How Do You Make Wine Cork Raised Wreaths?
You can recycle wine corks to make a unique and decorative wreath. A wine cork wreath requires hundreds of corks, so if you do not have them saved up, consider asking someone at a local bar or restaurant to put them aside for you. Craft stores sell plain, packaged corks, but it would be quite expensive to buy enough to cover a wreath, and new corks do not have the unique characteristics of used corks from wine bottles. The wreath has two layers, so the not-so-pretty corks can be used as the base, and the more decorative corks can adorn the top layer. Cover your work surface to protect it from hot glue drips that might occur when you are applying the base layer of corks. Tie a ribbon or piece of string around what will be the top of your wreath. Use a piece of string and tie it close to the wreath if you do not want it to show. Use a ribbon and create a loose loop if you want the ribbon to show at the top of the wreath when it is hanging. Apply hot glue along the side of a cork and pres
