Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
It’s the weekend, and we’re cuddled up in floury rolled-up sweater sleeves, writing wintry novels, reading old favourites, and baking away.
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
Giving children time, space, and ingredients inspires magic to crisp up. Today’s gingerbread was made by the little chefs of Rose Cottage. Get a sense of timing and spice ratios…smile knowing you can do it!
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
Early fairy tales are so fun to read this time of year. “You can’t catch me…”
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
These taste wonderful! Now, they’re running all over the house…
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage, handmade kitchen cabinet designAmor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
Pizza lunches with Kalamata olives…mmm…
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
One of my cosy reading/writing nooks. So many treasuries are coming up in the New Year!
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
Writing inspiration is everywhere in our home…just a little bumpy tour of the library, aka the wild forest.
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
*Our most fun moments are quiet and still. There in lies the magic, able to be heard.
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
Here is our weekly vegetable bean soup to keep us healthy while the cold sets into the garden. Looks like it will be a snow-packed season.
Amor Milagre Cosy November Days: Gingerbread & Writing at Rose Cottage
Snowflake vintage movie nights… Love, ~ Amor Milagre
Amor Milagre Botiza Novelette Illustrations 5X7 Art Print Stationery Card Set SHOP
A few more songs to keep us company as I paint up new novel illustrations and wait for the breads to rise… Stay warm. The wind doth blow. Love, ~ Amor Milagre
Songs to enjoy on crisp November days…lay on the floor by the record player or take a CD on a drive to watch the leaves fall…paint and dance and bake…whatever we like in the moment. November is a time of complete peace leaving air space for all kinds of beautiful energy to get your soul swaying. The moon is bright and coaxing me to put on another record…
Rye Whiskey – Bill Martin version and then the Nick Cave version, I cannot find my favourite older version…more crackly and earthy. (We don’t drink, but I like the melody, not the message…)
Why Don’t You Do Right – Peggy Lee & The Benny Goodman Orchestra (A song for Mr. Bennet. Small life goal: to do Benny’s casual minimal jiggle-snap.)
I am so excited to release more of my ever-growing Leona Collection today. These two greeting card/fine art print sets feature a selection of original illlustrations from my darling novel, Leona’s Homecoming from The Love Letter Diaries series.
1st Set: ‘Cosy Day’ homey watercolour illustrations on flat fine art cards come with envelopes so you may easily mail artwork to dear ones, pin on mood boards, and add to 5″ x 7″ frames. Set of 4 Designs: Cosy Red Velvet Reading Chair, Sweet Red Pear, Festive Green Leaf Wreath, and a cup of velvety rich Hot Chocolate. Write a message on the back if you like! Happy Holidays and…every day!
2nd Set: Ink book character illustrations. Set of 5 Designs: Leona, Brahams, Antoinette, Lucca & Hugh, and the Cotton Cottage. Fall in love with the characters and carry them in your heart to inspire cosy days.
Set of 8 Designs featuring: Botiza, Baby Evelyn, Bear, James, John, and their Snowy Home & Orchards.
*This Novelette will soon release in a compilation book called Self-Health Novelettes, a collection of life-loving stories. I love these stories and I hope you do, too!
Many more print/card sets like these are coming up. Get ready for bunnies and mountains and seasonal magic!
Amor Milagre Pale Pink Bathroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage: Bubbles of Inspiration. Author, Designer, Artist.
Water helps me to fully visualize vivid ideas for my books, artwork, our home and school, and for our days. Unwinding the senses to nurture the soul is an important part of my creative process. Here, we have our pale pink bathroom where bubbles wave gently like raindrops in my ear. This mermaid writes and paints ancient memories of the sea into mostly everything I do.
Clean healthy water is what makes our speck of the universe able to house us. No more pollution. Heal now.
I will show the before and afters of our Rose Cottage rooms and gardens all this winter through. I only have to tidy up the sea of photo files from the past several years! We’re happy to unwind now. Just be. Live well.
A new post about our custom woodworking is coming up! These custom-measured and hand-made bathroom cabinets (and more of our Rose Cottage renovation and furniture) will be featured.
Visit the Design Page and follow along with this renovation journal.
Happy thought bubbles to you this cosy auburn November. Love, ~Amor Milagre
Amor Milagre Pale Pink Bathroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage: Bubbles of Inspiration. Author, Designer, Artist.Amor Milagre Pale Pink Bathroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage: Bubbles of Inspiration. Author, Designer, Artist.
Unique medicine, and under sink, cabinets were measured for specific item groups. This efficient storage leaves the room free of clutter so Nature and Light are the focus, as well as my thoughts. This Farrow & Ball shade, Setting Plaster, is earthy and grounding, yet oh so sweet and softening. Pink shimmering velvet drapes continue the hue around to glowing sconces and cream lace sheers. The floating sink allows for easy weekly cleaning. We made the most of this little space…more later.
Amor Milagre Pale Pink Bathroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage: Bubbles of Inspiration. Author, Designer, Artist.
It was a bit funny…us carrying this tub through the garden and house that day…just made it!
Amor Milagre Pale Pink Bathroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage: Bubbles of Inspiration. Author, Designer, Artist.Amor Milagre Pale Pink Cream Bedroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage. Author, Designer, Artist.
Quiet calm days unfold sweeter dreams.
Amor Milagre Pale Pink Cream Bedroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage. Author, Designer, Artist.
Mondays are for laundry, one of life’s most sincere luxuries.
Amor Milagre Pale Pink Cream Bedroom Renovation, November at Rose Cottage. Author, Designer, Artist.
Here, we left space for one of my favourite little designs, a hearth cabinet. Coming soon!
Music of the Moment: I May Be Wrong, Peggy Lee & The Dave Barbour Quartet
mending day…we each can sew our own shirts…and like to help each other out, too
