Pretty Things: Yo-yos

I remember about 5 years ago, I learned about fabric yo-yos.  And I thought they were the ugliest things I'd ever seen and wanted to know why the heck anyone would waste fabric on them!  Granted it was an 80s craft book that I found them in and many of  the fabric choices for crafts in the 1980s were pretty hideous.  But now, yo-yos are all the rage!  You can find them decorating pillows, quilts, clothes, accessories.  They make darling applique flowers.  They make lovely necklaces.  And they make sweet garlands for decorating with.  Which is what I made these for. Stay tuned for that!  (note: just because I have a link to it, doesn't mean it's something I would ever make or own)

Yellow. . .

Sorry none of these pictures are fabulous.

fabulous seems to be lost today, which is why I decided to share some pretty things.

A lovely bouquet of yellow forsethia in a wonderful glass milk jar.  My wedding bouquet infact. 

Some of the beautiful embroidery on my vintage tablecloth.

Usually when I see something I love at the thrift store I don't get it because things I consider fabulous cost more than I really want to pay (aka more than $5) and then I end up pouting over all the fabulous things other people find.  So when I saw this table cloth I decided If I didn't buy it it would be one of those things that I'd be sad about later.  And I'm thrilled to have it!

Here they are together on the craft room table.  Come spring/summer, that grey wall is totally going to be repainted.  Probably light yellow.  Because to me, yellow is a happy color.  I think the Yellow song from The Planemaker describes it very well.  Speaking of The Planemaker. . .Marvin Payne got old.  What's up with that?!

Masterpiece

I'm delighted to discover that PBS Masterpiece theater is available for watching online!  I'm watching Return to Cranford and once I've watched the available episodes of it, I'll watch the episodes available of Emma!  And of course I am embroidering while I watch.  Or I was until Ava woke up. 
It's been a very bland Sunday, not making it to church to avoid getting the rest of the Sunbeams sick as our two children are.  Maddie isn't terribly sick yet.  Or it doesn't appear so, but with her it has always been difficult to know when she's sick or not.  She doesn't have so runny a nose as Ava or even very runny at all, and her cough is just beginning, but she begged to eat at around 3pm insisted she really needed something to eat and wanted cereal.  Got her a bowl of cereal, she climbs into her chair, sits, and starts crying because she's not  hungry and will not eat the cereal.  I settled her on the couch cozy with a pillow and a blanket, watching Little Einsteins and she was out within a half hour.  Not normal for her at all.
Ava is now happily playing on the floor with embroidery floss, it'll end up tangled, but she's happy without being held for once!  Not that I mind holding her all the time, I just would like to work on my embroidery some more.

Yay!!  So this morning, when I got up, I had the rare desire to take a shower!  Last night Ava had a hard time sleeping due to the lack of being able breathe.  She's very conjested and even in her half a sleep half struggline to breathe w/o flem, she wanted to be held, which is pretty much she all wants to do when she's awake.  Anyway, i digress.  I showered and got dressed, and we were cleaning the house when a package was dropped off (thanks, Laurel! I have yet to open it though) and shortly after that, the Curtis' came over to play!  Hurray!!  It was fun.  The kids played, Taletha crochet, while I made some yo-yo's for a project I'm working on.  Henry (he's 13 months old) is the most darling little boy.  So cuddly! Makes me with my babies were a bit more tubby.  He climbed onto my lap just before they were leaving and was so cuddly!  They had to go cause it was his naptime, hence the cuddliness.  I wonder if any of my babies will ever be anything besides scrawny.  Granted Ava is heftier than Maddie was, but she's pretty small for her age. 
Anyway.  I digress some more.
Jordan was up for their visit, so he got to know them a bit, and it sounds like he and Taletha's husband could have some things in common.  With the exception that Alex is majoring in chemistry, and Jordan is. . .not. 
haha. 
Ava might be mad at me tomorrow.  I had a tuna sandwich for lunch.

And now I'm going to focus on watching Bones and making yo-yos while Ava naps and Maddie watches Peter Pan.

Jordan is registered to go to school at UVU starting this Summer session!  Hurrah!

He's also changed his sleep schedule.  Instead of coming home and going to bed and sleeping until about a half hour before the girls go to bed (if that early), he's staying up until noon or 1pm and then sleeping until just before work.  This is working out well.  Mommy gets to get a little extra sleep (much needed with Ava still nursing about 4 times at night) and we all get to spend time with Daddy!  It's helping mommy's sanity greatly.

I keep trying to cut calories, but baked goods keep distracting me!  Maddie loves baking, it's one of the best things we do together!

Today I worked on teaching Maddie to say Architectual Masterpiece.  hahaha.  Because she LOVES building with anything, we call her our Architect. 

And now I'm going to see if I have a pattern I can adjust to copy a gorgeous dress I saw on ebay today. 

Anna ~ you're my hero!!

I am LOVING taaz.com!!!  Maddie is enjoying it too, telling me what colors to do.  Ya, I'm not so much a fan of pink eye shadow and red lips, but it's cheap entertainment for her and me!  So far I am loving Miley Cyrus hair best.

I think i'll try these other hair styles again now that I've got the make (as seen with the Miley hair) how I like it.

And I've discovered  I have a really fat face.

This last one reminds me of my cousin Becky, I've always loved her hair color!

By the way, here's the scary beginning picture:

hair

I know Jordan likes my hair red.  I like my hair red.  But last time I dyed it I decided to go with brown.  And now that it's been about 3 months, I'm ready to dye it again.  Should I go for something drastic and bold?

Like seriously strawberry blonde instead of pretend strawberry brown?  How do you think it'd look on me?

And I'm proud of myself. Instead of snacking on sugar cookies tonight, I'm eating carrots!  Granted that's probably because only the overcooked cookies are left. . .