Wednesday 10 July 2013

Y is for... Youyou (what else?)


OK, so it's time to post my latest entry for The Craft Barn's Dictionary Challenge, and this fortnight's challenge letter is the letter Y - with the twist (gee thanks!) that we had to use the colour Yellow - you see what they did there, don't you?

Letter Y, fine - it had to come sooner or later, didn't it? But what a STINKER. By now you will probably know that I am using an old (1979) French-English Dictionary, so my chosen words are all French. I've got to say, this is the first time I was tempted to cheat and go for a word from the English-French end of the dictionary! I had a total of 18 words to choose from, which when narrowed down to those which were
  1. NOT the same word as the English equivalent
  2. NOT a town
  3. Something I had actually heard of and so had a chance of depicting
I was left with 2 words, yeux (eyes) and youyou. Throw in the yellow twist and short of trying to make some jaundiced eyes in to a reasonable page I was really only left with the wonderful sounding youyou.

The OTHER problem I had with this page is that there are so few Y and Z words in the dictionary that I can't give each letter its own page as I have with the letters completed so far, so I only had a space roughly 2.5w x 3h inches to play with...NIGHTMARE!

"So what is a youyou?" I here you cry, it is (of course) a... dinghy. I am sure that TECHNICALLY it is a rubber dinghy, which, whilst it would have worked brilliantly with the yellow twist, I couldn't for the life of me work out how I was going to make. I have opted instead for a sailing dinghy, cunningly contrived in origami, with a yellow sail and jaunty blue flag. I hope you like it - 'cos it was a right fiddle to make!


The definition - just to prove I'm not making it up!


Some close ups...


I name this ship...



So there you have it, a teeny tiny youyou - I tell you what - if nothing else, this challenge has been an education!

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21 comments:

  1. Looks like that Y was a real challenge !!! Great page ! Ali #49

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  2. What a fantastic post!! You do learn something new every day, don't you! I'd never heard of youyou before, but now I'll never forget it :-)
    Crack a bottle of champagne across its bows and wish her Bon Voyage!!
    Hugs, LLJ 45 xxxx

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  3. Briliant little Youyou. Loved your story and I think you solved your dilemma with flair.
    xx

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  4. You're spreading the knowledge too! Love it!!! A master stroke with the origami dinghy. You really are putting so much great thought and effort into this challenge. Hugs, Jenny x

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  5. Great word! I thought it was a yacht when I first saw it but now I know its a youyou!

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  6. Actually, I'm not that keen on champagne...please may I have a Navy ration tot of rum? I'll scrub the youyou decks and everything...
    LLJ xx

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  7. Love your origami youyou - I hope you have small fingers! The things we do for this challenge eh.A very cute addition to your dictionary.

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  8. Brilliant and very inventive. Love your sailing youyou!

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  9. You have made me laugh, Maisie, thanks because I am soo nervous!
    I think I would still like to see the yellow eyes interpretation! I am so impressed with your origami skills.

    Rosie x

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  10. Oh, you did make me laugh too - out loud! I think my daughter who was in the room thought I'd gone crazy! Well, more so! It was worth it Maisie - that little boat is delightful! I love, love, love this page! Julie Ann xx

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  11. Hi Maisie, I had never heard of this word but love it! What a great find and what a lovely way to illustrate it! Hugs Frea

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  12. That's a gorgeous idea, love your little youyou.

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  13. Oh I love your little origami youyou!! Clever page!!

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  14. Your 'outside the box' thinking skills are certainly something.

    Are your origami skills going to unfold elsewhere in your challenges I wonder? (Please excuse the pun)

    Truly lovely.

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  15. Sweet little boat, clever thinking.

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  16. Fabulous page, love the origami.

    Sylv xx

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  17. Kiwi in Timbertown. Love the origami. Great page.

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  18. We feel your pain at the French- English dictionary with very few definitions, especially when we stupidly opted for only words that translated to the same. We must say tho, you've made a fabbo job f your word, we love your little dinghy.

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  19. Fiddly for you, lovely for me! Great work!

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  20. it's beautiful and very clever...
    can you still close your book?
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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Thanks for sharing your happy thoughts. Maisie Moonshine x

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