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the whimsy darling

For readers, dreamers, travelers, and modern romantics

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the whimsy darling

Hi! I'm a visual artist and storyteller.

I create digital illustrations, fonts, and designs inspired by nature

and whimsical experiences!

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Baking is my love language. 💕 what’s yours? 🥰
Today I made vegan banana pudding as a special summer treat. It’s a nostalgic dessert for me and always rinds me of childhood in the sweetest ways ✨#WhimsicalMorning #EverydayEnchantment #SlowLiving #whimsy

Baking is my love language. 💕 what’s yours? 🥰
Today I made vegan banana pudding as a special summer treat. It’s a nostalgic dessert for me and always rinds me of childhood in the sweetest ways ✨#WhimsicalMorning #EverydayEnchantment #SlowLiving #whimsy

The sweetest way I could think to say goodbye to strawberry season 🍓

See my link tree for full recipe with my modifications plus a sweet lil strawberry season reading list inspired by Jane Austen’s Emma.

#StrawberrySeason
#SummerBaking
#VeganDessert
#booksandbaking
#SeasonalLiving

The sweetest way I could think to say goodbye to strawberry season 🍓

See my link tree for full recipe with my modifications plus a sweet lil strawberry season reading list inspired by Jane Austen’s Emma.

#StrawberrySeason
#SummerBaking
#VeganDessert
#booksandbaking
#SeasonalLiving

Good whimsical morning. 🌿✨
Books, coffee, indoor and outdoor creatures, and a few little rituals that help me begin the day. 💕

#WhimsicalMorning
#TheWhimsyDarling
#EverydayEnchantment
#MorningRituals
#slowliving

Good whimsical morning. 🌿✨
Books, coffee, indoor and outdoor creatures, and a few little rituals that help me begin the day. 💕

#WhimsicalMorning
#TheWhimsyDarling
#EverydayEnchantment
#MorningRituals
#slowliving

Today I found myself thinking about hope, Emily Dickinson, and a small grey bird at the window. 🪺

#TheWhimsyDarling
#TheCuriosityCabinet
#EmilyDickinson
#LiteraryLife
#cultivatingwonder

Today I found myself thinking about hope, Emily Dickinson, and a small grey bird at the window. 🪺

#TheWhimsyDarling
#TheCuriosityCabinet
#EmilyDickinson
#LiteraryLife
#cultivatingwonder

#summernails I’m calling these Blueberry Lemonade 😆🫐🍋
#romanticizeyourlife #cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic #ootdnails

#summernails I’m calling these Blueberry Lemonade 😆🫐🍋
#romanticizeyourlife #cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic #ootdnails

Lately, I’ve been trying to pay a little more attention to the things that make life feel magical.

Fresh flowers. Good books. Stolen moments in the garden.

Here’s to finding a little whimsy in the little moments throughout our days. ✨

#romanticizeyourlife #TheWhimsyDarling
#EverydayEnchantment
#CultivatingWonder
#WhimsicalLiving

Lately, I’ve been trying to pay a little more attention to the things that make life feel magical.

Fresh flowers. Good books. Stolen moments in the garden.

Here’s to finding a little whimsy in the little moments throughout our days. ✨

#romanticizeyourlife #TheWhimsyDarling
#EverydayEnchantment
#CultivatingWonder
#WhimsicalLiving

Available now ✨💖 A Cozy Year: A Cottagecore Coloring Book is a romantic, hand-drawn journey through the seasons—created for coloring lovers and daydreamers.
—link in bio—
#ACozyYear, #CottagecoreColoring, #ColoringBookLovers, #ColoringForAdults, #AdultColoringBook, #MindfulColoring, #SlowLivingMovement, #RomanticizeYourLife, #WhimsicalWorld, #CottagecoreAesthetic, #CozyCottageVibes, #ColoringCommunity, #ColorWithMe, #CreativeCalm, #ThroughTheSeasons, #SeasonalLiving, #CozyThroughTheYear, #WhimsicalSeasons, #SpringDreams, #SummerGoldenHours, #AutumnAesthetic, #WinterCottage, #FairycoreVibes, #NewColoringBook, #SmallCreatorSupport, #IndieArtistSupport, #EtsyFinds, #BookstagramFeature, #GiftIdeasForHer, #cozyartvibes

