I used an opened paper clip to help push the ribbon through. Slightly twist the ends of the ribbon to start threading it through the hole. You may need a piece an inch or 2 longer when you are first starting out, to ease knot tying.ģ. Cut a piece of 1/8 inch wide ribbon 11 inches long. Don’t try to enlarge the hole, just clean it out.Ģ. Choose a bead, and use an ice pick or other sharp object to clean out the hole so you can push the ribbon through it. I found the 12mm pink round plastic pearl beads at Hobby Lobby for 99 cents for 16.īutterfly Paperclip (about 1 12/ inches by 1 1/2 inches) from Walmart or Office Supply store or on Amazon.ġ. You can find butterfly paperclips (about 1 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches) at Amazon, Walmart or an office supply store. It makes a perfect small gift for teachers, co-workers, neighbors, and others to whom you would like to give a little something. You might end up with some glass chards or gunpowder in your goblet but… being a Canadian girl, I think I’ll just use my hockey stick.This easy paperclip angel ornament is so quick to make, you can make a dozen or two in an hour. How did it work for me? Well, click the video below:Īnother method is to take a gun and shoot the neck right off the bottle. But I wanted to try it for myself I am an empirical girl ( living in an empirical world). And many people have been writing about this method the past couple of days, so I guess I’m a bit redundant. In the YouTube videos I watched, it looked pretty easy. Voila! In six or seven strikes, your bottle is open and the wine can flow. In theory it works like so: Take the bottle, put it in the heel of your shoe and hit it against a solid surface ~ like a tree (or picnic table). The method I thought was the most interesting was opening the bottle with a shoe. I hear ninety percent of the time … it works every time. It’s not pretty, sexy, or showy but it’s an old stand-by that’ll get the job done. Push It: Using anything sturdy (tire gauge, Sharpie, whatever) that will fit, and just push the damn cork into the bottle.Put the needle into the cork, apply a little air pressure and…pop! goes the cork. So you’ve already drilled a hole into your cork and you just happen to have a bike pump (or syringe) handy. Pump It Up (or syringe method): Uh…okay.But who the hell brings nails, hammer and screws to a picnic? Moving on… Screw it: take a big screw (or nails) hammer them into the cork and pull (hard).By nightfall, you might have that bad boy out. Wrap the upper ends of the paper clip around the pen above the neck and start pulling. Rotate the lower pointy clip ends into the bottom of the cork and then get a pen. MacGyver Paperclip Method: take two paper clips, unfold and push down either side of the cork in the neck of the bottle.Scanning the interwebs, I found a few methods you can try in a pinch: Short of brandishing a sabre to cut open the neck of the bottle, you’re out of luck. You’re ready to begin your fabulous feast and realize…you have no corkscrew. You’ve got the premium artisan cheese, stellar wine that you spent at least three quarters of an hour deciding on, and the glasses that, in one look, will convey your supercool sense of style.
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