I don’t know if I’d say that I was a ‘wine-o’ per se, but I drink a lot of wine. I like what I like, mostly red, and I love trying new varieties. This results in a (maybe embarrassing) amount of wine corks that collect in my bar area. I have a large cylinder vase that I put them all in, and with that vase being close to full, I’ve been thinking about other things to do with the corks.
I had a length of ribbon that I wrapped around a cork out of pure convenience and, after sticking a straight pin into the end, realized that it wasn’t just a quick solution, but a really good all-of-the-time solution as well.
I have so many pieces of ribbon, lace, or twine that I pull off of gifts and packages that usually goes untamed into a drawer or bin and this is the perfect solution.
I’m not going to say that it will encourage me to drink more wine, but, I mean, it won’t hurt!
I hope your Monday is full of solutions!
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Just cleaned out this weekend and I have tons of lengths of ribbon…too long to throw away and already cut so they have no home
Great idea, Erin!
Rebecca – That is how I was too – lots of beautiful ribbon that I’d gotten from here or there! It all needs a home
What a great idea and a good excuse to drink more wine.
Clearly!!
We always have wine corks laying around the house (and lots of unruly ribbon). This is such a clever idea!
What a cute idea! I too am guilty of the growing cork collection. I recently started a cork letter project:
http://www.candyandclothes.com/project-352-a-cork-letter/
I will have to save some for this idea now also.
Cheers!
SMART!! I always try to save ribbons and I have a ton of corks that need to be used (or tossed… seriously, I have so many). I just roll the ribbons and they end up getting sloppy. Thanks for sharing.