New yoyo tools coming out

I was looking on Clover's sight and they have new yoyo makers coming out in November in the shape of butterflies and four leaf clovers. I will definitely have to get them especially the butterfly ones for my butterfly girl. The funny thing is when I buy these types of things I always have to buy more than one set as my kids always want to try them too. The image in this post I captured from the clover sight it is not my photo I just wanted to be able to show you what I saw there. If you like yoyos this should be a cool new tool. I have been making clovers already but I used hearts to make them. I have also already been making butterflys by just doing a few extra stitches in a normal round yoyo but this looks nicer than what I came up with. Doesn't look like it is able to be ordered yet hopefully soon.

A new face in the store..

This is Ellie she is the new head model in the store I got her about 2 months ago and just didn't have time to take photos of her with the move and all.

I love having her as my model it means less floating hats in just black space and it doesn't have to be my face under any hats.

Which is something I am all for the less photos of me the better in my opinion I usually do not like my photo taken just sort of funny that way.

I should get some new family photos though oh well have to wait on that for now.

The last two hats are new in the store today.

Moon Festival Part 2 Taoist Temple Museum

There is a Taoist temple on China Alley in Hanford California that was built circa 1880. The temple is on the second floor of a red building. On the bottom floor is a gift shop that sells items to help in the restoration of the temple. We picked up so soaps chop sticks, china doll, hat (seen in last post) and a few other items in the shop to help the temple and to remember the trip. The lighting was terrible in the temple and people are not aloud to use flash so there are tons of cool things in the temple but my photos did not come out well. Most of these are from the school in the room just behind the temple room.

In temple room

In class room

Mache Wedding doll set These have already been restored

between dolls
This image is full of symbols that represent a long life.

to the right of the dolls

is this cloth that has mirrors and knot work fringe both of which are to capture evil spirits so they do not harm the people in the room. the Mirrors to enchant them (ie scare them with their own reflection) and the knotted fringe to trap them in the knots

Incense burner above and to right of mirrored cloth

Funeral paper clothes these are carried in the funeral per-session then burned so that the deceased relative will have clothes in the after life it is all hand painted wish my photo came out better as it was beautiful.

To the left of funeral clothes is this embroidery that symbolizes the tree of life the story is something like if you see a deer follow it and it will lead you to the tree of life if you eat the moss/fungus at the bottom of the tree you will live forever.

This paper has conji on it that reads either for the love of country or the honor of country the comji on the left reads the country inside the walls I.e. China

Moon Festival Part 1

Just got back from a trip to California for my Vavo's 95th birthday. While there I went to the Moon festival in Hanford in China Alley. We had a ton of fun one of the first things the girls did was visit an origami both.

The man sitting here made all of the origami in this post. He is in the middle of writing a book about origami. I wish I had got his name so I could give him credit.

Daughter in black had two ear aches at the time of this photo and was happy to be at the festival and miserable all at the same time.