18 May 2012

Milk Tea and Aged Wooden Board

Recently, Blogger has deleted all my pictures. (GASP)
Yes, ALL my pictures. In an instant, all my posts turned into an Alien invaded corn field.
Secondly, I've finally obtained that level of self-destruction and decided that I'm cool enough to create a facebook page. Please go over and like it so I feel loved. Needy, i know.
After the previous wooden board tutorial, I was barely satisfied. I wanted more. I wanted to have an antique feel. I wanted to age the wood. And since aged wood are not very much available for a decent price, I had to faux it.

What you will need:
White Paint
Black Paint
Darker/Lighter shade of Paint to the wooden board color
Brown Paint (suitable shade to the wooden board)
A bristled Paintbrush (Rough brush)
1. After creating your wooden board, what you need is to create shadows or highlights to the board. In this case, a darker shade of the color of board (lighter if your board is dark painted). On about 1/3 area of each plank, paint with the darker/lighter shade. Be random to look natural. Do not paint rectangular shades. 
2. Darken the Edges and corners of each plank This will create a worn-out-in-the-sun look.
3. On the black edges and on areas that will be over used, paint quick white strokes. With a rough bristled paint brush, you can create the natural cracked effect. (Always start with small amounts of paint. You can touch up when its not enough)
4. Lastly, use a brown shade that is suitable for the color of your board (I chose mustard brown for purple) and paint very little areas of the board that will be MOST used. It will give the almost-chipped effect to the board. 

5. Let dry and remember, woods are very forgivable. If it looks horrible right after painting, give it a chance to dry up. It will come together soon enough. 
By "popular" demand, like 4, here are "Milk Tea Sachets". When I checked, I realized most of them are made here in asia. If you see one of these in your local chinese store, purchase it and give it a try. They're delicious. But for homemade milk tea, here's how we have it.

Homemade Milk Tea
1 tea bag (Black Tea preferably)
1 1/2 cups water
3 tbsp Condensed milk (or more if you like it sweet)
1. In boiling water, drop in the tea bag and stir until preferred depth of color (I like it tense).
2. In your preferred mug, pour in the condensed milk then add the hot tea.

Traditionally, the condensed milk is left at the bottom of the mug so that we can choose how much of it we would like to mix into the tea. However, with milk tea sachets, all you need is hot water and some milk if you prefer a more milky taste.
Cookie Pants up,
Jes

49 comments:

  1. Hi Jessica,

    Sorry about your lost photos. Thank you for your tips on making the board props as it's very informative. Sometimes I get lucky buying discontinued-bargain large tiles with great rustic design at a home improvement store. Will check you fb page.

    ~ ray ~

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    1. @ Ray: Lucky You!! I don't see any rustic bargain tiles anywhere. When there is, I'd probably be the last person to get them in time before someone else snatched them away! Proven to be true, I don't even get to purchase the discounted butter!

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  2. You lost all your photos?! Argh! I would literally have a meltdown...

    On another note, I love this purple board - such a gorgeous vibrant colour.

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    1. @ thelittleloaf: Yes, i did. Luckily, pinterest exist. I could recover the important pictures. The purple was a coincidence, as most of my adventures are :) I'm lucky it turned out purple at all.

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  3. I love milk tea! And the cup on top of your purple board makes it more pretty and attractive to me...
    I am sorry about your photos. Cheer up! They can't put a good lady down...You are loved! Hugs!

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    1. @ MyFudo: I would have used the traditional glass mug to show how much of a tradition this drink is. Unfortunately, stealing from a local coffee shop is still banned! I recovered the more important parts! Spent a few hours, obediently getting the posts back! Phew :D Thank you so much

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  4. Milk tea! I've never had this before but I love hot milky coffee so I will try it.

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    1. @ Sarah: Sadly, coffee drinkers are rarely tea drinkers too. But do give it a try :D

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  5. Blogger deleted your pictures?! Jerks! Did you find out why, or was it just some random thing? Oh, and I just love the boards you made! It makes me want to make some more too!

    The first and only time I had Milk Tea was in Japan. And it was after I had a Milk Tea flavored Kit Kat--then I saw that they sold Milk Tea at the convenience store and decided to try that too. :) I never thought to make it myself!

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    1. @ Kiersten: Yes they did. I added a new email address as an admin to the blogger account. And then they decided I was too school for cool.
      The boards are addictive! But i stopped myself so I could have fun with the 3 that I have before I get greedy for more.
      I'm sure they tasted different from brand to brand :D But no harm trying it out yourself.

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  6. Grrrr i dunno why but blogger never tells me about your updates!! I tried deleting blog and following again but no :(:(::( SHAMEE! You are in my favs anyway! And adding to facebook toooo! : :D Beso

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    1. @ Noelia: Aww. I'm sorry. Blogger literally wants me to change a new address. But I've gotten attached to "Pencil Kitchen"... Thank you! You're my 7th like :D

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  7. The purple wood is gorgeous... plus I love milk tea..:) A prefect mix.

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    1. @ Tania: Thank you! I saw a purple board somewhere once and never could get it out of my head :D

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  8. Look delicious.
    Lovely photos!

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  9. The board thing from the last post is still floating around in my head. However, this tutorial here does yield a better look! Also, I have not tried milk tea, but I do love cream in coffee, so I am sure I would enjoy this. I will keep an eye out when I get to the Asian grocers. Have a great weekend!

