>14+ yards of garland
12 Nov 2009 2 Comments
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I had tons of green yoyos sitting around and about 1 year ago I made short garlands out of them. Well yesterday I decided that they are not very useful in short lengths so I joined them all together to make this one very long garland that is over 14 yards in length. Now to figure out where to hang it for the holidays and hey it would work for St. Patricks day too.
Here is a cute Christmas tree made out of yoyos and some Easter eggs too.
>Happy St.Patricks Day
17 Mar 2009 4 Comments
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Follow the below link to find some cute St.Patrick’s Day vintage paper dolls:
http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/dolls/pd_scans/betsy_mccall/stpats_day.html
>Make a Shamrock from yoyo hearts
14 Mar 2009 1 Comment
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A while back I posted about making shamrocks from penny’s hearts. You can either use her heart pattern or make real sweet little ones with the yoyo heart templates made by clover; either way you still have plenty of time to make some before St. Patrick’s day.
>Happy St. Patrick’s Day
15 Mar 2008 1 Comment
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It is the wearing o’the green on Monday. May lots o’luck come your way. You still have time to make a bit o’green to wear for that day.
You can make a shamrock green brooch or a shamrock shaped pin out of Penny’s hearts; just don’t forget to shrink her pattern down or it will be huge. Or have lots of fun and combine the two ideas and make something new.
If food is on your mind, you could even make old fashioned rock candy in the color of green. Cream cheese mints could even be nice with green food coloring and mint flavors for the holiday.
>Garlands
07 Jan 2008 Leave a Comment
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>I have made a few garlands the last few days and they are in the store. I am still making Valentine’s and Thanksgiving; then I will go on to Halloween and Mother’s Day. Those hearts for the Valentine one are taking me a little bit more time to make. All of the garlands are a little longer than 2 yards a piece.
Currently there are:
>Garlands are in store
03 Jan 2008 1 Comment
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As of this morning, there are seven garlands in the store in the St Patrick’s Day area. They are a little over 2 yards long; about 2 yards and 3 to 4 inches. They are made using three different size yoyos in shades of green and yellow.
The green for St. Patrick’s Day, and the yellow is for Leprechaun gold. There, of course, is less yellow because the Leprechauns don’t want to share and hide it under the green of Ireland. OK, I am being silly now.
>WIP for St. Patrick’s Day
02 Jan 2008 1 Comment
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My goal is to make 5 garlands that are about 6 feet long (about 2 yards long) and place them in the store before St. Patrick’s Day. There are three different size yoyos involved in this endeavor.
I also have some in the works for Valentine’s Day, too. Those will have hearts and circle yoyos in them. Also three different size yoyos, maybe four sizes, haven’t totally decided yet on that one.
>One month after St. Patricks Day
17 Apr 2007 Leave a Comment
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Today in the mail I got a gift from Sid. After St. Patrick’s Day I saw some pins on flickr that she made for her co-workers. I commented on them, that I liked them. She was so sweet and sent me one. Funny, it arrived on the 17th of April — one month to the day after St. Patrick’s Day; how’s that for timing. She made the tag and card herself, too.
>Part 2: Rock show eggs and other items
09 Apr 2007 1 Comment
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>Since Easter just happened I thought this was fitting to show today. This is an egg display at the rock show.
I thought this was a lovely array of eggs. I especially like the lamp work ones and the snowflake obsidian.
There was another lovely display of carved stone. This other one was of carved elephants.
The glowing rocks were real neat; it took me awhile to figure out how to take good pictures in the dark that were not blurry since I didn’t bring a tri-pod. So I held the camera up to the glass to steady it for the long exposure; I think they came out well. These are all under black light.
There were lots of other displays as well, like this miniature train display. To see how small this is, that is a 5 year old’s finger in the bottom picture.
Also, there were petrified wood and carved and polished metamorphic rocks, geodes, petrified turtles (fossil), and rocks carved into spheres.
Lastly, the thing I don’t think I will ever understand, and it is gross to me, is stones bladed into knives with animal jawbones for the handle. Impractical as you could never hold it comfortably and absolutely discusting to me.
>Part 1: Dinosaurs of rock or Giant Child-Eating Dinosaur!
04 Apr 2007 4 Comments
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>No, we did not go to a concert; just a gemological show. There is this guy that goes every year that has life size puppets of dinosaurs they are made out of foam. I am not sure if he makes them or if he purchases them either way the kids love it. The kids always have fun with that and chase him around. I thought this might be fun to post for all those kids out there who are in love with dinosaurs. When he is not using the puppets he has them on stands for you to see.
The white ones are more of a hand puppet although he does tie them to his legs and his hand goes inside of them.
The brown ones he has to be inside of. I know that sounds kind of weird. But there is a harness and he fits in the dinosaur between the back legs below the tummy.
When he is inside them you almost don’t notice him he wears all black so as to be more of a backdrop and not distract from the puppet.
For some reason they all have these tags on their backsides. I have no idea why.
You are not aloud to touch the dinosaurs unless the man is wearing it then it is ok the kids think this is fun they also like being eaten by the dinosaur.
My daughters kept going back to take turns on being eaten. because they are made out of a real soft flexible foam this doesn’t hurt a bit.
These photos are of a display of real bones. I am glad nothing with teeth that big is alive today. I don’t think it would be fun to be eaten in real life.
This first is a T-Rex
Tusk of a Stegodon
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