Ideas for Corks?

RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By Ashley (Guest Post) (07/12/2007) I'm using champagne corks to hold place cards and table numbers at my wedding. Just make a small slit in the top, slide in the cardstock and it makes for a beautiful, but simple place card holder. And it's so much cheaper than buying them in the store. RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By Angelina (Guest Post) (06/14/2007) It is true!! I went to the WineVine-Imports site and found great cork board kits. http://www.winevine-imports.com/home.php?cat=55 I purchase the shadow box. It came out beautiful! Everyone loves it. RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By Michelle (Guest Post) (01/07/2007) I found a web site with unique wine cork board kits http://www.winevine-imports.com RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By DJ in montana (Guest Post) (12/15/2006) I've made wreaths, huge cork boards, hot pads, Christmas tree decorations...my favorite is to just put them in a large glass vase for a centerpiece. I have also used them as decoration in a jewelry display case. Always looking for more ideas. I hang one on may fly fishing vest when I am in the high country since the flies are so small. I just stick them in the cork so I don't have to fight the case I carry them in...and, oh yeah, they always work well as a fishing bobber. RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By susieq (Guest Post) (11/29/2006) Great looking cork bulletin board: You need a lot of corks for this and it looks great. Get a large wooden picture frame and remove the glass part. Glue the corks laying down inside the frame with a glue gun. Be sure to line them up nice and tight. Voila a beautiful cork bulletin board! RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By jkhenson (Guest Post) (06/18/2006) I was looking for some new ideas, too. Here are some websites I found to give you some ideas!! The hgtv site has lots of little ideas, whereas the others are more complicated crafty ideas. http://www.justcorks.com/ccw.htm http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_moneysa ... article/0,,HGTV_3131_3279645,00.html http://www.justcorks.com/wcboard.htm http://www.allthingschristmas.com/crafts/corkornaments.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_furnish ... cle/0,1793,HGTV_3436_1375396,00.html RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By Wendy (Guest Post) (03/07/2006) I have seen corks from wine bottles used to make a 'beaded' curtain for the doorway of a wine bar. RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By Teri (Guest Post) (01/16/2006) I'm lazy! What I did to use a lot of corks is place them in a very big plain clear glass vase, loosely wrap a shear ribbon around the vase & placed it on top of my kicken cabinets. It doesn't need to be watered or fade in the sun (like the colored pasta jars) and looks great! If you have that late 80's/early 90's style kichen, it's a great fill for the big open space above the cabinets! RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By vsoy (Guest Post) (11/28/2005) You can make rustic looking name tags for place settings like this: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/main/archives/002497.html I'm planning on making these for Xmas presents. RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By kk1111 (Guest Post) (11/25/2004) i was just wondering the_mouse_2b is that floating candle thing worked! wouldn't it catch on fire? RE: Ideas for Corks? Post By n keith (Guest Post) (09/23/2004) make a cork bulletin board by cutting corks in half lengthwise. Arrange in a vertical and horizontal fashion to fill in a large picture frame. now you have a nice board by recycling corks! RE: Ideas for Corks? Post by cathe.moore (1) | (09/24/2002) Contact I am looking for the mail order catalog that sells the frames for corks to make a hot plate. Regular frames are not deep enough. Can anyone help ? Cathe RE: Ideas for Corks? Post by the_mouse_2b (7) | (03/13/2002) Contact Floating candle wreath. Cut one cork in half (this will act as the center holer for the float). Glue (Use hot glue) full size corks around the center cork making 2 or three layers. If you would like to decorate the float use paints that are water prof. You can also stick things into the corks for unique decorations, use your inagination, remember to just things that will not be recked by the water it will be sitting in. RE: Ideas for Corks? Post by one_ramp (10) | (01/29/2001) Contact I did a fun craft with my kids one year when we went camping. Took a cheap ($1 or less) straw hat from the craft store - a size to fit each child - then with needle and heavy thread/light string, I threaded the corks onto about 4 inches of string (use a button to keep the end of string from coming all the way through the