Do It Yourself Tuesdays: Wine Cork Bulletin Board

May 26, 2009     Posted in Cool Stuff

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By Alex

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For all you organized chicas like me out there, you understand the importance of a bulletin board. You can put up papers and important notes before they get lost in the shuffle on your desk. You can hang your keys on them. Heck, you can plaster them with pictures and have a make-shift frame!

The problem is, bulletin boards are either ugly or look like something out of a 3rd grade classroom. You don’t want that stuff hanging in your perfectly decorated dorm room!

Solution: the wine cork bulletin board. It’s chic, it’s cute, and it’s easy to make with all those wine corks you college girls most definitely have lying around. If not, pop a few bottles and get crafty! Whoever said being a wino wasn’t productive?

Ingredients:
A backed frame/a piece of wood cut to the desired size and shape
Enough corks (lying on their side) to fit in this frame
Carpenter’s glue
Push pins
Perhaps another glass of wine to keep with the theme…..

Directions:
1. Set your corks out in a pattern of two tall and two wide across your backing of choice. If you are using a frame, you will line these on the glass where the picture would normally be showing.  You may have to cut a couple corks and get fancy to make everything fit.

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2. Glue corks in place with the carpenter’s glue. Set to dry.

3. Once the corks are secured in place, hang your new masterpiece up on the wall! Stick cool push pins in it, hang a picture and – voila – personalized! Or, if you like the way it looks as it is, feature it on your wall as a piece of homemade art.

13 Comments on "Do It Yourself Tuesdays: Wine Cork Bulletin Board"

  1. Michelle says:
    Tue, 26th May 200911:28 am 

    Try a wine-making store, or anywhere that carries wine making kits (I believe costco does in Canada at least). You probably won't get that cool variety of colour though. All the unused corks will probably be about the same shade.

    Or ask your friends to save their corks for you.

  2. Annie says:
    Tue, 26th May 20096:39 pm 

    This is so neat! Thanks for sharing!

  3. HereBeDragons says:
    Tue, 6th Oct 200910:28 am 

    I did it!
    http://jennannej.blogspot.com/2009/01/craftiness….

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    HI ! I've just made one of these, and I love it. You can check it out here : http://nocesdecoton.canalblog.com/archives/2010/0…. Hope U like it !

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