Hello and welcome back to my Hudson River Valley trip of December 2021. On Sunday morning, my friend Melania and I met at the FDR Presidential Library for a visit. It's on the same grounds as the FDR Home historic site I've discussed before, but it isn't part of the NPS, so I'll skip the photos (though it is a nice tour if you get to the area). After finishing the Library, we returned to the visitor center and completed the Junior Ranger books for the Home that we saw on Saturday. The Rangers were kind enough to take our picture with our new badges after swearing us in.
Usually, when I have only 1 photo of a subject, I print it as either 5x7 or 8x10. This takes up a bit more real estate on the page, but I don't want to overwhelm a photo with embellishments taking up the rest of the page. When I printed the photos for this trip, I didn't realize this would be the only one on a page. Instead of reprinting it, though, I added a 6x4 journal box, treated it as a second photo, and then looked for a sketch that would highlight the 2 components. The sketch is from the CM 110 Sketches book (not the one I usually use, the original book). They created the sketch based on this blog post.
I looked through my NPS stash and found this paper with the rubber stamps on it. While it's likely meant for crafting, it also fits my NPTC life nicely, where we collect stamps from our visits. From that paper, I pulled the green and blue tones. Looking through my remainder scraps from the green folder, I found 2 that would give me the triangle in the corner and a rectangular mat for under the photo. I still had that paper Washi tape on my desk, so I pulled the green star roll to create a border along the right edge.
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