Thank you to everyone who participated this month. I definitely cringed a bit over the stories of your mishaps, and truly loved reading the stories behind your heirlooms. The winners are as follows:
$5 gift card: #8 - SandyK1967
Auto-entry for May: #10 - GerriW
It is the 1700s and the British have occupied the Gold Coast of Africa. James Collins, the British general, takes Effia the Beauty as his wife and brings her to live in the Cape Coast Castle with the rest of the British guard. Unbeknownst to Effia, her half-sister, Esi, has been captured and is being kept in the dungeons just below her feet. Thus begins a sweeping epic following the two half-sisters, and their descendants, through 300 years of history.
Esi is put on a ship and sold into slavery in America, where her descendants come to know only pain, hardship, and discrimination. From plantations in the south to freedom in Baltimore, back down to the coal mines of Alabama, and up to the jazz clubs in Harlem, Esi’s storyline lays bare the worst parts of America’s history.
Meanwhile, Effia remains in Africa and her descendants learn discrimination of another kind, as their lineage is entwined with that of the white man. Her lineage will see traditions and rituals, proud Asante warriors, and those who want nothing to do with the war and will defect and forever be cast out from their villages.
Ultimately, members of both families will come to understand one fundamental truth: our past, however distant, leaves an indelible mark on who we are and who we will become.
OPTION 1: TAKE THE BAD WITH THE GOOD
If you’ve been with me for a while, you’ll know that I am a huge proponent of scrapping both the good and the bad. In both Esi and Effia’s stories, there is plenty of bad, including a history of slavery on Esi’s side, and one of Effia’s descendants who is badly disfigured in a terrible accident as a baby. So, for this first option, scrap a not-so-happy moment. It can be an illness, a loss, or just a normal day where nothing went right. Just be sure to tell the story of the negative experience.
OPTION 2: FAMILY HEIRLOOMS
Esi and Effia’s mother provides them each with a black stone as a remembrance of her and these stones end up being passed down through the generations, surviving three centuries. For Option 2, make a page about an heirloom that is special to you or your family and be sure to tell the story of its history.
The Fine Print:
1. HAVE FUN MAKING YOUR PROJECT!
2. Entries open to new projects - paper, digital, & card making.
3. May be combined with one other challenge that allows it.
4. Due April 30th, at 11:59 PM.
5. One lucky winner, chosen at random, will receive a $5 ACOT gift card from me!
6. Up to 3 entries permitted per month.
7. If there are more than 15 unique entries (not including bonuses) during the month, a second name will be drawn and that person will get an automatic entry for the following month.
Participants:
1. mizz_kitty21
2. MaganL
3. lilkoala3
4. LoreenC
5. joannie (Automatic Entry from March win)
6. Donna_Coughlin
7. lilkoala3
8. SandyK1967
9. MaganL
10. GerriW
11. stinkerbelle
12. Deanna13
13. joannie
14. shoorn
15. Amy Jo
16. karen c.
17. Amy Jo
18. Karyn_Sue
19. JA_Mehess
20. Karyn_Sue
Last edited by rachel0017 on Wed May 01, 2024 9:57 pm, edited 3 times in total.
I feel like half my layouts could qualify for option 1.... Dunno what that says about me... Ha!
Leslie
I created this layout for option 1:
It’s about when I got covid, after avoiding it for over 2 years.
I hope this qualifies?
It’s about when I got covid, after avoiding it for over 2 years.
I hope this qualifies?
Add some sparkle to your life
- Henriette
- Henriette
This sounds like a fascinating book which I’ve got to check out. I love both options.
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Option one: We were excited for this outdoor concert, but it turned out to be rainy and cold and a miserable evening.
Combined with Inky Fingers
Option one: We were excited for this outdoor concert, but it turned out to be rainy and cold and a miserable evening.
Combined with Inky Fingers
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Not so happy moment: My kids were NOT cooperating during a photoshoot I paid $$$, so I had to bribe them...
Leslie
Hi Rachel - Can I submit a single page TN for this or does it need to be a larger format? Thanks!
Option 1, Take the Bad with the Good. Page from my Dads Celebration of life .
I did option 2 and one of my most cherished heirlooms is the large picture of my grandparents wedding. We had no idea this picture even existed as my mom had it in her hope chest hidden away. My son was going through the chest after she passed away and found it on the bottom. I could not believe it, my grandmother looks amazing! I loved her veil and to pay homeage to that I place lace around the journaling. It is something I will love and cherish forever.
Journaling reads:
After my mom passed away, Jeffrey found the beautiful framed wedding picture of my grandparents, George and Sophie Tinus. Uncle Richard told me they got married twice, the second time in the church, circa 1930's. No one knew about the picture, and I am proud to display it in my home.
Journaling reads:
After my mom passed away, Jeffrey found the beautiful framed wedding picture of my grandparents, George and Sophie Tinus. Uncle Richard told me they got married twice, the second time in the church, circa 1930's. No one knew about the picture, and I am proud to display it in my home.
Donna
We had to leave my daughter's first baseball game early because of rain! Boo! We still had fun!
Leslie
I went with Option 2 Family Heirloom. This statue was given to my Grandma when she was a baby. It is the Infant of Prague. It stood at the end of her upstairs hallway in the recessed space in the wall made for it for as long as I could remember (as seen in the photo) probably since before I was born. I eventually bought the house from her and there it stayed till we moved. I now have the statue.
Combined with the 3 in a Row challenge.
Combined with the 3 in a Row challenge.
~~Sandy~~
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Option 1 again for me
My children and husband participated in this Spartan race. It was a disappointment for my husband because he wasn’t able to finish the race. The whole story is in the journaling.
Option 1 again for me
My children and husband participated in this Spartan race. It was a disappointment for my husband because he wasn’t able to finish the race. The whole story is in the journaling.
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Thanks!!
I went with Option 1 (right hand page) - I found out I’m allergic to mineral sunscreen - boy was that an uncomfortable flight home! Lol
Here's mine using Option #1 - The Bad.
Photos of sweet little grandson Evan who broke his hand while playing with other kids while his brother had a basketball game, November 2023.
Ouch!
Photos of sweet little grandson Evan who broke his hand while playing with other kids while his brother had a basketball game, November 2023.
Ouch!
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