wine corks

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i checked the faq, so don't shoot me.

i have a billion wine corks that i want to make a bulletin board for my mom with. she & her new beau have recently started making wine at home so i think she'd like it.

my questions:
*are there any other patterns besides all of them going the same way or this:
 

*i bought an 11x17 corkboard from michaels thinking i would just cover the cork that is already there with the wine corks, but they don't fit perfectly. any ideas of what to take up the extra space with or a border i could use?

there are a bunch of craft gods in here, so i hope someone has ideas. thanks in advance!