Thursday, September 23, 2010

Car Hangers




Need something cute and fashionable to hang from your rear view mirror?  Want to make something for you and your bestie so you can match?  How about these adorable hangers!  You can make them as the first letter of your name or any wood shape you like!  Here's how you do it:

Supplies:
1. Wood letter or shape
2. Piece of scrapbook paper
3. Pencil and scissors or exacto knife
4. Modge podge and brush
5. Embellishments (like stick on pearls, beads, jewels or flowers)
6. Glue gun
7. Ribbon or string
8. Paint

How you make it:
1. Paint the back of the letter and the sides with the color of your choice.
2. Trace the letter on to the scrapbook paper you want on the letter (make sure you trace the correct side!) and cut it out with scissors
*if that's too much work, put the paper on the letter and trace/cut it out with an exacto knife.
3. Paint a layer of modge podge on the front of the letter and lay your cut out scrapbook paper on it.
4. Stick on any embellishments to the letter now so you can modge podge over it (unless you're doing jewels, wait till after).
5. Modge podge over the letter pressing outward so you can eliminate bubbles.  You can put several coats on the letter now so the paper will be secured to the wood.
6. Cut two even pieces of ribbon about 3/4 of a foot each, glue them to the back of the letter apart from each other toward the top and then tie the ends together in a bow so the letter can now hang!
7. Hang from your rear view mirror for a classy, polished look!

2 comments:

Mallory said...

this is too cute :) love it

Ros said...

love you my crafty lady!