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With a new year upon us, I’m really feeling the itch to get more organized.  Before starting this blog, I was the queen of organization.  I try to keep up now, but it seems like I am constantly throwing things around, or starting one project, then something else pops in my head and I run off and start that.

Well, no more!  I am getting myself organized, starting with my desk.  I really need a place to pin notes and appointment reminders, plus a few pics of my kiddos.  I have seen some really cute bulletin boards, but since I found some old windows this summer, I have been dying to turn it into a unique cork board.  I saved up some wine corks, and had a friend who owns a restaurant save theirs as well, and as of yesterday, I finally had enough to turn my old window into a wine cork board!
During the Summer, I took a trip to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore…what an amazing place!  It’s a store full of used furniture, light fixtures, shutters, doors, windows…and lots more.
I was there looking for an old shutter.  I found one for $3 and it was the perfect addition to my Aqua and White Breakfast Nook.  Then, I saw these amazing old windows.  I had no idea what I would use them for, but at $2 each, I had to grab some up.  I used one to make a Faux Stained Glass Window, but had two left.
I painted the wood white before adhering the corks, that way you can mess up and it won’t even matter!
I started with one pane.  I laid the corks down in a pattern and counted to see how many I would need for the other panes.  Each pain required 54 wine corks…shewwww, that’s a lot of wine!  I hot glued each cork into place.
Then I found my box of tacks that I picked up at The Dollar Tree and hot glued them onto the backs of some old buttons.  I mean, with a cork board this cute, you can’t just throw some lame tacks on it, right?
So, what do you think?  Cute, right?
I placed my new wine cork board on the back of my Beachy Blue Desk Painted With Home-made Chalk Paint.  I love the look!  Now, time to move on to organizing the rest of my house…ugh!
So…are you itching to get more organized?  Leave a comment telling me what you would like to see next, and maybe we can get organized together!
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Or maybe some more wine cork projects?
Happy New Year!
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~Jessica

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  1. Four Marrs and One Venus says

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    Cute? How about Fabulous! This is great Jess! I have that itch..like the Throwing out everything I didn’t even touch last year itch- Think I should do it? I do! Just gotta find that M word..motivation.. something like that! Great project!!

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  2. Debbiedoo's says

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    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love this Jessica. You will get so much use and be organized…great project girl.

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  3. Laura Beth says

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    I LOVE this!! But am not a big wine drinker…I wonder if you can just buy the corks somewhere??

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    • Jessica Kielman says

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      Thank you! You can buy bags of corks from both Michael’s and Hobby Lobby :)

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  4. Heather SettingforFour says

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    Love this idea! When we moved in to our home in July the previous homeowners left a mirror just like this, it’s already painted white too and lord knows I have lots of corks around here!! ;) That’s not a problem though right – haha!! Great post J!!

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  5. Courtenay@Creek Line House says

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    Ha! That sure is a lot of wine! I was wondering about that at first… until you said you got them from a restaurant. :) Love those little button pins!

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  6. Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says

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    L.O.V.E!! Super cute Jessica! I adore cork projects! I’m going to post about my sister’s cork backsplash later this month! =)

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  7. Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says

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    PS – just blasted it all over social media! =)

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  8. Chelsea @ Making Home Base says

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    AWESOME Jess! I absolutely love it! I wonder if they have one of those reStore’s in my area! I’ll have to check it out Thanks for sharing your creativity!

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  9. Shannon Fox says

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    Jess that is super cute! I love what you’ve done with all the old windows! Our Habitat closed. But Jimmy and I noticed it in a new location last week :) We’ll check it out soon.

    Happy New Year!! Shannon

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  10. Dewdrop Gardens says

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    Fantastic use for the old window and corks! It looks amazing and I love the button tacks!
    (Oh, and I saw your video with Becky, Brooke & Court yesterday…you did a great job, loved all your questions!)
    Hope you had a Happy New Year’s Eve! All the best in 2013
    Debbie :)

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  11. Heather Inspired says

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    Your corkboard looks great Jessica, well done!

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  12. Laurie @ Laurie's Little Bits of Creativity, etc. says

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    So, so cute! I would love to make this…………just have to find someone to save corks for me. I never remember or the hubs throws them out! :)

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  13. Lucy Farmer says

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    I do love this!! I am dying to go to the habitat store here. My friend found burlap coffee bags for 1.25 each! I’m going tomorrow!!!

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  14. Shirley@Housepitality Designs says

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    I so love the cork board and the “custom tacks”….so clever Jessica!…Happy New Year!!

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  15. Audra @ Renewed Projects says

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    Your button thumb-tacks are so cute! What a fun touch.

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  16. LiveLoveDIY says

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    How darn cute is that?!?! So, does this give me a free pass to drink more wine? :)

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    • Jessica Kielman says

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      Of course, Virginia! Thank you!

