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<\/a><\/center>So clearly my trip to Japan didn’t motivate me to actually start blogging or making stuff again, but what can you do. I did make something in Japan, as you can see. Apparently fashioning one’s own zori (aka flip flops and THONGS, as we used to call them back in the day) is a popular crafting pasttime in the land of the rising sun, so who am I to argue? When in Rome (or Japan, in this case), right?\n
<\/a><\/center>There were lots of craft books with zori designs, but I opted for a handy, all-inclusive kit. I decided to make it in Japan, since the instructions were in Japanese, and my mother and aunt were right there to assist. They were so “helpful,” however, that at one point I had to tell them to STOP TALKING so that my pea-sized brain could figure out what was going on. The zori aren’t that difficult to make. The most time-consuming (and frustrating) part was turning the straps inside out, but hey, I just made my mother do it!\nYou can easily make these without a kit. You just need some rope for the basic structure and fabric strips. Mine came out a little defective looking, but then, my feet are a bit on the defective side, so I reckon it’s all good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So clearly my trip to Japan didn’t motivate me to actually start blogging or making stuff again, but what can you do. I did make something in Japan, as you can see. Apparently fashioning one’s own zori (aka flip flops … Continue reading