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"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." – C. S. Lewis Sometimes I think I am more into the idea of tea than tea itself. The association that tea is appreciated when you have spare time, is a drink that relaxes you, a drink that is to be enjoyed slowly rather than gulped down just to quench your thirst...

Actually, it was more like crafterday and more since it took many many hours. But anyway. You might have seen this before. It's quite an in thing now. So before my weekdays are no longer free, Lil and I decided to have some fun with this! • • •  N A I L  &  S T R I N G  A R T ^ What you need ^ 12mm Plywood (~A$11.70, Bunnings) 25x1.5mm Nails. Contains 215 nails. (~A$4.60, Bunnings) Thread (~A$1 each, Spotlight) The Plywood we bought was A1 size. The guys at Bunnings cut it into half for us for free.  So we had an A2 piece each – that's the size of four normal A4 papers. I used 7 of those rolls of thread for my project. So, let's begin! ^ Pick words, trace them out ^ The words can't be too small, or you'll have a harder time weaving the thread around it. We chose to just have one word each. You can print the words, or do what we did – trace them off the computer (the screen makes a good lightbox) because the pape...

Sob. What kind of perfection is this... It looks so easy for them. I am at about 10 hours out of a needed 10,000 hours of practice. For the one below, watch from 5:20 for the magic.

Oh the things you can find at Diaso!  S$2 in Singapore, and A$2.80 in Australia. If you want to make some buttons, whether for a bag or new shirt or whatnot,  this is a super easy way. Buy this kit from Daiso. • • •  B U T T O N S ^ The kit. Cloth not included. ^ ^ What to do for: Tadah! Buttons! ^ • • • Ezpz Photo credits for the making of, and craft kit idea credit: Lillian Ling.