I am trying to use some of the supplies that I already have so I decided to use this page kit I got in Springfield. It is by a designer named Allison Davis who was a 2007 member of the Creating Keepsakes Magazine Hall of Fame and a finalist for Scrapbooker of the year. I find that sometimes it will spark my creativity if I just let go and follow a kit or a project. You don't have to think so much and make decisions and it is very relaxing. I chose to use some pictures from my trip to Port Gibson, Mississippi with my cousin Ann. We spent one night in her 200 year old HAUNTED house. Now don't get me wrong. I am a huge chicken. I had to mentally prepare myself to go there. I hate scary movies, and monsters, and aliens. I told my cousin once we got in the house we couldn't even mention the ghosts. And YES I slept in the bed with her with the light ON! Seriously! Anyway, they left me alone!!! Not a single incident.....except the next morning when all of a sudden the lamp we left on all night went off. I told her if that had happened in the middle of the night she would have found me in my car backing out of the driveway.
She has done a beautiful job restoring the antiques that came with the house and redoing the plaster on some walls, and putting in a new kitchen floor. There is much work to be done and she loves it. She loves all things old and has collected many things to put in the house. She wants to have everything in the house from that time period. We sat on the upstairs balcony and had dinner and it felt like we were sitting in the oak trees. She has live oak trees at the front of her house that are huge and beautiful. It is so much fun being with her! I wished she lived closer.
In my next post I will show more pictures of the Port Gibson house. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
