DIY hangers/pomander (PIP)

elidellio

I've finally had some time the last couple of days to try a few projects I've been wanting to do. I'm still in the middle of a couple of things but I just finished up my personalized hangers and a test pomander.

The hangers didn't come out perfect but I'm pretty darn proud of them anyway, lol.

I'm not sure about the pomander. It's made of cupcake liners and is a little thin at the bottom because I started running out. These would be used on the chairs at the reception (they'll be either white or a natural wood color). If I decide to go with them, I want to find liners that are purple on the inside, too.

What do you girls think??

jml1981

How hard are the hangers? All the places I looked made it seem so easy! I bought the wire, but I still need to get hangers. I'm hoping they come out good!!

elidellio

They were way easier than I thought. Each one probably took about 10 - 15 minutes. I did several practice rounds, though, and this is as good as I can make them - lol. I pretty much shaped everything with my hands and just used pliers to tighten things up when I needed to.

cu97tiger

For the hangers, I've heard it's a good idea to write it out (without taking your pen off the paper), and then bend the wire in the same way. I am definitely NOT taking that task on, but it looks good!

For the pomanders, I like them, but I do think it could use a few more just to fill it in a little. They will be very pretty!

lisa&sean

The hangars came out great! I don't think I could have got them that good!

KH 2012

love the hangers what gauge did you use? i started playing with wire but i can definitely use a bigger gauge!  

elidellio

Thanks guys! KH 2012, I used 12 gauge floral wire.

KH 2012

thanks so much! i might try to work on them this week -ill let you know how they work out

w+c3

I think your wire hangers turned out great! Some of the best handmade ones I've seen on the knot actually.

As far as the pomanders I'm not 100% sold. I would think there might be something a little better you could make them out of. From afar they didn't look bad, but when I blew the picture up I wasn't sold on the classiness of them. And since they will be hung on the reception chairs people will be up close and personal with them. Hope I didn't offend you just trying to give an honest opinion!

elidellio

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_march-2012-weddings_diy-hangerspomander-pip?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:955e4823-0be1-44ef-9ee7-99a63794e103Discussion:20aa02ac-0852-4e9d-9dc4-c4b8b86cbc0fPost:363fef00-3551-4bd7-b0dc-82ac53380e33">Re: DIY hangers/pomander (PIP)</a>:
[QUOTE]I think your wire hangers turned out great! Some of the best handmade ones I've seen on the knot actually. As far as the pomanders I'm not 100% sold. I would think there might be something a little better you could make them out of. From afar they didn't look bad, but when I blew the picture up I wasn't sold on the classiness of them. And since they will be hung on the reception chairs people will be up close and personal with them. <strong>Hope I didn't offend you just trying to give an honest opinion!</strong>
Posted by w+c3[/QUOTE]

<div>Not offensive at all! That's kind of where I am with the pomanders, too. It's hanging on one of our doors and the more I look at it the more I'm not sure about it. I appreciate the honesty <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />.</div>

cmac3504

I personally think they both came out awesome. You did a great job!! I wish I was half as crafty...