Once upon an ocean, there was air to breathe and love for all…
An Original Oceanic Collection by Amor Milagre
Ethically Handmade Art, Photography, Stationery, Organic Apparel, Books, and More for All Ages!
Coming 2021 (Delayed a year until 2021)
Music of the Moment: La Mer, Charles Trenet
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.
Visit My Shop to view each item’s product page.
To me these colours are: Sweet, juicy, soft, fuzzy, adored, and creamy.
XOXO ~Amor Milagre
Music of the Moment: Mio Cuore, Vanessa Paradis
Cast a spell of enchantment! Spell a special name, favourite word, elegant initials, or a beautiful letter to accompany other pieces in my collections and your existing artwork gallery.
Many more new unique letters will be added to this growing collection. All of my collections live with us in our home. They are my first choice for interior design because they are soft, sweet, and natural. This is a soothing atmosphere for a nature-loving empathic family and all! Atelier Amor Milagre is an ethical design studio for every collection created and in every direction expressed for a healthy lifestyle. Personal, delicate designs like this collection grow well with historical artwork and my other collections. Pair these letters with sweet animals and colour abstracts from my shop for a darling New Baby Nursery Gallery Wall. Children love these little darlings. They are gentle teachers and inspiration for A Gentle Life. Give a newly married couple a gift of their initials for a unique wedding shower present! More still, a very special gift for a long-married couple’s very tender anniversary. Spell a word to inspire your daily life to be how you Love to be! This fun collection has endless possibilities for your gift-giving enjoyment. XOXO ~Amor Milagre
A little film to celebrate my evergrowing Original Illustrated Garden Alphabet Letter Collection.
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!
Custom order your very own originals by sending your design & colour ideas to me here.
Lovely Gifts for Spring-Summer Weddings, New Babies, Graduations, Birthdays, and Everyday Love!
Happy Spring Sale! Enjoy 10% off All Orders with Code: SPRING19
Ethical stationery sets and children’s books
will be added to the purchasing options for this collection very soon!
Music of the Moment: Love is Here to Stay, Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron in the film, An American in Paris, Song Written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
A-tisket, a-tasket, we love our favourite baskets. A different basket for each task-et. To continue growing the ‘Favourite Series’, I’m sharing tips and info about our favourite gathering of baskets for: home, personal style, organic cooking & gardening, and chic Spring-Summer handbags.
Some of our uses for these baskets are: daily handbag, dry produce, fresh garden produce, mail, kitchen & dining linens, garden planters, books, laundry, food shopping in town, picnics, office/wardrobe/mudroom storage, special supplies, baby & doll bassinet, organic beauty products, and storage for family outtings.
One positive choice influences another. Perhaps a market basket will inspire you to support your local organic farmers, taking healthy walks to gather your food. A natural home inspires us to go out and balance in Nature. What do you use baskets for?
Using well made baskets is ethical, economical, and texturally pleasing. To maximize your sustainability, you can learn to make your own baskets. This really comes in handy when a repair is needed. This journal text appears in my upcoming Design Book, so check back for more!
Designer Tip of the Day:
When choosing a basket, it’s helpful to think about:
~The main use and other possible purposes. What are you storing or carrying in it?
~Colours, textures, sizes, smoothness, and weights. A balance of differences creates a peaceful design.
~Where will the basket live and how will it be used?
~Who made it? Were they paid fairly? What is it made of? Is it non-toxic so it doesn’t off-gas in your home or cause illness to those making the products?
~How much joy will it bring you to use a hand-crafted piece?
~Is there a local basket weaver in your area?
~Are the handles and straps comfortable to use and securely attached?
~How can you keep it in good shape to last many lifetimes?
We love picnics, so a special picnic basket was on our holiday wishlist. We’re excited to use it this Spring!
Keeping the home calm with natural materials and colours helps our family keep a healthy balance, while organizing things, like laundry, for easy routines.
Gathering fresh food feels even better in a sweet little basket at the shops and in the garden. Little Dear Ones sneak off with the basket and fill with toys. Now, it’s a bed or house for a little bear. Natural materials inspire shopping for fresh, organic food with no packaging. Bring everything home in your basket and place on the table, ready to enjoy! Maybe a flower will hop into your basket, ready to plant in the garden? Special stones, shells, or leaves. Basket handles feel good to hold. The senses need Nature. Sweet and humble, a basket inspires me so. For more A Gentle Life Collections, news & sales, and healthy lifestyle inspiration, please subscribe at the bottom of this page.
Yes, there is a thing as too many baskets, so choose mindfully with the above tips and your beautiful lifestyle in mind. Store baskets simply to avoid collecting dust/allergies. Vinegar-water is an easy way to keep baskets clean.
This week, our baskets led us to the ocean for fresh air and beautiful views.
Check back here to view an upcoming journal post for
The Amor Milagre Spring 2019 Gift Guide
to help you fill your lovely Easter Baskets this April!
Happy Spring! XOXO ~Amor Milagre
Music of the Moment: A-Tisket, A-Tasket, Ella Fitzgerald
We freshen the house each week during the year, but in the Autumn and Spring, it feels especially healthy to reorganize, sort, and reset plans for good, useful household routines. Each item has a home and a purpose. I always adore the last part of my favourite show, Gardener’s World, when they give “Jobs for the Weekend.” You can apply this list idea not only for gardening, but for housekeeping, business, and outtings! Instead of Jobs for the Weekend, we call it Pleasures or Ideas for the Weekend. Set up pleasures for yourself. Like Mary Poppins says, “In every task that must be done, there is an element of fun!” Here are a few ideas that we’re doing this season. Happy Spring! Please visit my Shop for fresh inspiration for your home and a healthy lifestyle. I’ll share a few ‘Pleasures for the Weekend’ each season, and you can read more in A Gentle Life Book Collection. What kind of pleasures will you plan for this weekend? XOXO ~Amor Milagre
~Sort and review items. Keep the useful for the every day, used lately, and useful for this season. Organize one area a day/week so you take your time mindfully. Sell, donate, gift, recycle, or reuse unwanted items in another way. Gently and lovingly organize useful items with tidy, beautiful aesthetics. Repair any items that need mending. Crack the windows and clean your home with non-toxic cleaners. (We use vinegar for most things. It works wonderfully for organic beauty routines, too! A post for this is coming up.)
~Wash windows, inside and out, for a clear view and mindful perspective.
~Go on outtings to seasonal local places that are now open for Spring. We enjoy strolling plant nurseries for fresh inspiration. (Remember to look for sustainable packaging when plant shopping. Bring reusable shopping bags with you when doing any kind of shopping! A post about this is coming up.)
~Cook with seasonal, farm-ready vegetables and fruits. Revel in the beautiful shapes, flavours, and colours of Mamma Nature!
~Browse your library and request specific books. Read stories and poems about the current time of year. (A favourite book list post is coming up!) Notice in your daily surroundings what is revealed in the book illustrations. What wonders are around you that you may have overlooked? How refreshing it is to be aware of life regrowing this month!
Coming Up:
The Organic Vegan Cookbook Collection
Photography Art Print Collections, featuring a Botanical Series that includes flowers from these posts.
More romantic, healthy lifestyle tips are coming up in my new book collections. Inspiration is written into the books already in the shop.
Check back often this Spring as I’m releasing many new adventures here.
Live in the Light with Amor Milagre!
Music of the Moment: For the Glory of the Earth, hymn
