crafts for our closets

Last spring, padded hangers really caught my attention. Wouldn't it be dreamy to have a closet full of clothes on gorgeous, padded hangers? I think that'd be good for my wardrobe too, since my clothes would really have to live up to their hangers. Also they take up more space, so i'd have to simplify a bit.... not that i have enough room even now!

I bought a bright yellow jacket at a neighbor's garage sale because it was on a silky padded hanger; i'm not even sure the hanger was for sale, but i insisted. When Hannah was on vacation, she got one for me at an antique shop as a souvenir. That brought me up to me to two lovely hangers and dozens of boring plastic ones -- plus a few supermarket-style hangers with the size marked, several ancient wire hangers, and one nice wooden one for taking sales photos.

Now I can't remember if i decided to actively look for a way to make padded hangers, or if i just stumbled across the idea, but i did find this at notebook magazine. I think i may have stumbled on it while actively looking for a particular photo associated with that magazine. And from there, i found another idea -- beaded hangers.

The padded hanger recipe requires sewing -- not much, but plenty enough to discourage me from getting started on making some right away. The beaded hanger recipe seemed much more suited to me. Plus, i already had wire hangers. I would have had to buy the type needed for padded hangers.

I had to buy a few things after all. More glue. And a lot of the beads i had wouldn't fit over the curvy part of the hanger, so i had to get some that did. But i love the way they look! I never thought i'd actually want MORE wire hangers, but i'll need them if i'm going to have a closet full of these.

I have seen them on Daiso before, but you have to buy them by the case. They don't seem to have any right now, except kids' size.