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    1. @ Amber: Thank you :)

      @ Tina Bk: Thank you! The previous board was basic of basics. There's not enough depth to it. It was acceptable for white board though! Thank you for visiting back :D

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  10. Love the look of aged wood and always think I will do t myself and never do. The photos are lovely! And the milk tea reassures.

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    1. @ Claudia: I will try to keep adding colors to it to make it look even older. :D

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  11. UGH to picture disappearance! my advice - get an unlimited photo flickr account (it's like 15 bucks a year) and load your pictures onto flickr, then just insert the html for the photos into your post. This way they are hosted by flickr and blogger can't mess with them!

    The aged wood looks amazing!

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    1. @ Joanne: I guess as long as I don't play around with my accounts settings too much, I wouldn't have a problem. Anywho, was thinking of tumblr or flickr. (am too lazy though)

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  12. I'm so impressed with your efforts on the aged wooden board! I'm far too lazy to even attempt it. Oh and I love condensed milk in teat - it's the sugar! yum!

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    1. @ WokandSpoon: Thank you! It's more fun than effortful... I liked playing with colors although am not so good at it.

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  13. Awesome wooden board tutorial... I'm loving the looks of wooden boards these days but don't have the space for yet another something right now. Someday... I love the bright color that you picked, it certainly adds spunk!

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    1. @ Margarita: It would be obvious that no one would have an actual purple table, but it might become a trend :D and you'd see it in Ikea someday

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  14. I love the idea of rusticating with a wooden board my friend, it looks so antique and beautiful :D
    And this milk tea is stunning colour!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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    1. @ Choc Chip Uru: Thank you!! I'm enjoying your blog posts too ! :D

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  15. Two boards--how cool! Will have to see if DH wants a(nother) project!

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    1. @ I Wilkerson: Hahaha! I'm sure he does ;D I mean, don't they all? (hints)

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  16. cool.. i love milk tea.. especially with ginger

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    1. @ love2dine: I've got to say, ginger isn't my utmost favorite of all things except ginger beer by Bundaberg or Ginger pieces for chinese dumplings. :D

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  17. Tea is my favorite drink. I have at LEAST a pot everyday. I don't know if it's bad for me or what, but it's just SO TASTY!
    The board tutorial is great! What an awesome post :)

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  18. Very cute post! That's quite devastating regarding the loss of your photos, but what's amazing is how upbeat you are regarding this! Love the purple table and the Asian teas, my mum always wants a box from Chinatown when (I remember) :)

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    1. @ Cathleen: One pot may be too much. but you know, I have a pot-sized mug of coffee a day ;D Thank you Cath!

      @ girlinafoodfrenzy: It was. You wouldn't believe how long my face froze in the stunned expression when I saw what happened. I went into denial and decided to use every piece of technology to check. Then, I decided to sit and face the truth. Like I did with my stomach. We always (remember)... ;D

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  19. Oh my god, ALL your pictures? My disdain for Blogger reaches new heights when things like this happen, though I use them still... argh. Hope you retrieve the pics back somehow! This milk tea looks delish and I love your wooden board. Also, I'm having a ChicWrap giveaway today that you should enter!

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    1. @ Georgia: I did retrieve them from fellow pinterest pinners :D But not all. I'm not sure if you are willing to send it to Singapore but I'll try anyway, it will go into my list of "Stuff i won but lost" Currently, it contains my figure, my afro hair, my straight hair, a packet of lasagna and a basket of chocolates.

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  20. Amazing post! If my blogging platform erased all of my photos I'd probably cry for weeks! At least you've got some beautiful ones now from this post. I love the purple board!! This is bookmarked for future reference! I love tea & coffee for that matter with sweetened condensed milk too but I've never made it on my own. Yum!!

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    1. @ Lacy: I did retrieve some of it back from pinterest though :) Milk teas are awesome! Condensed milk is awesome :D

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  21. I love your purple girl and this is some good ole comfort tea!

    chow :) DEVAKI @ weavethousandflavors

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  22. I've never had tea with condensed milk, have to try it! I love the board, such a pretty color. Great pictures!

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    1. @ Devaki: Thank you!! It is such a comfort! although for the summer days, i'll have it cold...

      @ Carol: You have to! You're missing out! Thank you!

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  23. Very nice purple board and all this purpose theme remind me that I need to eat Cadbury chocolate too while enjoying these nice and comforting milk tea.

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  24. Great idea. Thanks for sharing. I love seeing these how-tos.

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    1. @ Zoe: We both need to eat some cadbury squares now! NOW!

      @ Stephanie: Thank you! I enjoy how-tos too.

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  25. Bummer re your lost photos. I have mine on Flickr for just this reason - although of course Flickr could lose them too, I suppose. Love the board! I'm in the process of doing similar for myself (just read your original board post, and yes, it isn't fair that we little bloggers don't have these nifty boards like all the cool bloggers!). If you Google "Distressing" you can also find ways to beat up your boards to make them look really old - adding worm holes, dents, nicks, etc. Pretty easy to do (although I'm OK with just painting them!).

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    1. @ Kitchen Riffs: Oh! I found them. Hmm... I should try that out but i'm afraid my wood (which is fairly thin) would not withstand that much of a beating. But I'll be sure to try it out :D

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  26. Thanks a million for publishing this tutorial. I'm always wondering how to create an aged look. Will try this!

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    1. @ Yadsia: Coolio! But you should search on "distressing method" as Kitchen Riffs suggested :D Might be my next project.

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  27. Thankyou for visiting my blog...that gave me a chance to know your blog and view some wonderful work! :-) Loved the way you put colours together!

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