My handsome guy really got me into wine, specifically red blends. (I used to be a Riesling girl because I had absolutely no knowledge of wine.) He's been drinking wine a lot longer than I have, but we both have always saved the corks from finished bottles with the intention of completing some craft with them. (I also had some corks I ordered off Amazon to create a bachelorette party gift for my long distance best friend a few years ago...so I had wine corks that had never been used to add to the mix.)
Since I'm trying to move in and merge our lives together, I needed a bigger space for my jewelry so I can see what I have and stop wearing the same things over and over. Enter Pinterest and the idea of the wine cork jewelry board.
I bought two wood framed glass pictures from Dollar General for $12.00 each, got some extra hot glue sticks and hooks. I set out my pattern of how I wanted the wine corks to look in the frame. Not going to lie...went through a lot of glue sticks, burned myself a few times, broke a couple of nails (even with dipping powder on them!), and wasn't thrilled with my first attempt. Being the perfectionist I am, I ended up starting over with the second frame I purchased. The second time around, I felt like I actually got the hang of it. If I had enough corks left over to make another one, I definitely would do a few things differently, but I'm really pleased how this one turned out.
I have plenty of space for all my #puravidajewelry as well as some other items...with a few hooks to spare! It's so much easier to see what I have now and it's nice to have it on the wall and not take up dresser top space.
I still have some wine corks left, but not enough to complete a full project. I did however use the corks I bought for my craft project a few years ago to make us new coffee table coasters to complement our wine book:
My handsome doctor actually LOVED the new coasters and we've been using them since he returned home from his work trip on Friday.
I'll definitely be looking to collect extra wine corks so I can continue my crafting! This was so much fun to do and was a good way to keep me busy without spending too much money.
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