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Cutting fabric for a new DEED bag when this exquisite creature arrived in the Post 🦅 💛 Officially, it's a 'spell book' written in acrostic verse by Robert McFarlane to conjure back the lost words of childhood. Words borne of nature such as acorn, heather and bramble that the official children's dictionaries have quietly erased to make way for Google, spam and hashtag.💛 The magical verse is taken to another level by Jackie Morris's heavenly illustrations. Unsurprisingly, the book has garnered much praise and many awards. As an author/wordsmith and lover of nature, this book is one I shall treasure - suitable for children 1-100 years of age 💛 Thank you @pmstevo7 for the recommendation 💛 . . . #thelostwords #spellbook #robertmcfarlane #jackiemorris #inspiredbynature #words #acrostic #verse #poem #emmabowd #bagmaker #maker #author #writer #wordsmith #naturelover #wordlover #writersofinstagram #deedbags
When I'm not at a desk writing, I'm behind a sewing machine making bags @deedbags 😊❤ Am super excited to #repost this from my DEED bags page 😊 : . ❤ Thank you DEED bag lovers!! ❤ Today we've been able to donate $500 to the children's education charity @ardoch_yf ❤ AND by making our annual donation today, it will be matched by a corporate sponsor and DOUBLED !!!! So that's $1,000 going towards literacy and numeracy programs in disadvantaged communities thanks to YOU 😘❤ . ❤ Am so very thankful to all of our gorgeous DEED bags customers throughout the year. 😘 Extra special thanks to the highest bidders in our charity DEED bag auctions: @ath._.art @sonia.rohan @emilylivestoeat . ❤ DEED bags is proud to donate $1 from every bag sold + 100% of charity bag auctions to Ardoch each year ❤ . . . #thankyou #gratitude #deedbags #deedsnotwords #purchasewithpurpose #saynotoplasticbags #instyle #lovenotlandfill #sustainablefashion #ardoch #giveback #education #charity #melbourne #melbournestyle #melbournemakers #madeinmelbourne #wearyourheartonyourbag #emmabowd #designer #maker #writer #literacy #volunteer #literacyambassador #lookgooddogood #positivefashion
💙 What a lovely surprise to see this pop up on my feed this morning 😊 Thank you @bluehazedecor 😘 I hope you're enjoying your winter escape 💙 Hard to believe that it's almost exactly 10 years since my novel 'The Shoe Princess's Guide to the Galaxy' was published by @bloomsburypublishing 💙 I guess a tale about shoes and first time motherhood is always going to stand the test of time 😉😎👠💙 . . . #repost #bluehazedecor #lovelysurprise #theshoeprincesssguidetothegalaxy #shoeprincess #bloomsbury #chicklit #bookstagram #emmabowd #author #writer #maker #writersofinstagram #holidayread #holidaybag #shoes #shoelove #newmum #newmummy #newmumlife
🌷 Thank you to my dear friend Sarah for hosting a beautiful morning tea in aid of teen mental health charity @reachout_aus 🌷🍰☕ Such lovely home cooked treats and beautiful company. . 🌷 Thrilled to help raise funds by raffling a DEED bag @deedbags 😊 The lucky winner Anna will be heading to Greece next week with it on her arm! I hope she sends us some photos 😍 . . . #friyay #reachout #reachoutaustralia #togetherwecan #togetherwearestronger #youthmentalhealth #support #supportyourfriends #deedbags #wearyourheartonyourbag #deedsnotwords #charity #fundraiser #community #emmabowd #writer #maker #advocate #friend #friendssupportingfriends #morningtea #lemontart #roses
😍 I love it when my worlds collide 🌹🍃 As an author and a maker of DEED bags, I was so excited to recently take on a bespoke commission from the gorgeous bestselling Australian author @tesswoods_author 🍃 . 🌹 My brief from Tess was to make a bag which matched the front cover of her new novel 'Love and Other Battles' so that she could take it around Australia with her on her upcoming book tour.🍃 . 🌹Thank you so much Tess for asking me to make this very special bag for you! I loved the intellectual and physical challenge of bringing it to life - who could resist those ruby red roses and olive leaves! 🍃 . ❤ I know full well the many hundreds of hours that go into dreaming, writing and rewriting to get a book to publication. Wishing you so much joy and success with your novel, Tess. Can't wait to read it, and shall be cheering you on from my studio!🌹🍃 . 🐶 💔 On a personal level, the fine detail and handworking required to make this bespoke DEED bag was the perfect occupational therapy I needed to help me process the recent death of my little fur baby (and constant studio companion) Miss Ruby the jackoodle, who fought an incredibly brave battle with a ruthless and swift acting doggy cancer, at just 6.5 yrs of age. Forever missed my special little girl 💔🐶 . . . #deedbags #handmadebag #handcrafted #appliqué #broderieperse #rose #redroses #sewing #bespokebags #madeinmelbourne #melbournecreatives #slowfashion #sustainablefashion #fashionrevolution #consciousfashion #emmabowd #designer #maker #author #writer #tesswoods #loveandotherbattles #writerscommunity #bookcover #authorfashion #authorsofig #occupationaltherapy #writersofinstagram
New Blog up on my website 😊 All about my adventures at Australia's premier children's literature conference, right here in Melbourne: @kidlitvic 📚 Pour yourself a cuppa and find a cosy spot... you might find some nuggets of gold in there....xx 😊📚 Thanks so much to the organisers Alison, Coral, Nicky and Sarah for inviting me to be a #KidLitVic2019officialblogger . . #emmabowd #author #writer #maker #childrensliteracy #ambassador #blogger #kidlitvic2019 #childrensbooks #childrenspublishing #childrensliterature #kidsbooks #kidlit #storywriting #melbournecreatives #melbourneillustrator #writersofinstagram #writersofmelbourne #melbourne #unescocityofliterature
