Category Archive : Youtube

How To Frame a Sports Jersey

I quickly framed a Michael Thomas autographed football jersey I had received in an opening – I figured I would film the process to record what I did and how I did it.. It ended up being a very quick and easy tutorial on how to frame a sports jersey! All you really need is a shadowbox, some cardboard, and scissors or a box cutter. The shadowbox I had used was a 16″ x 20″ hinged box, so I could open up the front and carefully set the jersey in. 

The first step is cutting the cardboard slightly smaller than the shadow box opening, enough room for the jersey to sit between it and the edges of the box. Once the cardboard is cut, slide it into the jersey and frame up the jersey around the cardboard, making it look exactly how you want it before placing it in the shadow box. Once you’ve got it all set on the cardboard, place the jersey with the cardboard inside into the shadow box and tinker with it until it looks exactly how you want it. Close the shadowbox up, and it’s ready to be hung on the wall. That’s it! You’ll be framing autographed sports jerseys in no time. This will work for most jerseys including: baseball jersey, football jerseys, hockey jerseys and soccer jerseys. I am unsure on how it would work with sleeveless jerseys, such as basketball jerseys. Within 5 minutes, you’ll have started and completed the how to frame a sports jersey tutorial! This method of framing a sports jersey is relatively cheap, and can definitely go up in price depending on the frame size / layout of the shadowbox, but was around $25 total for me to purchase the shadowbox and cardboard used in the framing. I hope this helps!

Start Your Own Youtube Channel For Under $50!

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Lights, Camera, Action!

The first step to creating a successful Youtube Channel is to be prepared when it comes to making videos! There are many different routes and potential options to create videos, but let’s stick with the basics. I’ll be going over the easiest way to film with your phone camera, the simple lighting sources you should use, and the basics to using a microphone, if required. While this may sound a bit complex and expensive, you can easily start up a Youtube channel for less than $50! I did, and I’ve created over 250 Youtube videos using some of the inexpensive equipment mentioned within this article. Happy Youtubing!

The Camera

This is where the creation of a Youtube channel can bring more of an expense, or could make it extremely easy! For me, I use my Iphone XR camera, which I already had before I started creating videos, so I didn’t need to buy anything new. I even used my previous Iphone 6 camera previously, and still had decent quality! I urge that when initially starting a channel, try and utilize what you already have, like your phone camera, as long as it has decent video capability, and you’re able to export the videos onto a PC or Mac computer. Let’s assume you’re going to use your phone camera, as I do, and keep the cost lower when starting a Youtube channel. 

Use Your Phone!

Next Step: Mount Your Phone!

Smaller, bendable Tripod

A Phone mount is extremely beneficial to not only yourself, but also your viewers! It keeps the camera still during filming, and allows you to capture various angles while not needing to hold onto your camera. I have used the two tripods shown to the left and right, while I still use the tripod shown on the right side of this post. The smaller tripod shown on the left has bendable legs, but I suggest the larger tripod shown on the right, because of its extendable legs and variable camera positioning feature (plus it is larger in general for a low cost). These are SUPER useful, and I highly recommend them for filming your Youtube videos, especially for beginners who use their phones (like myself)!

Larger, Extendable Tripod

Next Step: Simple Background Lighting

LED Desk Lamp

It’s all about the lighting! Lighting can be extremely helpful or hurtful to creating videos, and is a necessity for any Youtuber who doesn’t always have natural light. This basic LED Desk Lamp has been a wonderful investment (barely any $) for my Youtube channel, and works great for me! Not only is it LED, had a bendable neck to allow for different angles, and also has different dimming settings… it also has a USB port that I can charge my phone with while creating videos! I may be biased since I’ve only used this LED lamp while creating all of my Youtube videos, but it has worked extremely well for me, so I recommend it. I have also listed a few other LED Lamps that have highly rated reviews, so they could be great for starting a Youtube Channel as well. 

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LED Desk Lamp in Use with one of my Youtube Setups!

Situational: Audio Equipment

Audio is Very important, because many people don’t even watch the videos, but listen to what is happening! Audio can make or break a youtuber, so I suggest paying attention to how your videos sound. When I first started making videos, I used a lavalier mic, as shown in the image, that greatly helped my videos with only picking up my voice, and not as much noise around me. This was with my old Iphone, and connected with the audio jack cable. When I got my IphoneXR, the audio jack hold went away, and I reverted to using the Iphone’s microphone option, which still works great as long as I’m in a quiet environment! So, you don’t technically need a microphone if you can keep your surroundings under control, but in many scenarios, it may be beneficial to get one! I used the PowerDeWise Lavalier microphone shown in the image, but I have also listed some of the top rated microphones below that can be found on Amazon’s website!

