A DIY Customizable Cell Phone Case Or Skin Can Make A Really Fun Gift For Boyfriends

In these days of modern technology we are surrounded with electrical devices to keep us abreast of the news and enable us to stay in contact with our loved ones. No gadget is more important to us than our cell phone; wherever we go our mobile phone comes too!

Nearly everyone wants their mobile phone to be unique, so it looks different to the masses. With this in mind, the most common course of action is to try and find a ring tone that nobody else they know has, or cover their phone with a customizable case or a personalized skin.

With so much music readily available for download, making your own unique ring tone is easy, but when it comes to phone cases and skins, lots of us often run into friends who's cell phones feature the same designs.

The most valuable benefit of a custom phone case or skin is they make it easy for people to think up and make their own unique designs that they can be certain nobody else will have. The other thing customizable phone accessories provide us with is a fantastic gift idea for difficult to buy for friends.

Fancy phone cases and skins are already widely used as presents for men, women and children of all ages, but as mentioned earlier, more often than not, you bump into people with the same design as yours. Pre-made phone cases normally cost you in excess of $25, while it's not unusual for quality skins to cost $18 or more.

When you compare the cost of pre-made cases and skins with their customizable cousins, it makes even more sense to create your own personalized phone accessories; if you look around, you will find quality customizable cases for about $18, while custom skins are readily available for around $16 or so.

On this basis why would anybody want to pay more for the same generic product that thousands of other people already have?

So if you really want to make your cell phone stand out from the rest, why not dress it up in its own clothing by giving it a customized case or skin featuring your own one of a kind design?

Do it yourself phone cases and skins can be anything you want them to be; you can personalize them in any color you want, design them with your favorite photos or maybe if you are a small business owner, with your company logo. Regardless of your design, if you customize a cell phone case or skin with your own photos and designs, it will definitely be a one of a kind!

In addition to being fun to design and create, customized cell phone accessories make terrific gift ideas for him or for her.

Some of the more popular designs for ladies include pictures of their children, or for grand mothers, photos of their grand children. For daughters and girlfriends photos of their boyfriends.

For men, common designs include photos of kids, the golf club logo or if they are into cars, maybe a photo of their muscle car. Boyfriends are always happy with a case or skin featuring a stunning picture of their girlfriend.

Clearly you can personalize custom phone accessories with any images you want; flowers, cartoon characters, graphic designs, sports teams, dogs, cats etc. are all often used. Basically your only limitation is your own imagination!

So whether it's an iPhone or a smart phone from Blackberry, HTC, Motorola or Samsung, why not dress up your phone in it's own designer clothing by making your own custom case or skin? Better still, make one for somebody else and give it to them as a present.... they are sure to adore it!


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David Sheath writes articles to help people come up with unique photo gift ideas for difficult to buy for people. His website offers over 400 custom products including personalized cell phone accessories. Check out his photo gift ideas at http://www.makeyourowngiftideas.com