Magnetic Wine Cork Planters

Mar 262012
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This lat­est cre­ation has been made by a mod­ern day Martha, my sis­ter, Colleen. Well, she’s a lot more hip than her, but you get the idea.

It all started when she gave a friend of ours a bot­tle of wine for their 25th wed­ding anniver­sary. She wanted them to be able to have a lit­tle memento from the evening. After the bot­tle was empty, I sneaked the cork in my purse(it’s not steal­ing, because she got it back!). From there my sis­ter worked her bril­liance! The cou­ple she was mak­ing it for love two things in life, wine and gar­den­ing. (yes in that order, jk!) That’s when she remem­bered being inspired by a photo from Piccsy. A mini cork suc­cu­lent planter mag­net. Does it get any cuter? I don’t think so! It’s sen­ti­men­tal, com­pact, prac­ti­cal, green and stylish.


Needed:

  • Corks made from cork not plastic
  • Mag­nets
  • Pot­ting soil
  • Very small suc­cu­lent cuttings
  • Puncher
  • Par­ing knife
  • Glue gun

How to:

  1. CAREFULLY, hol­low out the cen­ter of a wine cork with the puncher and knife until you’ve hol­lowed it out halfway.
  2.  Glue mag­net onto cork.
  3.  Fill the hole with pot­ting soil and add the succulent.
  4.  Use an eye­drop­per to water.
  5. Put on your fridge and enjoy!

WARNING: This might not be a craft for a child or a clumsy adult!

   

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per­fect For:

  • Host­ess gifts
  • Spe­cial occasions
  • Wine lovers
  • Green lovers
  • Me
  • Thank you gifts
  • Green thumb friends
  • really, any­one!

 

 




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  • Sier­raflowr

    does this work with Aloe? I just can’t seem to fig­ure out a way to replant it! It just dies!

  • http://www.stylebaggage.com/ Nel­lene

    Thank you so much!!

  • http://www.stylebaggage.com/ Nel­lene

    Look for­ward to see­ing them!

  • http://www.facebook.com/amber.hawaii Amber Mar­ley

    I have stashes of these corks, now I know what to do with them.…thank you ! I will post pictures.…thank you

  • Huntsvil­leAL

    That’s adorable. They should have used it in the list.

  • http://humofdelicious.com/ Minou Bar­ton

    What a great idea. Won­der if we have a sand­ing cylinder?!

  • Steel­Ci­tyT­Birds

    We’ve used a cou­ple of drill bits and a Dremel tool to hol­low out the corks. A small bit as a pilot hole, a larger bit to remove the bulk, and a Dremel with a sand­ing cylin­der to clean out the rest. The dremel works well in that you can get a good sized hole / thin wall on the cork with­out it splitting.

  • http://humofdelicious.com/ Minou Bar­ton

    Try­ing again to get the plants to live longer in corks, PLUS a pre-drilled cork give­away:
    http://www.humofdelicious.com/2012/09/just-call-me-finnegan.html

  • Mandy

    Suc­cu­lents are like orchids and need to have a way to breathe and release the water they are given which is why cork is good for them. Plas­tic would just keep the water in caus­ing the suc­cu­lent to drown.(: hope that helped

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