If i lived — a short introduction to this piece.
If i lived: Quick Notes
I am so excited to share that my newest digital Dreambook is now available: the winter edition of the seasonal Dreambook series If I Lived in a Cozy Cottage by the Sea.
My girls and I have the best time dreaming up and creating these Dreambooks. We can’t wait for you to see!
I hope you treat yourself to a cup of tea, a Dreambook and a little escape to dream and find inspiration for your own home.
Learn more about the winter Dreambook, see a little video preview and grab yours here!
These images were created by me for my Winter Dreambook: If I Lived in a Cottage by the Sea.
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**Whispers of the Sea**
If I wore a cottage of salt and stone,
where waves trace verses on a frosty shore,
its chimney exhaling tales of home,
and stars stitch their secrets through the door—
I’d read by the hearth where the north wind grieves,
swap tides for turnpages, let frost breathe through me,
a lantern of honey in the midnight’s breath,
and dream of shores where the salty sea
whispers: *Belong*.
Your salt cottage glows with waves whispering stories, stars stitching secrets, home in every breath—your heart a lighthouse where the sea finds its shore.
If I lived in a cottage by the sea,
the winter wind would sing through chinked walls,
and tide‑born memories would drift on frosted air—
salt‑kissed stories curling in each breath.
When snow brushed the roof like whispered prayers,
the hearth would hold the ocean’s lullaby,
and each log crack a heartbeat, bright as foam,
while distant gulls draw circles in the sky.
In quiet nights I’d watch the moon spill silver
over shingles, over waves, over my heart,
and know that solitude is not a prison—
but the gentle, endless tide of winter’s love.
“Your quill brushes frost-kissed solitude into warmth—a cottage not alone, but cradled by tides, where heartbeats sync with waves.”