements. I just wanted it to be very uniform.  Then I took electrician's tape and covered the card stock.  I cut the excess off, so that the points were cut. 

This is what my measurements looked like on the front. 

After I had cut out the points, I put a strip of Electrician's tape over the other tape.  This way, I could peel it off itself, and not touch the tape on the paper.  It shreds the paper if you peel it off.

Then I cut the excess black tape off and peeled it off.

I put it on the case where I wanted to protect it.  I centered it the way I wanted so that I could add Mod Podge.

This makes a pretty good stencil, but I'm sure there are other ways too! I might have made it sound complicated, but it really wasn't.  I had to replace my tape a couple times, because glitter would get stuck to it.

These are the supplies I needed for the next part.

Dab the Mod Podge on generously.  Don't drown it, but make sure it's covered well.

Add the glitter! I used a translucent kind of white shade, that I would probably describe as snow colored, for the top.  I let it dry for a minute and shook of the excess.  Then I dabbed on more Mod Podge and gave it a second coat.  This is the easiest time to give it a second coat, before all the other layers have been applied.

Decide how large you want your second stripe to be, and secure your stencil.  Then repeat dabbing on the Mod Podge and sprinkling on the glitter. 

This is how I ended up doing mine!  It's very different than what I first wanted to do, but I like it so much better!  The glitter had not fully dried for any of the layers before I would go on to the next.  I was impatient!  The only problem with this is that it's still a little squishy and easy to mess up, so be careful :]

I used E-6000 to secure the bubbles where I wanted them, around the top.  Then I used it to secure the seashells.  I started with the bottom shells, then attached the other seashells where I wanted them.

It took me a couple tries of moving them around to get them where I wanted.  I remembered I had beachy looking rope and tied a little bow with it.  I used E-6000 for this too, which surprised me.  I thought I might have to use hot glue, but the E-6000 worked great!

 These were taken very early in the morning by whatever possessed me to make this phone case so late in the night!  This craft took me a couple of hours to do, but I love the way it turned out! There is a lot of glitter fall out, but I don't mind.  If you don't want yours to do that, dab on Mod Podge over the finished piece.  It won't be as sparkly, but you won't lose much glitter.

The snapchat I sent out once I had finished it! Ignore me.

I loved doing this phone case! Please let me know if you make one like it or completely different!

♥Riley

P.S. I'm considering making phone cases for my Etsy store.  Any thoughts on price or variations of my design? Thanks! ♥

Simplest Tutorial Ever! Felt Snowman!

Here is the felt snowman I made and put on my ugly Christmas vest!

This will be the easiest and shortest tutorial I ever make!

For this craft I used:

• One piece white felt, 25-33 cents depending on your local craft store
• Tiny bit of black felt, 25-33 cents
• Little piece of orange felt, 25-33 cents
• Glue
• Scissors

You could also use black and orange paint, instead of felt.

The total for this craft is 75 cents to $1, or 25 to 33 cents if you use paint.

 You need three circle or oval shapes for the body, two large black circles for eyes, and a carrot nose.  I then used four tiny black circles for a mouth and three different sized black circles for his buttons.  

I considered making a hat for him, but loved him too much without it.  

Glue them all together! I used tacky glue and put the white circles together first.  Then I put him under a couple of books overnight to let him stick together right.  

See? Quickest and easiest craft ever!

♥ Riley

P.S.  I'd love to see your interpretation of this craft if you made one! Please send me them to look at :]

Felt Christmas Tree Decorations!

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For today's craft, I'm feeling Christmassy!  I've decided that I want to make some ugly Christmas sweaters/vests this year and thought I'd get started! Btw, when I say "ugly" I mean "tacky".  I love the overdecorated! 

Anyways, I thought I'd start the holidays off with a felt Christmas tree! It would be perfect for an addition to a sweater or a vest, or even on it's own, hanging on a wall! 

You will need:

• A sheet of a light colored felt, 25-33 cents at local craft stores
• A sheet of a dark colored felt, 25-33 cents at local craft stores
• Hot glue, tacky glue, or fabric glue
• Scissors
• Pen, or something to mark with

All in all, this craft will probably cost less than $1 if you have some craft supplies in your home.

You can make your tree parts any shape, but I chose to do this sort of wonky shape.  I think it's really cute.

Then I just placed my first wonky shape on to another piece of felt and outlined what I wanted it to look like.

Leave enough space on the top to glue it to the next piece.  I chose to use alternating colors, but you could use the same color or all different colors!  I thought it might be cute to use some white felt, to look like snow!

Keep repeating these steps until you have the desired size of your Christmas tree!

This is what mine looked like after I had all the parts together.  Ignore my dog in the background...

I also contemplated making it look even more wonky by making the levels look more topsy-turvy.

This is what the back looked like after I had started gluing.  I made little arrows to show where they would come together, but that's totally optional.  I tried using fabric glue but found it to be utterly useless with the felt.  I ended up using tacky glue and put heavy books on top of them.  If I were to do this craft again I would choose to use hot glue.  It seems to be very effective with felt.

This is all I had used of the two pieces of felt when I was done.

This was what my finished tree looks like! On my leg to show size.  I love my little tree.  You can decorate them any way you want to! I chose to leave it like this and glue it to my vest.

Let me know if you ended up doing this craft! I'd love to see your interpretation.

♥ Riley

P.S. Sorry for how late this post is, I have been very sick.

Felt Christmas Present Envelopes! $1 Gift!

Recently I was thinking of ways to give people presents. 

Envelopes are a great way to give someone a special gift, and what better envelope than one you hand-made that will last forever?

For this project I used:

• One half sheet of red felt - Michael's - 33¢
• One strip of green felt - Michael's - 33¢
• Fabric glue or Tacky glue
• Scissors
• *Optional*: Craft Iron or Regular Iron

 The first thing I did was decide how big of a box/envelope I wanted.  I practiced folding over my felt until I decided on a size and cut it out.

 Then I cut out a straight green strip of felt.  This needs to be as straight as possible, but can be any thickness you see fit.  Take your fabric/tacky glue and run it down the entire strip.  I wanted mine in the middle so I set the strip down in as close to the middle as I could get.  

 I flattened it out with my hands for some time, just because I wasn't sure this glue would work and I wanted it to have good contact.

 Then I folded the bottom up to see how long I wanted the top and sides to be.

 I ran glue along one half of what was going to fold up.  This way I knew how far to fold it as well.

 I pressed it down to make sure the glue was contacting well.

 I decided to use my miniature craft iron my Grandma got me to make the lines crisp.  I folded the top over too and ironed all of the creases.

 I don't know how to describe this shape but it makes an excellent bow.

 Fold in one side to the middle.

 Fold in the other side.

 Better view.

 Place a dab of glue on all of the pieces. But don't use as much as I did or it will show through. Oops!

 Then take a strip of felt and glue it in the back of the bow where you cannot see it.

 I tried the bow a couple places before I decided on a location.

 I liked it right above the opening, and glued it down there. 

 This is what it looks like open.

I cut a piece of paper to fit in it, as that was what described the Christmas present to the recipient! 

Please let me know if you try this craft and if you made any changes to it! :] I'd love to see yours!  

♥ Riley

P.S. What did you put in yours/what would you want to receive in one of these cute and festive envelopes? :)