Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Wine Cork Ideas

If you drink wine, you get wine corks:


Some wine corks remind you of lovely times:


Some wine corks are just plain lovely:


I keep my corks in a display jar on a kitchen shelf.


I like the way they look. But when the jar is full, what should I do with them?


A quick check yields some good ideas (I Googled "wine cork art"). This person turned wine corks into wall art around a dart board (very helpful if, like me, you're a lousy shot and apt to strike the wall):


This person made them into a wine-themed wreath:


I love this holiday wreath made of just corks and red jingle bells:


This trivet is straightforward, simple, and rustic:


This crafter made herself a message board out of wine corks:


This small trivet, below, is by Reclamation Revolution. Simple and elegant, no?:

Photo: Reclamation Revolution

By the way, Reclamation Revolution has a FaceBook page filled with links to terrific ideas for re-using things. I love their tag line: "Saving the world by making one bad ass thing at a time." Ha ha!

This is one of my favorite solutions for using wine corks:


A frame around a wall mirror! This idea was in one of my shelter magazines, and the looks terrific, don't you think?


My local grocery store has a carton for recycling wine corks:


According to the signage, a group called ReCork turns the donations into cork soles on shoes:


But I think I'll toss my corks into the bag I'm collecting for the art program at my local preschools. They always appreciate fun materials to foster their creativity. 


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