DIY Business Card Case

Recently I found myself a party full of lovely ladies and lovely networking opportunities. It was the most ideal of times to pass out business cards--which I did!--but I quickly realized that something was missing from my business card game. Having redesigned my business cards earlier this year, and having just ordered spanking new cards from MOO (that's a referral link! Get 10% off of your first order!), I knew it wasn't my card game that was slacking.

Nope. It was my complete lack of a snazzy case to carry those cards in. Granted, when you order from MOO, they send your cards to you in a nice carrying case--but there was something about a lady claiming to be a stylish blogger gal, rocking her business cards in naught by the case they came in. It feel a little lazy. So I decided to find a nice card carrying case to order online, but nothing seemed right.

There are lots of business card case options online, but none were exactly what I was looking for--too dull, too huge, too small, or, in a few cases, too sold out. I eventually decided to make a case, using some polka dotted (yes!) vinyl that I found a local craft store. Martha's template became my base, and I added a little Texas flair by using pearl snaps instead of the button-stud that Martha used. Martha has many things, but Texas flair just isn't one of them. Pearl snaps are also crazy easy to find here--that may have been a contributing factor (always). 

No Big Dill has a great tutorial about this easy snap-setting method--the snaps I purchased also had an exceedingly useful set of graphic instructions on the back. I'm still attempting to figure out this whole snap-setting thing. Apparently they have tools for this sort of thing? 

Supplies
   Patterned vinyl
   Peal snaps
   Scissors
   Hammer
   Spool of thread
   Template (I used this one by Martha)

Directions

1. Print or trace the Martha template onto a sheet of plain paper. Cut out template, and lay over a piece of patterned vinyl. Cut vinyl fabric into card shape.
2. Fold the leather into an envelope shape: Bring the bottom triangle up, hold down with your finger. Bring the left and right flaps inward (slightly overlapping the points). Secure flaps with the bottom half of your snap. Hammer into place to set.
3. Attach peal snap and closure to the top point of your card case. Hammer into place to set.