My Very Own Handmade Decoden Phone Case!

Yes I’m aware that is a rather long title but holy crapoly it’s finally here! My Flatback pearls arrived yesterday so I settled down after I finished at the gym (I tried Zumba last night & I’m horridly aware I have no rythem & my legs flail around legs like a badly made puppet, really not a good look) & decorated my phone case. It didn’t actually take half as long as I expected it to & I am stupidly proud of it. So here are my before, during & after pictures…..

I started off by positioning the larger items & deciding a colour scheme…

I used white & pink pearls in sizes 3mm & 5mm & a selection of Swarovski crystals in 4 different colours, Pink, Peach, Crystal & AB crystal & added glitter into the gaps….

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This Is how it looked when I’d finished & it was drying….
Here is how it looked on my phone…

Back

front

Sorry about the picture quality these were taken on my camera which really isn’t great at upclose shots all the rest were taken on my Iphone.

Im really really pleased with how it turned out I bought all my supplies online using Etsy, Amazon & online Crystal suppliers. The key was a charm from an old broken neckalace but I really didn’t want to throw it away I plan to add a little charm onto the hook eventually & will post pictures when I do.

So what do you think? Have you done any Decodening or DIY lately? I’d love to see what you’ve created leave me your link in a comment below & I’ll visit your pages

My 1st DIY Phone case

Just a quick post to show you my DIY phone case….

Before

After

It was really easy & cheap to do I played around with the positioning of the crystals for awhile then glued them down.

I used

Swarovski crystals 2mm in Jet, AB & Crystal each came in a pack of 100 for £1.99 & Super glue came in a pack of 5 for 99p

& a clear back case for the Iphone 4s £1.99

allI the above were bought from Amazon

I used a damp cotton swab to pick up the crystals & an old paintbrush to dab on the glue

all together this cost me about £10 and around 30/40 mins to make

I’ve ordered more crystals & accesories in different colours & I’ve also ordered the Gem-tac glue I will show you more when they arrive. If your planning your own DIY project I would reccomend using larger crystals as 2mm are actually very tiny but good for filling gaps for my next project I will be using 3mm & 3.2mm crystals & 3mm pearls

TTFN till next time

 

Decoden my new obsession….

I have a new love & I’ve got it bad and its name is Decoden! Up until a couple of weeks ago i’d never even heard of it Im sure some of you have and some of you haven’t so heres the low down on Decodenning in my point of veiw.

What is Decoden?

It’s basically when you take something dull and uninteresting such as this….

and turn it into something like this….

Decoden is a term origanated in Japan ‘deco’ meaning to decorate and den from the japanese word denwa meaning phone but decoden doesn’t just has to stop at phones cases the possibilities for decoration are endless as if you look on etsy you will find out. You can decorate phones cases, ipod cases, jewellery boxes, mirrors, clothes, vases, you name it you can decorate it.

How can I get into it?

Here in the UK there are very VERY few craft stores that sell anything remotely like the decoden peices you see here,

but Ebay & Etsy have loats of sellers that sell great decoration peices for a great price. Also if you google it there are many more stores that sell deco peices.

Where should I start?

As Im also a newcomer to this crazy but completely awesome deco world I’d say a cheapish phone case would be your best bet. I ordered the one above for my Iphone 4s from Amazon for the bargain price of £2 with free delivery. Amazon are great for cheap phone case they do a case for almost any phone but if they don’t sell your phone case then a small pocket mirrer such as this…

This makes a great base for design and they are relativly cheap to buy but just let your imagination run wild.

What do I need?

You can use basically any craft glue but the best glues for decoden are E600 glue & Gemtac glue

You can find both on Amazon or at most craft/DIY stores.

I have bought Swarovski crystals for my case but you can use almost anything to decorate your items thats the beauty of decoden. For supplies e.g. bows, flowers etc… i’d recommend buying from etsy as they have a huge range of items and sellers. but there are also sellers on ebay and online shops you can buy from.

Where’s your phone case then?

Well thats the part that sucks :(, I’ve received everything but the crystals (I’ve ordered swarovski crytals also bought on amazon) so im stuck waiting around but hopefully they should be here next week once I’ve done i’ll post a picture for you all to see hopefully it’ll turn out well

Anyway if you have any questions feel free to ask & I’ll try my best to help

Bad Blogger is back….

Hey hey well i’m back I suck at blogging I apologise to anyone that cares Sorry! xxxx I kept meaning to write and then I just couldn’t be bothered (im lazy its a sickness) but now I’m ready to try again.

Righto not much has changed but 1st things first (like they’d ever be anywhere else?) I will introduce you all to my new best friend my Iphone 4s or my Ibaby as I prefer to call it.

Now don’t worry I’m not a crazy Apple geek this actually only my 2nd apple purchase the first being my Ipod nano way way back in college (around 3years ago im sooooo old :’(). I was never a fan of the Iphone 3 it was ugly, I liked the shape of the Iphone 4 but had just got a balckberry which I loved, so for 18months I’ve been a blackberry girl but it was time for an upgrade this month & I was rather bored of the BB as the camera is shocking & so is the screen resolution & it was old and slow, plus my bf had just upgraded to the Iphone 4 & I obvioulsy had to one up him & the Iphone 4s was the obvious choice (thats love right there). Nehoo enough phone babble I love it & that is the end of that & because I love it I want to spoil it and know the perfect way. A brand new phone case….

‘A phone case?’ I hear you ask? (cos I have super duper hearing abilities)

‘Yes’ I reply (cos obviously you have super duper hearing aswell)

I know what your thinking (cos I’m a mind reader with super hearing)

I think not! Now I’m sure some of you will have heard of them but for thse of you who haven’t I’m talking about a Lux Addiction phone case because man I love the bling & sparkles! I been watching reveiws on youtube like a mad stalker crazy person & I’m utterly convinced that I MUST have one NOW! But as the usually retail at $79.95/£50.62 I am far too poor to buy one Waaahhhh :’( but light oh holy light it’s my birthday in less than month (18th November for all you who want to send gifts ) my mother dearest says she’ll buy me one. Wooo worry over you may think, well think again they have 137 awesome styles to choose from & I am at a loss as which to purchase just to prove how difficult choosing is here are some of my favourites…..

Style 404

Style 011

Style 394

Style 362

The pictures are much clearer on the website but they are all handmade using swarovski crystals, they also do custom orders which is great. So does anyone own or has owned one of the cases let me know what you think as I LOVE them be back soon hopefully with some DIY bits and bobs