Paper Doll Christmas Tree

Once Upon A Time I Dreamed 

is what I called my Christmas Tree

I was asked to put together a Christmas Tree for the Whatcom Museums "Old City Hall Holiday Extravaganza."

First I had to put together the tree since I had done a trial run at home,

 the pom poms were already attached.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree

                     The little pom poms I hot glued onto wire and then twisted them around several branches.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree

 Paper Doll Christmas Tree

                                                                     

For the garlands of words I cut out the letters from yellow card stock. Then I sewed the letters together on my sewing machine using matching thread. I made sure my spacing was correct by leaving more space between the words then between the letters.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At theWhatcom Museum

                                               I put the lights on before I started decorating.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum

Then the fun part putting on all the characters.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum

Now the gifts.

                Here's the finished Tree. Even though it was small this tree took many, many hours to make.
                                 It will be auctioned off to help raise money for the Museum .

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

Here are some close ups. 

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

There are 30 dolls each taking at least two and a half hours to make. 

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

 The garlands took about one and a half hours each. 

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

The Pom Poms an hour.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

The whole project took me way more time then I expected. 

When all was said and done the whole project took about ninety hours. 

I get these grand ideas. That I truly can't afford time wise.

 As an artist I lack time management and marketing. LOL.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

 Once the final step is complete this tree should bring lots of smiles and laughs to everyone who sees it.

Paper Doll Christmas Tree At The Whatcom Museum By LaVera

The last step is up to the buyers of the tree. They will have to add their own personal touch 

by placing family and friends faces onto each doll. 

Ribbons and Bows by LaVera

I also drew these ribbons for these packages.They are shown on an earlier blog. 

I drew them for gifts that need to be mailed.

Please click on the images above to see how to download them.