Available now ✨💖 A Cozy Year: A Cottagecore Coloring Book is a romantic, hand-drawn journey through the seasons—created for coloring lovers and daydreamers.
—link in bio—
#ACozyYear, #CottagecoreColoring, #ColoringBookLovers, #ColoringForAdults, #AdultColoringBook, #MindfulColoring, #SlowLivingMovement, #RomanticizeYourLife, #WhimsicalWorld, #CottagecoreAesthetic, #CozyCottageVibes, #ColoringCommunity, #ColorWithMe, #CreativeCalm, #ThroughTheSeasons, #SeasonalLiving, #CozyThroughTheYear, #WhimsicalSeasons, #SpringDreams, #SummerGoldenHours, #AutumnAesthetic, #WinterCottage, #FairycoreVibes, #NewColoringBook, #SmallCreatorSupport, #IndieArtistSupport, #EtsyFinds, #BookstagramFeature, #GiftIdeasForHer, #cozyartvibes

It’s a good day to watercolor 💕🦌
#happyfriday #firsttime #cottagecore #deer #springishere #instartist

It’s a good day to watercolor 💕🦌
#happyfriday #firsttime #cottagecore #deer #springishere #instartist

Does anyone else feel like this? 🥰💕📖
“It was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion; and upon Elinor therefore the whole task of telling lies when politeness required it, always fell.”
- Sense and Sensibility, Ch. 21
The plot in emojis: 💕 🫖 🏡🐎 💌🪶💒👯‍♀️🏙️
🃏💌💔🎹 🌧️🤒🕯️💍💍💕
#senseandsensibility #janeausten #cottagecore #booknerd
#bookstagram

Does anyone else feel like this? 🥰💕📖
“It was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion; and upon Elinor therefore the whole task of telling lies when politeness required it, always fell.”
- Sense and Sensibility, Ch. 21
The plot in emojis: 💕 🫖 🏡🐎 💌🪶💒👯‍♀️🏙️
🃏💌💔🎹 🌧️🤒🕯️💍💍💕
#senseandsensibility #janeausten #cottagecore #booknerd
#bookstagram

Longing for a day in Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare grew up, wrote, fell in love…and one of my favorite places on earth. 💕✨🦢

#stratforduponavon #shakespeare #cottagecore #happyplace #romanticizeyourlife

Longing for a day in Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare grew up, wrote, fell in love…and one of my favorite places on earth. 💕✨🦢

#stratforduponavon #shakespeare #cottagecore #happyplace #romanticizeyourlife

A day at the animal sanctuary… 🦢😍💕 #cottagecore #romanticizeyourlife #happymonday

A day at the animal sanctuary… 🦢😍💕 #cottagecore #romanticizeyourlife #happymonday

A mini magnolia study to brighten up your day 💐✨
…does anyone else hear Spring calling early?

(From “Sleeping on the Ceiling”)
“The mighty flowers and foliage rustle;
under the leaves the insects tunnel.
We must go under the wallpaper
to meet the insect-gladiator,
to battle with a net and trident,
and leave the fountain and the square.
But oh, that we could sleep up there....”
― Elizabeth Bishop

#elizabethbishop #flowers #illustration #magnolias #patterns #floralpattern
#waitingforspringtime #cottagecore #bookstagram #poetry #myart #naturelover #romanticizeyourlife

A mini magnolia study to brighten up your day 💐✨
…does anyone else hear Spring calling early?

(From “Sleeping on the Ceiling”)
“The mighty flowers and foliage rustle;
under the leaves the insects tunnel.
We must go under the wallpaper
to meet the insect-gladiator,
to battle with a net and trident,
and leave the fountain and the square.
But oh, that we could sleep up there....”
― Elizabeth Bishop

#elizabethbishop #flowers #illustration #magnolias #patterns #floralpattern
#waitingforspringtime #cottagecore #bookstagram #poetry #myart #naturelover #romanticizeyourlife

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
😆🎄✨

#merrychristmas #madeleinetree #pinterestinspired #whimsy #cottagecore

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
😆🎄✨

#merrychristmas #madeleinetree #pinterestinspired #whimsy #cottagecore

Christmas tree makeover🎄…with BOWS! 🎀 Because I simply couldnt resist 😍
✨
#diy #christmastree #bows #christmas bows #victorian #handmadebows #romanticizeyourlife #holidaydecor

Christmas tree makeover🎄…with BOWS! 🎀 Because I simply couldnt resist 😍
✨
#diy #christmastree #bows #christmas bows #victorian #handmadebows #romanticizeyourlife #holidaydecor

A little light gilding in honor of the first snowfall of the season! ✨❄️✨

#december #art ##diy #diaryofacountrymouse #whimsical #cottagecoreaesthetic #washingtonarch #vintage

A little light gilding in honor of the first snowfall of the season! ✨❄️✨

#december #art ##diy #diaryofacountrymouse #whimsical #cottagecoreaesthetic #washingtonarch #vintage

Happy Halloween! 🎃✨

Happy Halloween! 🎃✨

Good morning ✨

Why I Wake Early
by Mary Oliver

Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and crotchety–
best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light–
good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.

