When I went to SNAP! a few weeks ago, I knew I’d need some pretty awesome business cards. You see, when you meet another blogger at a conference, you usually say something like this…
“Hi, I’m Meredith from Wait ‘Til Your Father Gets Home”
and then immediately exchange business cards with the other blogger.
Just look at some of the cards I accumulated this year at SNAP!…
Crazy, right?!
Now, how to keep track of all those cards, plus my own stack to hand out? I had the perfect solution after doing some browsing of the blogosphere. My sweet friend, Lindsay had a pattern for some super simple, sewn business card holders, and I knew I could easily put my own spin on her awesome version for myself and my SNAP! roomies using these pretty fabrics.
Materials Needed
Step 1
On both of the 2 1/2 x 4 1/2″ pieces, fold and iron a double 1/4″ hem. Sew along the folded edge {for some reason, I forgot to actually sew this on this particular business card holder, so ignore my picture and the fact that each piece is not sewn along the hem}.
Step 2
Line up your velcro pieces, pin, and sew in place.
Step 3: Assembly
Picture 1: Pin pockets to inside piece {the hem of each pocket should be towards the middle}.
Picture 2: After ironing the fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the outside piece, pin it to the inside piece with the pockets, right sides facing each other.
Picture 3: Sew around the entire piece, with a 1/4″ seam allowance. Leave a space on one side to flip right side out, but make sure to back stitch as you don’t want your sewing to come undone. Clip the corners at a 45 degree angle before flipping.
Picture 4: Iron as flat as possible and pin the space you left un-sewn. Sew a topstitch around the entire business card holder with a 1/4″ seam allowance.
Step 4
Fold the business card holder in half and run your iron over it once again. In the crease, sew a straight line. This makes folding the business card holder a lot easier as you’re using it.
Step 5
Carefully sew a cute button onto the front of one side of the business card holder. Make sure not to sew your pocket shut!
And now you’re ready to hand out business cards in a snap {or in my case, at SNAP!}
Those are all of the cute holders I ended up giving my roomies as gifts upon arriving at the conference!
I think my favorite is the teal and pink chevron. Which one is yours?
I’ll be linking up at these great parties!
So nice, Meredith!
And they’re so colorful, too!
Thanks! I know, I LOVE all the colors 🙂
These are just precious!! Where do you buy your material? It’s really cute. 🙂
Thanks so much! I found all the material at Hobby Lobby!!
SO cute!! Love your fabrics 🙂
These are so cute! I am inspired not only to make some, but to make my own blogger business card! There are a ton of cute ones in your stash!
Cheers,
Julia
It’s Always Ruetten
There were so many cute cards at SNAP! I kinda want to redo mine now!!
Love them Mer! I like the purple chevron the most, but I might be biased 😉
Love them! Thanks for sharing!
cute idea
Thank you 🙂
I love these, and your cards are pretty sweet too!
Holly at Not Done Growing
Thanks so much!!
These are really cute, but I have a couple questions ’cause I hate ripping seams. What do you mean by “double 1/4 inch hem”? Is that folding it a 1/4 ” twice or folding it 1/2″? I can’t tell from your photo. If its the former, which folded edge should I sew close to? Since you didnt do it for the photo I can’t tell.
Fold 1/4″ twice and then sew along that hem! Hope that helps!!
Those are great! I love the teal chevron too. I definitely need to get my act together and make one of these… I’m always scrambling to find my cards when the opportunity to hand them out comes up. If you’d like to share this at my link party, I would love to have you! What an awesome collection.
Krista @ While He Was Napping
They definitely come in handy when you need to find your cards in a pinch!
So excited to see my card in that pile 🙂 These business card holders are too cute.
Way too cute and I love the fabrics! My fav is the teal chevron too! And I love how Jen’s card stands out in that big pile of business cards! She cracks me up! 😉
LOVE your handmade business card holders. I love that they are velcro too!
Thanks! I tried to use elastic, but didn’t like how they turned out. Velcro was much easier to sew too 🙂
Thanks so much for linking this up to the Pinworthy Projects Party!