Ellarslie Mansion Museum, in Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ

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http://www.ellarslie.org/about_mansion.htm

Photos of the tree assembly line

What can I say! They love the camera and where ever Mama is must be action.
This is Pepe, my little Tuxedo (well he is not little, he is HUGE -- you should see his feet!)

And this is Blue aka Scarface. Don't let the name fool you, he is a sweetheart.

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And thanks again to Martha Deavers for this great idea!

Paper Christmas tree

I saw this idea in Somerset Life Magazine, by a woman named Martha Deavers.


I cut varied sized circles from an old book. I glued a wooden knob onto a dowel and glued that to several pieces of cardboard which were also glued together. This is the trunk of the tree. Then I cut x's in the center of each circle, and put them on the dowel, biggest ones on the bottom and smaller as they go up the tree. Because I didnt have any green paint, I mixed some with blue and yellow in a plant spray bottle. I added some glitter to the paint and shook it well, and then sprayed it on the tree. Here it is so far--not yet compleated.

In the magazine, Martha sewed little cloth animal ornaments to put on the top--I just cut a star from paper. I think I will paint it silver, or glue aluminum foil to it.

More Pictures of Recycle the Rooster

All a sudden I am wordy. Just when I need to go to bed. But here is the Rooster I have been working on for a recycled art project I am submitting to Gallery 125 in Trenton. It is the image of a Rooster that was on a chicken feed bag glued to a cardboard box from an item I purchased. I glued collage to the front and some on the back (not done yet). Then I punched holes on the edges of the rooster cut out and put oval shaped jump rings through each hole.

To be continued...

Recycle the Rooster

Holiday Art Sale at Molly's -- Ellarslie Museum, Trenton, NJ

Poppetree will be selling ornaments made from recycled material at this three day holiday sale.

The below is quoted from the museum's website: www.ellarslie.org/store.htm

"The museum store at the Trenton City Museum features a wide selection of prints, artistic jewelry, Trenton memorabilia and other high quality items.

Annual Holiday Sale
Friday, December 4, 11 am to 7 pm
Saturday, December 5, 11 am to 5 pm
Sunday, December 6, 12 pm to 4 pm

In addition to the unique merchandise at Molly's, unusual crafts from around the region will be available for your holiday gifting.

Featured items for sale include original paintings by distinguised local artists, hand-crafted jewelry, collectable Stangl pottery and anything 'Trenton'."

Tags from Aylesbury England UK

Thanks to Sylvie for these neat tags. Love the Pussycat one!