I Have a Dream Blog Hop

Welcome to the 'I Have a Dream' Blog Hop!  If you have arrived here from Col at Col's Creative Corner you are at the right stop along this hop.  If you just happened along my blog today you can start at the beginning of this awesome hop by starting at the beginning with Karelj. 

Karelj at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity is hosting another amazing blog hop this month in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  The main blog candy giveaway is the Dreams Come True Cricut Cartridge.  The donation was made by an anonymous donor.  In order to be eligible you must leave a comment on each stop along the hop.  Be sure to include a way for Karelj to contact you.  Karelj will be selecting a winner with random.org on the 18th on her blog.

Ok, now on to my little project- Dreaming of a Better World.

Since next month is also Black History Month, I decided to do a little mini album for not only Dr King but other important Black Americans.  My intent is for this to be sort of a learning tool for my daughter when she gets a little older.  My thinking right now is that she will start with these ten people, has she learns about them and knows who they are then I can remove them and add ten new ones.  Then eventually, I will have a little library to rotate through so she can learn about black history as well as it will be fun and pretty.  *smile* Because let's face it I love when things are pretty.

This album is really easy to make and is a take on using the folding methods for file folder mini albums. For this project I used CTMH Simple Pleasures paper packet.  I started with a 12x12 double sided pattern paper and cut it down to 9x12.  Keeping the 9" side has your vertical, I folded the bottom up three inches.  This started the beginning of my little pockets on the inside.  From there I fold, the whole thing in half creating a 6x6 then fold each side back in half again creating a finished product of 6x3.

On the inside I created ten little tags to go inside of each pocket.  I created four that were 4"x2.5" and four that were 5"x2.75".  Then on each tag I added the picture of my individual on the front side.  Then on the back side I added their name, birth/death date and a small blurb about what importance they had to black history.  From there, I did some simple embellishments. 

                                      

For those of you that are curious the ten people that I made cards for were: Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass, Mae Jemison (one of my favorite women!), Bessie Coleman, Shirley Chisholm, and Langston Hughes.

Hope you enjoyed my little project.  Next hop on over to Krista and Kori at 2 Crafty Chics. They are sure to have something fun for you!

In case you get lost here is a complete list-

1. Karelj at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity   http://karelj.blogspot.com

2.  Nicolette at Beyond Scrapping  www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

3. Christel at Scrappin' Sista http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com
4. Celeste at Touched By a Butterfly www.touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com
5. Rachel Henahan  at Suburban Crafter  http://www.rachelstampshappy.blogspot.com/
6. Stephanie at SS Crafter http://sscrafter.blogspot.com/
7.  Col at Col's Creative Corner at www.scrappycol.blogspot.com
8. Jessica at  Overjoyed Scrapper  www.overjoyedscrapper.blogspot.com   <<<---- YOU ARE HERE!
9. Krista and Kori at 2 Crafty Chicks     http://2craftychics.blogspot.com/
10.  Gina at Gina Thornton Stamping   http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com/
11. Monique at Unique Monique at http://uniquemonique01.blogspot.com
12. Kathryn at Creations with Kathryn at  http://wamfamily.blogspot.com/

XOXO