Donor: Rabid Readers Team (Marshall Smith, Sheila Smith, Matt Smith, Heather Cooper, and Matt Cooper)

Donation: Little Libraries. These desktop-sized bookshelves are themed according to the books they contain. The Rabid Readers Team repurposed lumber from multiple sources to construct the shelves, used decorative elements from Caravati's and leftover paint for finishing touches, and dug into their own libraries to stock each one with used books.

Donor: Karen Gammon - John Tyler alumna, artist, and author of Dogs and Cats with Tales

Donation: Foodles, one of Karen Gammon’s Muttcrackers®, is a colorful and fun collectible made just for Fool for Art from reused and recycled materials. Muttcrackers® are modeled like a traditional wooden nutcracker. Previous collections have been produced to benefit the Richmond SPCA and have quickly sold out at an amazing range of prices. Muttcrackers® are one-of-a-kind, and because they are not mass produced, they have become a sought-after and rare collectible in the Richmond-metro area. This is your chance to adopt Foodles! More information about Karen Gammon and her work can be found at www.karengammon.com.

Donors: John Tyler Community College’s Human Resources Department

Donation: Whimsical birdhouses

Donors: John Tyler Community College’s Human Resources Department

Donation: Two tables refinished with antique can labels

Donor: Jill Mathieu

Donation: Plastic bottle baskets

Donor: Community Donor

Donation: Quilt made from jeans

Donor: Friends of Chesterfield’s Riverfront

Donation: A rain barrel

Donor: Chesapeake Breeze Photography

Donation: 11x14 Bay image

Donor: Sonja Peake Designs

Donation: A collection of framed collages

Donor: Dr. Yvonne Barry

Donation: Vintage armoire ready to go green … or whatever color you desire

Donor: The Midlothian Bookworms (Midlothian Library Staff and Student Lab Assistants)

Donation: A fully furnished dollhouse entirely from recycled materials. Beginning with a cardboard box, file folders and packing tape, a two-story townhouse was created for little girl adventures. The exterior features a toilet paper chimney, popsicle-stick shutters and window boxes made from recycled tape containers. The inside is wallpapered in recycled wrapping paper. Penny and her dog Pupcake (both included with the dollhouse) are ready for imaginative play. They watch their favorite shows on their TV (a Jell-O box decorated with tape and a newspaper ad) on modular furniture (scrap fabric covered boxes.) Lace curtains are tied back with pink recycled rickrack. Upstairs Penny sleeps in a bedroom fit for a princess. Penny’s canopy bed has a purple ruffle spread; a repurposed doily adds extra fanciness. A wooden spool becomes a nightstand and a shiny box is a perfect mirror. All of the furniture is modular and can be moved and changed to suit the imagination of your child.

Donor: The Jolly Green Giants (John Tyler Chester Facilities Staff, organized by Dawn Cockrell)

Donation: The greenhouse is composed of 100% recycled, reclaimed, repurposed, and reused materials. Taken from the walls of a dilapidated home and destined for the dumpster, the reclaimed windows comprise the bulk of the greenhouse structure. The solid frame, which surrounds the glass, is reused wood which once formed security barriers used when President Obama visited the College while on the campaign trail. The screws were also painstakingly reclaimed and repurposed for this project. A rickety door among a pile of nearby debris yielded perfect hinges, and old wall paint provided the finishing touches. What plants grow in the Jolly Green Giant’s greenhouse? Come to Fool for Art, and see for yourself.

Donor: Vicky Carwile

Donation: Six Carwile collections – an outdoor birdhouse made from reused wood, a suet feeder made from tree branches, and special nature photography by Vicky.

Donor: The Jolly Green Giants (JTCC Chester Facilities Staff, organized by Dawn Cockrell)

Donation: A showdown box made from a reclaimed window and wood. This piece could also be used a mini greenhouse to start seeds.

Donor: Team Hercules (Mara Hilliar and Chris Hilliar)

Donation: Three birdhouses made from wood scraps and signage. Each house uses less than one board!

Donor: Team Hercules (Mara Hilliar and Chris Hilliar)

Donation: Bird tray feeders. Have you ever wondered what to do with the Clementine boxes? Add some wire and hang from your trees.

Donor: Randy Horton

Donation: Obelisk garden trellis made with wood salvaged from a remodel.

Donor: Jennifer Reynolds and Kat Booher

Donation: Silverware wind-chime and coffee cup planters

Donor: Rena Mallory

Donation: Mini gift boxes. Several collections of mini gift boxes that can be used for CD’s, gift cards, money holders, memory notes, trinkets and jewelry. Items have been handmade using repurposed or recycled paper from regifted bags, shopping bags, wrapping paper, scrapbooking paper and scraps of ribbons, old buttons and other embellishments.

Donor: Alice Quirk, John Tyler student and photographer

Donation: Five matted, nature-inspired photographs

Donor: Jill and Mike Mathieu of Midlothian Woodworks

Donation: A refinished and reupholstered rocking chair

Donor: Midlothian Facilities Staff

Donation: A set of four butterfly houses with a stand

Donor: Joan Keenan

Donation: A collection of small gift bags and boxes made from discontinued wallpaper sample books; several “back pillows” made from samples of discontinued fabric.

Donor: Community Donor

Donation: Collection of vintage advertisements

Donor: Team Hercules (Mara Hilliar and Chris Hilliar)

Donation: Chair planters of various sizes

Donor: Early Childhood Program and the Future Teachers Club

Donation: An Imagination Treasure Chest. This dramatic play kit for preschool children includes dress up clothing and accessories for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds to use in developing their imagination. Everything in the kit fits nicely in a plastic box, decoupaged with the newspaper Sunday comics.

Donor: Rustic Living for Feathered Friends by Gibson

Donation: A tall, rustic handmade birdhouse

Donor: Anne Gibson

Donation: Chair Planter

Donor: Dr. and Mrs. Ray Drinkwater

Donation: Handmade quilt made from men’s ties

Donor: Joressia Beyer, Pete Peterson, Steve Carlisle and Shannon Smith

Donation: Children’s block set made from repurposed wood and coated with natural tung oil finish. The set is held in a repurposed tote bag.

Donor: Jolene Newman

Donation: 26.5x40.5 hand-woven rug made from scraps of fabric from a drapery manufacturer

Donor: Jolene Newman

Donation: 27x54 hand-woven rug made from scraps of fabric of Madras fabric received from a garment factory in Lynchburg, Va.

Donor: Gilbane

Donation: Two brightly painted corn-hole game sets

Donor: Carlie Collier

Donation: "Water Ballet," color photograph with color pencil from the water’s palette series

Donor: Christine Kush

Donation: Secret Hollow Book

Donor: Vicky Carwile

Donation: Flowers of John Tyler photo collection

Donor: Chester Home Depot

Donation: The Green Gibson, a guitar made from cardboard and twine. Trash Tile, a coffee table made from damaged lumber and incomplete tile. Aqua Lamp, a unique lamp made from recycled water bottle, lamp shad, plants and rocks. Recycle-a-bowl, a bowling set made from water bottles, paper, damaged laminate and damaged cove base.

Donor: Nicholai Smith

Donation: A Copper Bush, 1.5 ft wide x 2.5 ft. high. The copper leaves are from old copper plumbing. The glass is a windshield from a junkyard. The planter was a found piece of 1/16" sheet, and the legs where found in a junk pile in an alley in Richmond. There is sealer on the glass, so there are no sharp edges.