Wine Cork Place Card Holders

Have you been saving all your beloved wine corks? Here's a great way to put them to use! Cutting them and creating place card holders is a really easy task, and creates a down to earth look for any table. I found this picture from a wedding website, and these do it yourself instructions from Casa Sugar. Read the rest of her article and see what else she has to say about this project! Let us know if you give it a try.

Supplies:

• 1 wine cork per place setting
• Razor blade or X-acto (craft) knife
• Cardstock
• Calligraphy pen
• Optional: Hot glue gun and magnet strip

Here's how:

1. Using the razor blade or craft knife, slice off one side of the cork lengthwise, so it can lay flat on the table. Make sure to use a fresh (sharp) blade, otherwise the cork may crumble.
2. Then, with the cork set flat on the table, make a slice down the middle lengthwise, but not all the way through.
3. Cut the cardstock to a rectangular shape (or a fun shape) a bit larger than the width of the cork.
4. Scribe your guests names using a calligraphy pen.
5. If you like, you can hot glue a magnet strip to the bottom of the cork placecard holder. If your table happens to be metal, this will keep it in place and weighted down. If not, you can slip an adhesive magnet under your table cloth to make sure it stays in place.