I've tried to utilize the bottles in different ways (Wine Bottle Window Treatment and Wine Bottle Mantle), but have been looking for neat ways to use the corks! I had thought about saving them to make Christmas Garland, but I think that would be a little too rustic? to go along with my beautiful glass ornaments...
Anyways my parents are coming into town next week and I was doing a little cleaning and got very frustrated by my current iron trivets...they were a pretty pewter when we got them and now they are dingy and black. I tried soaking them and just couldn't get them to come clean...which is when I remembered reading about the Wine Cork Trivets! The directions called for hose clamps (whatever those are...) but I used embroidery hoops and they turned out beautiful!
I set the rings on a plate and started lining up corks (I only used real cork...not the fake ones, I was a little worried those might melt?). Once you get the the middle you have to put a little elbow grease into mashing the corks into the rings but you need to make sure they are tightly packed so that none of the corks creep out! I think they look great and will be super effective!
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