<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Bloom and Bound]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloom And Bound]]></description><link>https://www.bloomandboundcollective.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:23:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.bloomandboundcollective.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-Month Reflections: The Sweetness of Simplicity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking for Less in a World of More. The world tells us to be busier, do more, be better, move faster. When you fall behind, you are made to feel as if you are failing. Life wasn't meant to be fast-paced all the time. Finding little ways to slow down actually helps you get ahead! ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomandboundcollective.com/post/mid-month-reflections-the-sweetness-of-simplicity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967dd0614d81ccd4b532354</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:21:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f025b2_164a70e07b3a4e05af0255c7f93c0b40~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kaitlin Walsh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloom and Bound Beginnings!]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I started Bloom and Bound Publishing House, it was out of necessity, honestly. In order to publish my book, I decided to go the Indie publishing route, and that meant I needed a publishing house behind it. I had already been working with Emily on illustrations for The Pup with the Heart-Shaped Nose and had been absorbing any and every piece of advice she offered about the process of writing and publishing my first book but, initially, I was a one-woman show who was under the impression I...]]></description><link>https://www.bloomandboundcollective.com/post/bloom-and-bound-beginnings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690b76af36e5c49ffc6b5da8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:14:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kaitlin Walsh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaitlin Walsh, Author . . . Officially!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wake up call this morning was from Emily. Seeing as our primary means of communicating is texting, meeting in person, and/or sending...]]></description><link>https://www.bloomandboundcollective.com/post/kaitlin-walsh-author-officially</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d35058dffc39c2e36be94a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f025b2_c4ab37261aef42059cbeb558065614aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_784,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kaitlin Walsh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Just In . . .]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloom and Bound Publishing House has been a lifelong dream, passion project and a goal of mine for as long as I can remember. I always...]]></description><link>https://www.bloomandboundcollective.com/post/this-just-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ba0065cd27dac533982af8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:29:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f025b2_fdb85f65651044a68e49a2d186a24c18~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_559,h_563,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kaitlin Walsh</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>