Wine Cork Crafting: A Heart Sign

Disclaimer: I did not consume all of the wine used to make this beautiful work of art. Thankfully, I have many friends and family who were kind enough too.

It's been years and I do mean YEARS since I started collecting wine corks. Probably 7 or 8 years ago I saw this wine cork floor mat I wanted to make. This was long before the days of pinterest so I'm not sure where I saw it. It didn't take me long to realize that it was going to take A LOT of wine corks to make anything substantial. So I saved, I asked friends and family to save and boy did they! Back then, no one was into crafting like they are today, so it was easy to get people to give me all of their corks.

It wasn't until recently when we moved that I found hundreds of corks stashed in cupboards, the garage, pretty much all over the house, I realized I had enough to do something with and I was totally over making the floor mat!

Here's what I decided my dining room needed:

Now if you collect corks (or just drink wine) you know many wineries and bottling companies don't use the old fashioned corks any longer - they've got to the plastic kind. I didn't use any of those. I didn't count all of the corks, but I'd say there are a couple hundred.

 
I had an old picture frame laying around so I decided to frame it. It's a pretty big piece, the frame is 40" by 40". I love the ombre' effect. Turns out most of my friends and family drink white wine! 

Lots of Umpqua Valley, Oregon wineries represented. Lots of corks from Girardet Vineyards & Winery,  Pyrenees Vineyard, and Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyard.