Thread: Corks - WTF do you do with them?

For whatever reason, I save all the corks. Some have notes on them from trips and special occasions. We have a gigantic wine glass full of them and a drawer with more. Anybody have any creative ideas? Does everyone else just throw them away?

i save corks from important/memorable nights... but the rest get the trash.. they just go in a big decanter for me

Depends the bottle, I drink a lot of wine so I usually toss the corks but as Riley said if it is a import night or something worth keeping the memory, I keep it.

when i open a bottle of wine, i like to write on them w/ a sharpie;
the event/ the occasion/ the meeting - who i shared the bottle with or simply "bored on a friday- 08/06/09"

my plan is after i have a few thousand to create a cork wall

I have had many friends who get a picture frame and place them inside.
I think their are specialty frames just for this purpose.

One friend has covered an entire wall with them. Glue & Cork.
Will be a nightmare to remove.

Originally Posted by MTK

my plan is after i have a few thousand to create a cork wall

I've got a similar idea for my corks. So far I've got a couple hundred or so sitting in various bins around my first floor. I've got many more beer bottle caps that I would like to get an artist friend of mine to do a giant collage with.

Originally Posted by MTK

when i open a bottle of wine, i like to write on them w/ a sharpie;
the event/ the occasion/ the meeting - who i shared the bottle with or simply "bored on a friday- 08/06/09"

my plan is after i have a few thousand to create a cork wall

LOL I also have been known to write on the corks with a sharpie. For the most part I save them and one day i'm going to make a huge cork board and hot glue them all to the board.

I love the idea that pottery barn/ crate & barrel did was take a large floor glass vase and just throw them into those- cheap and easy way to show off your past and current collection!

i am working on building a raft. been working on this project for ten years or so...it is currently 32 feet with two cabins and I am freakin loaded

I've got two big boxes of them. Only keep the all natural ones. Not quite sure why, always figured I'd do a wine cellar wall or door or something with them some day...

Like the idea of writing on them with a sharpie. I've always kept a separate wine journal but lately haven't been maintaining it very religiously.