Friday 8 August 2014

Rustic stamped wooden hangers

I recently found these hangers in a charity shop £1 for 6 so snapped up a dozen immediately!


I've always liked the idea of having a long row of hooks all the way across one wall with personalised hangers to hang things on, in a hallway or bedroom, as well as straightforward hooks:

 
The hangers were all in excellent condition, but to do anything with them I though it would be best to start off by giving them a light sand:


Then out came my trusty inkpad and alphabet stamp set, which I recenty bought from ebay and am now obsessed with:



I played around with some homely words and phrases that would fit nicely on the hanger arms and practised with the stamps (it's fairly fiddly)...


...and then I got stuck in:




I love that they look a bit scruffy and rustic - it gives them a bit more personality somehow! I'll need to varnish them at some stage so they last, and I should also work on the hooks that I plan to hang them on...!