Today is a bit of a “Throwback Thursday” project. My daughter got married a couple of years ago. Since we both love creating and DIY projects (plus we’re both really cheap) we spent a lot of time that summer making things for the wedding, including these personalized bridesmaids hangers. Since it’s wedding season again, I’ll be sharing a DIY wedding series on the blog. You’ll get a new project idea once a week. Please feel free to pin and pass them along to your friends and family who are planning weddings. Thanks!
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How to Make Personalized Bridesmaids Hangers
I started with these wooden hangers from my favorite thrift shop. You can see the price tag — $1.00 for 3 hangers. I collected these for a few months before we got started. But if you want to get yours all at once you can get these on Amazon
. Still only about 75c a piece.
I used black StazOn black ink
(stamps on ANYTHING!)…
…and these rubber alphabet stamps
.
Here’s the stack after I finished the lettering. I stamped “bridesmaid” or “maid of honor” on one side and the girls’ names on the other. You could also make one for “mother of the bride” and “mother of the groom”.
Then I added a heart and swirl stamp in the center with J’s on each side. One J for Jordann and one J for Jonathan. I had some 2014 charms leftover from my graduation necklaces so I added them with a little wire. Jordann tied the big satin ribbons since I’m “bow-challenged”.
Here are the beautiful dresses on the hangers waiting for the girls on the wedding morning!
And here’s a collage of the beautiful bridesmaids. There is a more formal photo of them but I kinda like how their personalities come out in this one.
Then, after the wedding, each of the bridesmaids got to take their personalized gift home. I’m still using mine and think about that beautiful day every time I pull it out of the closet.
Don’t stop at wedding hangers… pick up these old wooden coat hangers at thrift stores and personalize them for you and your family or just decorate them for any occasion.
If you enjoyed these bridesmaids hangers, check out these other DIY wedding ideas:
- My DIY | Wedding board on Pinterest
- DIY Bullet Boutonnieres
- DIY Wedding Cake Topper
- Dye-dipped Wedding Veils
- 10 Easy DIY Wedding Crafts
Photos from the day of the wedding by Jana Melinda Photography. Step-by-step photos taken by me with my iPhone!
‘Til the next project,
Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim
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kara says
January 12, 2015 at 6:23 amThat is one of the things on my to-do list! Get hangers for everyone!! I love those!!
Marie@The Interior Frugalista says
January 12, 2015 at 8:38 amLove this idea! Pinning – inspiration for my daughter’s wedding.
Lauren says
January 12, 2015 at 9:21 amLove it! I had forgotten that y’all had made these 🙂 Looks so easy!
Jana says
January 12, 2015 at 11:49 amYay! I loved your hangers! Definitely unique and so fun!!!!! Thanks for the tag! 😉
Gina says
March 30, 2017 at 5:55 amOh, I love the dresses and the ponytails, too! Nice gift idea – simple and vintage-looking!
Sue says
August 24, 2019 at 9:51 amI love these and want to make for my daughters wedding. What did you use for wire to hang the year?
ducttapeanddenim says
August 24, 2019 at 7:51 pmI used this wire from Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ZqNah5 {affiliate link} — But that’s just because I already had it. Any flexible wire would work.