Wine Cork Buoy Garland

I'll begin by saying that I love this project and if you have a lot of wine corks laying around like I do, this is the cutest thing to make! 

This wasn't my idea, I ran across a bunch of inspiration pins on Pinterest.

I'm making my own red, white, and blue version for the summer holidays. 

So grab some wine corks and follow along, it's easy! 

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The first thing I did was to grab my supplies:

• red, white, and blue craft paint
• wine corks
• jute twine
• cotton twine
• sandpaper
• washi tape in assorted thicknesses (you can also use thin masking tape)

I am using several different kinds of cording and the corks, well that wasn't a problem at all! If you however don't drink enough wine to make it, they are available for purchase on Amazon.

First, I drilled a hole through each of the corks using a 1/4" drill bit. The biggest trick was holding the cork still while I drilled straight through.

The bit was large enough to make a hole for 2 pieces of twine to easily slide through.

Next, I painted all of the corks a solid color, either red, white or blue. 

I slid the corks onto skewers that were set in a styrofoam base to dry. This kept the painted corks from touching anything while they dried. 

When the painted corks were dry, I wrapped Washi tape around the corks then repainted them. 

The washi tape made the perfect stripes in the little buoys. If you're really good you can paint the stripes without the tape! 

I put them back on the skewers to dry. 

When the stripe paint was dry I rubbed the ends of each of the corks on sand paper to distress and round the edges. 

I have one little cork that had a plastic top that I cut off, this made a tiny float for my garland.  You can add several of these little ones for added interest. 

I used scotch tape to create a "needle" at one end of the twine so I could easily string the 2 pieces through the cork buoys. 

Before and after I added each buoy I tied a knot in the string to secure the corks. 

I added a few small bunches of twine that I tied along the string for added decoration. 

I love the look of these adorable little buoys and I've got a great idea for a fall garland using corks too! Stay tuned! 

This cute little garland is great decor for a tiered tray, a table centerpiece or hanging on the wall.  I ran it down the center of my long wooden table centerpiece tray. 

If anyone knows who the original creator of this idea was I'd be happy to give credit but trust me when I say they are all over Pinterest!

Take a look on Pinterest for more buoy garland inspiration! 

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