Not long ago I enjoyed dinner with friends at a busy restaurant. At some point during the meal I pulled out my iPhone to use the Internet to look up something that we had been discussing. The meal progressed, conversation flowed, good times were had and finally we said our goodbyes. Upon reaching home I opened my pocketbook to retrieve my phone so that I could plug it in to recharge overnight.
It wasn't there!!
I panicked.
The restaurant was a thirty minute drive away. No matter. I jumped back into the car and flew across town. I ran into the restaurant and found our waitress, asking her if anyone had turned in an iPhone from our table. She said no, that no one had been seated there since we had left. Well, that was a relief. I searched the table, top to bottom, all the chairs and the floor underneath. Nothing.
Confused and with sinking heart I reluctantly left the restaurant. Walking across the parking lot I tried to think what in the world could have happened to my phone. I was mentally replaying the events of the night. Reflexively, I touched the hip pocket of my jeans where sometimes I tuck my phone away.
To my enormous relief, there it was.
I decided then and there that I should somehow make the cover of my phone stand out in a crowd, and to put a tag on it identifying it as my own. I know, of course, if someone wanted to steal it they would only have to pull the cover off and there they'd be. But if an honest person found it and turned it in I would have my return address right up there in the corner, kind of like a luggage tag. Also, in the Contacts section I have listed my land line phone number to call if found.
I am so relieved that I didn't lose my phone and I'm really happy with my new collaged cover.
9 comments:
Oh wow.. how scary. So glad it was only absentmindedness for the loss of the phone but some good came of it. Lovely idea. How did you put it onto the phone. Don't you have to take off the cover to use the phone?
Cris, I decorated the back side of the phone. You can see where I left the little camera eye in the upper left corner uncovered. The front still looks the same as in the first photo. I simply used Mod Podge to adhere the papers and then gave the whole thing a layer of Mod Podge when done to waterproof it.
Love the cover! It will be both a conversation piece and head to leave on a table etc...Glad you didn't lose it, for long!
Wow this is a great idea and it looks fabulous. My IPhone was stolen (2 years ago) after I only had it for 2 months.... :( out of my purse. Glad you found yours!! YEAH!
Clever idea...next time check your pockets first! LOL
Patty gave me a bright red shiny paten Liz Claiborne carrier for my phone as I was always losing it. Now I put it back when done and it's easy to find in my bag.
I worry about losing mine, so I signed onto "find my iphone" - which is terrific. Once i thought I had left my ipad on the plane (you can use it for phone and pad) and I was all set to drive into Boston to go to lost and found. Instead I remembered that I had this "find" thing, turned it on and voila - I had left it at work. Awesome!!
I also call myself when I think it's lost. usually i hear the ring somewhere in the house, or hopefully - someone will answer and tell me where the darn thing is!
Glad you found it and love the cover.
So glad your phone was found and not lost. Love the way you personalized it too. It is unique.
i dont have an iphone, they dont work up here on the mountian. but i know they are important to people. glad you found yours in yr pocket and the cover is terrific.
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Love your cover!! and SO GLAD it wasn't lost!
Once I was struggling to remember where mine was,,,,and I was TALKING on it!
Another time it slipped out of my lap and onto the pavement when I got out of the car.
Someone picked it up and turned it in. This was at the airport.
Whoa,,,,talk about being scattered!
It always surprises me how attuned we've become to having them.
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