On our way home on Sunday we made one final stop for a stamp--the Prudence Crandall House in Canterbury Connecticut. This home was a school for African-American girls in the pre-Civil War era. You would think in the north that there would be more understanding and tolerance, but there was not. The home was targeted frequently and almost burned to the ground. Prudence was jailed for her efforts as well. However, the students she taught turned out to be some of the educators and reformers who led the charge for the passing of the 14th Amendment.
This layout is based on the pin that I saved. I just used the right side of the layout and used papers from the Welcome Home collection and the Gem Tones collection. Both of those are running out and may need to go into the recycling bin soon.
We toured the home and could see a few original pieces but many more that were period or recreated items. They tried to describe what it looked like while it was a school. It was a nice visit but we soon had to head for home.
This layout is based on the October 4th video from Creative Memories and Noreen Smith. You can catch the full video here. She was demonstrating one of the sketches from the new bonus book 101 Sketches. CM posted a challenge to try all 101 sketches. The layout matched the sketch quite well, so I went to town! I used some of the Welcome Home elements and papers as well as a few stickers from the Art Nouveau collection. There are 3 lines representing borders in the sketch so I used 2 border stickers and a laser-cut border to create the element along the left side. I chose one of the few remaining papers, cut the edges a bit, and mounted it on dark green cardstock. The layout did not take long at all! This was a great page to finish the convention album. Back to my regular adventures next week!
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