Altered Door Hangers

Although I’d seen them in various online galleries, I had never really thought much about door hangers. I have no children. The flat belongs solely to my husband and myself, and whatever areas he has coveted I’m am slowly taking over. :) So, really there was no need to announce any of our rooms with a hanger.

But then I received Kaboom! line by SEI. After doing my Smurf Sighting! layout (which quite frankly couldn’t have been more perfect for the photo—it was even smurf blue!!!), I pondered what else could be done with this fabulous paper. A Super Geek! door hanger seemed the perfect thing.

Amy Stultz wrote a lovely article for ScrapJazz.com all about Altered Door Hangers complete with not only instructions, but also a template. My hanger doesn’t use the template, however the dimensions are fairly similar. Once the hanger was complete, I simply cut a slit for the brad using my scalpel, put the brad in and hung the little sign off the brad.

The sign is actually double-sided and hung using 3mm ribbon. One side says ‘play’ while the other says ‘work’. Knowing my husband, the sign will never be flipped over, not because he’s lazy or wouldn’t bother, but simply because even when he’s working he’s secretly playing. Ah, the life of a computer programmer. :)

I must say, however, that the doorknob hanger was a fun, fast and easy project. So fun, in fact, I may just have to do a few more.

If you are interested to see other projects that the Scrap That Moment Design Team did using SEI’s papers (Kaboom!, Fruit Stand, and Spring lines) check it out in our SEI Sponsor Gallery.