Posted on October 17, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

Golden & Earthen: The Enchanted Tree: New Children’s Book & Art Collection

Rain drips from golden leaves outside my window. Last night, I watched them dance in the windy night and I painted my first picture in our new home, at Rose Cottage. Inky gold dust sang a lullaby, and a release of joy to be useful again burst from brushes and charcoal! Another followed, and an entire story filled hungry pages. A children’s book and artwork (originals, art prints, and stationery) for this fresh fall collection will breeze into the shop this week & more this Autumn.

Shop This New Collection! Golden & Earthen

My collections appear in the shop, available to purchase, as they are made. This allows my dear customers to snap up the original paintings, first prints, first greeting cards & stationery sets, and first book printings as I am working on the collections in real time. They are new for me and for you! The Enchanted Tree Collection will be the first in the Golden & Earthen Collection, new additions and a part of my Growing Collections. This collection of artwork has backgrounds and imagery adorned in Earthen hues and glorious golden dust. The soft colours feel beautiful for your interiors and senses. The golden pieces catch the light so you Live in the Light from morning to night. The Figure Drawing Collection will grow and be added into Golden & Earthen, as well as other categories. The collections are not only seasonal, but rather they grow as the years dance on and as positive memories are made here at Amor Milagre. This year, many collections will be released, several who have been waiting patiently for us to move and unpack. The Enchanted Tree is like these collections in the encouragement and Love for Nature and A Gentle Life! It is lovely for all ages. More Soon, XOXO ~Amor Milagre

The Enchanted Tree

Coming Soon to the Shop: This Week & Autumn 2019

Ethical, Organic, Made-to-Order, Lovingly Handmade by 1 Person: Amor Milagre.

Sustainable Packaging and Quick Shipping directly to you.

Responsibly Sourced Materials, Non-Toxic Materials and Natural Colours.

Live in the Light!

Music of the Moment: The Old Gypsy, The Paganini Duo, Gustaw Szelski on violin, and Georg Mertens on guitar, in the Cathedral Chamber, part of the Lucas Cave at Jenolan Caves, world’s oldest Cave (340 million years).

Posted on October 15, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

Happy Autumn Sale! Shop Ethical Loving Unique Holiday Gifts for All

Happy Autumn Sale!

Save 15% Storewide on All Products with Checkout Code: FALL19 (Now through Nov. 30th)

This is my favourite season! It is also my favourite time to stock up on holiday gifts to inspire a lovely, relaxing holiday. I’ve enjoyed my shopping, and now I can have fun in other ways like: cooking, decorating, painting, and rustling through leafy seas. Here is a helpful sale for you to find unique, personalized gifts for your Dear Ones. All collections are ethically handmade with positive energy and the greatest care. For books, message your inscription details. For custom orders, message your ideas. For you, I hope your Autumn and Winter are dear and loving! I love being a part of your gift giving surprises! XOXO ~Amor Milagre

Music of the Moment: This Will Be (An Everlasting Love), Natalie Cole

Posted on October 10, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

Home & Garden Renovation Design Diaries & Tips: Right Plant Right Place

‘The right plant in the right place’ gardening principle is all about choosing the right plant, that you love, and placing it in the right conditions (soil, wind, air, water, sun, temperature, etc), but also in the right place in the garden.

Our house renovations extend into the garden as the overgrown shrubs and trees were placed too near the house walls, windows, and doors years ago. Choosing the right plant for the expected mature growth is also very important. Yes, all the baby plants look tiny and darling when you first tuck them into their new beds, but oh how they will grow! The plants in our garden here are over 30 years old and many look lovely as a hedge border, but too many are sick because they are too near manmade structures and are not getting the proper amount of light and air circulation. House foundation and siding issues are common for old houses that have large, deeply rooted, plants too near the house walls. This week, we’ve been busy removing such large plants, but it’s sad to cut any living plant. For empaths, it hurts. It’s very important to choose and place your plants in a well-planned spot because they spend their whole lives striving, growing, and surviving the conditions you place them in, only to be cut down at their beautiful peak.

Everyone can design their gardens with the knowledge of plants so that we may look out the windows to admire them, sit amongst them with a cup of tea, take care of them over a long loving lifetime, and so they may proudly grow in beauty and age undisturbed. Research your plants before you add them into the Earth, move them, prune, or remove them.