— ☀️—
#goodmorning #poetry #maryoliver #whyirise #whisical #cottagecore #graphicdesigner #naturelovers #romanticizeyourlife

Good morning ✨

Why I Wake Early
by Mary Oliver

Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and crotchety–
best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light–
good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.

— ☀️—
#goodmorning #poetry #maryoliver #whyirise #whisical #cottagecore #graphicdesigner #naturelovers #romanticizeyourlife

#ootd 🩵 i wore cinderella blue for the blue moon ✨🌱 hope you have a blue-tiful day 😆
P.S. does anyone write love quote like Neruda?
“As if you were on fire within
The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
gush
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.
.

#cottagecore #bluemoon #supermoon #bluemoonpicnic #romanticizeyourlife #neruda #poetry #bookstagram

#ootd 🩵 i wore cinderella blue for the blue moon ✨🌱 hope you have a blue-tiful day 😆
P.S. does anyone write love quote like Neruda?
“As if you were on fire within
The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
gush
.
.
.

#cottagecore #bluemoon #supermoon #bluemoonpicnic #romanticizeyourlife #neruda #poetry #bookstagram

Happy Blue Super Moon ✨✨✨
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#supermoon #bluemoon #fullmoon #lightacademia #cottagecore #romanticizeyourlife

Happy Blue Super Moon ✨✨✨
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#supermoon #bluemoon #fullmoon #lightacademia #cottagecore #romanticizeyourlife

Happy full moon 🌕✨

#fullmoon #magic #lightacademia #cottagecore #painting #gilded

Happy full moon 🌕✨

#fullmoon #magic #lightacademia #cottagecore #painting #gilded

🌻 for anyone who wants a mini escape this morning…
#sunflowers
#happymonday
✨💕✨

#cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic #naturelovers #romanticizeyourlife

🌻 for anyone who wants a mini escape this morning…
#sunflowers
#happymonday
✨💕✨

#cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic #naturelovers #romanticizeyourlife

Wishing you a beautiful day! ✨

Wishing you a beautiful day! ✨

Stumbled across a leafy grove 🍃 and discovered this gem of a bookstore 😍📚

Stumbled across a leafy grove 🍃 and discovered this gem of a bookstore 😍📚

"I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a – of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" 🌹
She turned to Miss Baker for confirmation: "An absolute rose?"
This was untrue. I am not even faintly like a rose. She was only extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words. 📚
(from The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
✨

#gatsby #cottagecore #vintage #romanticizeyourlife #naturelovers #bookstagram

"I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a – of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" 🌹
She turned to Miss Baker for confirmation: "An absolute rose?"
This was untrue. I am not even faintly like a rose. She was only extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words. 📚
(from The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
✨

#gatsby #cottagecore #vintage #romanticizeyourlife #naturelovers #bookstagram

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” -The Tempest
✨

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” -The Tempest
✨

Good morning! ✨
These beauties just started blooming in the garden 😍 #eveningprimrose #naturelovers #whimsy #cottagecore #goodmorning

Good morning! ✨
These beauties just started blooming in the garden 😍 #eveningprimrose #naturelovers #whimsy #cottagecore #goodmorning

Cottagecore OOTD 💐🫖💕 inspired by the wisteria in Bridgerton (and my garden 🥰)
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#cottagecore #bridgerton #wisteria #ootd #naturelovers #redhead #vintagevibes #bookstagram #prideandprejuduce 📖

Cottagecore OOTD 💐🫖💕 inspired by the wisteria in Bridgerton (and my garden 🥰)
✨
#cottagecore #bridgerton #wisteria #ootd #naturelovers #redhead #vintagevibes #bookstagram #prideandprejuduce 📖

Just sharing a few of my beloved May moments 💕 #happyspring 💐🐣

Just sharing a few of my beloved May moments 💕 #happyspring 💐🐣

Happy Gemini Season!
💚♊️✨
And happy birthday to all of the amazing Gemini out there!
💕
#originalartwork #gemini #geminiseason #astrolovers #foxesofinstagram #lavender

Happy Gemini Season!
💚♊️✨
And happy birthday to all of the amazing Gemini out there!
💕
#originalartwork #gemini #geminiseason #astrolovers #foxesofinstagram #lavender

🧺 Just a lil #cottagecore #ootd for a lovely lil stroll in the garden 🌷✨💕
#gardenadventures #catsofinstagram #cottagecoreaesthetic #bookstagram #janeausten #janeaustentiktok #bellevibes #naturelovers #romanticizeyourlife

🧺 Just a lil #cottagecore #ootd for a lovely lil stroll in the garden 🌷✨💕
#gardenadventures #catsofinstagram #cottagecoreaesthetic #bookstagram #janeausten #janeaustentiktok #bellevibes #naturelovers #romanticizeyourlife

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