By Brandon Hill on July 12, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

2012: Thanksgiving and Abraham Lincoln Library

For Thanksgiving we went to visit my parents in Illinois and while we were there I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to take Jonathan to see the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library. Jonathan had also heard that one of his exchange student friends was staying in Springfield, Illinois, so we invited him to go to the museum with us.

This spread highlights these two events – our Thanksgiving meal together and our time at the museum. Unfortunately I didn’t think about taking too many pictures at Thanksgiving Dinner, but I wanted Jonathan to remember this American Tradition in the Scrapbook. I also didn’t get too many pictures at the museum because we were not allowed to take them in the exhibits. you will notice though that we were fortunate enough to be there when the Lincoln family was present and we got a great picture with them.

On the left hand page I used a pair of sharp pointed scissors to carefully cut the hinge and place it over the photograph to give the page a 3D effect. I used my Cricut machine to cut the two parts of the Turkey and then used a black marker to highlight the edge of the Turkey so that it would stand out on the page. I also used my Cricut to cut out the letters for the Title on this page.

2012: Abraham Lincoln Library Closeup

On the right hand page I do something that I don’t usually do – I put all of the postcards on the page on top of each other. I don’t usually like to use postcards, because I prefer my own pictures, but since we were not allowed to take any in the museum, I used the post cards. I also did not want to take a full page up with postcards. I used my Crop-A-Dile Big Bite Punch to punch a hole through all the postcards and the background paper and then used a brad to hold them in place. I used a second larger brad at the bottom to hold them together. I put this all together after the plastic protector sheet was in place – so that they pictures can be viewed by the reader.