Make it: Easy Phone Cover + Free Printable

One of my favourite things to DIY and decorate are phone cases. You can make really cool looking personalised cases for a fraction of the price you can buy them for in the shops. I have recently got a new phone so I have been making myself a bunch of new cases and thought it would be fun to share how I have made my own collection.

I only actually had to buy one case, a clear case, I got mine from Amazon but you can get these kinds of cases in lots of places.

First I made a template of the back of my phone to use to make all the inserts I want.

Then I print off some patterns that I have designed on Photoshop, you can download these for yourself  here >>Free Printable Cover Inserts<<  I used some fun brushes in Photoshop and some scans of some watercolour paintings from my sketch book to create these designs. I have an iPhone 6plus so these should be big enough if you print them at 100% for most phones, all you need to do is use your template and cut them down to size

I cut out the designs using my template then you can simply insert them between your phone and the case.

The best thing is that once you have the template you can use any paper or card you like to insert in the case.

I have made some out of transparent papers I got in my Messy Box, project life cards and scrapbook papers. You could even make some out of wrapping paper or fabric. I would suggest gluing lighter paper and fabrics to stiffer card to make them last longer.

If you want to make the inserts last longer you can always laminate them, but I just use them as they are.

I am so fickle and love to change up my case with my mood so for me this is the perfect solution to stop me having to buy loads of new cases. If you want to have a go at this yourself don't forget to download my designs here >>Free Printable Cover Inserts<< or raid your own stash to make your very own collection.

I am off to decide which one is my favourite!

Sammy xxx


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Make it: Glitter Heart DIY Phone Case

Lets face it sometimes you just want to make something cute to treat yourself on Valentines, this Phone case is the perfect little DIY and super easy to make. I picked up a cheap phone case from Amazon and I loved the colour but it was a little plain so I decided to DIY it as a gift to myself.

All you will need is a phone case, glitter (colour of your choice) and strong glue.

It is as easy as pie, pop your glue onto the case in the shape of a heart. Sprinkle the glitter over the glue and wait for it to dry a little before tapping off the excess. Whenever I work with glitter I always work over a sheet of paper so I can salvage any of the glitter left over. You can use a dry paint brush to dust away any glitter from around the edge of your design if it doesn't fall away when your glue is dry.  There you have it, a cute glittery heart case for your phone.

The obvious use for it is to take some dorky mirror selfies to send to your beau, I am printing these out for the inside My Hubby's Valentines card, as he says that my phone and I are inseparable. Hopefully it will make him laugh.

What are you making for Valentines? Are you making or buying treats for yourself, like I do?
If you missed it, head back and check out the Gamertag hoodie I made for Steve and see more ideas for DIY phone cases in this post from last year.

Sammy xxx

We would love to see if you have a go at this. Like with all our DIY's if you do, take a pic and share it with us on Twitter or instagram with the hashtag #livelovemake

Make it: Button fun

1.Button phone case  /  2.Button Rings  /  3.Button Christmas card  /  4.Button Hair pins   /  5.Button Magnets  /  6.Button Gift wrap  /  7.Button Art  /  8.Button Monogram

Last night we held our Button Jewellery workshop at Norden Farm, as usual we had a fab night with all attendees and made loads of pretty things with buttons. 

I have a massive collection of buttons, I have been collecting them since I was a child, We were on holiday in York visiting family and Mum took me to Duttons for Buttons. I was enchanted! 

Ever-since I have bought and collected buttons from all over the place, I recently found in my parents loft a hat that was covered in an array of novelty ones from when I was little, it got me to thinking what else can we D.I.Y. with buttons? Here are some of my favourite ideas that I have found around the web.

So I hope you have fun this weekend raiding your button collections to have a go at making some of these.

Sammy xxx

Fathers Day Gift Ideas with Not on the High Street

Dad's Cabs key ring  /  Funky Veg Kit  /  Cricket match T-shirt  /  Personalised Destination print  /  Personalised Quote chocolate bar  /   TV fan Mug  /  Silly Walks T-shirt  /   Funny wash bag  /  Biscuit I-phone case.

Aaaggghh Dad's can be so hard to buy for!! It's Fathers Day on Sunday (hands up who forgot...or gave up because it was too hard to find a gift and resorted to a chocolate orange!)

A place I have always found to have very speedy delivery times is Not on the High Street.com they have saved my butt on more than one occasion for last minuet unique gifts. I headed over yesterday and had a surf of their manly offerings, here are my picks of gifts for all those Daddy's girls out there. 

If you haven't got time to order anything, why not use these ideas to make something simple. A personalised print can be created on your computer with Word, Publisher or Photoshop with some fancy fonts, I like dafont.com  for free funky fonts. You can use a Sharpie to decorate mugs with your Dad's initial or a cute phrase. Use manly colours and DIY a phone case. Again use your computer to make a simple wrapper to go around his favourite bar of chocolate.

I'm off to create a print for My Dad, which says something other than 'I'm a Grumpy Old Man'

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Sammy xxx

Make it: DIY Phone cases

I love changing up my phone case don't you, it's a fun way to make your tech you own, to personalise it without damaging it. There are so many diy versions out there that you could make a different cse for every day of the week!  Here is a round up of some of my favourites.

Glitter case DIY  /  Phone case DIY and two more  /  Starry phone case  /  Washi phone case /  Stud phone case  /  Rainbow phone case  /  Sharpie phone case

Some really cool ideas don't you think? I am off to find my Sharpies!

Have a great weekend 

Sammy xxx

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