*All ages enjoy Nature, gardening, and plants. Nature calms the nerves, solves problems, and restores us to our real Selves. This state opens our ‘Light of Love’ up to the knowledge of the Universe, and this helps us, here, in our daily lives. Be kind to your plants and they will continue to take great care of you, too. Live in Nature, where life makes sense…

Plants provide beautiful sound barriers as well as creating fresh oxygen for us all. They are dependable homes for all living animals and insects, and inspire us to live outside more. If you do have to cut branches, place them in the woods or in a spot in your garden to make a nice organic compost pile. This also makes a nice home for your garden dwelling wildlife. Today, we made a kind of burrow stack in the side woods and invited all of the animals and faeries to nestle in before Winter. Back into the Earth to renew and provide nutrients for a most precious gift, Soil.

How difficult are the roots to remove? Probably very as that is their beautiful design. Will everyone like the plants you’re adding? Yes, at some point, we all move on and new gardeners come in. It’s tricky to please everyone as plants keep our connections and memories, but if we let go and sense the plants as they truly are, we can appreciate them as they are, connected in Nature. We couldn’t help but notice that rhododendrons are tricky ones. Roots spreading sideways like walking trees…so many roots and shoots. These plants need space, so next to a house is not a good place for them, especially if left to grow into a hedge.

Our new garden plans are coming up so please stay tuned! In the meantime, take a wander outside into the botanical world and browse your library. Experience the marvels of Nature. You can save seeds and spread Nature everywhere again, while keeping in mind to preserve our silly manmade structures, so we use less of Nature’s resources to rebuild our neglected, non-living contraptions. Exploring how Nature grows proves human invention nonsensical. How truly smart Nature is…how she weaves all her creations together in such a harmonious world of inclusiveness. We are the ones who are getting in her way. Oh, how I wish I were the wind, a snail, a fox, or a more natural human…perhaps I once was and will be again…but for now, I’ll take care of her and us. Happy Nature Explorations! XOXO ~Amor Milagre

Many of our beautiful garden plants will appear in my upcoming children’s books, artwork, and stationery collections.

Coming Up: New Garden Beds and Planting Spring Bulbs and Seeds

New Home & Garden Renovation Design Diaries & Tips: More from this new series is coming up!

Music of the Moment: Scarborough Fair, Simon & Garfunkel

Posted on October 2, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

Custom Built Home Design Moments: Goodnight, Dove Cottage

Here are just a few images and snippets of the home we built with loving hearts and hands.

Goodnight, Dove Cottage

We have moved from this house near the beach, and we now live in the mountains.

Our new house renovation will begin soon!

XOXO ~Amor Milagre

The new house designs are planned and will be excitedly shared here as each room is updated. Good designs take time to grow just as a garden evolves in time. A house is not finished and full all at once. Over the years, we can make and stumble upon things to adorn the walls and sketchbooks. Renovations will be appearing in this Amor Milagre journal and design books in the coming seasons. Our new home will provide more time for me to release many collections, as well as a quieter lifestyle for our family. We hope no one pollutes our new reverie as they did our darling Dove Cottage. All the good memories we do have from this house are layered with the stress of the sound pollution. We look forward to truly wonderful and healthy memories.

My book characters were born in our first house, inspiring silly dreams at bedtime, many of which are still waiting to jump into the Shop. My husband hand-cleared the land for the house, made paths in the woods by walking his adored daily stroll in the trees years before we met. Later, we married in our wooded haven. We watched a family of deer cross the snowy yard every twilight. Toys danced on the new FSC Certified flooring and little hands circled their first crayon masterpiece, making first storybooks. New vegan recipes shined in the organic no-dig garden and were enjoyed at the table. Illustrations graced the walls, beautifully papered with non-toxic, unscented materials. Radiant heat kept us cozy in the cold months, and mini-split heat pumps cooled us on hot days. All would have been more enjoyable if we could feel the breeze through our new rooms, but the sound pollution from machines, highways, deforestation, and disrespectful new neighbours increased to a level so hard to exist in, our beautiful new large windows that brought Nature in, had to stay closed. No open fresh air means ill health, even with a mechanical ventilation system. Where is common curtesy? Where is compassion? Where are manners and human dignity? Where is Love for all living things? We’re hopefully moving there…or at least we will continue to encourage these loving practices wherever we go…

