Sense is a national charity for deafblind adults and children. For people that are deafblind the world is particularly challenging as the combination of sight and hearing impairment makes communication difficult. The charity helps by providing advice and information as well as specialist services to people with dual sensory impairments. For children the team offer specialist [...]
View PostOut of the Box and into the Light – Creative Ideas for Old Photos
The introduction of digital cameras about a decade ago caused the decline of the traditional photo album. The digital era has seen us move from printed 6 x 4 glossy photos, into internet based instagram and flickr. Homes no longer contain a book shelf of photo albums or a wall of family holiday photographs. I [...]
View Post album, Blurb, camera, collage, digital, family, holiday, old, photo, photobookSeparation Anxiety
Beastie was always so contented at nursery. I think he may have cried possibly three or four times in the 2 years that he attended and that was due to him being poorly or overtired. I dreaded returning to work, not only because I wanted to look after him myself but also because I didn’t [...]
View Post baby, boy, child, confident, family, grown up, pre-school, Separation Anxiety, stageMilestones to remember
Lately I have been thinking about special moments that have happened or will happen in my son’s lives, milestones if you like. Now we have Baby Beastie it’s made me compare what his older brother was doing at this stage. Of course it’s no competition but it’s always interesting to see the differences in them. [...]
View Post cherish. moments, family, firsts, grown up, milestonesHello canvas!
I was recently contacted by a company called Hello Canvas to see whether I wanted to review one of their canvasses. All I had to do was choose one of my favourite prints and in return they would send me a 20×28 inch canvas. This seemed like a pretty good deal to me. Like most [...]
View Post collage, family, favourite, Hello Canvas, Instagram, moments, money, precious, print, review, valueBump Diary: 27 weeks
When I came to write this post I had a moment where I got slightly confused over how many weeks pregnant I was. Now anybody that has ever been pregnant or knows anyone pregnant will know that a pregnant woman always knows the number of weeks she is. I usually fire it off immediately when [...]
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