Rebecca

Typical cottagecore career include:

-Bookstore owner. More specifically, gardening books, fairy tales books, etc.

-Owning a herbal teas bar. Maybe combined with the bookstore (I’ve once spotted one in a village, great idea).

-Owning an herboristery.

-Owning a homemade soaps/perfumes/lavender bags  store.

-Farmer and/or breeder

-Shepherd

-Fisherman

-Florist

-Owning a bakery, a tea room, or both.

-Second hand goods/thrift dealer

-Seamstress

-Forest ranger

-Beekeeper

-Potter/Sculptor

-Toy maker

-Miniaturist

-Painter/illustrator

-Author (for kids?)

-Photographer

So I see that there's not really a set aethetic for ethereal/etherealcore/ethereality, which is upsetting because it's so beautiful to me, so I thought I should go ahead and make it myself

So what's the jist of it, you ask?

Neutral colors

In love with every season but spring and autumn are everything

Flowy / classy attire

Lace, chiffon, fur

Simplicity with faint traces of glamor

Burning candles

Steaming tea/coffee in beautiful teacups or mugs

Roses

Handwritten letters

Faded photography

Reading/writing in a beautiful setting like a garden, an aesthetic coffee shop, the porch on a rainy day

Watching the sunrise (whereas the norm is to watch the sunset)

Any form of art (especially writing and painting)

Pondering on the deeper matters of life

Pleasant breezes

Nature

Warm smiles and voices that sound like home

Calm music

Gentle and eloquent words

All things heart and soul

Pleasant demeanor

Sheer curtains blowing in the wind

Stone architecture

Big libraries

Elegant old world charm

I'll add more as they come to me!