I bought it, intending to cut out the fabric/embroidery and to paint/embellish this to be used as a base for a wine cork corkboard. Here's what it looked like when I finished:
After I used a seam ripper to tear out the fabric, I painted the whole thing with black gesso, then sanded a little to make it looked more distressed. I used an assortment of stickers, scrabble tiles, puzzle pieces, and yes, even a shotgun shell to spell the words "Vintage Vino." The papers are torn from an old dictionary and are the definitions for "drink" "vintage" "wine" and "wine glass." The pictures of the women (from artchicks.com) were black and white, I painted them with acrylic paint. There is a real metal key, some "edges" that were originally scrap book embellishments, and a cut-out of a phonograph. The tag in the middle at the bottom is an actual dog tag (canine, not military) that I flipped over and used metal "stamps" to say "wine." Then I used some random screws I found to put it on the board. I finished by filling it in with wine corks I collected at parties. I think Teri will love it, and won't even care that I got it at the thrift store! Yay for $2 handmade gifts!