‘Dove Cottage’ is only now ‘finished’ because we are leaving it. A home is never ‘done’, but rather it changes over time and when in new hands. We only just now finished the interior projects in order to move, some varying from our plans, and after all of our work, we haven’t even been able to live in the finished spaces due to our hastened move caused by sound pollution. Though we did carve out some lovely exterior gardens, we haven’t had time to finish the garden plans around the house to share. Our sacrifice, work, money, muscle, patience, and every second from the past several years was dedicated to Dove Cottage. All was done by our loving hands and imagination with good health in mind for each choice. It has been an unnecessary struggle. We didn’t even get to try the new shower or kitchen that we have only just finished. We told the house to share the Loving Energy we gave her to the new owners and visitors.

***Amor Milagre, and our family, is in no way associated with any new owners, but our original designs of this house are copyrighted: All Rights Reserved © 2011-2019 Amor Milagre. I will finish and release some projects that include imagery from this house, but if any images of our house are shared online that are not by myself, Amor Milagre, then please remember that it is not us and we are not responsible for them or any messages or actions they put out into the Universe. The internet sometimes connects images, but the sources are often lost, so please do not confuse Amor Milagre with anyone else. The house will look similar to how it does now, as fixtures, wallpaper, paint colours, curtains, and other items are staying. Of course, any changes to the designs going forward are not done by us and we are not associated with or responsible for new or changed designs after we move. We are not them, and they are not us. We designed and made this house. Our new house will be our home and the new place of Atelier Amor Milagre (Design Studio & Office).

*Humans need to realize what they are doing to their own lives and everything all over. Deforestation destroys ecosystems and sound barriers. Machines (and neighbours even after speaking to them and then reporting them) need to stop polluting in every way. We hope to regain our hearing that was lost and to recover from illnesses and stress made by constant sound pollution. It is very serious and needs awareness to be made for it in order for healthy long-term changes to be made worldwide. We hope to build a new home to last many lifetimes in a peaceful place for good health, and not suffer anymore from the selfishness of others. That was what our Dove Cottage was supposed to be and why every second was pushed for it so that at some point we could settle in and truly live. The nomadic life is exhausting and upsetting. Everyone craves ‘home’, wherever that is for them. We simply want to go home.

Leaving our home was made worse by the current system for selling and buying. The real estate system is dysfunctional and massively problematic to endure. It has failed us since Spring. It is completely unorganized, out of order, and one late email or misplaced paper from any one of the many people involved can cause an entire deal to fall apart after the last second is up. The incredibly hectic, unrealistic way it operates is unacceptable. Everyone who speaks of it has their own terrible tale. We have informed the ‘people in charge’ of this system of healthy ideas for a complete redesign of this industry. You can use your voice to change this system. Find your state board of realtors to let them know how troubling this system is. They are aware of the issues, but don’t even apologize for it. “That’s the way it is…” they say. For everyone’s sake, they need to change it. It’s not a nice work day for them either. For us, it’s been yet another challenge to untangle. We don’t want to just get through it, forget it, and move on to more positive things because, if there is an issue that affects everyone, we must try to change it to be positive for everyone. It is still our problem even after we move. What if we have to move again, or our friend needs to move, or anyone needs to move? We don’t want the same system to impair our children’s life later on..or now. There is no steadiness for planning. Everything is last minute and you can’t count on it. It causes you to tell your children unreliable information and that is confusing and distressing to your daily life, memories, and planning. Every detail of life is on hold and disturbed for who knows how long. The fees are too high, and not affected by poor performance; there is no pay reduction consequence for missing deadlines or poor communication. We had to do most of the work ourselves to get anything done. Another industry that needs more care, healthier options, and to charge less is the construction business. We build our houses ourselves because we have to, even though we have very little time with both of us working full time jobs and parenting. The local contractors overcharge and don’t provide healthy practices or good craftsmanship. They also pollute your home, as does the real estate system, even when scent/pollution rules are set for showings and appointments.

*We really care about what we do, whether that is making a family dinner, designing our home, or painting up collections for the Amor Milagre Shop. What we all do matters greatly to everyone and our Selves.

Each industry needs a re-design with Good Health for All as the focus. What industries have you been involved in or have experience with? How can you make healthy choices and changes? Let’s not ignore problems. Let’s resolve them.

