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
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…
I am pleased to introduce the illustrated Vol. I of The Love Letter Diaries, Leona’s Homecoming. These darling books are my favourite. They are my heart. I hope they become a part of yours, too. So, if you like romance, peaceful living, gardening, art, seasonal holidays, delicious foods, love, mer-mysteries, and sweet families, then allow these life-long friends to invite you into their beautiful world. Hold them dear, and they will whisper amusing ideas for you to try as you write your own days.
The Love Letter Diaries: A Peaceful Novel Series
Unfold mysteries of past, present, and future lives and loves through the empathic souls of Leona’s town of friends as they invent and enjoy simple pleasures and Nature’s joy during the first year of seasonal festivals. The illustrations reflect the memory-based scrapbook evolution of the story. This is an ongoing tale of real love, healing, connection, and the endless benefits of growing an ever-expanding web of kind hearts. Adoration lives in each character of this Italian seaside town, guided in love by one lovely woman. Her granddaughter, and her friends, continue sharing this positive energy together.
This ethically made book series allows the reader to explore the four seasons of Leona’s beautifully sensitive world. The books are a delight and a chance for planting and growing seeds of positive change for all. The festivals are full of delicious foods and exciting events where every person’s gifts are celebrated. (Printed on cream FSC Certified Paper in the USA.)
I have written these books in love and gratitude in the hope that these pages will blend peacefully into my readers’ lives. These loving novels are wonderful gifts for the Self and Dear Ones to explore your own passions, while appreciating each season of nature’s gifts. Read these books in order for a sense of how simple pleasures and small acts of kindness can add up to connective positive changes that benefit all for ages.
Shop the Leona Collection: This pretty book is the updated illustrated paperback edition. Neutral colours timelessly match your interiors, so pass this empowering heirloom down through the ages. Hand-painted artwork is available to shop as fine art prints and stationery. The Empathic Goddess design (wax seals and cards) also symbolizes Leona. The Leona Book Chapter Ink Illustrations are featured on a notecard set, as well as the four seasonal book L’s as a card set.
This audiobook is coming up soon. Check back for the release of Vol. 2 stories #5-8. Love, ~Amor Milagre
Also available to shop in my Etsy Shop and in my Amazon Store.
Explore this peacefully empowering story.
A summer rose wax seal sticker, from our Rose Cottage, is something sweet to send to friends, to press onto a book or journal, or to keep near and dear. This unique Amor Milagre design comes in an Old World Gold, Pearl White, and A Mix of the Two leaning towards Pearl White.
Beautiful unique wax seal stickers in a variety of colours and designs, hand-stamped with love.
Add to an envelope, journal, frame, and even one of my books or paintings! Express love and old world romance with this growing collection. The peel and stick seal comes with a charming deckled-edge cotton ‘Thank You’ notecard-envelope set in soft cream.
The new hand-drawn and hand-stamped Autumn 2025 design is coming up next…
Happy Late Summer Days! Love, ~Amor Milagre
