Santa's coming! Easy gifts to make: Wine stoppers

Isn't it cool when you get a gift someone made with their own hands? I just love that kind of creativity, and I think it's so, well, personal when someone I love makes a special gift just for me. Turning it around, I've made at least some of the gifts I've given over the last few years. Most of them don't take much time, and on top of it the expense is so much less - all good. Here's a gorgeous and very easy stocking stuffer for the wine lovers on your list! (P.S. can also be used for olive oil and other kinds of bottles)

Wine Stoppers
You'll need:
1. A used wine cork (not plastic) that's not cracked or broken and that is narrow enough on one end to fit back into a wine bottle. Test it on a bottle!
2. A pretty drawer pull with screw. I got some good ones at Cost Plus for around $5. Look for a design that reminds you of the person you're making it for - exotic, dramatic, colorful, cheerful...
3. An electric drill with a drill bit slightly smaller than or the same size as the screw on the drawer pull.
4. A good polyurethane glue, like Gorilla Glue.

With your drill, make a hole in the end of your cork (the end that doesn't fit back into the bottle) that is almost as deep as the drawer pull screw is long.

Carefully put a little glue on the drawer pull screw plus a little into the hole in the cork. Be careful not to get it on your fingers, and don't put so much in the hole that it will ooze out when you insert the screw.

Insert the drawer pull screw into the cork, turning and turning it until the cork is right up against the knob of the pull.

Let dry for 24 hours. Here's a finished photo of a couple of the wine stoppers I made! Pretty cute, huh?