In my kitchen I have a bowl of wine corks that I have been collecting for years. I just love the look of them, but have never come up with anything practical to do with them...
...until now. I was looking through 'The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks & Albums Made Simply Beautiful' by Gwen Diehn. This book has the most gorgeous examples of journals and scrapbooks and a lot of ideas of things to do. And one of the ideas that was new to me, was to carve stamps from corks so I gave it a try. I picked corks with the smoothest of ends, drew a simple design~star, spiral, dot, acorn, & flower~then carved out the background using my exacto knife...
I like the fact that the image doesn't come out looking perfect because of the imperfections in the surface of the cork.
Hope you are having a great day!
Cool idea. Hmm...I knew I should have been saving those corks. Btw, I think they look lovely just sitting in the bowl, too.
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ReplyDelete"printmaking with corks" idea. Your designs look great! Now I know why I've been saving all of those corks...ha!
Great idea! what fun!
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ReplyDeleteNow I know what I'll do with some of the corks I've been saving. We sometimes use them for science experiments, but this is more fun looking.
~Jody
Great idea, love the look!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea! Now all I need to do is drink lots and lots of redwine :O) By the way, I've been lurking around here for quite some time now, and I thought it was about time to say: Hi! I really enjoy reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I have more corks than you would believe--you'd think that I was a drunkard from seeing all of them! But, I've been saving them for 7 years, so that is a little bit of an excuse....
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I, too, have an extensive cork collection. I guess it's a nature byproduct of winedrinking. I hate those new plastic corks they're using.
ReplyDeleteI'll try this.
Very clever idea, Deb!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that book! It is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteI've yet to carve into any of my corks yet.
But, I now feel more inspired too.
Thanks for commenting on my blog. These stamps are great - and a great excuse for a party,
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What a really great idea. I have lots of corks that I've been saving. I'll give your idea a go. They do look lovely sitting in your bowl as well though. It's a lovely bowl.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I used to have a cork collection too, but I've only recently given it away while doing some majoy editing. I love the texture of such things collected together like this. Corks, old wooden spools and worn clothespins in baskets.
ReplyDeleteOh great idea Debbie and your examples do look fab!
ReplyDeleteOh this is brilliant! I found a tup of over 100 beautiful wine corks and almost tossed them out this is the perfect idea!
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