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A Craft For The Uncrafty!!

hellllllllo lovelies!

How about this for just about the easiest craft ever?

If you consider yourself a bit on the un-crafty side,
this one is for you.

Just drink a bottle or five of vino, save the corks and write the names of your herbs on them with a Sharpie, then push wooden or metal skewers* and…….

VOILA!
you have fun herb makers!

My basil is trying to take over this little section of the deck. I can’t wait to make some pesto when this gets a bit bigger.

See my updated post about wine cork herb markers here!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

 

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  2. I love this creative idea. And it looks so fancy but not difficult to do! Now I just need a garden lol! Your herbs look great!

  6. CUTE idea ~ i so love it! I make my markers from paper and they don't hold up very well, and the wind catches them and blows them out of the soil. These are sturdy and heavy enough to stay put. LOVE them! thanks so much for sharing. They look wonderful in your pretty garden 🙂

  12. These are super cute and I just happen to have plenty of wine corks around. 🙂 I hope you will stop by HomeSavvyAtoZ.com next Monday to share your post at my Savvy HomeMade Monday blog party. I am your newest member!

  19. I did this last March when we planted the herb garden out back. The sharpie fades away realy bad so I had no idea what was in some of the spots. I am considering hitting them with a shot of clear paint this year. Also if you have dogs, they seem to think that this is a toy.

  21. What fabulous idea – they look super cute! I would like to post this on Facebook today and link it back to you, thanks for the great idea & now I just have to save the corks…

  26. I am loving your blog and this idea is darling! I'm going to use it for a wine and cheese party I have coming up – how perfect will wine corks be as cheese markers!? Thanks for the idea!

  29. Hi! Did you have a problem getting the Sharpies to write on the corks? It’s like the cork keeps sucking all the moisture out of my Sharpies, and drying them right up (before I can even finish “Basil”). Love these, though, really want to make a bunch!

    • Hi Julie! I haven’t had that problem….I wonder what it could be! I have made them every year for 4 or 5 years and use wine corks that I’ve saved. Maybe my red wine has some kind of chemical effect on the cork that makes it easier to write on?!

      • Thank you for the response! I tried a few different cork, time to try a few brand new Sharpies. Maybe mine were just nearing the end of their lives.

          • Julie I hope it works for you! I just scribbled on a cork (happened to have one handy!) with my regular old fine point black Sharpie marker and it worked fine….but the Sharpie IS new so maybe that is the problem for you. Good luck! #craftersproblems 🙂

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