Make Awesome Wine Cork Jewelry

Until recently, I thought that the only good way to reuse wine bottle corks was to collect them for ages and to, eventually, craft a giant bulletin board out of them. While that idea is neat and very functional if you do have the stamina to collect these things forEVER, there are actually some more immediate ways to old wine corks you've got laying around...one or two at a time. What am I talking about? Jewelry, of course.

It took me all of this time, somehow or another, to discover how great the jewelry made from wine corks can be.

What you need:

For Earings

Two wine corks

Earring hooks

An image of some sort (This can be small pictures from a magazine even...as long as it's small enough to wrap around the cork)

A ring (keychain rings are perfect)

A strong staple and staple gun

A clear glue, preferably an eco-friendly one

What you do: Wrap your image around the corks. Seal it with the glue. Place the ring over the top of the cork and staple it into the cork. Attach the earring hooks to the ring and wahlah!

For Necklaces

One wine cork

An image

A ring

A strong staple

A chain

For necklaces, follow the instructions above, but loop the chain through the ring when done.

So there you have it! A wonderful way to use wine corks that is much more immediate than waiting around to build the bulletin board.

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