DIY Personalised Wedding Hanger
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On the wedding morning as the bride-to-be is getting ready, the photographer always tries to capture a shot of the wedding gown. They know how many hours you spent looking at dresses, travelling to boutiques, trying so many of them on until you found ‘the one’…so of course they would capture it in all its pristine glory as a memory for you to treasure.
In fact it’s hard to believe that the current trend of personalising wedding dress / bridesmaid dress hangers hasn’t been around for longer! Such a beautiful touch for the photos, but also something your bridesmaids can keep after the day…with the added bonus that it prevents confusion over who’s dress is who’s!
We’re mixing it up from the more common approach of attaching vinyl directly to the hangers, by adding a ribbon. Change the colour of the ribbon and the text to suit your colour scheme and style…you can easily add your wedding date and ‘bridesmaid’, ‘bride’ or ‘flower girl’ text to the name once you’ve learnt the steps.
For this tutorial we’re using a Cricut Maker machine. If you’re new to Cricut and are crafting for your wedding, this DIY is the perfect place to start with step-by-step instructions to get you on the road to vinyl success!
Materials we used (with product links if you need them!):
- Cricut Maker
- Cricut EasyPress Mini
- Cricut EasyPress Mat
- Cricut Weeding Tools
- Cricut Fine Point Blade (usually included with the Cricut Maker machine)
- Cricut Standard Grip Mat
- Hobbycraft Iron-On Gold Foil Vinyl (the gold colour we used is currently unavailable on their website, but this is the link for the same thing but in silver)
- Hobbycraft ‘knit & stitch’ White Satin Ribbon
- Hobbycraft Mini Glue Gun (our blue one is currently not on the website, but this is the same one in pink!)
- Clothes Hangers
- Scissors
NB. This video is not made in association with Cricut or Hobbycraft. There are no affiliate links listed here. If you choose to use other materials or equipment to make this project, please refer to the Cricut website as instructions will vary slightly. The Cricut website has a really useful heat guide for transferring your vinyl if you’re using different equipment/materials to ours, take a look.
Having a go? We’d love to see your hanger creations! Tag us in your photos over on Instagram @bridesociety_uk.
—Bride Society
