[Nettie Belle]

I am in the process of developing another clown character ... her name is EARTHELA! Earthela really wants to keep our earth CLEAN by RECYCLING! So ... Earthela is being entirely made up from recycled STUFF (except her hair). And She is GOING GREEN ... so, most of her stuff is green.

I went to Goodwill and Salvation Army the other day, spent about $12.00 and here's what I got and what I'm going to use it for:

Bed sheet - part of costume (trim, etc).
Table cloth - main part of costume.
Doilie with ribbon - shoe laces. I might use the doilie for something too.
Brown boots that are too big for me.
Bassinet cover - ribbon and lace (actually I don't know if I will use it for Earthela ... I don't think she is the ribbon, lace kind of gal).
Green jumpsuit - bloomers and shirt.

Then, today, I went to the shoe repair shop to buy some green paint. This is a dusty place and the owner told me I could just have it because they weren't full cans.

I took some little disks off of a purse that was in my toybox that my granddaughters don't play with anymore - these I put on my shoes.
I'm going to make the ruffles on the bottom out of plastic bags, the pockets out of pancake mix bottles cut in half, a hat out of newspaper, some trim out of old pantihose (braided and spray painted) and who knows what else will come out of this.

I actually spoke to our mayor today and told him about this, because we know each other from social functions. He loved it and wants me to be sure to call him when Earthela is ready to meet the public. He said maybe we can have a cleanup day in the park and have Earthela there to supervise. I'm not sure, but he said we would think of something.

So ... here are my shoes. (Admitting you have a problem is the first step ... but I'm in denial ... I don't have a problem ... I just sold 7 pairs of shoes on ebay).

Let me know if you think of anything else ...

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