What you'll need:

• two pieces of wood, sized to your preference
• 2 mason jars - either two small (pint) jars or two large (quart) wide mouth jars - it's important to use the wide mouth jars for the quart size because the regular mouth quart jars won't sit properly on the wood because their backs are too large
• 2 pipe clamps (size depends on what size mason jar you use)
• small screw eyes
• power drill & screws
• twine or metal wire - whatever you prefer to use to hang the planters on the wall

What to do:

• Straw wreath (any size)
• Hot glue gun
• Faux grapes, berries, whatever extras you desire
• Wine corks of course, and loads of 'em!
• Twine (if not using a wreath hanger)
• Wire cutters

     

And away we go!

Before you start gluing anything, I would advise unwrapping your wreath outside. Quite a bit of loose straw falls out once you unwrap the wreath, so unwrapping it outside and giving it a good couple shakes get a lot of the loose straw outside instead of in your house. 

• Cork roll - the size of this will depend on how large you want your cork board to be
• Foam board or wooden cut out of design
• Exacto knife & scissors
• Sharpie
• Hot glue gun
• Craft paint, if needed - I'll explain later :)
• Picture hangers
• Small nails and hammer

Now you're ready to go!

Now the hardest part is over! Yay! Next you're just going to trace your design onto the cork roll, which has hopefully flattened out by now. Trace on the back of the design so that you can get as crazy as you want with the marker, and it won't show! After you get done tracing, cutting the design out of the cork roll is much easier than cutting it out of the foam board. You can use scissors for this part if you would like. I used scissors to cut parts of it and the Exacto knife to get the smaller spaces. Try to be gentle with the cork, and try to bend it as little as possible, because it can break off easily.

You're almost there! Now that you have both cutouts, it's time to glue them together. I used hot glue to hold my pieces together, and the board has held up great so far! Again, when gluing on the different parts of the cork, try to bend it as little as possible because it does break off easily! I had to glue on a couple little pieces separately because they broke off, and it looks fine, so don't panic if part of your cork does break.

Now, if you chose a wooden cutout, this won't pertain to you. But one thing I discovered that I wasn't expecting was the white from the foam board that was showing on the sides… yuck! I didn't want people to see that if they saw the side of the board while it was hanging on the wall, so I grabbed some regular craft paint, Cardinal red of course, to paint the white that was visible on the sides. It took a couple coats, but it looked so much better after I added it.

Finally, the last step! To hang the board on the wall, I attached a picture hanger to the board. I found these in my house, but I'm sure you can find them at Target or Walmart. The ones I had came with tiny nails, but if yours don't you should be able to find them at a hardware store, or even a friend's toolbox! Once you align the picture hanger, make sure it's centered to where the board will hang straight - this isn't always the middle of your design. If you are using foam board, it doesn't take much force at all to hammer in the nails.

And there you have it! Please leave any questions you have or any comments to make this tutorial better! I really appreciate feedback, especially since I'm brand new to the blogging world :) Happy crafting!

-Breezy