this little DIY - this little hanger

this little DIY - this little hanger

Wednesday 19 June 2013

ah remember the days when you met up with your friend and all you talked about were boys, crushes, outfits etc etc.  don't get me wrong that still goes on, especially when you've got a mutual crush on robin thicke (shh don't tell michael, but seriously...wow ;) but now we find ourselves talking about some pretty serious stuff over here. like for example, hangers.

yes. hangers.

do you know how hard it is to find a decent looking hanger for a stand alone clothes rail? bloody hard people. ;)

so not one to leave a friend in hanger despair, i nabbed some of the gorgeous swallow wallpaper she had left over from doing up her spare room (that's were the rail is) and told her to leave it with me.

so armed with some ikea hangers (8 for £4 so total bargain) i got to work...

other items i used which aren't pictured were paint (similar colour to the paper) and ribbon.

i painted the hanger first, then while it was drying i cut out two of the swallows from the paper.

once the paint had dried i glued the swallows onto the hanger...

i then wrote a quote on the hanger (permanent marker) which i knew my friend would love.

'if you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing' - coco chanel

i then gave the hanger a coat of mod podge (the BEST matt glue) to seal it.

and here is the end result...

so that's one down the rest to go ;)

when i've finished them i'll take a picture of them in my friends spare room.

for now here's the hanger in mine...

does this mean we can go back to talking about robin thicke now, sam? ;)