The air is moving, and a delicious new novel is flying in. It will land in my bookshop very soon, and is the first in a new original seasonal series. All ages can delve into this world between the pages. My pen has been dancing all week and is now resting, out of ink. Stay tuned for this new book release. Happy Midsummer Days, XOXO ~Amor Milagre
Coming Up:
A New Novel Series for All Ages!
Music of the Moment: the bumble bees in the garden
The moment a seedling blooms, after a year of peaceful patience, the senses dance and celebrate the miracle of Nature’s gifts. Our children’s garden sways with beautiful tall foxglove ladies, in their pretty gowns where faeries sleep and children smile. I am forever inspired by the wonders of Nature. View the ever-growing, unique, and customizable Illustrated Garden Alphabet Letter Collection here. These little darlings are for all ages, but especially sweet in a baby and child’s nursery room. (Original Paintings, Art Prints, Stationery, and Custom Options are available to purchase for this collection). Bring Nature in, and she will inspire you to go out to play! Happy Summer Gardening! XOXO ~Amor Milagre
Coming Up:
~More New Illustrated Garden Alphabet Letters and a matching Children’s Book
Music of the Moment: The Secret Garden Movie Soundtrack, Zbigniew Preisner
This morning, we relished in our first peach of the Summer Season. Apricots, plums, peaches, and nectarines kiss sandy tapestry prints as I choose new colours and healthy materials for our new organic home. This year, I’ll be posting ‘before and after’ designs, tips for non-toxic material choices, fresh colour moods, and new art collections so you can follow along with our renovation adventures. We’re saying goodnight soon to this beautiful organic home that we designed and hand built with Love. Design highlights are coming up! Today, we’re happy to have a fresh fruit salad and new ideas breezing around blank pages. Inspired by Nature and the Senses. Happy Summer! XOXO ~Amor Milagre
Coming Up: More from The Colour Mood Series.
There are increasingly more ethical materials to choose from when you’re buying furniture, bedding, plants, and more for your home. Looking for the organic, healthy options will boost your health in the moment and in the long run. Ask questions to find what options are best for your specific needs and design desires. This comes in handy when registering for wedding gifts, new baby presents, holidays, birthdays, and gifts to celebrate your Self and Dear Ones. These new dining chairs are custom designed by me and ethically made by a local company. They’re so comfy and built to last. We’ll be releasing ethically handmade (completely by us) furniture collections here at the Amor Milagre Shop in upcoming seasons, including children’s toys like dollhouses and customizable gifts for all ages. It’s so much fun to design these collections for you. You can choose goodness for yourself in every thing you do! Breathe deeply, knowing your home is a healthy one. For design advice and custom projects, please message me here.
Coming Up:
~New Colour Moods & Pleasures for the Weekend
~Fresh New Designs for Home, Garden, Food, Art, & Organic Apparel
Which colours do you Love to eat, wear, adorn your home in, and plant in your garden?
Below is a gallery full of fruit infused inspirations
for your home and personal, customizable gifts for your Dear Ones.
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To me these colours are: Sweet, juicy, soft, fuzzy, adored, and creamy.
XOXO ~Amor Milagre
Music of the Moment: Mio Cuore, Vanessa Paradis
Whether you’re a parent or a child at heart, remembering your favourite childhood memories is beneficial for a happy, healthy lifestyle at any age. How did it feel to fly down the street on your bicycle, wind on your face, and freedom in your heart? Here are just 10 things I’ve Loved since childhood. No matter what else was going on, Nature was my reverie for funny ideas and soothing rhythms. Speaking to your Inner Self and Inner Child helps you have fun every day. This practice also helps you to teach your children how to have good, simple fun, anywhere at any time. What do you like to do in your imagination of the senses? Happy Spring!
Of course there are some more, but these were sitting in my eyes. Everything I Loved then, still lives in my mind now, so it’s easy to have innocent, real fun because I’ve been practicing it since then. Remember, there is no age that you can reach that says you’re not allowed to laugh and play. So laugh, so play, have a lovely time today! XOXO ~Amor Milagre
Coming Up: More silly, fun BOOKS for all ages!
Music of the Moment: Hey Sandy, Polaris (Theme song to The Adventures of Pete and Pete)
We love books and gardening, so when the stories are set in the garden, the imagination tangles like vines and brings us outside to read in our Children’s Garden. Planting seeds in the Earth and positive seeds in our minds are healthy ways to celebrate the glorious Springtime!
To start your own children’s garden: Find a little place and plant favourite seeds, chosen by children. Little hands find little stones and moss to make pathways, faerie houses, and spots for new flowers and herbs. Explore daily to enjoy new sprouts and blooms. Open the imagination and unfold stories waiting under leaves and branches. Divide and replant perennials each year to expand your garden. If in a small space, pots are helpful. Some are specially designed to stack for vertical colour. Create a wall of vines and climbing flowers for faeries to sleep in. Breathe in your fresh healthy garden. Teach your hands how to measure a garden naturally. Children of all ages from 0-1000+ can enjoy the Love a garden gives. Grow and eat organic foods to boost immune systems and give energy for daily play. Fresh air is vital for a healthy body and mindset. Leaves and petals inspire a most sincere connection with Nature. Happy Mother Nature and Happy Mother’s Day! A garden is pure magic to all who befriend her. These book covers are beautiful around the house, and their pages are positive senses in the library of childhood memories.
This Children’s Book Reading List (View More Here) is a part of my new ‘Favourite Series’ which I’ll add to each season. I can only recommend the books on this list in the means of imagination, and not always for how each book is made. The only books on this list that I know for sure are ethically made are my own handmade books. All of my books feature the benefits of gardens. They are inspired by how the senses connect with Nature. The books here are chosen by the young, and as a parent, I agree that these are helpful and beautiful. This is the children’s list! I won’t write our impressions, as it’s best to allow your first impression to be purely your own. It is hard to choose only a few to share, so many more children’s book reading lists are coming up! Happy Reading & Spring Gardening! XOXO ~Amor Milagre
We connected dearly with these and read them many times over:
Around the Year, Elsa Beskow
A Seed is Sleepy, Dianna Aston & Sylvia Long
The Little Gardener, Emily Hughes
The Night Gardener, Terry Fan & Eric Fan
Grandpa Green, Lane Smith
The Rabbits’ Wedding, Garth Williams
A Child’s Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson & Cooper Edens and another version illustrated by Erik Blegvad
Bear Sees Colors, Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman
Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney
The ‘Frog and Toad’ Series, Arnold Lobel
Sunflower Houses: Inspiration From the Garden–A Book for Children and Their Grown-Ups, Sharon Lovejoy
Faerie Pop Up Book and The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies, Cicely Mary Barker
The ‘Mr. Putter & Tabby’ Series books featuring gardening: Pick the Pears, Smell the Roses, etc.
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggywinkle, Peter Rabbit, and more books by Beatrix Potter
The Complete Brambly Hedge, Jill Barklem
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth, Jane Yolen, Jane Dyer
Red Sings from Treetops, A Year in Colors, Joyce Sidman, Pamela Zagarenski
Sensuous Garden, Montagu Don (Gardener’s Books are helpful to learn techniques, botanical imagery, and terminology).
and my very own Dear Ones,
A most sincere Thank You! to all of the people who made the books above!
A Gentle Life Collections by Amor Milagre.
Romantic Ethically Handmade Gifts for All Ages!
New products and collections release each week,
please check back for your custom, unique gifts!
Music of the Moment: Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes, Edison Lighthouse
