Emily Shaw

Emily is a former ACPA award winning editor and journalist turned stay at home mum and blogger. She lives on a farm in regional NSW with her husband and their seven children where she spends the time she should be doing housework reading books, writing and sewing.

Prayer in the Digital Age

‘Prayer in the Digital Age’ by Matt Swaim, Ligouri, $26.95 In a technologically saturated world we have all struggled to balance the demands of life and stay abreast of emerging social media. This book is perhaps long overdue for a culture that is just so reliant on technology. Swaim’s book explores the way that the

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Fashion And Pregnancy

When we put on weight we acquire it in places relating to our body type. For instance a woman with a pear shape will put on weight around her hips and thighs first, whereas a woman with an hourglass figure will put on weight in almost mirror image around her chest and hips and a

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The Issue Of Gender

  One of the arguments of feminist revolutionaries championed by Germaine Greer was that gender conditioning was alive and well in our culture and that it was a form of sexual politics. In other words girls are conditioned to be feminine, to like pretty things, play with dolls and play house and other such ‘girly’

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Easy Dinosaur Costume

Easy Dinosaur Costume My son asked for a dinosaur costume a couple of years ago now and I whipped up a quick costume one afternoon using some scraps of fabric I had no use for. It is still, by far, his favourite dress up costume and even his sisters like to put on the hat

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Focal Points and Fashion

  ‘If you’ve got it, flaunt it’ has become the inevitable catch-cry when it comes to female fashion. A big busted girl is encouraged to wear low-cut tops that accentuate this feature; a girl with slim, shapely legs is encouraged to wear mini-skirts and hot pants. Makes sense right? Certainly there are a legion of

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