C.R.A.F.T. # 67: DIY Business Cards

I did a post about my first business card prototype..

Now, you can make these little guys yourself 🙂

I needed them to attend my first blog conference… bloggy boot camp!
The DIY business cards were a great conversation starter 🙂

There was only one big change due to helpful reader comments and e-mails [ THANK YOU!]

BIG CHANGE: I added my url to the back of the card. I also made 100, and I discovered an easier way to get the handmade stitched effect without so much thread changing!

Materials: Personalized Stamp, cereal boxes, Martha Stewart adhesive pearls, sewing machine, printer, yard stick, scissors, pencil

Martha Stewart mini adhesive pearls:
[I got mine at Michael’s with 40% of coupons!]

First: I cut out the card board rectangles…This was the most time consuming part!

Then, I used my personalized stamper to stamp each card.

side note: BF and I went to dinner at a friend’s…and I asked her if I could have an empty cereal box! BF said I’m embarrassing 🙂 Oh well 🙂

Next, I sewed one line of thread, attaching up to 25 cards at a time.

I sewed 3 different colors of thread for the top, but used white for the bobbin thread. In the end, I decided to just make one fancier stitch so I did not have to put each card through 3 times and change the thread! [See the top picture]