Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Time to Meet Yoshi!

Welcome back to Release Week!  Our next image is a playful one named Yoshi.  Yoshi is my cousin's name and is short for Yoshio.  If you remember Yoshimi, he's her brother.  Funny yah?  Yoshio and Yoshimi? When I asked my Aunty why she named them so similar names, she said my grandmother named both of them.  My cousin is actually named after his father (his first name), but we all called him Yoshi instead of his given name.  I guess so as not to confuse him with his dad.

This image is so playful, which is why I picked it to name after my cousin.  When we were young, my two cousins, Yoshi and Yoshimi used to come over early Saturday mornings- and I mean early!  Like before the sun came up.  Their mom used to work with my mom at a coffee shop, so they were dropped off for my sister to watch all of us.  I remember Yoshi used to watch cartoons as soon as they were on. I also remember him staring at my sister until she woke up on Saturdays!

Yoshi was always a bit mischevious, so I think that's why this image just screamed his name to me.  He used to irritate his little sister (like most older brothers do) and seemed to get away with more than me and Yoshimi did.  We used to have to clean the bathroom, while Yoshi used to watch TV.  Not fair I tell you!  But that's in the past and now Yoshi is not as waru bozu as he used to be.  Still I have fond memories about those Saturday mornings.  Seems like it was just a few years ago and now we are the adults!

So when my sis emailed this image to me, I had just one thought... spinner card, don't 'cha think?  She said she actually had that in mind when she drew him.  I love his pose- makes it great for interactive cards... and if you know me, I LOVE interactive cards!  So I dusted off my word window punch by SU and found a few pennies to make this spinner.  I had fun making it since it's been awhile since I've made one.






 

Well, it's not a video but you get the jist right?  Oh yes, must not forget about the washi paper.  While at CHA this year, I found a washi paper company that had some great designs.  I was happy to get my hands on them recently- perfect color too for my boys!

So here's your chance to win Yoshi... Check out the introductory post for Katsura (posted yesterday), and in addition to being a follower and leaving a comment, tell me if you had an older brother or cousin, or other family member that was mischevious too!  I have another story to tell you about Yoshi, but I'll save it for a future post! :)

13 comments:

  1. No mischievous bro or cousin, but I do remember watching Japanese cartoons early Sat morn. I didn't understand the language, but with only one English station, cartoons went off super early! ;D

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  2. hey jenny, umm, no, no mischievous sibling or cousin but my youngest one is kind of naughty. does he count? haha. great spinner card and another cute boy image!

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  3. woohoo! the spinner card is just perfect for Yoshi! ummm, no mischievous fun in our family, but love hearing your fun family stories!! TFS!! ;D

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  4. This image could not be on anything but a spinner for his debut! Haven't seen one in ages!! Gorgeous card!!
    When you related about the bathroom incident it was like walking in my shoes when we were younger. My older brother, my younger sister and i would go to my Auntie's for the summer. While my sister and I were cleaning the bathrooms or the house my brother (the chosen one) would be playing Nintendo or doing something fun. Was so unfair!! Most of my cousins our age live in Hawaii so we grew up with adult cousins, they were cool, but man it was so unfair that Mas got to play while we worked. lol. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
    ;)

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  5. The Yoshi spinner card is just wonderful. I didn't have any older brothers or boy cousins, but I had a really waru bozu younger brother.

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  6. I like the motion with the spinner card. It captures the essence of the active nature of boys.

    My brother was always more mischievous but got away with it. He even hid in the linen closet on a shelf once while playing hide & seek. well, mom never found out so he didn't get in trouble for making a mess of all the towels.

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  7. I have an older brother who was not at all mischievious. I have 2 little boys of my own who are probably going to be a little bit mischievious in the years to come, at the least! I do have 2 nephews who once got caught unrolling the entire roll of toilet paper into their Bachan's toilet and clogging it up. Theyve been nic-named the "Ben jo bros"!

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  8. Such a cute card & I love the washi paper; I'm partial to blues ...

    No older brothers; just younger ones, who weren't at all mischievious. I have lots of older cousins, but I didn't see them that often, so they all seemed pretty quiet to me.

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  9. Aww I love how versatile he is, the spinner card looks great! Oh boy, yes I did have an older mischievous brother!! My brother is 13 years older than me, so I never had a fighting chance! We laugh now, but oh boy was he a bugger!! The day before my wedding he came over and we were analyzing all my scars seeing which ones I did and which ones he had a part of! lol

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  10. The spinner card is perfect for Yoshi!!! I haven't ever made a spinner card - I'd like to try my hand at it! No older brothers here - just my younger brother, who wasn't terribly mischevious. We were all relatively well behaved since we were scared of our parents - haa!

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  11. Yoshi was definitely made for a spinner card! I'm gonna have to try this technique very soon! TFS Jenny!

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  12. cute! the spinner card is so clever for yoshi! no older brother but a younger one who is quite mischievious!

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  13. super super CUTE!!! LOVE the story!! hehehehe!

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