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  17. Vanessa says

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    This looks amazing and what a great idea!! You Rock!

    Hugs,

    Vanessa

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  18. Leslie Stewart says

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    How creative and adorable! Have a great week!
    Leslie
    House on the Way

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  19. Domestic Goddesque says

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    This is fantastic! Maqy I pin it?

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    • Jessica Kielman says

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      Absolutely! You are always welcome to pin anything here! Thank you and Happy New Year!

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  20. Kara @ Petals to Picots says

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    I absolutely LOVE this! I definitely want to try something like this :)

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  21. Vikki Wallis says

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    Love it! Love your blog! I would love for you to visit my linky party going on now at http://wallisfarmsdailywalk.blogspot.com/2013/01/blog-post.html

    Have a great day!

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  22. Katie Drane says

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    What a clever idea! I love it!

    Katie
    http://www.funhomethings.com

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  23. Wild Oak Designs says

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    You actually just hot glued the corks to the glass? Wow. Darling and creative, thanks for the New Year’s inspiration.
    I have been making cork boards and trays for years now (and selling them in my wildoakdesigns.etsy.com store), but this one I haven’t seen yet!
    Super cute.
    How did you hang it? Or is it just leaning?
    Nancy
    http://wildoakdesigns.blogspot.com

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  24. the cape on the corner says

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    looks great! someone likes yellowtail, lol. i have seen people cut the corks in half, too-on this, with that flat surface of the window, it looks like it could work nicely. if i ever do this, i’ll do it that way. thanks for the inspiration!

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  25. Susan @ homeroad.net says

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    Great idea! I’m going to give this a try, I have about a zillion corks!
    Thanks
    Susan

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  26. Betsy @ Anna Nimmity says

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    This is such a great project! I LOVE the button tack addition!

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  27. DeDe@DesignedDecor says

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    This is so creattive. I love the button tacks! I am getting ready to do a wine cork project myself. I first had to drink the bottles to get enough corks! I just started a brand new link party and would love if you shared this! http://designeddecor.com/talkin-about-thursday-1/
    Happy New Year!

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  28. Cindy says

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    I have so many corks! This would be so cute to use some of them up! I’m visiting from I Heart Nap Time! Have a great weekend!
    Cindy
    crazyloucreations.blogspot.com

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  29. Rebecca @ My Girlish Whims says

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    This is such a cool idea! I love old windows, and i do drink lots of wine :)

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  30. Denyse @ Crazy Beautiful Life says

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    This is really cute, Jess! I have bags of corks and wine bottles and I’m still trying to finds a good DIY for them.

    I’m having a GOOGLE + Social hop. I’d love for you to hop on over, grab a button and link up your Google +. If you don’t have Google + it’s ok, come link up your blog or favorite post.

    http://mydailyphotojourney.blogspot.com/2013/01/google-social-hop.html

    I’m also looking for Pinterest Pinners to feature every week beginning in January. If you are on Pinterest and are interested in being featured come link up! Who knows you might meet some other great pinners and gain a few great ideas.

    http://mydailyphotojourney.blogspot.com/2012/12/looking-for-pinners.html

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  31. Desiree @ The 36th AVENUE says

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    I’ll be featuring your project tomorrow during the link party. Thank you so much for linking up!

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  32. Christina at I Gotta Create! says

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    It is definitely super-cute! I want one :)

    <3 Christina @ I Gotta Create!
    Wildly Original link party is open.

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  33. jaime ♥ raising up rubies says

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    this is such a great project!! thanks for the inspiration … i have 2 buckets full of corks, waiting for a cute project like this one! ♥ jaime

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  34. Natasha SerenityYou says

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    I really love this idea!!! so fantastic. really wanna try this out myself.. just need an old window and lot’s of corks!!

    Pinning

    Natasha @ http://www.serenityyou.com

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  35. Kimm at Reinvented says

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    Very cool! Old windows are one of my favorite things to repurpose, and this is a great idea that I hadn’t thought of. I can’t wait to try it! Must drink about 150 bottles of wine first, though. ;)

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  36. Ashley @TheCreamToMyCoffee says

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    I love it! Such a creative re-purpose!

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  37. L.A. Martin says

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    If you cut the corks in half (length-wise, of course), you won’t need as many or you can make two cork boards!

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  38. Aimee says

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    I was just wondering about the safety of attaching the corkboard to the window panes and then pressing against it constantly. I picked up a window frame last week, excited to try something crafty, but my husband thinks they are too dangerous to use in a house with five children. I love this idea, though, and my aunt recently
    gave me her wine corks she had saved for years. Any thoughts?

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    • Jessica says

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      In our home, it has been fine, but with 5 children, I’m not sure. You could always remove the glass and back the table with a piece of thin plywood to adhere the corks to?

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