Something Corky

Hey guys its been awhile since I've done a post, I've been trying to spend as much time as possible outside in the gorgeous weather working on my backyard. This spring has been AMAZING and I've got alot done this year before we've seen any bugs. I will have pictures to post on the backyard later once i finish the rock work around our pond. Until then i hope you enjoy this CORKY craft.

As i might have mentioned i work at the Beer Store in Ontario, One of the biggest parts of my job is taking empties back. Not only do we take our beer bottles back for return but we except liquor and wine bottles purchased from the LCBO. We pretty much recycle everything. So me and my co-worker Barb started saving and collecting wine corks because we both thought it would make great crafts and also it would recycle the corks instead of trashing them. This is what i came up with. I am a huge lover of INDULGY I'm pretty sure its just pictures that are posted on pinterest. Anyways I'm addicted to this site. its non-stop pictures i could look at it for hours sometimes. While on it one day i found a picture of these great Cork letters.

Of course i had to try this. I thought since wine reminds me more of a kitchen accessory i thought it would have to be something for the kitchen. SO i chose EAT, because eating is what we do in the kitchen.
here's my finished product:

1.  First i started by bringing home a box full of corks. For my letters i only used the real cork corks and not the foamy ones. But I'm sure the others would be fine.

2. Then i decided to put it on bristol board to make the letter more durable. I simply cut the bristol board in half and i got 3 letters out of one half sheet. This will however change depending on the size you make your letters.

3. Then i started by placing some hot glue on the bottom of the cork and placing it on the bristol board making the desired size and shape of the letters. I also put a small bead of hot glue between the corks that touched to stabilize them together. You could also draw and outline of your letter on the bristol board as a guide to place your corks. Also i made sure my corks over lapped or were glued together.

4. Then i cut the bristol board out anywhere you could see it so it would'nt be visible from the front view unless you look through the cork hols in the center.

My letters i placed on top of my kitchen cabinets in the kitchen. and I love them and im sure i will get requests to make them for people real soon. I hope your inspired by my corky craft and you guys come up with some great ideas too. Feel free to leave comments or even share your Corky crafts in the comments space below