📚 Heading into Melbourne CBD for the annual @kidlitvic Children's Literature Conference 💕 Looking forward to learning heaps and catching up with lots of lovely writers, illustrators and publishers. 🦆 And especially excited about having 'real life' catch ups with the amazing members of my online writing community @girlandduckpresents 🦆💕 . . . #emmabowd #writer #author #kidlitvic2019 #kidlit #writingconference #childrensbooks #childrensliterature #professionaldevelopment #duckies #theduckpond #writersofinstagram #writers #illustrators #pink #duckscarf #writingcommunity
🌏 It's World Turtle Day 💙... and it's almost one year since I had the holiday of a lifetime in The Cook Islands and snorkelled by their side 😍 We don't need to use plastic bags peeps. Nope. Nup. Never. 🌏 We stayed in self-catering accommodation on the island of Rarotonga, and it was so easy to fold these two reusable @deedbags into my suitcase. . . 📷 @kitesupcookislands . #worldturtleday #turtle #saveouroceans #thinkoftheturtles #deedbags #saynotoplasticbags #byobags #deedsnotwords #slowfashion #lovenotlandfill #consciousfashion #sustainablefashion #madeinmelbourne #emmabowd #designer #maker #sewer #writer #traveller #lookgooddogood #sustainableme #positivefashion #zerowasteliving #zerowaste
💛 Sunday 💛 . . . #sunday #marketday #💛 #sunshine #yellow #saynotoplasticbags #instyle #deedbags #deedsnotwords #emmabowd #writer #maker #madeinmelbourne
#FRIYAY 💛💙 Hope you find a date in a cosy cafe today, just like the talented Melbourne author Tanya @tanyamilnewriter and her DEED bag 😉 . 💛💙 Big thanks to Tanya for taking the time to post this photo and lovely words about her bag, which I made with my very own hands (and I can't tell you how excited I get seeing people use and love!): . 💛......"I took my new bag (given to me by my children for Mother's Day) out on its first date. I packed in my computer, notebook, kindle and headed out to my favourite cafe to write. I absolutely 😍 it. ...It's a stunning bag, and so practical as well." . 💛 Tanya's DEED bag is from the Fashionista Collection @deedbags , and is crafted from denim and trimmed with a vintage French toile ruffle and a gold jute band. . 💙 $1 from every bag sold + 100% of charity bag auctions throughout the year is donated to the education charity @ardoch_yf so that children and young adults in disadvantaged communities can have access to literacy and numeracy programs 💙 . . . #emmabowd #author #maker #literacyambassador #deedbags #melbournemakers #melbournecreatives #writersofinstagram #writersbag #cafe #sustainablefashion #upcycle #vintagefabric #happycreativelife #amwriting #gratitude #excited #giveback
❤ My absolute favourite day of the year - tea and vegemite toast on my 'mum' plate (c kindy 2007), and reading homemade cards from my beloved children ❤ Becoming a mother was, and continues to be, the most transformative experience of my life. . ❤ To be a grower and nurturer of human life has truly knocked me for six. Nothing I had ever learnt at school/uni could have prepared me for it... and I truly feel it is not shouted about from the rooftops enough. I felt so moved by the experience of first time motherhood in the modern world, and all of the complexities both new and old, that I wrote my novel, The Shoe Princess's Guide to the Galaxy, about it - largely in the cracks while my infants and then toddlers slept. Or when my own Mother cared for them. ❤ Motherhood is hands-down the most important, difficult, wonderful job in the world, and I'm incredibly honoured to be a Mum and have a Mum who has always cared and looked out for me in this world. ❤ . ❤ I was fascinated to listen to Dr Jane Goodall @janegoodallinst last night in Melbourne, speaking about her Mum, who was her absolute rock, and greatest supporter and confidant. And then, to hear Jane speak of her observations of the chimp mothers. She very matter-of-factly noted that the offspring of the mothers who were the most attentive, giving and nurturing faired the best in life within the community she studied. Being a mother requires a lot of giving of oneself - physically and emotionally. ❤ So today, I'm proud and happy to be recognized and thanked for being a Mum who gives. And a daughter who is thankful for all that she takes. ❤ . . . #mothersday #bestdayoftheyear #motherlove #gratitude #thankful #emmabowd #mum #daughter #proud #lucky
🌏 "Together we CAN, together we WILL make a better world" - Dr Jane Goodall. 💙 So excited to be in the presence of one of my heroes @janegoodallinst 🐒🌏💙 Incredible evening 🌏 Age range in the audience ~4 to 94 yrs old - including 60 female scientists 💙 Awestruck 💙 We need to start thinking and acting differently 💙 Very lovely to hear her talk about the support of her mother in her environmental journey, and her passion to support young people into a life of activism 💙 Listen and have the courage of your convictions 💙 . . #thinkgoodall #activism #emmabowd #awestruck #thinkinc #janegoodall #janegoodallinstitute #rootsandshoots #deedsnotwords #togetherwecan #togetherwewill #hope #makeadifference

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