Rudolph the Wine Cork Reindeer

Hey, y'all!

Hope you had a great Christmas!

While I was typing last week's post about the wine cork crochet evergreen trees, I got to thinking.  I couldn't remember if I ever showed you the little reindeer I made, and it turns out I hadn't.

Back in 2009, I got a bug up my butt to bring something small for everyone who would be at The Hubbs' family Christmas (which is a lot of people, y'all).  I had wanted to try this for a while, and Nana had a bag of wine corks that she gave me to try it out.

Materials: wine corks, a bunch of those decorator curly stick things that people without little kids stick in vases in their homes, pins, glittery berries from the floral section, construction paper, tacky glue

I was very happy with how these turned out, and they were a big hit at the party.  I do have to say that I'm rather disappointed, though, that I didn't save any for myself.  I found the materials in my craft area when I went looking for the corks, so I think I'll be sitting down and making some more of these to go in my crochet forest for next year.  :)

Have a safe and happy New Year's Eve, y'all!  I'll talk to you next year.


'Til next time,
OCB

Crochet Wine Cork Evergreen Trees

Hey, y'all!

We're all about finding different uses for things around here.  All kinds of things, really...but this time it's about the wine corks.

They're pretty and rustic, and - though I don't care for wine myself - I know a lot of folks who go through these things on a pretty consistent basis.

I've been trying for a while to figure out what the heck I can possibly incorporate them into with my crochet, and I think I finally found it: miniature evergreen trees!

The little guys measure about 3" tall, and the bigger ones are approximately 5" tall, give or take.  All have been constructed using acrylic yarn, wine corks and tacky glue.

The super-cool part?  I can use old yarn scraps that are too big to throw away but too small to start a full-sized project.  It all comes full-circle, I guess, with this desire to minimize waste.  :)


'Til next time,
OCB