Wine corks can transform any boring or plain object into a beautiful decorative piece! While wandering around Michael's one afternoon, I decided to pick up a few plain wood objects. One was a mirror, and the other was a small box.
For the mirror, I cut the corks in half length wise so they would lay flat on the surface. It took a while to figure out how to get them to fit because the mirror was a little too wide. I laid all the corks out first and realized there was no way to fill all the wood with corks alone. I picked up a bag of glass marble stones ( I think that's what they are called) and used those around the inside to fill in the extra space. They worked perfectly and added a little burst of color to the mirror. I used hot glue to get everything to stay on. Just be careful hot gluing the glass marbles because they do heat up quick.
The box seemed to be made just for wine cork decoration! The cut corks fit on there pretty easily. Again, I just cut the corks in half with a razor blade and laid them out, then hot glued them into place. Just make sure you leave room for the lock so that it can be easily opened and closed.
This box was one of my favorite projects because I thought it turned out awesome & it is useful! I gave it as a Christmas present and two small bottles of wine fit perfectly in there. (The single glass bottles).
Another thing that is very simple to make is wine cork picture frames. When picking out a frame, look for ones that are flat wood so that the corks can lay flush on the surface.
I used a 4X6 frame and this project only took about 25 minutes start to finish. The longest part is cutting the corks in half. Once that is done, just lay them out to make sure they fit & then hot glue them on!
The frames are a really easy project, only require about 6 corks & also make great presents!
I love this idea. Good use for my old corks!
ReplyDeleteThank you Doug! You should try one of them out, it's actually pretty fun :)
ReplyDeleteWow the amount of Wine I drink, I could have made tons of cute crafts with the the corks that are somewhere in the dump lands now LOL. I will be sure to save them from now on! These are such cute ideas! Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteOh no!!! Lol be sure to save them...it's scary how fast they accumulate but there are so many uses for them :)
DeleteI love the box covered in wine corks! It's soo cute and a perfect piece for any room in any kind of house!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks!! I gave it to my friend's mom and I think she just keeps little notes and pens and stuff in it, but could for sure be used for whatever!
DeleteLove the picture frame!
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