Cut a cork in half and use it to make cheese markers for your next wine and cheese party. Check out my video for a quick lesson in how to cut a cork in half.
My name is Andrea and I drink wine. I drink wine from bottles with corks. And I drink wine from bottles with screwtops. And occasionally I’ll even drink wine out of a box.
My most important factor in choosing a wine to drink is the label. I love me a good looking wine label! I could care less what the cork looks like. But when the wine is done, the bottle with it’s pretty label gets tossed in the recycling bin ~ and I keep the cork. I do very little with these corks but keep them and occasionally wash out the decorative container where I toss them.
Until now.
At the wine and cheese party I had last night, I decided to use the corks to make DIY cork cheese markers for all the gourmet cheese I bought {on a budget}!
As with any crafty project I do, this is incredibly easy.
First, you need a serrated knife to cut the corks you choose in half.
I tried to choose cute corks that would have some sort of decoration on the back. Sorta like how we all want to make sure our jeans look good – both coming and going! For example, the cork I choose for the Brie said “Bonjour” on the back. For the manchego, I chose a cork that said Rioja on the back – since this was the wine I was pairing it with. My guess is I was the only one that noticed this detail – but it made me happy. Perhaps your friends are more observant?
Next, write the name of the cheese on the cork with a sharpie in your “very best handwriting.” I say that because I don’t have “very best handwriting.” I have chicken scratch, and I have legible. But only just legible. That’s my “very best handwriting.”
Finally, use a skewer, or a toothpick, or whatever else you have lying about to skewer the cork. Your DIY Cork Cheese Markers are now done!
Might I make one teensy-weensy recommendation? Make sure you spell your cheeses correctly. People will call you out for bad spelling. However, you can pronounce them however you’d like! If they call you out for your pronunciation, I recommend a good eye-roll that says “like you know how to pronounce it.”
Your Cheese Markers will look simply stunning and you will look like the hostess with the mostess:
Once you get your first compliment (and you will get compliments!), the resulting DIY Cork Cheese Markers are well worth the 5 minutes it took you to do the project. Plus, you are upcycling something that is otherwise purposeless and protecting a natural resource. What’s not to love?
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Those are really cute! Great idea!
My name is Crystal and I like wine and love margaritas.
I love these!
Thanks for sharing.
Great idea! Thanks!!!
Thank you for linking this up to the Wednesday Mommy Club! I will def be trying these- so clever!
Also- I’m your newest Facebook follower!
Hi Shannon, Love your new linky! I’m now a Facebook follower of you! Andrea
Oh way too cute! Very clever idea. Would love to have you link to my party this weekend too! http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/07/vip-party-21.html
What a great idea. I came to this page from Weekend Wrap Up at Tatertots and Jello. Glad I did.
I like your blog. Thanks!!
This idea will totally save me time, money and egads, make ME look so creative. Not to take your idea as my own, I just tweeted you story. Thanks!
Eve, I so appreciate the tweet and am glad the idea will work for you! I say ya take a little credit! After all, you did find the idea!
Oh, I will, especially when I do the write up…of course I’ll include a link there too! Thanks again, I’ll be checking back for more wine-themed ideas Andrea!
Great idea! Love it!
Wow! What a clever idea! I have a dinner party I’m going to tomorrow night, and you better believe I’m using this cork idea for my contribution to the appetizer table. Thanks for the ideas!
Eryka – Oh yay! I’m glad you like the idea! Have a great party! Andrea
Too cute!
Just pinned this…
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for pinning my cheese markers! That made my night!