Handmade plant bonsai from wine corks

  These succulent bonsai made from corks are incredibly cute, miniature and delicate. Glue a magnet onto the cork and you can even turn them into fridge magnets. Isn't that creative? Stick them on and your kitchen will never be the same again!

  The handmade method is as follows:

  TIPS：

  Generally speaking, if a bottle of wine uses a natural cork as its stopper, then it should be a wine of somewhat good quality, because natural cork has very small pores, and better wines still need a tiny amount of oxygen to mature in the bottle; this slightly breathable cork helps the wine breathe. If instead it uses a cork made from combined cork granules, then it is generally an ordinary wine, and it should be drunk as soon as possible after purchase.

  Storing wine requires the liquid to be in contact with the cork, so wine is always stored lying flat, upside down or at an angle; you must never stand the bottle upright. If, after opening the bottle, you find the cork is dry and the side that touched the wine has no wine liquid on it, then the wine must have been stored upright, and you can basically conclude that the wine has oxidised, because cork is breathable; if no wine liquid soaks one side of the cork and makes it swell, the cork will dry out and shrink, letting in more air and causing the wine to oxidise and spoil.