Layouts Using BasicGrey's Cappella Collection

Here are two layouts I've created for display at The Baker's Wife. For both of them I've used BasicGrey's Cappella Collection. I love the "earthiness" look of this paper. I have to say I was a little out of my comfort zone with these layouts. As I working on these, I noticed that I generally gravitate to using solid backgrounds with a small amount of patterned paper when I scrapbook. I tried to use more patterns with these and found I like it.

For the first layout I chose to use some photos from a recent walk we took on The Bearskin Trail on a beautiful sunny fall afternoon.

The second layout uses photos from a recent visit we had with family from Minnesota. We took a trip to Little Bohemia in Manitowish Waters, WI where we had a wonderful lunch. We then took a tour of the room where the John Dillinger shootout occurred.

Products used for these layouts: BasicGrey's Cappella Collection Patterned Papers: Falsetto, Aria, Dolce, Primadonna, Brave!, Bellini, Chorus, Pageantry, Venetian, Timpani, Forte, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Crushed Olive & Vintage Photo, Making Memories Edge Distressor, Dreamstreet Papers Alphabet, We R Memory Keepers Eyelets, Corrugated Paper, Jillibean Soup Corrugated Shapes, Graphic 45 Staples Flowers, BasicGrey Painted Brads.

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Weekend Visitors/Little Bohemia

We had visitors this weekend. My sister-in-law Judy and her husband Gary came over from the Twin Cities. On Saturday we drove up to Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters for lunch. For those of you who saw the movie "Public Enemies" with Johnny Depp last year, you'll remember the history behind Little Bohemia. That's where John Dillinger and his gang had the famous shootout with the F.B.I. in 1934. Dillinger and many of the gang members escaped. You can read more about the story here. We thought they'd enjoy seeing it because Gary's uncle, Dr. Clayton May, had treated Dillinger and many other gangsters in St. Paul. In May of '34 Dr. May was sentenced to two years in prison for harboring a fugitive. Much of the damage from the shootout can still be seen and additional damage was "manufactured" for the movie. Below are some of the photos we took.

Judy and I inside the lodge.

We even had time for a round of miniature golf to end the day.

Gary and I wanted to go horseback riding, but with my back issues and his bum knee, our spouses wouldn't let us.