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My mother — you may remember her — recently gave me the challenge of researching crafty uses for wine corks. She’s helping throw an Italian-themed dinner party for 67 ladies (I forget the details). They have about 70 wine corks and wanted to make party favors, so that’s about one cork per guest. Challenge: Accepted!
I turned to the ol’ Google image search and Pinterest for inspiration (I had a few ideas up my sleeve, but I like to get inspiration from those who have gone before me).
Here are my finds; some of them only require one cork, others… a lot of corks. I sort of went off on a multi-corked tangent. Ah well. Hopefully, if you have a burgeoning cork collection, like I do, you may find uses for them among these ideas.
Cork place card holders
Source: New England Fine Living
Corks in a Vase
Source: Reuse- Create
Cork Hurricane
Source: Two Twenty One
Cork Parson's Chair
Source: Urban Objects
cork USB
Source: Zedomax
cork club chair
Source: Recyclart
cork heart
Source: ewehoo!
cork wreath
Source: Sterling Wine Online
cork sphere
Source: Glam Granola
Cork "cork board"
Source: Better Homes and Gardens
champagne cork drawer pulls
Source: Dollar Store Crafts
Cork ink stamps
Source: DIY Life
cork keychains
Source: Cleverly Inspired
cork in a vase with a candle
Source: Love of the Sea
cork monograms
Source: Green is Universal
Another variation of the cork board
Source: Adventures in Creating
cork planters
Source: Piccsy
Another variation of a cork place card holder
Source: Party Frosting
cork coffee table
Source: Houzz
Cork backsplash
Source: Houzz
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Comments
Court, thanks for the great ideas! I would love to make some of these. Do you think we could ever have enough to make a chair?
Thanks for doing the research
Mama
I love your findings! Very clever. I remember when i was a kid, we made xmas orniments out of wine corks. Usually animals. They were fun. I think my mom still has at least 1 of them. Brought back some memories. Thank you!
Reblogged this on bluepearlgirl's world and commented:
awesome ideas.
Great post great blog! Lots of ideas! Thank you, Anna