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A mini-biography: Born and raised in the upper Midwest, lived in both rural and urban areas, disabled at age 30, spent time in eastern Tennessee but now living in Arkansas. Divorced, but dating an incredible man that I hope to spend the next 50-60 years with. I have a son in his mid-20s who's a US Navy submariner and a new daughter-in-law as of 2019.
I've been collecting scrap freebies for a while, making layouts for my photography scrapbook and more recently a young niece. I tend to be sort of seasonal with my interests, as photography in the cold aggravates fibromyalgia, and too much sunlight triggers lupus flareups--so I scrap a lot in summer and winter and enjoy spring and fall outdoors, often with a camera in hand. If I'm not shooting photos, training my mobility dog, or designing (mostly commercial-use items for my shop), I'm probably either watching anime or playing Steam games or one of several tabletop RPGs with my gaming group.
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I'm working on a new kit focused around the palette I've chosen for my capsule wardrobe; I envision using this to scrap lots of my life (it'll certainly go with most of the photos!), but I also want to use the papers to create a digital look book. The palette has a lot of neutrals, focused primarily in grayscale and blue, with khaki, burgundy, turquoise, teal, plum, fuchsia, and metallic silver rounding it out.
This pin is especially near and dear to my heart; I live with several chronic illnesses, including lupus, which uses a purple butterfly as one of its awareness symbols, though the official ribbon color is orange. Mixed in with the purple on this one, though, are a dark blue (used for chronic fatigue), a medium blue (the color for arthritis awareness), and a teal (used for awareness of food allergies, sexual assault, and PTSD) ...all of which I have dealt with over the course of my life so far, and frequently aggravate each other when I'm dealing with a flareup. So when I found this pin with its color scheme, it was a no-brainer that I needed it! (It's not perfect for me, but I'm unlikely to ever find one that also includes cream for spinal diseases, burgundy for migraines, and red for autonomic nervous system dysfunction and vasculitis! It still covers several of my most frequent issues.)
Obviously, it HAD to be shot and extracted to be put in this kit!
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enameled metal butterfly pin charm, jewel tones, lupus arthritis chronic fatigue illness awareness
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Beautiful....thank you very much :-)
It's not so much courageous, Jill, as that I still have things I love about being alive and am not ready to give up and die yet. So I find ways to modify my life to allow me to keep doing what I want and need to--cleaning one room a day, in 5-10 minute bursts, with long breaks in between, or setting up my desk with monitor arms to allow me to put my feet up on the desk surface so that the ankle swelling can go down. Strapping a heating pad to the back of my chair, modifying my diet to limit foods that trigger inflammation, installing a handheld shower instead of a normal showerhead, using only LED lights and UV-blocking window film... but with those modifications, if you were to walk into my home, you wouldn't know I'm dealing with all this, because the house is clean and I'm able to walk normally most days. Avoiding stress is the big challenge, because that's a huge flareup trigger/aggravator.
There's a saying out there that "You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." I started getting sick when I was 28, and became unable to work when I was 30; at that point, I had to make a decision about whether I wanted to just give up on life, or find a way to create a life I love that allows for the extra challenges I have while still letting me have as normal a life as possible. I'll admit that I wasn't sure I could do it at first, but I have, and I've even managed to keep modifying it as the goalposts move when new health issues and complications crop up. It's all in how much you want to live, and in looking at what I CAN do instead of what I'm no longer able to do.
What a beautiful element, from someone who has so much to deal with in life - thanks for sharing these things with us. You are a very courageous woman!
Beautiful pin and I really like how you explain why you chose it and why its colours are significant.