Ali Edwards offered free digital items for 12 days and I opted to make tags. She asked us to add them to Pinterest under #AED12Days2016 and I even managed to do that too. The project was a good excuse to listen to Christmas songs and play with PaintShop Pro. I […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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Merry Christmas! And because I know sometimes people like information… The Wise Men image is from Graphic Stock, the celebrate banner is from Ali Edwards’ 12 Days of Giving (recoloured), the arrangement and messing about is all my own. All my tags can be found on my AED 12Days 2016 […]
Here are my Christmas Card Designs 2016. Christmas card preparation is organised, but present-buying and wrapping requires more work. The next task is mail merge, and printing envelopes for my Mum. I forget every year which way is up and ruin at least one envelope. As usual, I aim for […]
I hope designer pride doesn’t go before a fall because I smile when I think “A little corner of England has my mark on it!” I’ve had proud moments before – three cross stitch designs in an Australian art exhibition was an achievement – but I appreciate this one because […]
Halloween celebrations in our home extend to my husband buying one of those big tubs of sweets – just in case any child dare knock on our door that night. Usually we are still eating the sweets at Christmas. At the end of last month Cathy Zielske produced a free […]
Lee Pearson flies the flag at the 15th Paralympic Games, starting in Rio de Janeiro tonight with the Opening Ceremony. The 10-times Paralympic champion Lee Pearson has been named as Great Britain’s flag bearer for Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the XV Games in Rio. The 42-year-old equestrian rider from Staffordshire […]
The TAG Family Weekend is taking place on 1-2 October 2016 – and it needs you. The Arthrogryposis Group (TAG) UK is the national support group for people with Arthrogryposis and their families, founded in 1984 by Diana Piercy. Around 200 babies are born with Arthrogryposis each year in the […]
I may start a new feature – Wednesday Wheels – in praise of wheelchairs, that piece of equipment that can make, or break, our independence. Wheelchairs are more than equipment, and therein lies the problem; the powers that be see them as mobility aids. We know our wheelchairs are more […]
Your wheelchair is your life. You depend upon it to move from room to room, to go outside, to go further than your front door. However, NHS wheelchair provision is hamstrung by incompetence, and this wastes money and time on a grand scale, while denying me mobility and independence. My […]
Sam Cleasby’s heartfelt question, “Invisible disabilities at gigs – Why can’t I use the disabled loos in peace?” is one many people might echo. Coupled with trying to use ramps, or the only set of automatically opening doors, battling against people using two fully working legs, this question has been […]
The first ten years with Arthrogryposis meant hospital, operations and walking with calipers. I didn’t know anything different and didn’t give it that much thought. This is my life, like your life is yours, and we just get on with it. I remember nothing of early operations; odd flashbacks to […]
First of all, a little Arthrogryposis history. The word derives from Greek, meaning “curved joint”. Multiplex Congenita describes having more than one curved joint, or contracture at birth. I have the “classic” form of Arthrogryposis, or amyoplasia, affecting both arms and legs. Arthrogryposis History In Arthrogryposis, A Text Atlas1 (edited […]