Article Summary!

So there you have it – The basic components that will help you succeed in your Youtubing Journey! Not ll are necessary, but these are the basic components that will allow you to make youtube videos that are not shaky, have great lighting, and have a good audio as well! Now all you need to an idea! The setup of a Youtube channel is fairly simple, just head over to Youtube.com and they make it easy to create your own channel. Video editing software is something else you may need to look into. For mac users, iMovie is readily available and extremely easy to learn through a few youtube tutorials (if I can do it, anyone can!). I’ve used iMovie to edit all 250+ videos I’ve created, and even added some fun edits into some of my videos. As you learn, you’ll become more skilled with creating unique videos, confident in your video making ability, and will most likely have more fun as a result of it! I know when I first started, I didn’t exactly know what I was doing, but now I love creating content for others to see. As always, please reach out if you have any other questions, and I will be glad to help. Thank you so much for reading my article on how to create your Youtube channel with these products, I hope it helps!

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November’s Boombox Platinum!

My favorite monthly box is back this month with Nine Football card packs! The Original Boombox is a great company, and Boombox Platinum is always the highlight of their boxes! While it is more expensive, it provides guaranteed hits and gives some great football card packs as well! This was November’s Boombox Platinum, and it had a great variety of packs, and I got pretty lucky to get a hit out of a Panini 2019 Prizm hobby pack! Multiple hits, many numbered cards, and some sweet rookies and inserts – what more can you ask for?? Boombox just doesn’t seem to disappoint!

Have you ever ordered a Boombox of Boombox Platinum? If so, what was the best hit you received from your box? I’d love to know! Leave a comment with your best hit, and I’ll be sure to reply!

These boxes can be ordered on the website, https://theoriginalboombox.com/ where you can choose between the regular, high-end, or platinum version, with the price and hits increasing per box you get. From $30, to $50, to $100 per each football card box with a variety of hobby packs! They also come in Baseball, basketball, and even hockey now!

Thank you for watching everyone, I appreciate it greatly! I hope you have a great rest of your day!

As always, there are many ways to contact me if you have a question, are interested in a football card, or anything else you can think of! My instagram is the best way to contact me @vikings95_cards but I also have a facebook at facebook.com/vikings95football or you can email me at vikings95.cards@gmail.com. There are many ways to contact me, so feel free to use any method! I hope you enjoy my football card opening videos, it has been such a fun process and I love this collecting community!

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Welcome to Vikings95Cards.com!

Welcome to Vikings95cards! I’m Sam, the creator of the youtube channel, ” Vikings95. ” I’ve been Youtubing since June of 2018, but I’ve collected football cards for quite some time! I began collecting baseball cards as a kid, but couldn’t keep up with all 162 baseball games that the MLB season has, so I switched to football!

I began football card collecting around 2005-ish, well before I started high school. This was mostly low end collecting, but thankfully I was collecting around the Aaron Rodgers / Adrian Peterson rookie years! I still have many of these cards, and they hold more sentimental value to me because I opened them when I was young. I fell away from collecting during high school and college, but got back into it after I graduated from college, which was in 2018. I started my youtube channel after watching others open up their cards on video, and it seemed fun / entertaining. I was right! It has been an awesome time, and I love the entire process of having a Youtube Channel. Shockingly, it grew to over multiple thousands of subscribers…I am still surprised to this day!

With my football collecting, my main personal collection is of my Iowa State University Players! I collect Allen Lazard, David Montgomery, and Hakeem Butler – these are the players I watched as I attended Iowa State University! I have always enjoyed watching football, and card collecting has been a great hobby to go hand in hand with watching my favorite players. These autographs / jersey cards / cards of my favorite players hold memories and value that goes beyond dollars. It reminds me of being at Iowa State football games with my friends and family, and even reminds me of the old Vikings games I grew up watching with my dad! It is an awesome hobby, and I hope I am able to give back to it with my Youtube channel / Instagram account. If you haven’t started collecting, maybe think about it! It is a ton of fun!

I’d like to thank you for checking out my website and blog! I’m excited to start this, and hope it is helpful to everyone who is interested in collecting sports cards, or just interested in youtubing in general! Thank you all so much for your support, I greatly appreciate it!! Please feel free to click the links to my facebook, instagram, or youtube channel above and check those sites out as well! Have a great day everyone!

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