We dearly hope to at long last be settled and sleep well, even though we have to start over once again, rebuilding an old house, after building an efficient lovely new one with amazing healthy features and non-toxic sustainable beautiful materials. It’s amazing how truly hard it has been, having a baby, being ill, working, building, enduring and rebuilding our life every day just because the people around us do not care about their effect on the world. All with little to no sleep due to neighbours and highways (deforestation). Not being able to open the windows due to sound pollution causes so many illnesses and all can be prevented. Fresh air is vital. The nervous system and immune system need to feel safe, quiet, calm, and nurtured for good whole health. Trusting your instincts is important, but exhausting if all you hear is threatening sound pollution. Life does not need to be so difficult, complex, and painful. Life, by Nature, is absolutely beautiful, if we let it be beautiful for all of us, every day connecting with Nature. Be aware, be kind, be sensical, be gentle, be loving, be purely you! XOXO ~Amor Milagre

We Moved! All New Orders Will Ship Upon Reopening Oct 8th.

Thank you for your Patience.

Coming Up:

New Home Renovations!

New Book: The Art of Packing & Moving

More Sustainable Home Design journal posts and Design Book Collections, including content from this post and my website.

A Few Related Posts:

Sound Pollution: Quiet the Machines of Humans. Connect to a Sense of Nature.

“The Art of Packing & Moving” New Home Health Tips

10 Helpful Tips For Healthy New Beginnings

New Home Shopping Tips: House & Land Search

New Home Design Series & Books, Interior Design & Sustainable Building

10 Quick Tips for Building a Sustainable House, Organic Home Design

Music of the Moment: Farewell and Goodnight, The Smashing Pumpkins

Posted on August 31, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

Colour Mood: Autumn Picnics

Green to golden, crimson, plum. My beloved Autumn has come. Tangerine, apricot, chestnut. Dusty hazy seeded sky…and what? A walk under the trees. Let’s speak in leaves. A basket of deeply coloured wild berries, fresh bread, cucumber tomato balsamic salad, hot cacao, and a cozy plaid blanket unwinds your senses with a picnic in the country forest, a city park, your back garden, and anywhere you desire. Pause and connect with Nature. Feel the changes. All throughout Autumn, picnics of small and grand scales are waiting. Safely explore the beautiful light of arching rainbows and tree limbs above. Hear the rustling of furred friends below, preparing for Winter’s cold snow. What flavour combinations do you Love? Olives and marmalade? Anything goes! Fresh from the garden, from shops, and handmade. Let’s get outside where Fall memories won’t fade. Happy Autumn picnics to you and your Dear Ones! XOXO ~Amor Milagre

Little explorers Love to bring: A compass, map, journal, camera, and lots of extra wild berries!

Coming Up:

~More from The Colour Mood Series.

~A New Painting Series and Greeting Cards to Match!

~Organic Vegan Cookbooks and Healthy Lifestyle Books.

Music of the Moment: The Old Gypsy, The Paganini Duo, Performers are Gustaw Szelski on violin and Georg Mertens on guitar.

Shop Autumn Gifts

Posted on August 31, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

A Tomato that Tastes like a Tomato

To grow a tomato that tastes like a tomato, the old ways are beautiful, flavourful, and healthy. Let the bugs roam, let the sun shine, let the rain fall, and let plants be natural in Nature.

We love to plant organic, non-GMO, heirloom tomato seeds, in a sunny spot each year, on a fresh layer of homemade organic plant compost, in our organic no-dig edible plant garden. Clear other plants from the bottom layer for optimal air flow and remove lower leaves after they’ve grown strong and healthy. (No sprays or chemicals. No tools needed). Enjoy the colours and taste of all kinds of lovely tomatoes! Plant organic basil nearby for a delicious salad picnic in the garden. Guiding the plants, watching the flowers and bees, and being a helper of Nature feels amazing. We love to take a closer look and thank Mamma Nature for her beautiful designs, colours, textures, scents, sounds, and tastes. We’re fascinated by her natural packaging, recycling, and life cycles. We also save the tomato seeds for planting new plants and label with the date.

Heirloom tomatoes taste wonderful and have old origins. The seeds were passed down from generations of gardeners. They are heirlooms like a beautiful antique gift from your ancestors, but these gifts produce gorgeous food over and over again to sustain a healthy family of growers.

