Personalized Wedding Dress Hangers

These past few weeks I have found myself on a crafting binge...I cant get enough. Problem is I usually start crafting and then after a few hours in ADD kicks in and I start asking myself why I do this. The feeling I get when I finish a craft is joyous...and I usually end up loving whatever I make its just getting to that end point I have a hard time with. Honestly I have about 6 projects going on right now and I have finally finished my first one of those 6.  

I have 7 bridesmaids 2 MOH's and 2 Flower girls *GASP* ...I know its a lot. Having all these people in the wedding is very expensive and I wish that someone told me that beforehand. That being said...I love all of my bridesmaids, MOH's, and flower girls and I don't think I could have narrowed it down if asked to. I have decided to hopefully lessen the burden on my wallet and make a lot of the wedding favors and decorations...without sacrificing the quality.

The first project I am going to post was surprisingly easy. They are my personalized dress hangers to take photos of the dresses on the day of and keep everyone's dresses straight. 

First I got myself some thin wire from Lowes. I believe it was 22 gauge wire and it was silver. I have used this wire for a lot of crafts including my brooch bouquets which I will post about in the future because I only have 5 of them done. I bought a lot of wire just because I knew I would be using it for many things. 

look for something like this but with more than 100ft

Next I went over to Wally World Walmart and bought myself some cheap but nice hangers

As you will see the ones I bought were darker..but I forgot to take a picture of the hangers before

Next I took my needle nose pliers and started bending away leaving about 8 inches before my first letter and after my last letter to be sure I could center the names before attaching them. The letters are fairly easy to make...although they do take some practice. I scrapped about 3 or 4 before I ended up liking it enough to attach it. If I was doing it again I would probably try to form the letters smaller but I still love the way mine turned out.

(I apologize for not having more pictures of the process...I got overexcited and forgot to keep taking pictures)

I then took my hangers and drilled a tiny hole on each end with Grants drill. I love being able to use the power tools. Be very careful with this part...you don't want to drill too far and snap the wood or drill right through. I didn't have any extras so I needed to be super cautious of this. 

Out came the glue gun and I attached the personalized wire into the predrilled holes with a tiny glob of hot glue. To do this I first made sure the ends of the wire were the right size and perfectly centered...I cut off any excess. Then I put the glue on the end of the wire and stuck it into the hole I had drilled. The key here is to put enough glue that the wire will stick to the drilled hole, but not too much glue that it will make a huge hot glue mess all over your hands, counter, and the hanger. 

I had to repeat this process 9 more times including one for myself. I ended up wanting to dress the look up a little more and I had some extra beads laying around from a previous craft project (crafting overload) so I added those onto the wire along with a pretty bow to tie in the whole look. 

Here are my end results.

One of my bridesmaids

and mine :)

Like I said, I probably would have made the letters smaller, but overall I am happy with how they turned out and I think they will take the pictures to the next level.

Life update...hold onto your seats

Okay so I haven't written an update in about 5 months! Wow...I cant believe it has been that long. I have been so busy with wedding planning and crafting that I just found myself having no motivation to update the blog. 

First, I'll quickly fill you in on the big happenings in my life over the past 5 months. 

In July,  I begged and begged until I got my own way (like usual) and we adopted a second dog. Her name is Kota (after the Lakota helicopter) so fitting, I know. She is about 10 months old now and is a Golden Pyrenees. She is an absolute sweetheart and although having the two dogs in our small townhouse at times makes me want to tear all my hair out, I wouldn't trade them for the world.

Kota on the left, Dunkin on the right

yes...she has a mustache. We call her Mrs. Mustacheo...well I call her that sometimes

  

Also in July, I turned 23, which is scary in itself...never mind the fact that I cant ever remember  that I am now 23 years old. I still say I am 21..not even on purpose. I have started to not get ID'd at restaurants and even on one occasion, getting wine in the grocery store! Hello old age...next stop wrinkle cream.

Birthday Shot!

hmm what else? We are currently in the BWS phase of flight school for Grant and have about 3 weeks left until we find out what helicopter he will be flying for the Army. About 3ish weeks after that we will finally find out what post we will be living at next. Rooting for Ft Bragg so I can be living next door to my favorite Army wife and we can finally be reunited. Praying that we will be out of Alabama and back to civilization in about 6 months. 

Wedding planning is absolutely insane and even more crazy trying to do it from across the country! Thank god I have my family and friends helping me back home. Honestly...I am so done with wedding planning and crafting and just thinking about the wedding. I can totally see why people just elope or go to the courthouse. If you are against people eloping or courthouse weddings... just wait until you have to plan a wedding. It can change your mind...trust me. We are 88 days away from the wedding and it cant come fast enough. Don't get me wrong...it will be an AMAZING wedding and I cannot wait to be married, its just the planning that's killing me. 

What I really can't wait for is my bachelorette party in Atlantic City with my girls. Umm hello blackouts, strippers, and bad decisions...I mean tea parties, movies, and dinner dates. 

I think that's about it with my life update so far. Hopefully I can start being better about my posts. I know I want to start posting my wedding crafts and even sharing how I made them soon so keep checking back.

Until then!