Easy Wine Cork Centrepiece

A little while ago, I started tossing wine and champagne corks into a jar instead of the recycling bin, not sure what I'd end up using them for. As our stash of corks grew, I found that I had enough to make an extremely easy, inexpensive centrepiece. 

 I love the natural texture of corks as well as the graphic writing on each one. I think that, grouped together en masse, they look really cool and bring a warm, interesting element to the table at almost no cost (assuming you're like us and would be drinking the wine anyway). 

 For a dinner party, I added a runner and two simple tealights in green glass bowls (Boston bowls by Villeroy & Boch). 

 This is truly a lazy, penny-pinching gal's way of creating table decor. 

If you wanted to recreate this, all you need to do is save some corks, find some sort of glass bowl or vase (I'm using a simple footed trifle bowl found ages ago for just a few dollars on clearance at HomeSense), and choose a candle. And FYI, I think a candle that is contained within it's own glass or metal container would help make this safer, as corks can burn - but you shouldn't leave your candles unattended anyhow. Flameless candles would be great too.

Made anything cool with wine corks lately? Tell me about it!
Jenny xo


PS. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. We were up at my parents' cottage (which you may remember is where we recently spent Canadian Thanksgiving). It was beautiful but chilly weather. Look at my little guy all bundled up in an old snowsuit from one of my cousins that we found up there!

And a little reminder about my awesome giveaway. Check it out right here. Three winners will be chosen on October 27th.

I am linking up right here and so should you!