Easy DIY Iphone Case (Interchangeable and Personalized)

I’d like to introduce myself if you’re new around here.

I’m Stacie, I’m in my late twenties living in the West Texas desert. I’m really good at putting an outfit together and my home feels like Fall Vibes all the time. I photograph weddings by day and myself by night (for this blog)!

Oh…. and I drop my iphone— ON THE REGULAR.

I’d also love to introduce you to my really awesome, stellar, amazing case (my dad bought it for me after I shattered my first iphone), Speck.

When I offer clumsiness, my Speck offers peace of mind… and an iphone that’s still in one piece.

The specific Speck case I have is clear and less than $20, something, I’ve found, I really enjoy about my iphone!

This case turned into one of my favorite interchangeable and personalized DIY’s ever! And I’m pumped to share it with you today!

Instead of having to buy a new colorful case or new case to DIY every time I want to switch things up, all I need to do is switch out the picture I’ve inserted into my affordable case.

We have our phones on us all the time. This whole past year anytime I set my phone down I saw a picture of Brett and I smiling back at me. Or sometimes I’d lay it down at a coffee shop get together and someone would ask about who that stud was in the picture and I’d get to husband brag real quick (and show them how cute I think he is). I love that this case lets me keep my phone safe and reminds me of those I love—- all at the same time!

To make an interchangeable iphone case, you’ll just need these three things:

1. The Speck clear case that fits your iphone (or any other clear case you can find!).

2. A picture, illustration, or image you love and are okay with cutting into the shape of an iphone. I used to have a photobooth film strip of Brett and I as my cover. I recently switched it out for Little Red Riding Hood because I’ve been feeling very vintage-y lately and Little Red Riding Hood always reminds me of Halloween. I found these Little Red Riding Hood Children’s Book pages at my local Scrap Store in Denton, Texas.

3. Scissors, (if you really crave perfection) an exacto knife, and cutting board. If you’re like me, you just stick to scissors and leave precision for the crafter’s on Making It (Any Making It fans out there?! I was ready for Season 2 by the second episode of Season 1).

How To Make It:

How to Make It:

1. Place your clear case over the image you want to use for your cover. Remember you are going to crop your image down to the size of an iphone, so make sure the image you’re using isn’t too big. I’ve found 4x6 pictures work best.

2. Once you find the spot your image will look best, place your iphone over the image and trace your iphone outline onto the image. Trace where the camera hole goes too. You don’t want to cover up your camera! What is life without an iphone camera?! (Okay, I remember life without an iphone camera… it was a different time back then ammiright?!)

3. Once you’ve traced your outline, cut out the outline. Chances are, even if you cut directly on the line you traced, the cutout will still be too big to fit inside your iphone— you’ll need to trim it down a bit more to make it fit inside your case correctly.

For you exacto knife users, you can use an exacto knife to cut out the whole thing if you’d like, but you can also use it to easily cut a square for the camera.

4. Once you’ve cut your image to the correct size, carefully place it inside your iphone and make sure everything lines up. Once it fits to your liking, wedge your iphone into it’s case and BADA BING BADA BOOM. You’ve got yourself a trendy, fun, new, personalized iphone case!

5. When you get tired of the picture you chose or the season changes, pop your iphone out of the case, remove the paper you used, and insert in a new image!

What I’ve learned about this project: Using photos printed on glossy photo paper and then leaving your phone in a hot car can sometimes melt the sticky photo paper to the case, making the photograph rip when you remove it from the case. It can leave sticky residue on the case. I soaked my iphone case over night in order to remove the sticky residue.

I love changing out the picture in my case whenever I want! I’m going to try to be better at changing it out as the seasons change!

What do you think? Will you be trying this DIY too?