Finding Lots of Color & Joy During Winter!
Hellllooo my fellow flower fairies! I hope you’re warm and cozy and surrounded by flowers wherever you are and that you had a very happy beginning to the new year! I’m sitting here in my enchanted garden and even though it’s so cold outside, I’m so happy to have this colorful space where I can grow all the sparkling flowers to keep us sparkly and bright even during the winter! I hope you’re all getting dressed up and wearing your shimmering blooms and that they’re bringing you lots of joy, even during these grey days…sometimes you just have to make your own sunshine!
I’ve been making myself get out more these past few months (it’s so tempting to always be cozy in my enchanted garden!) to find colorful flowers out in the world too, because there are always flowers to be found even during winter! These moments of color and joy have made all the cold and grey days bearable and have reminded me that there is always happiness to be found if you just look for it! Here are some of my floral adventures, how I’m staying warm (and bright and sparkly too!) and all the new flowers I’m growing (which will be in full bloom and ready to be picked from my enchanted garden (via my online shop!) on Monday, February 9th!)…including an extra magical rainbow flower! I hope you enjoy!
First things first when getting ready to go on a floral adventure in the freezing cold ~ you’ve got to wear all the sparkling blooms and bright colors! I truly believe that wearing colors lifts up your mood (especially during winter!) and the mood of everyone around you too ~ it makes me so happy when someone stops me and says my outfit made them smile! That’s the power of color and flowers and sparkle and getting dressed up like a rainbow on the greyest, coldest winter days…so pick all of your favorite flower jewelry and put it on ~ the more, the better!
And I know I’ve said it before but I truly do find more color and happiness out in the world when I’m wearing color too ~ maybe it’s easier to find more joy when you’re already feeling joyful! So I got all bundled up in the most colorful, sparkling, rainbow attire and ventured out to the New York Botanical Garden for a very cold floral adventure just as autumn was turning into winter. The landscape was grey and brown and I felt a little discouraged…perhaps I was a bit too optimistic about enjoying flowers this time of year! But the moment that I walked into the greenhouse (discovered by venturing through a beautiful grove of pine trees, I felt like I was in a fairytale!), it was as if I had stepped into a different world…the train ride and long walk had been worth it!
Because I was surrounded by the most vibrant, colorful, magical chrysanthemums in cascades of yellow, red and orange and the fluffiest, prettiest pink…it was flower heaven. Just look at these magical blooms!
After warming up with these magical chrysanthemums, I was filled with hope for finding even more beautiful blooms, despite the dreary day. Sometimes all you need is a little pop of color and joy to inspire you to move forward…and I’m so glad I did, because in a somewhat hidden and secret garden, entirely empty of all visitors on this blustery day, there were rows of rows of even more blooms! These flowers completely outshone the grey sky, adding so much color and warmth that it felt as if the sun had come out…
I hope these flowers are brightening up your day too, wherever you are! The bursts of color on such a cold day made me so happy and really lightened by mood and made me realize that just because I didn’t find what I was looking for at first (I must have spent two hours wandering around the gardens that cold and windy morning!) doesn’t mean it isn’t there..sometimes it just takes time! There’s always color, hope and joy to be found ~ what’s important is to just believe and keep going. And in the end, going on a floral adventure, or any type of adventure to find something you love, is always worth it!
And the best part is, you really don’t need to travel too far from home to find bright and beautiful things ~ you just need to keep an eye out wherever you are! It’s so easy to rush around and be busy and not notice the small, beautiful flowers and moments in your own neighborhood (especially when it’s so cold and you just want to hurry up and get inside!) but taking your time, looking around (and up and down!) guarantees you’ll see something wonderful and uplifting, even on the greyest days. After seeing all the beautiful flowers at the botanical gardens, I noticed more and more blooms on my daily walks ~ perhaps because I now had hope that flowers were still blooming this time of year! And having hope always makes the world seem brighter…
That’s what I want to share with my flower jewelry ~ a wearable bloom of color, hope and joy that will lift your spirits, make your day so much brighter and inspire you to notice all the happy, bright things around you too, even on the bleakest winter days. So perhaps that’s why the new flowers I’m growing in my enchanted garden are extra colorful, extra bright and extra full of glistening rainbows! I’ve been dreaming up these magical flowers to adorn all of us flower fairy queens and making them come to life petal by petal…
Every morning, as snow falls outside and cold wind blows, I sit in my enchanted garden with a warm cup of tea and I paint sparkling petals with magical fairy dust then adorn each one with endless rhinestones in every color in the world…the more color, sparkle and joy, the better! Next it’s time for adding lots of crystals, gemstones, pearls and extra flower fairy magic to beautiful chains of silver or gold so you can pick and wear these glistening rainbow flowers! Each one is entirely unique, just like you, and I love thinking about who will pick each shimmering flower and what adventures you’ll take it on…
Sometimes when it’s dreary outside, you just have to make your own sunshine and be your own rainbow, so I’ve been dreaming up even more glistening rainbow blossoms full of extra sparkle and flower fairy magic! I can’t wait to make these come to life too, with the happiest and brightest rainbow petals…there might even be an extra magical and sparkling flower fairy crown! And new sparkling, shimmering, truly magical flower earrings are blooming too…you can see the very latest flowers I’m growing on my Instagram @CamillesFlowers!
These beautiful new flowers will all be in full bloom and ready to be picked from my enchanted garden (via my online shop!) on Monday, February 9th…because Mondays are the days you truly need lots of sparkling flowers!
I can’t wait to share these magical new rainbow flowers with you and in the meantime, keep sharing your own true colors with the world because being yourself is the true fairy magic…
I hope you stay warm and bright and sparkly during these next few cold weeks!
Lots of fairy dust and hugs,