iPhone App: Blurtt

I met Jeanette through my college roomie, Natalia. (Remember the beach inspired baby shower?) The 3 of us used to drink wine and read a birthday astrology book in her living room to see if our current love interest was a good fit… astrologically speaking :) We were a bit silly back then. #thosewerethedays

The point is Jeanette launched an iPhone app. Pretty awesome, right?
 
Jeanette created Blurtt. You can download it here. App craver describes Blurtt as “an app that helps you marry images and text for the perfect duo of visual and written expression”. It’s creativity made easy. Feel an emotion, search for a picture, add a caption. 30 seconds later… Blurtt it through text, email or copy and share the url to facebook or twitter.


It’s a yummy looking app complete with cork board and a clever logo. (See how the call out is shaped like a lowercase “b”).


Here are a few of my recent Blurtt’s:

After hours of airport delays and a long flight…

After dinner at an Italian cafe down the street…

Texting a friend to entice her to join me for a bikram yoga class…

I can totally relate to these 2 from the blurtt community…
via blurtt

via blurtt
Download blurtt now. You’re going to love it. I want to see what creative, clever things you come up with… The easiest way to send them to me is to click the 3 dots on the bottom right hand corner…

This will pop up…

Click Email and send it to me at craftaway (at) gmail (dot) com! If y’all send me lots of good ones, I’ll do a round up of my favorites :)


So blurtt your friend a clever, personalized birthday wish, your mom a funny cat picture, or brighten your co-worker’s day with an inside joke… it’s texting with tone and the possibilities are endless. Blurtt was created for creative people like us… Blurtt on my friends!

ps Find more creative blurtt’s on pinterest.

C.R.A.F.T. # 76: How to Replace a Broken/ Cracked iPhone Screen

I cracked my I Phone glass… twice. The first time I shattered it…the phone was unusable. The second time, it was at least still usable…see below. Both times, the BF came to the rescue! He is kind of a pro now :) It takes 20 minutes (depending on crack severity), a few tools, a 10$ I Phone replacement glass, and patience!

how to replace an iphone screen
Two things before we start:
1: We buy the replacement glass from Amazon:
Andy says not to spend more than $10 and read the reviews and make sure most people have good things to say about the company.
2: The glass repair kits are model specific (i.e. if you have an I-Phone 3G you will buy a different screen than if you have an I-Phone 3GS)
*BF says the mini magnetic screwdriver is a MUST and he uses a kitchen towel so the tiny screws don’t roll around and fall off of the table.
The damage:
1: Remove 2 screws at the bottom of the phone
2: Use suction cup to lift the glass out of the phone body
3: There are 3 wires that attach the glass to the phone. You need to detach all of them. –WATCH you tube VIDEO at the bottom of post for more info!
4: Remove the 6 tiny screws on the sides of the phone…
5: Remove the glass from the touch screen…
This is the phone without the glass or touch screen parts… kind of neat, huh :)
Here is the old glass
6: Heat up the old glass to melt the glue…You have to remove the metal frame from the glass
Still heating up :)
7: Remove broken glass from metal frame

8: Remove the goo. We attempted some vlogging…don’t laugh!


9: Use supplied 3M adhesive to attach new glass to metal frame!
One more vlogging attempt :)

10: Repeat steps 1-7 in reverse order :)   Easy Peasy!

This is the original You Tube video the BF watched to learn how to do it–super helpful!

While I hope that you never need this tutorial…
But, just know that it is here and is EASY and CHEAP to fix :)
C.R.A.F.T.