The toys in our Rose Cottage are sewing up gifts and wrapping them with bows in preparation for the holiday season. We are, too! It’s time for puzzles, games, wellie woodsy walks, writing leafy novels, pumpkin patches, spices, and auburn lake en plein air paintings. New fall wax seal stamp stickers are coming up, along with oil paint waterscapes and some adorable trick-or-treat stationery.
A cosy autumn to you! Love, ~Amor Milagre
Today, we stocked up our custom hand-made pantry to finish our Rose Cottage Kitchen Renovation. All pieces were thoughtfully designed by me and expertly crafted by my very talented husband. We matched the countertop stain, a mix of a few eco-stains, to a pair of kitchen chairs we have. The eco-paint is a heavy cream to match the rest of the kitchen which is separated by sound-sensitive door placement designs. This keeps the refrigerator in the back and out of earshot to reduce sound/vibration pollution for the nervous system. The counter allows for less trips back and forth from the fridge. This is also where we store our dry foods, fresh fruit, glass storage containers, and cookware. It’s like a charming seasonal market to shop at meal times. We can decorate this space for each season. This back room, which used to be the full kitchen before we began from scratch opening up the dining room, is dark and safe to store things like potatoes with easy drop off unloading access after weekly grocery runs. I am very pleased with how peaceful and strong the design is and how much storage we now have without an imposing kitchen full of floor to ceiling cabinets. The wooden berry-cream colours are soothing and naturally rich which excites me to bake up cosy autumnal pies, soups, and breads. Now, to pastel up a velvety fruit still life to frame over this space to the right. More beautiful cabinetry reveals are coming up! Love, ~Amor Milagre
Early crisp breezes, and that certain quieting in the leaves outside my morning window, tell me Autumn is joining us for tea. Out come the cosy blankets and sweaters. I paint up some new notecard designs. We reread old favourites and open the game cupboard. I wrap up Summer in family albums. Lessons tuck into homeschool portfolio pages. The necessary slowing of souls is stirring up comfort as the new daily rain trickles away the whirling of summer. Hang scarves and knit berets on the hook, for we await thy sweet calm. Love, ~ Amor Milagre
We refresh our year-round homeschool supplies with pretty rainbow pencils, earthy clays and paints, sweet folders, encouraging stickers, and lovely blank notebooks. A few vintage textbooks make their way to our shelves, in French and Swedish. We sell clothes that have grown too adorably tiny, keeping some favourites, and wash new gangly organic pajamas full of ghosts and pumpkins.
*I missed some decorating, and huge parts of our life, due to being stuck in bed for two weeks + a lifetime. Note to smokers: If you must pollute yourselves, do it alone in your home (and don’t move), not in public, and certainly not at non-smoking public beaches where families think they finally have a refuge. Not in doorways, outside doctor’s offices and hospitals, schools…no smoking anywhere. We shouldn’t have to survive you, if we even can. Smoking is highly dangerous to everyone. Think about it. What is in the air moves with the wind. It doesn’t disappear, but it goes directly into our lungs. We have no control over this, but you do, so stop it. Ban smoking forever. It is a crime to harm people and the environment. The ducks and fish eat your pollution left behind. It is in the water and soil, too. Homes, vehicles, gardens, etc are ruined. Childhoods and days of our life are tragically altered, and in place of joy all is left is fear and illness that never fades but spreads and limits. It’s not unserious or fleeting. It is permanently destructive to the lining of our world. I live in infinite coughs and struggles to breathe. My family becomes so as well, as they make tea. Tea? Tea cannot battle you. We shouldn’t have to survive you…or not survive you. Be aware that respiratory issues are, and always have been, a main concern. End pollution now. We deserve life.
Caring about one thing means caring about everything. Dare to care. You will see immense improvements.
Golden bunnies adorn the inside cover of every first edition Amor Milagre book. I have just released Leona’s Homecoming. All volumes are signed and sealed with a special AM sticker for collectors and people of all ages to appreciate. We love finding little treasures as we grow our library. Explore Leona’s beautiful world of empathy and love in this darling, timeless tale. Autumn is a good time to dive into this illustrated story as it begins at the end of summer in a cosy seaside town in Italy. The audiobook will be available this winter. Volume 2 is coming up next! I like to leave clear notes for future generations of book lovers. The next batch will be signed as the second run, so snap up the first now! Grow Love, ~Amor Milagre
All of my bookshop is stored on beautiful handmade shelves in our atelier. Your orders go from me to you for quality assurance. I am very particular about making sure that every book is in pristine condition before shipment. These dears are designed to be treasured always. When we take care of things, they take care of us. This story is one that nurtures and inspires a beautifully connected life.
All stickers are hand-embossed by me, the author! This is a fun moment in time.
There is a special page for you to write your inscription. I love rereading the when, where, who…
The air has changed overnight, and Autumn has reached us here at our Rose Cottage. In addition to giving my family various gifts from my own shop, especially copies of my first editions with wax seals and adoring inscriptions, we do seasonal decorating days and four gifts a year. These are some of our autumn gifts. We set the table with new bewitching Lenox plates (well made) and a black crochet tablecloth. There are spooky books, a cosy trick-or-treat nightgown, a spirited library tote bag, and a sweet little pumpkin that will hop about the house. Our coloured pencils get a work out sketching up new paper ornaments for our seasonal library tree. My own new autumn gifts for my shop will release soon. Happy early autumnal days! Love, ~Amor Milagre
Kids love putting these sweeties away…simple pleasures around the house.
Clearing space for new autumnal adventures.
A sweet evening surprise to celebrate the beginning of autumn. We love cosy reading time in cute pajamas…
Loving these Lenox plates. I prefer table jewelry.
Happy cosy days to you!
My new sweet Halloween stationery sets are coming up next…Trick-or-Treat