Remember to: Support your local organic plant farmers and gardeners at local markets, restaurants, and shops. Get your hands dirty. It feels good to connect to the Earth and grow healthy food for yourself, Dear Ones, and your community. Children love to grow and eat their own garden. One handful of seeds grows an abundance of healthy food to be eaten that day and preserved for the year. Grow flavours, colours, quality, and good health in your garden all year round. Plants are best when eaten when in season, ripe, fresh, and kissed by the sun. Happy Late Summer Foods! Enjoy Nature: The Best Show on Earth! XOXO ~Amor Milagre

Coming Up in 2020: New Organic Edible Gardens

Music of the Moment: Stone on the Water, Badly Drawn Boy

Posted on August 30, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

Colour Mood: Thank you Summer, Late Summer Days

Carpets of moss stretch over stones and trees. Foxglove sway in the dewdrop morning breeze. Sweet roses scent the air at home and beach. Thank you, Summer for your glorious, loving kiss. Nature is where I find inspiration for my gentle life & my A Gentle Life Collections. What inspires you? Happy Late Summer! XOXO ~Amor Milagre

Coming Up: More from The Colour Mood Series.

Welcome Home, Autumn…

Coming Up in Winter 2020: Loving Collections I made this Summer

Music of the Moment: Gypsy Hymn, Johnny Flynn

Posted on August 26, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

10 Helpful Healthy Energy Tips For Calm Meditation

When you feel like you’ve done too much, it’s not time to do more. Pause, Stop. Rest… Unwind with meditation to remember how to truly rest all of you. Here are 10 helpful tips for calm meditation for all ages. Take gentle care of you. xoxo ~Amor Milagre

Eat fresh plant foods and hydrate. Stretch slowly to circulate any trapped chemicals in your body. Drink water to improve the flow.
Routines that build energy help you. Matching low energy with unhealthy foods and negative habits harms you. What is helpful? What grows positive habits? What gives you energy?
Breathe fresh air. See the leaves and seasons change. Harmonize with Nature’s rhythms.
A calm space where you feel safe and are able to sit or lay still and quietly is helpful to unwind into meditation. With practice, you can meditate in any place.
Open and unwind. If you’re unsure how to begin, try resting quietly, without added layers of sound. If you have trouble with this, a guided meditation can help you build a meditation routine into your memory to use any time you need to let go and refocus. Use something as low-tech as possible. You can even write your own guide and read aloud before beginning. Natural sounds are helpful for connecting to Nature, so open a window or visit a garden. A comfortable position, balanced for your spine and posture, and able to breathe in your best way, is helpful for grounding down into the Earth. If you can, go outside, remove shoes, and ground your energy down, energizing from the Earth’s core.
Keep a small and large perspective for a balance of calm reflection and revitalization.
A healthy skincare and Self care routine helps before meditation so you feel settled and fresh, ready to explore knowing your Higher and Inner Self. Unplug electronics for a quiet space. Low lighting is soothing. A soft eye mask or a cloth over your eyes can help block light, and with lavender or other favourite scented plants, you can ease into feeling your senses and awareness more naturally.
An hour to let go, explore, and open helps you to not rush or dwell too long. Release any pressure for specific goals or expectations. What will come will surface. Listen with your heart, open.
Maintaining a healthy meditation routine helps you to keep your energy, so you don’t dip too low, lacking energy. Humans’ ways and routines are often energy zappers for others, so be mindful to create your own unique routines for your unique needs.
You can heal your Self with breathing, processing, and letting go. Trust your Self to take care of you, and you can take care of your whole Self, your Soul, and the Universe.

[This text is from my A Gentle Life Book Collection.]

Breathe into your soft Light, and feel Love.

Music of the Moment: Solo Piano, Philip Glass

Posted on July 29, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

La Mer, Oceanic Ethical Art & Design Collection 2021

La Mer

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)

A Gentle Life Collection

Amor Milagre La Mer Ocean Inspired Collection Summer Autumn Winter Nursery Ethical Handmade Gift Shop Art Organic Baby & Child Woman Mermaid amormilagre.com

Music of the Moment: La Mer, Charles Trenet

Posted on May 20, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

10 Things I’ve Loved Since Childhood, The Imagination of the Senses

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!

