yo yo yo!

i hear we can't say ho ho ho anymore so at the risk of sounding like a gangster i'll say yo yo yo. crafters joke i told prairie and as you will see i have made a truckload of them hence the lengthy gap between posts. we also had a weekend in wellington a couple of weeks ago but i think we will go there another day. for now, this is the story. kay, who own the best little shop in auckland, salvage, called me while a go and asked if i would do her christmas window. i would love to i replied, never having done a window before! we installed it yesterday afternoon and i really don't think i have thought of much else since she asked me. kay normally hangs a drop of fabric at the back of the window so thought i would do the same.

hessian, with an image of a christmas tree filled in with yo yos. i studiously worked away filling a basket with my little round friends. as you can imagine, there weren't nearly enough so i spent 2 days doing nothing but. i hung the hessian on the lounge wall and hot glued, sometimes one at a time or if i had more self control, little batches at a time. they use up a deceptive amount of fabric. luckily michael's cousin put some fabric in the post leftover from some aprons she had been making. i used up all the green gingham - perfect, thank you paula!

finally it started to fill up. the tips of my fingers were all sore from the needle pricking them too many times and a burnt thumb. i bought a new grunty glue gun and did not heed marthas words of wisdom - always keep a bowl of ice at the ready - and regreted this as i plunged my finger right into the middle of the new deposit of glue on the back of the yo yo!

but finally i could put the star on the top which i was so looking forward to doing. of course the vintage buttons i had bought had filed themselves away and i had to race back to kay for more.

and here it is this morning. hard to shoot it without the reflection. i put my treadle machine in there as well as a cute little pushchair i got a while ago from kay. there are some toys in there too and one of the little mousies has already taken its leave.

i can't say i loved every yo yo but i loved dreaming up the tree and how it would look. it was such an amazing oppotunity, i am so happy to be fronting such a beautiful little store whose every piece of fabric, button and length of lace comes with its own story - thank you so much kay!

Comments

[Pam]

ITS WONDERFUL!!! Very nicely done!

[Pam]

ITS WONDERFUL!!! Very nicely done!

[Solange]

Gorgeous!

[kathie holland]

I love this idea!!!!!
and the buttons as the stars...
oh I think I need to make a smaller one as a pillow for our home for next Christmas!
The window looks wonderful, you did a great job.
Kathie

[Ali]

It looks amazing - well worth the hard work!

[lucykatecrafts]

oh my goodness, that looks amazing!!!, wow!!! what a lovely idea, love the button star at the top. no wonder you've been a busy little elf : )

[Julie]

It looks fantastic Girl!

[kristin]

wow! you must be tickled to pieces! it turned out beautifully...congratulations :)

[kay]

thank you for all your hard work,I was told today that it is the nicest shop window in Mt Eden

[tantehilde]

That is soo beautiful! And what an amount of work! Wonderfull done!

[chookyblue]

fantastic..........love it great idea but boy did you have to make a lot of yo yo's

[Julie]

Beautiful! I've been making boatloads of yo-yo's lately. Not nearly as many as you did for that project. Kudos.

[natascha]

That's so beautiful! Looks really great!

[MAIZE THE GROOVA]

Since I AM NOT A HO HO HO, I'm not offended!

I read about the Myer store in the Daily Mail. What a bunch of Cr@p! Political Correctness at it's worse. Didn't I forward you the current definition? :-)

Your window display is BEE--UUU--TI--FUL! GREAT JOB GROOVA! Looks like a ton of work. You should start using it as your own tree next year!

Is that a church across the street?

[suse]

Wonderful window! And I can see you in the reflection.

[sue]

What a gorgeous xmas tree, and I am sure the glue gun burn would have been very sore for quite a while. I think the window looks wonderful and you did such a great job creating all those yo-yos too.

[mary]

Beautiful. I am so impressed with your yo-yo patience.

[Steph]

it's awesome! What a clever idea and wow, you put a lot of work into that!

[Dursteler Diary]

just gorgeous, i absolutely love it!