Tag: cork

Geeky DIY Vader Champagne Cork: Drink From The Dark Side
It's always inspiring to recycle something that would otherwise be thrown in the garbage. These days, people have come up with a second use for just about everything. Sometimes that means creating geeky art from what others consider to be trash, and this is a perfect example. A while back, I wrote a ...

Wine Cork Robots: Best (And Cutest) Way To Recycle & Reuse Old Corks
I know several people who save the wine corks from the bottles of wine they open long after the wine is gone. I do that too. I'm not sure why. There is a sentimental value for each cork since it can bring back special memories from the night that bottle was opened, but I think I save mine more becau ...

Stunning Portraits Painted With Red & White Wine
Wow, these paintings are spectacular. I would never guess that they were made using wine as the paint. We've written about beer used as paint, and cork from wine bottles used to make portraits, so I suppose it's about time that we write about these extraordinary paintings made with wine.
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Cork Portraits: “Put A Cork In It” Gets A Whole New Meaning
The materials used to create art just 20 years ago were limited to pretty much a brush, some color and of course the canvas. However, as we've grown more used to awesome paintings over the years, it's almost impossible to impress anyone anymore with our skills to perfectly portray the human body or ...

Bicycle Wine Rack For Sophisticated Geeks
I'm a huge fan of bike riding. It's my main source of exercise, and I ride my bike all over Atlanta. There is nothing like feeling the sun and the fresh air on your face while zipping around on a bicycle. Since I enjoy bike riding so much, I usually notice designs that are created around bikes.
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How To: Create A Recycled Wine Cork Christmas Wreath…
I recently wrote an article about how you could use 175 wine corks to create a bathroom mat. As you might imagine, that would either take a lot of drinking, or a lot of money wasted pouring out the wine in the sink. Either way, it's quite a creative little tutorial. However, there is more. That ...

Bath Mat: The Wonderful Recycled Use Of 175 Wine Corks
Finding alternate uses of things that you would normally just throw away is not exactly an easy task. We have touched on the subject before, and it always boils down to a creative and brilliant idea. If we all just spent a little time on the idea of recycling, I am sure the world would be way bett ...
This Little Design Is The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
I love these, and I gotta have them! If you try to stay away from carbs as much as I do, what's the next best thing? You guessed it! Sliced bread shaped cork coasters. I've always had a love/hate relationship with bread, and I think these brilliant little coasters will make me happy when I think ...
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