A little how to.
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 am. Posted in Just Rachel.So part of being a home owner, i’ve learned, is being frugal. Finding uses and inspiration in ordinary things and making them beautiful for minimal cost. Also, being as green and earth friendly as humanly possible. I found inspiration for this little centerpiece in my new junk drawer, of all places. I have been shuffling around these wine corks forEVER with no real idea as to why I had been saving them all and then it dawned on me. CENTERPIECE!
Step One: Drink wine. Lots and Lots of wine drinking is CRITICAL to the success of this project. You need between 60 – 75 wine corks for this to look pretty. I suppose you could always fill the bottom with sand and THEN use the corks, but collecting 75 wine corks is half the fun!
Step Two: Sit back and take in your accomplishments. Pour a glass of wine. Collecting all those wine corks is HARD work! Sip glass of wine and rummage around for a pillar candle. You know it’s in a box SOMEWHERE, you packed it so it has to be here.
Step Three: Find white pillar candle.
Step Four: Realize your photography SUCKS right now. Chalk it up to the wine and being exhausted. Mostly the wine though. Decide your readers won’t really care that the picutres suck, press on!
Step Five: Realize the hurricane that you had INTENDED to use for this project has gotten a crack in it during the move. Shit. Run to Michaels. Search for the PERFECT hurricane and settle for a cheap cyllander vase thing. Spend an extra $50 on leaf garland, post it notes, rubber stamps and adorable cupcake papers.
Step Six: Come home, unpack goodies, pour wine. Fall in love with the simple glass hurricane thing you bought for $6! It has so many possibilities!
Step Seven: Place pillar candle in hurricane thing FIRST. This is important. Try and make sure it’s centered or else your centerpiece will look all wonky and it will drive you absolutely insane and you will have to dump it all out and start over again. (Which wouldn’t be an entirely bad thing. MORE WINE!)
Step Eight: Make sure to hold the candle and sort of sprinkle the corks around it trying to keep it even on all sides (or else your centerpiece will look all wonky and you’ll be forced to dump it out and start all over again. You’ll of course need a glass of wine to cope with this disaster.)
Step Nine: Take a minute and be impressed with yourself. Admire your work and your thriftiness. Such beauty for a mere $6!
Step Ten: Actually go put it on your dining room table. Admire your work and decide your a genius for thinking of something to do with all of those wine corks!
Step Eleven: Drink another glass of wine. You need to build up your cork collection again!
What are some of your favorite decorating ideas/tricks that you can do on the cheap?
Oooo cute and easy! The kind of Home Projects i like! ;)
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