Swinging with my curly hair down in the breeze.
Walking up a hill, climbing a tree, and watching the sunset’s beautiful colours each night.
Carving pumpkins and trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Swimming in the ocean in light rain.
Drawing pictures of anything.
Running barefoot in the grass when it’s lightly raining in the summer.
Making up stories and silly games outside in Nature with a friend from down the street.
Dancing with the fireflies in the magical summer evenings.
Designing my ideal town of kindness with chalk on the driveway, and then wheeling around on the tiny roads.
Eating watermelon and tomatoes in the garden.

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)

Posted on March 7, 2019October 21, 2019 by Amor Milagre

Amor Milagre: Reuse Ethical Packaging

A Gift for you! Wrapped in respect for Nature, Amor Milagre packages are freshly wrapped this Spring so that you may reuse the boxes within for gifts and storage. This prolongs the life of the box as a box. The boxes can hold your dearest treasures or supplies waiting to become your dearest treasures. Helpful on an office shelf, in a nursery, a bookshelf, or a storage room, these clean recycled brown boxes are a beautiful neutral for your home and office. The packages are wrapped in a reusable, recycled brown kraft paper. The name of the recipient is handwritten on the top of the package for a special personalized feeling upon arrival. All packaging is responsibly sourced, made of recycled material, and FSC Certified. I’ve always been in Love with the realm of trees and Nature. It’s important to source responsible materials. I use minimal packaging, and with this process, the box is able to be reused, Loved, and adored. Use the paper for anything you can, and recycle or compost if too messy from shipping. Use for packing when you move or ship another package. Fold in half and use the clean sides to cover books for school or to soothe your bookshelf. Paint a mural! If clean, use both sides for a large blank canvas to draw on. Kids will love this adventure! Tidying up your home is very rewarding. When all of your things have a special place, you can easily find what you crave, and save your energy for the next passion to enjoy in life. Love to the trees! XOXO ~Amor Milagre

I adore calligraphy and classic bakery style boxes. My packaging doesn’t use string, but I love the feeling of a parcel wrapped in brown paper with your name on it! This is especially exciting when someone else has bought this surprise for you. A little box on your doorstep! What is inside? A gift for me!

Another way to keep your order’s packaging in good shape for reuse is to instruct your mail carrier, (we use USPS for all orders), to deliver your packages to a specific spot. One that is nice, dry, and easy for you to see and bring in. You can also ask to pick up your parcels at the post office so they stay very dry and clean.

It’s a lovely and vital idea for everyone to cut down on using excessive amounts of packaging and packaging that is wasted or only used once. We can grow more Love for the initial materials and energy used to make even one simple box. How many uses can you find for a box? Children love to play with boxes. These boxes make wonderful beds for dolls, puppet stages, houses for tiny mice toys, treasure chests for letters from Dear Ones, and beaches for my upcoming organic cotton toy collection! They are also perfect for storing artwork, holiday cards, and art & craft supplies. The labels help children learn to spell and read. Amor Milagre is an inclusive company. I not only try to include all people when making the product collections, choosing packaging, and mindfully writing new book characters, but how is everything cherished? How can a product live throughout time? How can we share Love and responsibly choose ‘A Gentle Life?’

This way of packing my products also saves you time and space, while being very helpful around the house.

No trip to the recycling center on our account. Less energy to recycle materials.

A new, fun tool for you to keep your belongings happy and in good condition!

As an artist and designer, it really helps to organize my belongings into labeled boxes.

Everything is there at your fingertips! All of the boxes live on a storage shelf, easy to find.

Ready to play?

Explore Amor Milagre’s ‘A Gentle Life’ Collections to find what speaks to you or reminds you of a Dear One!

Quick shipping during every season.

Coming Up: Dear Sweet Funny Audiobooks!

Music of the Moment: Butterfly Mornings, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions

Posted on March 6, 2019August 7, 2023 by Amor Milagre

Spring Fresh: Design Your Art Gallery

La Primavera! Oh, how lovely to freshen your home with new air and sweet dances. Surround yourself with gentle, healthy coziness. Yes, freshness can be very cozy! Open the windows and let Love in and out. Visit The Shop at Dove Cottage for gentle life inspiration for any space, whether for a room in your home or in your heart. Inspired by Nature and the senses, ‘A Gentle Life’ Collections are wonderful to wear, to adorn walls in the home or halls at the office with, and to give as customized gifts. Bring Nature in and go out to embrace her. So many more loving pieces from this ever-growing, ethical collection are hopping into the shop this Spring season. Freedom is found in our choices. Choose Love, XOXO ~Amor Milagre