I ordered some USB powered 1 meter LED strips to light my Discovery and Pod. I found you can cut them apart and with a dab of flux get a good solder bond with some wire between the pieces. They're even conveniently marked with the + and - so you don't screw up the polarity. I tested some using some seriously thin magnet winding wire (36 gauge?) and it worked out really well.
Much easier than fiddling around with getting the resistors in place, making sure the polarity of the LED is right, figuring out how to mount them, etc.
Those teeny strips look interesting, but man - trying to cut up and re-solder those would stretch the eyeballs!
Oh, you also would be better off searching on Aliexpress - it's the retail version to Alibaba's wholesale. You can buy individual bits and not have to buy in lot size.
Kev