Cork Coasters Baby

During one of my random wanderings of the internet, I found a picture of coasters made from wine corks. I simply loved the idea and the aesthetic. I was given a small bag of corks from my Aunt perfect for this project  but I quickly began to realize I did not have enough corks to make a full set of 4 coasters. I ended up cutting each cork into fourths with an x-acto knife which then barely made the 4 coasters I wanted. I arranged the corks in the pentagon shape then I simply hot glued the corks to a thing cardboard base. I found it easiest to start with the center one, then work on the middle pentagon then finish with the outer pentagon. The base itself was cut into a square before the corks were glued on then cut down (with scissors and x-acto knife for precision) to match the cork shape later on.

And look at that! I have my very own set of wine cork coasters for a much cheaper price then they were selling for online (I swear people are blatantly trying to rip us off on the internet... ). Just find a friend who drinks wine occasionally and ask them to save the corks for you (or if you like to drink the wine yourself..save those corks)!

Look at the beauties!