I was pretty excited so I sat down to do our wreath about three weeks ago. I got the first layer done pretty quickly too.
It was looking great and I hadn't burned myself yet. All good things for sure as hot glue and I tend to have a rather bad history together. The scar on my left hand from third grade can attest to that.
So for the whole first layer you do a flat covering to hide as much of the straw wreath as possible. Now you remember I said I started this three weeks ago? Well... I ran out of corks. So I ordered more from Amazon. Ryan made fun of me for spending money to buy used corks online but hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. So I waited a week before starting the next layer.
The next layer was a lot more fun so a week ago, when my 130 extra corks came in, I began the hodge podge second layer. And I ran out of corks again. The initial site said she used about 180 corks for her wreath. I used heck of a lot more. I had close to 100 to start, ordered another 130, ran out of corks again, and just did another order of 130. I did end up with some corks left over but truth be told, not many. So yes, you will more than likely need more than 180 corks. I did anyway! My second shipment of corks came in yesterday and I finally finished my wreath and proudly hung it in our red wine kitchen.
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It looks good! I really like the randomness of the second layer.
ReplyDeleteIt looks awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, Allie! Long time reader/lurker, but have never commented. But, I wanted to let you know that your wreath is awesome!! A red bow would be fun, too!!
ReplyDeleteOne time for Christmas, I made my Mom a wine cork board, which she now uses in her office. It was super simple to make and didn't take too many wine corks. All I did was take a picture frame (had one with a wooden rustic frame laying around), put a piece of cardboard where the picture would go, and just glued the corks to the cardboard. I did an alternating pattern to give it some character (2 facing horizonatlly, 2 facing vertically, and so on).
You could do something like that for posting notes in your kitchen. Or, put pins in the corks and use it as a jewelry holder. :)
Hi, Allie! Long time reader/lurker, but have never commented. But, I wanted to let you know that your wreath is awesome!! A red bow would be fun, too!!
ReplyDeleteOne time for Christmas, I made my Mom a wine cork board, which she now uses in her office. It was super simple to make and didn't take too many wine corks. All I did was take a picture frame (had one with a wooden rustic frame laying around), put a piece of cardboard where the picture would go, and just glued the corks to the cardboard. I did an alternating pattern to give it some character (2 facing horizonatlly, 2 facing vertically, and so on).
You could do something like that for posting notes in your kitchen. Or, put pins in the corks and use it as a jewelry holder. :)
So cute!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I think a bow or a letter painted red would be a great addition!
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