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Simple DIY Wine Cork Napkin Rings

12 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Tiffany Brooks in Crafts, Decorating, Tutorials

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cork napkin ring, napkin ring tutorial, wine cork napkin ring

As I set my table the other day I realized just how boring it was with my folded napkins.

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So naturally I start wondering what could I make napkin rings out of other than toilet paper rolls. Naturally I start looking at Pinterest for ideas and this is what I came up with…..

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Supplies needed

  • Wine Corks
  • Heavy Wire (I used 16 gauge wire found in the jewelry wire)
  • Wire Cutters
  • Something solid to wrap your wire around to get the perfect rounded shape. (I used a plastic meat flavor injector from my kitchen)
  • Tiny screwdriver to make hole for wire. (I used an eyeglass size screwdriver)

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Step 1

Soak your corks overnight in a glass of water. This will make it easier to stick the screw driver straight in. They can soak until your ready to make them.

Step 2

Once you wipe the excess water off your corks take your screwdriver and stick in to desired place on corks. Remember your screw driver should not be any wider than your wire. You will not see a hole like you occasionally see with a cork screw. This is good!

Step 3

Take your wire and wrap it around what ever you have found to get your shape. Wrap the wire until it has the desired look you want. Remember to leave enough room on each end of your wire to stick into the cork. I stuck mine in about an inch on each end.

Step 4

Cut you wire and place each end into the cork.

Step 5

Shape your napkins as desired and pull through napkins ring.

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Be sure to check out the other wine cork napkin ring ideas on Pinterest when you get a chance. Enjoy!

How to Roll Mesh

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by Tiffany Brooks in Crafts, Tutorials

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One of my favorite ways to decorate my holiday trees and wreaths is by rolling my mesh into curly-Q’s.

 

STEP ONE – GATHER SUPPLIES
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Pipe cleaner or floral wire
    • If using pipe cleaner cut each pipe in half. If using floral wire cut wire pieces approximately 4″ – 5″ long
    • I have used both pipe cleaner and floral wire and I like them both. Cost wise floral wire is cheaper and last longer.
  • 10′ rolls of mesh in your desired color or colors
  • Tree or wreath
    • (The only store in my area that sales the mesh is AC Moore Arts & Crafts. Regular price is $9.99 a roll so I wait for it to go on sale for under $5.00 or I use a 40% off coupon.)
  • Be sure to add lights to your tree before adding curly-Q’s.
STEP TWO – CUT
Start by unrolling your mesh on a flat surface. Unroll a small amount of mesh at a time as the mesh will want to roll back up. Sometimes I lay something heavy on top of the mesh to keep it from rolling while I cut.
I cut my mesh in to 6″ strips.  This is not something you have to measure out with every cut. Just eye ball it and cut away. Since you are rolling these after cutting precise measurements is not necessary.
STEP THREE – ROLL AND ATTACH
After cutting your desired amount of strips you will want to begin rolling each strip from the center (cut side) attach two curly-Q’s together with one piece of pipe cleaner or floral wire.
    Smooth ends- roll evenly          Pointed ends- roll at an angle

STEP FOUR – PLACE IN TREE

Once you have made your desired amount of curly-Q’s, begin sticking them in your tree. You can stick them in your tree or use the wire you wrapped around the two curly-Q’s to attach to the tree branches. If curly-Q’s are stuck into the tree far enough they will not fall out.

Once you have attached or placed all your curly-Q’s to your tree you are ready to decorate.
For the tree pictured I used both pointed and rounded curly-Q’s.
If using your curly-Q’s on a wreath such as a grape vine wreath, you can us the wire to attach curly-Q’s to the wreath just as you would do on your tree.

I am so excited to share my love for sewing, decorating, organizing, gardening, and cooking with you. I am a SAHM of a beautiful seventeen year old. Ah... teenagers. I love to do just about anything craft and sewing related. There's nothing better than doing what I love everyday and the best part it never feels like work

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