{"id":26886,"date":"2013-10-22T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=26886"},"modified":"2015-04-27T07:02:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T11:02:49","slug":"how-to-bling-an-otterbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/how-to-bling-an-otterbox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Bling an Otterbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27161\" title=\"How to Bling an Otterbox | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/How_to_Bling_an_Otterbox.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bling an Otterbox | The Happy Housewife\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/How_to_Bling_an_Otterbox.jpg 334w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/How_to_Bling_an_Otterbox-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By contributing writer\u00a0<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wZeT5E\">Lana<\/a>\u00a0 (like banana)<\/p>\n<p>My daughter has grown up all of a sudden and developed a dislike for pink.<br \/>\nWe just finished <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ilovemy5kids.com\/category\/girls-room\/\" target=\"_blank\">redecorating her and her sister&#8217;s entire room<\/a> to get rid of any trace of pink.\u00a0 Thankfully, she still likes glitter.<\/p>\n<p>She has just recently inherited her Mom&#8217;s old iPhone and pink Otterbox cover, but there is nothing wrong with it.\u00a0 So, we decided to try to Bling it with purple glitter.\u00a0 I love when DIY projects turn out better than we had hoped.\u00a0 It saved her at least $15.00 for a new one, and hers is pretty unique.\u00a0 Plus, what preteen doesn&#8217;t like BLING?<\/p>\n<h4>Supplies Needed<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00974L1T4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00974L1T4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;linkId=C6FN7PR7MKDYDCWL\" target=\"_blank\">Otterbox cover<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mod Podge (We used glossy finish.)<\/li>\n<li>Sponge brush<\/li>\n<li>Glitter<\/li>\n<li>File folder or newspaper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Instructions<\/h4>\n<p>1. Wash the otterbox to get rid of any oils or dirt.\u00a0 Make sure the pieces are dry.<\/p>\n<p>2. Take out the screen protector from the front and the two in the back.\u00a0 (Ours went right back in but if they don&#8217;t some stores sell alternatives such as Zagg.\u00a0 I have not tried those so I cannot say how good they are.)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 2) | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/How-to-bling-an-Otterbox.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 2) | The Happy Housewife\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Paint the Otterbox with the Mod Podge.\u00a0 Make sure to coat it well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 3) | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/How-to-use-Mod-Podge-on-an-Otterbox.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 3) | The Happy Housewife\" width=\"273\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Now\u00a0the fun part. Cover it with glitter.\u00a0 If you miss some, don&#8217;t worry, you can always go back and redo it later.\u00a0Let it dry for 15 to 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>(I save all the excess glitter and put it back in the bottle.\u00a0 No sense wasting it.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 4) | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/Otterbox-with-Glitter.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 4) | The Happy Housewife\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Paint the glitter part with more Mod Podge.\u00a0 Make sure it is covered well.\u00a0 This helps seal in the glitter so it won&#8217;t come off on your hands.\u00a0Let dry overnight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 5) | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/Mod-Podging-an-Otterbox.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bling an Otterbox (step 5) | The Happy Housewife\" width=\"409\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wake up to a beautiful Blinged Otterbox.\u00a0 And if you are wondering, the glitter doesn&#8217;t come off unless it gets wet or is scraped. The Mod Podge acts as a sealer<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"How to Bling an Otterbox  | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/DIY-Otterbox-with-bling.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bling an Otterbox  | The Happy Housewife\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, if you notice you have missed a spot, just add more Mod Podge and repeat the steps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"How to Bling an Otterbox  | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/09\/Otterbox-with-purple-glitter.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bling an Otterbox  | The Happy Housewife\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/author\/lana\/\">More projects from Lana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By contributing writer\u00a0Lana\u00a0 (like banana) My daughter has grown up all of a sudden and developed a dislike for pink. We just finished redecorating her and her sister&#8217;s entire room to get rid of any trace of pink.\u00a0 Thankfully, she still likes glitter. She has just recently inherited her Mom&#8217;s old iPhone and pink Otterbox [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2550],"class_list":{"0":"post-26886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-diy","8":"tag-diy-other","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26886"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30058,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26886\/revisions\/30058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}