US meets UK

Early on in wedding planning I found this photo on engageology (aka Kenziegirl).

I loved the idea of using “found” elements and re-using items, I thought it would be great how personal and handmade these could look. Little did I realize that most people BUY these corks like that. I thought who ever made them just really liked that type of wine…

Many people began collecting corks for me and at first I thought synthetic corks would be better for this project. As it turns out, the real corks are better to sand down and are much easier to play around with.

We thought an Xacto knife would do the trick of cutting the line in the top, but it was too thin. So my dad (who is a carpenter) whipped out a vice and his backsaw. Which worked, but wasn’t fast enough for my dad (imagine Tim the Toolman Taylor from Home Improvement).

So he borrowed my neighbor’s scroll saw….

I think if you’re not related to my dad, then the back saw would work just fine. The other tool we used was 60 grit sandpaper to flatten the bottoms.

Here is the finished product sans the actual place card:

Check out the guest, groom and bride!

How are you doing your placecard holders?

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