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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Wine Cork Wreath

So, one of my favorite bloggers (La Tache over at Smiling is Good For Your Teeth) posted awhile back a Wine Cork Wreath DIY that she found here. Ryan and I have been collecting wine corks for ages and I have been trying to think of something to do with them... this seemed perfect! We love our red wine, so much that our kitchen is even wine themed! We save corks from special occassions (and write on them what they are from) in our bottle shaped cork saver, but our everyday corks were just getting thrown into my old jars until I found a project for them.

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.

Ta Da!
I was debating getting a red wine colored ribbon to add a bow to it, or maybe a large L for our last name, but for now it is proudly hanging in our kitchen. I enjoyed doing something crafty again, it is definitely something I think I need to get back into! Have you done anything crafty lately? And not too hard? Share in the comments, I need some more ideas!

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6 comments:

  1. KaraMarch 31, 2015 at 12:56 PM

    It looks good! I really like the randomness of the second layer.

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  2. CAubelMarch 31, 2015 at 4:55 PM

    It looks awesome!!!

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  3. UnknownMarch 31, 2015 at 9:57 PM

    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!!

    One 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. :)

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  4. UnknownMarch 31, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    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!!

    One 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. :)

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  5. JenMarch 31, 2015 at 10:00 PM

    So cute!

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  6. Angie RachelsMarch 31, 2015 at 10:44 PM

    Love it! I think a bow or a letter painted red would be a great addition!

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