**A DIY Guide to Creating a Blingy iPhone Case**

When it comes to accessorizing our iPhones, we often find ourselves drawn to luxurious and expensive cases that scream "look at me!" But what if you could achieve a similar effect without breaking the bank? In this article, we'll show you how to create your own blingy iPhone case using affordable materials and some creative DIY skills.

**The Price is Right**

First, let's talk about the price. We found an identical Swarovski crystal case online for $235, which seems like a pretty penny. However, by visiting our local dollar store, we were able to find all the necessary components to recreate this look without spending nearly as much. It turns out that with some creative problem-solving and resourcefulness, you can achieve a similar effect for under 50 dollars.

**Gathering Materials**

To get started, we headed over to the local dollar store and began gathering our materials. We discovered that they had a variety of beads, rhinestones, and other craft supplies that would be perfect for creating our DIY case. We also found some gel arts and crafts supplies that would come in handy later on.

**Counting Crystals**

One of the most impressive features of this Swarovski crystal case is the sheer number of crystals used. With over 1,000 crystals set into place by skilled craftsmen, it's no wonder that this case can cost upwards of $200. But with our DIY approach, we were able to count them ourselves and see just how many we would need to recreate this effect.

**The Power of TunnelBear**

While our DIY project was all about creating a blingy iPhone case, I have to give a shoutout to another essential tool that's become increasingly important in my online life: TunnelBear VPN. As someone who values their online privacy and security, I'm always on the lookout for ways to protect myself from prying eyes. With TunnelBear, I can browse privately and enjoy a more open internet without worrying about my data being tracked or monitored.

**The Bottom Line**

So there you have it – with just $50 and some basic DIY skills, you can create your own blingy iPhone case that's almost identical to the original Swarovski crystal case. And at a fraction of the cost! This is exactly what I love about DIY projects: they're not only fun and creative, but also budget-friendly.