cork). Then, with needle still attached, I passed the thread through the edge of the brim of the hat and tied it off (you can use another button here, for strength, if needed). We did this with about 10 corks around the brim of the hat - when you wear the hat out hiking/gardening, the swinging corks keep the flies out of your face. slice the cork in equal pieces Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact Using a sharp kitchen knife, slice the cork in equal pieces and put a piece of double faced tape on (trim tape to size) then use them on items that you would normally put purchased felt pads on to keep from scratching furniture. It's hard to believe Ness doesn't have all the answers; I enjoy your tips! Ms. Syd Barr - Dunkirk, MD ends of sharp tools Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact I use them to cover the ends of sharp tools like an awl. (That won't use up many) It helps me find them in the tool box and not get poked while I'm looking. Another use is glue lots of them (on end) to a shallow cardboard box. Then you can either cover it with cloth or leave the cork showing, put a hanger on the back and use it as a bulletin board. Or use a small gift box with top, glue the corks inside (again on end). It can then be used as a container to stick thumb tacks and push pins into it, or pins and needles for that matter. Have fun, Susan - Reader's Request Editor beautiful wreath Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact My girlfriend made me a beautiful wreath out of wine corks! You just hot glue them to a wreath form ( every which way,) then embellish with whatever. Mine has a terra cotta pot (glued) that holds a wine bottle, with a bunch of grapes, wired ribbon and leaves. It's beautiful! Lori Be creative! Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact For corks, you could decorate them for Christmas trees by putting a red pom pom on for nose, put on the small end and pipe cleaners for antlers on the large end and voila, and you have Rudolph. String with nylon fishing line and hang on the tree. I would imagine you could make bunnies for Easter using pink pom poms and just about any other holiday decoration. Then you could hang the bunnies and plastic eggs on an outside tree. Be creative! Joyce www.painted-house.com. Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact A great idea for using corks is on the website www.painted-house.com. In the show Adirondack part 1 they use the corks for crafting a small table. Kim Link: www.painted-house.com. Old bottles Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact In response to use of corks, take old bottles, fill with herbs, green and red peppers fruits, etc. fill bottle with vinegar and cork. Corks can also be lined up and glued around a picture frame, put in a decorative jar, glued on the backs of doors for doorstops, cut into slices for placing under tabletop glass, glued under chair legs. Denise Lynette Jennings' show Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact I saw the cutest wreath made with them on Lynette Jennings' show a while back. The lady had covered a straw wreath with corks going all different directions but sideways. She had first covered the wreath with wine bottle labels or something that looked like that. She had it in her basement which she had decorated as a wine tasting room. Just a thought. Lutie - KS Simple picture frame Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact The wine corks can be placed in a simple picture frame with a wood backing, glued in - in rows or a pattern and it makes a great hot plate or serving tray. I have seen these sold in mail order catalogs for lots of money!! Helpful Reader For the garden and for crafts Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact Yes, there is a wonderful use for old corks both for the garden and for crafts. For the garden cut them into tiny pieces, unless you have a chipper or blender to run them through. Put them into the garden. They are great for absorbing and holding moisture for your plants. For a craft project for kids, use the cork as the "body" of a stick figure made with pipe cleaners. Take some of the "fuzz" off the ends and stick them into the cork. You can use a cork cut in half for the head. It lets the kids be very creative with the rest of them, adding things like clothes and accessories. Have fun! Sandra - Upstate NY Link: www.coralconnection.net/sandra Interesting creations Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact Glue the corks together to make many wonderful and interesting creations. Try making a picture frame, a candle base or even coasters. Lynn wreath Post by admin2 (353) | (11/30/2000) Contact Glue them to a straw covered wreath real close together and attaching a bunch of artificial grapes and a raffia bow at the bottom or side and hanging it in your kitchen. Schuyler