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November 8, 2010

Wine Cork Wreath

I looooove collecting wine corks.  I usually display them in a pretty vase on the bookshelf, much to my husband's dismay.  :)  I put the corks to good use last year and made a Christmas ornament.  This year, I made a wreath!




Supplies needed:
glue gun & glue
wine corks (A LOT!)
styrofoam wreath
ribbon

I'm definitely going to make this wreath again (maybe for a lucky sister or friend!?). Lessons learned:  Next time, I will wrap the wreath with ribbon before gluing the corks, to make the spaces in between the corks less noticeable.  Also, I'm going to buy a thicker ribbon, possibly in a deep red color, to hang the wreath.  FYI, have a knife on hand in case you have to cut a cork or two in order to make them fit!

25 comments:

  1. very imaginative, love it!

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  2. Great job!!! Hmm . . we usually had millions of corks floating around, where could they have gone? Oh yeah, I remember--that was pre-kids!

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  3. Lovely!!! I was just given a huge bounty of wine corks....you've given me some inspiration!

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  4. love it!!! im doing a cork board right now and going to have a cork inspired linky party next week. Hope you come and join in!

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  5. Oh! And you could pin cute decorative do dads to it to match the holiday too! Love it!

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  6. Hi there! Love your blog and your ideas. I love those pillow case tunics in your shop! I am your newest follower:) You can find me at www.bouffeebambini.blogspot.com

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  7. Love this! Have A LOT of corks sitting in a bowl just waiting for a cute transformation such as this! Working on another cork for the basket one glass at a time tonight!! Thanks for the great idea!

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  8. i love it! i use my corks to decorate too! :) usually in a mason jar or something like that :) love the idea of a wreath :)

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  9. I'm back again to say that I love this so much I featured it on my blog today :)
    hope that is ok and come check it out when you have a moment!

    Jenny
    www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

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  10. Great idea--I will have to save more corks!

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  11. Great idea--I will have to save more corks!

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  12. Thanks Jenny!! We're thrilled to be featured on your blog.

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  13. I have the biggest box of corks just waiting for a project....i saw a wreath with the corks facing the other way (outwards) but i like this better...this is my next project!!

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  14. Patti-Definitely either email us a picture or post it to our FB fan group. We'd love to see it!

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  15. Me likey. I have lotsa corks too. I made a cork wreath once, but not nearly as cool as this. Going to try your ornaments. Thanks!

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  16. i need to save my corks! come on over and link up to MMM :)

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  17. Just saw your project linked up to the Sunday Showcase party.

    This is WAY cool! I have a bunch of corks in a vase in our kitchen - probably enough to make a wreath! But I don't know if mine would look as good as yours!

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  18. WOOT!! Thanks for linking up, my Three Sisterz friends! http://vintagepollyanna.blogspot.com/2010/11/tell-me-tuesday-link-party-1.html

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  19. Very nice! Love it! I also have a lot of corks floating around, and this is probably going to be the next project I try! thanks for linking up!

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