**How TunnelBear Can Help**

If you're like me and value your online privacy and security, then you need to check out TunnelBear VPN. With its top-rated privacy policy and no-logging guarantee, this is the perfect tool for anyone who wants to browse privately and securely online. And with a free plan that includes 500 megabytes of data per month, there's really no excuse not to give it a try.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthere are phone cases out there that offer rudimentary protection for your device from short drops and scratches in your pocket those cost a few bucks there are phone cases out there that do that and look kind of cool i'm partial to the ones that look like game boys or nest controllers on the back those cost a few bucks more moving up in price we've got ones with enhanced functionality more durability built-in card wallets bottle openers or multi-tools you know everyday stuff but hold on a second linus i mean sure some of those cost over a hundred dollars but arguably that's useful stuff why is it in this segment it's not today's featured product is the result of my effort to find the lowest utility to cost ratio iphone case i possibly could on amazon.ca and so i present to you the shop ready luminosis handcrafted luxury bling swarovski crystal sparkling full glitter rhinestones back snap-on protective hard case cover for iphone 6s by playbling a 250 us dollar iphone case covered in crystals cooler masters master casemaker 5 features their freeform modular system allowing you to customize adjust and upgrade make it yours at the link in the video description so the price is unmistakably over a hundred dollars but how do you prove that something is useless or that it's a very poor value in the case of the thousand dollar hdmi cable from the last episode which you can check out here by the way i reviewed the manufacturer's claims about the value of the product like noticeably better sound and video quality then tested it at very high data rates against a generic cable and observed that there was not indeed any discernible or measurable difference easy so let's take the same approach here by finding the actual manufacturer's product page where the price is a still outlandish but at least significantly lower 235 us dollars so there are apparently swarovski crystals which in case you were wondering means glass in the shape of crystals made by a company in austria apparently eastern europeans are good at glass crystal work who knew nothing to do with usefulness though other benefits of this fine product include each crystal being 100 hand set by a skilled craftsman and if there are any women working on them i'm throwing a fit just saying that it contains over 1 000 crystals and that the adhesive glue is rohs compliant well i'm not much of a glue expert hey get out get out of here but i did manage to count the crystals and there are indeed over a thousand of them so full marks there although none of that has anything to do with usefulness okay it's presented in a premium gift set this is a little debatable since the packaging is almost as horrible as the gigantic paper warning about never taking the case off once it's installed in case all the rhinestones start falling off and finally it is perfect for parties and balls again i'm hardly a leading authority on party going having never been invited to one and my attempts to use it on my balls eclipsed all other failures i have ever broadcast on this show so then given that the manufacturer actually makes no claims whatsoever about the item's utility i don't really have to prove that it's useless i only have to prove that i can get something equally useless for less time for a field trip to the dollar store rock on wow everything's a buck 25. fishing supplies shockingly few jewels in the hair accessories department this has promise still no jewels a million hair bands and no jewels starting to lose hope damn i overpaid for my case ooh maybe these are ooh those are like gel arts and crafts aisle oh we're close i definitely gotta have some of these rock on i have painstakingly extracted all the hematite beads acrylic crystals you have got to be kidding me this looks easier so there we have it everything i need to recreate the functionality of this case for under 50 us so i need you to evaluate two things for me on a scale out of ten number one oh my god wow five out of ten five ten okay i'll be right back six give it a one i think this is like maybe worse seven out of ten i'll give that like a like an eight yeah five and a half zero so then here's the bottom line for a fifth of the price and about 40 minutes you can achieve the same goal of looking like a tool who is in your 20s or 30s and still wants to play princess dress up on the weekend and you can do this without also looking like you have more money in your wallet than sense in your head because remember there is expensive crap that you can buy if you just have money burning a hole in your pocket that actually retains its value so maybe look into that so you can look like a baller without also looking like an idiot speaking of looking like an idiot do you ever browse anything online that would make you look kinda dumb or kinda like a weirdo well tunnelbear's got you covered because tunnelbear doesn't let your internet provider track your web browsing in fact it's the simple vpn app that makes it easy to browse privately and enjoy a more open internet in general with tunnelbear turned on your wi-fi connection does or well regular internet connection it's all internet two things one your connection will get encrypted with aes 256 bit encryption and two it will appear and you can select any of 20 different countries that you want to the services and websites that you use online as though you are a completely different well fully anonymized person in a completely different country tunnelbear has a top-rated privacy policy and does not log your activity you know why tunnelbear doesn't log activity because bears live in the forest that's their habitat man and you can try it for free with 500 megabytes and no credit card required if you choose to get an unlimited data plan you can actually save 10 by going to tunnelbear.com ltt linked in the video description so thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do but if you loved my diy blingtastic iphone case hit that like button get subscribed or even consider supporting us directly find a cool shirt like this one at the link in the video description or by joining our community forum where you can ask questions answer questions and basically just talk tech all day if you are so inclined now that you're done doing all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so click that little button in the top right corner to check out our latest video over on channel super funthere are phone cases out there that offer rudimentary protection for your device from short drops and scratches in your pocket those cost a few bucks there are phone cases out there that do that and look kind of cool i'm partial to the ones that look like game boys or nest controllers on the back those cost a few bucks more moving up in price we've got ones with enhanced functionality more durability built-in card wallets bottle openers or multi-tools you know everyday stuff but hold on a second linus i mean sure some of those cost over a hundred dollars but arguably that's useful stuff why is it in this segment it's not today's featured product is the result of my effort to find the lowest utility to cost ratio iphone case i possibly could on amazon.ca and so i present to you the shop ready luminosis handcrafted luxury bling swarovski crystal sparkling full glitter rhinestones back snap-on protective hard case cover for iphone 6s by playbling a 250 us dollar iphone case covered in crystals cooler masters master casemaker 5 features their freeform modular system allowing you to customize adjust and upgrade make it yours at the link in the video description so the price is unmistakably over a hundred dollars but how do you prove that something is useless or that it's a very poor value in the case of the thousand dollar hdmi cable from the last episode which you can check out here by the way i reviewed the manufacturer's claims about the value of the product like noticeably better sound and video quality then tested it at very high data rates against a generic cable and observed that there was not indeed any discernible or measurable difference easy so let's take the same approach here by finding the actual manufacturer's product page where the price is a still outlandish but at least significantly lower 235 us dollars so there are apparently swarovski crystals which in case you were wondering means glass in the shape of crystals made by a company in austria apparently eastern europeans are good at glass crystal work who knew nothing to do with usefulness though other benefits of this fine product include each crystal being 100 hand set by a skilled craftsman and if there are any women working on them i'm throwing a fit just saying that it contains over 1 000 crystals and that the adhesive glue is rohs compliant well i'm not much of a glue expert hey get out get out of here but i did manage to count the crystals and there are indeed over a thousand of them so full marks there although none of that has anything to do with usefulness okay it's presented in a premium gift set this is a little debatable since the packaging is almost as horrible as the gigantic paper warning about never taking the case off once it's installed in case all the rhinestones start falling off and finally it is perfect for parties and balls again i'm hardly a leading authority on party going having never been invited to one and my attempts to use it on my balls eclipsed all other failures i have ever broadcast on this show so then given that the manufacturer actually makes no claims whatsoever about the item's utility i don't really have to prove that it's useless i only have to prove that i can get something equally useless for less time for a field trip to the dollar store rock on wow everything's a buck 25. fishing supplies shockingly few jewels in the hair accessories department this has promise still no jewels a million hair bands and no jewels starting to lose hope damn i overpaid for my case ooh maybe these are ooh those are like gel arts and crafts aisle oh we're close i definitely gotta have some of these rock on i have painstakingly extracted all the hematite beads acrylic crystals you have got to be kidding me this looks easier so there we have it everything i need to recreate the functionality of this case for under 50 us so i need you to evaluate two things for me on a scale out of ten number one oh my god wow five out of ten five ten okay i'll be right back six give it a one i think this is like maybe worse seven out of ten i'll give that like a like an eight yeah five and a half zero so then here's the bottom line for a fifth of the price and about 40 minutes you can achieve the same goal of looking like a tool who is in your 20s or 30s and still wants to play princess dress up on the weekend and you can do this without also looking like you have more money in your wallet than sense in your head because remember there is expensive crap that you can buy if you just have money burning a hole in your pocket that actually retains its value so maybe look into that so you can look like a baller without also looking like an idiot speaking of looking like an idiot do you ever browse anything online that would make you look kinda dumb or kinda like a weirdo well tunnelbear's got you covered because tunnelbear doesn't let your internet provider track your web browsing in fact it's the simple vpn app that makes it easy to browse privately and enjoy a more open internet in general with tunnelbear turned on your wi-fi connection does or well regular internet connection it's all internet two things one your connection will get encrypted with aes 256 bit encryption and two it will appear and you can select any of 20 different countries that you want to the services and websites that you use online as though you are a completely different well fully anonymized person in a completely different country tunnelbear has a top-rated privacy policy and does not log your activity you know why tunnelbear doesn't log activity because bears live in the forest that's their habitat man and you can try it for free with 500 megabytes and no credit card required if you choose to get an unlimited data plan you can actually save 10 by going to tunnelbear.com ltt linked in the video description so thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do but if you loved my diy blingtastic iphone case hit that like button get subscribed or even consider supporting us directly find a cool shirt like this one at the link in the video description or by joining our community forum where you can ask questions answer questions and basically just talk tech all day if you are so inclined now that you're done doing all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so click that little button in the top right corner to check out our latest video over on channel super fun\n"