I've started working on my place cards! Its turning out to be quite an easy project (thankfully). Just as a quick reminder, this is what I wanted to make for my escort cards:
Well, I started working on it a couple weekends on getting some of my corks sanded down. I don't have all of them yet, we're going to get the ones Austin's dad has and is willing to let us use, but I figured I needed to get started on them. I know that they will need a flat bottom so that they can all stand up on the table for display and not be rolling around making a mess of things. So, being the type of girl I am, I haven't got the slightest clue where to get sandpaper since I don't have any idea where a hardware store or home improvement store is. I can direct you to any DSW within a 25 mile radius, but not a single hardware store. And there's the fact that I'm trying to cut costs (and I haven't the slightest how much sand paper is), I decided to sand them down myself.
If you look outside, I'm sure you will see concrete. Concrete is not smooth. It will sand down a wine cork. It will in fact be able to sand down hundreds of them. So I took my bowls of wine corks and sat outside for about an hour and sanded down about 75 until they were able to stand on their own!
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| All of that tan stuff is after working on only a couple of corks! |
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| See! Its flat! It really does work! |
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So there you have it, the cheapest way to get to work on your wine place card holders! So far, we've spent a grand total of $0 on this project. I think its my favorite so far!
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