YoYo Dogs & Cat



Tamara's YoYo Puppy for Her Mom



My Brown & White Puppy



My granddaughter from Arizona visited me a couple of years ago and while she was here we went to one of my favorite quilt shops, Quilting Adventures. While looking through the store she saw the Indygo Junction pattern for this yoyo puppy. She really wanted to try make making one for her mom so together we looked for the fabric she wanted to make her puppy out of and made our purchase. Once back home I showed her how to use the Clover YoYo Maker to make the yoyos. She caught on really quick and in the evenings or anytime we were just hanging out watching TV (I learned a lot about Hannah Montana) she would sew the yoyos for her puppy and I would sew the yoyos for the puppy I was making. This was a really enjoyable and relaxing time. Soon it was getting close to the time for her trip to end and the puppy still needed to be assembled.  Things got a little crazy but we managed to finish it in time for her to take back home to give to her mom.  After she was back home I finished assembling my yoyo puppy. I really enjoyed being able to share my love of sewing and spend this time with my granddaughter.

Once I made the puppy I just knew I needed to make the kitty cat pattern too.  I wanted the cat to look like our orange tabby cat (MacTavish aka Ru) so I chose fabrics that would help depict his coloring and personality.  Our buddy Ru passed away earlier this year and it left a huge hole in our lives, I am so glad I made this wonderful yoyo kitty as it always reminds me of our very remarkable cat. As you saw in one of the earlier blogs we have a new tabby cat and I have already picked out my fabric  to make a yoyo kitty in gray and white. Boots body is mostly grey with a little brown and all four of her paws are white which is how she got her name.





YoYo "Ru" Kitty



YoYo Pumpkins for Halloween



YoYo Pumpkin-pattern by Indygo Junction

I'm on a mission this year.  Actually, it started around the beginning of summer as I looked around my craft room and saw so many unfinished projects, which conflicted greatly with the other projects I either wanted to start or purchase.  For me it all seemed like "chaos & conflict". My solution was to weed out any project I absolutely was not going to do, set aside some projects for repurposing, and slowly complete projects that just needed a little bit of time.  The yoyo pumpkin by Indygo Junction  I had started in 2008. All the yoyo's had been sewn and all it needed was for me to sit at the sewing machine for a half-hour to sew his little body together,and then finish stuffing and adding hand sewn details in the evening. He is so cute - it makes me wonder now why I took so long to get him finished?



YoYo Pumpkin and Bats 2010



YoYo Pumpkin & Crows 2010



There were two left over yoyos from the pumpkin (I had sewn them just in case) so I decided I would make  a couple of Halloween cards with them.  With my plan in place I started pulling out me my blank cards and orange and black papers.  I found in my stash of ribbons one with Happy Halloween and bats on it and then I looked at my Cricut cartridges and I found one with a Halloween bat design. Last year I had pre-cut some paper crows in different colors so I pulled those out to use and then got to work.  The Autumn pumpkin yoyo card is mom's card of the month and this time the other yoyo card will go to my sister Mary. I hope I'm not offending my other two sisters - it is so hard to keep a balance - but I need to go with my heart, instincts, or that tiny voice that just speaks to me saying "make this one for . . . ".



2006 Thanksgiving YoYo Card



In 2006 I had made my mom a Thanksgiving card using a yoyo pumpkin on the front.  This card is a little more detailed as the scarecrow is made with eyelets that allow him to move.  I saw the pattern for him in one of my books and thought he was so cute I just had to make him.

Pink Ribbon Pens

Each year Don's work hosts a Pink Ribbons of Hope Tennis Tournament to benefit breast cancer. Since 2007 when Don started wood turning and making pens he has donated a pen for the Silent Auction.

2010 Pink Ribbon Silent Auction Pen

This year's pen is a Wall Street Rose Inlay pen which turned out beautiful

2009 Pink Ribbon Silent Auction Pen

In 2009 Don turned an American Slim Pen with Tennis Racket Clip. Finding the tennis racket clip was a bonus.

2008 Pink Ribbon Silent Auction Pen

We had a busy year in 2008 but Don still managed to get this pen made.  Again, it is another American Slim Pen.

2007 Pink Ribbon Silent Auction Pen

Here is Don's first pen he donated in 2007 for the silent auction. It is made with a pink/red colored wood (type unknown).



No matter how busy Don's schedule is he enjoys being able to contribute to charity by doing something he loves.



YoYo Cupcake Birthday Card

YoYo Cupcake Birthday Card

Whenever possible I love to use yo-yo's in my card designs. This month for my mom's birthday I used the yo-yo as the topping on the cupcake and then added a paper cherry and candle.