Happy Friday, party people! I hope the week’s been good to you. Remember how my friend Jen brought me a giant bag of wine corks and I used them to make a bathmat?
Well, apparently there were a lot more where those came from, because she brought me two more bags the other day.
That’s kind of a lot of corks. What to do with all of them? I put some in a vase on my dining room shelves (which I realized are much more easily photographed in the late afternoon).
And I piled some more in a silver bowl on a bookshelf (also in my dining room, coincidentally).
I’m kinda short on inspiration to use up the rest. I’ve spotted a few ideas on Pinterest, but nothing that really grabs me. What say you, internet?
I’m taking today and Monday off from work to relax a bit and maybe even finish make some progress on the never-ending project that is the wing chairs, but don’t worry, the blog will be business as usual. I hope you each have a wonderful weekend. See you next week!
Enjoy your long weekend!
Thanks, Sarah!
Check out the video at the bottom about how to make trivets! I think I’ll give it a try!
http://www.squidoo.com/wine_corks
Oooh, good idea!
All else fails - recycle ‘em! Lots of wine/liquor stores have cork recycling bins.
I never knew that! I don’t think I could bear to recycle them though. I had such a hard time finding corks en masse for my bathmat that they’re like currency to me now!
Go to the hobby store and find a boarder frame with a back board that sits back about a half inch from the edge of the frame.
Hot glue the corks to the back board filling in the frame.
You just made a cork board.
Hang on the Wall.
????
Profit
Oooooh, I love a good cork board!
What about making them into some type of abstract wall art? And maybe you could even paint it when you’re done???
Carnisha, you are a girl after my own heart. You know how much I love paint! Great idea!
Oh, I want some!! PS: I’m in BR too!
How fun! Thanks for reading! I’ll email you re: the corks.