Third mini album and this one is my favorite

Okay, how adorable is this.

It's my favorite because its soooooo cute.

Anyhoo, still plowing through scraps and decided

to take a look at my die cuts because I remember a

little brag book I made for a friend a long time ago

and decided why not.

 It's a little less than 4x4 with tabs, except for the covers.

 Turns out I have 2 Quikutz die sets for mini albums.

It turned out adorable.

What to do, what to do. LOL!

Scrappy mini album #2 - Great Story

So, actually this one was done sort of simultaneously

with the album from yesterday.

 I just rolled with the flow.

 Used up a lot of embellishments that

were languishing in my box.

 Did a bit of mixed media on these 2 pages

because the paper was not double sided and it needed

something.

Another fun mini that neeeeeeds photos and journaling.

Any ideas???

Mini album of scraps

I was feeling mojo-less - nothing worse --

so I decided that my scrap box was out of control

and what would the harm be if

I just assemble some mini album books.

Nothing big mind you and no pressure.

Well.

I have done 4 and 3 are completed in about a day.

Who knew?????

So up first is this one.

 Since I didn't get stressed over the papers in the book

I decided to roll with the same approach for

the embellishments.

 And it was really freeing.

 In hindsight though this piece of vellum may not

have been a good idea - I stitched the

book together and the vellum doesn't seem to

be holding up very well.

 No harm no foul if it falls out.

I love how it turned out and I'm not sure what kind of

photos I'll be putting in there but it'll be fun!!!

Back on Beale Street

This is the third time we have dined

at the Blues City Cafe.

Best ribs ever.

And this is the plate of ribs we devoured.

After we strolled down Beale Street and

found these guitars everywhere.

 That is a statue WC Handy in the background.

He is known as the "father of the blues."

Love the neon lights.

 And I happen to hit some button on my

iphone whilst snapping shots....

And I got this cool shot of the building

that has no roof.

Is that cool or what.

A Piece of History

Right below where we parked, we noticed a motel with a

wreath hooked on a balcony with

2 white cars parked in the lot.

It hit me that this was the place that Martin Luther King

was assassinated.

So down the steps I ran.

 The motel is part of the National Civil Rights museum

in Memphis.

Right across the street is this gorgeous mural of all 

the people that helped the cause.

I would've loved to have gone through the museum but

we were there right at closing time unfortunately and were

not going to be back in the area.

But now we now - when we go for ribs - go earlier.

However, I'm glad to see what I did.

the Blues Hall of Fame

Was very cool and housed  in a really

neat looking building.

 Found these two loitering on the bench. 

The statue (the one in bronze) is Little Milton.

He made the song "The Blues are Alright"

a national anthem in blues genre.

 Robert Johnson, who is said, made a deal

with the devil and the blues was born.

 BB - amazing.

Love his stuff. So glad I got to see him concert.

 John Lee Hooker.

Another big player in the blues.

 They have this huge "desk" with a big screen that

has all 400 inductees listed and you 

can scroll through the names and click on songs

that made them famous.

We had this muscial treat all to ourselves and

went through the entire alphabet.

SaveSave

Cotton fields, Crossroads & A Bridge

As we took off to explore Clarksville & Batesville MS

we found cotton fields as far as the eye can see.

 And work was in progress.

 Machines doing the pickin'.

 And the cotton gin where all good cotton balls

go to become awesome clothes.

 Rolled with some B&W because it just 

seemed cooler of some

structures around the town.

 Isn't this mural gorgeous?

 And the ground zero blues club that was closed

when we swung by so the only blues

we heard was on the radio.

Sigh.

And the crossroads sign signifying

the beginning of the blues. 

 Raise your hand if you remember the song

"Ode to Billy Joe".

Well this is not quite the same Tallahatchie bridge

he jumped off of.

It's the new one as the old one collapsed

in June of 1972.

This is the underside because quite frankly the

top wasn't very interesting.

There is supposed to be a plaque commemorating

the bridge but we couldn't find it.

You'd think they'd be more creative with this bridge.