Why "Enchant Me Inspired"?

Hello lovelies,

I don't know if it's Saturday for you, you might be reading this after the fact, but it's Saturday for me as I write this. I'm actually about to head in for work, and I just wanted to make a quick note about something for you. The name of this blog, Enchant Me Inspired, you might not have thought much about it, or maybe you have, but I wanted to give a little clarification as to why I chose it.

The reason I chose it is this: I started an Instagram account awhile back (@enchantmeinspired or just click here) that was all about posting inspiring quotes and photos. It was something that I was looking for in my own life, and something I could have used in the past. I've always been drawn to quotes, as you undoubtedly already know, and I wanted to start sharing my love for quotes with the world and bringing a bit more positivity and light into my life. By helping others find positive things I was helping myself.  Hence the "inspired" part of the name.

Then, I happened to be listening to Taylor Swift, and I heard the song "Enchanted" that says "I was enchanted to meet you". And I love that word, enchanted. There's something ethereal and dramatic about the word. It's not a normal word, and that was another reason I liked it. It evoked this feeling of something with more grandeur than our common diction would indicate.

So now I have some ideas for names, but nothing is striking me as the perfect name. Then I thought of the saying "color me curious", I don't know if any of you know that quote, but I'd heard it occasionally as a child.  I knew that I somehow wanted to work the word enchant into the name, how, I didn't know, but I wanted it in there somehow.  And then, poof, just like that, Enchant Me Inspired.  I loved it!  It was perfect from the very beginning, and I couldn't wait to start posting things to Instagram with my fancy new name!  It was everything I'd hoped it would be and more.  I even found a picture of this girl in a princess-like dress running towards a castle that became my profile picture, and I thought to myself, "this couldn't be any more perfect!"  It takes me back to a world of princes and princesses, where people made "the big gesture" to those they love, and it was easy to inspire people with tales of heroics and intrigue, and I couldn't have been happier.  So, imagine my giddiness when I came around to starting a new blog, and I find myself looking for a name for my blog about finding yourself and finding positivity and good people to help support you.  It was kismet, I knew it.  

And that my lovelies, is my love affair with the name of this blog.  I know I probably can't do it justice, to describe what all it makes me feel, but imagine fairy tales and the sense of wonder and excitement, and then imagine quotes and words being able to lift you up and inspire you, and that is what I feel when I look at my Instagram for Enchant Me Inspired, and I hope it's what you will feel as you read my blog as well as when you look at my photos on Instagram.  I will be weaving stories for you to enjoy and be inspired from.  That's my goal.  Anyway, with that said, below is the picture from my Instagram, though I do intend to get someone to come up with a design that will be all my own, instead of using some random photo.  But until then, get swept away in the romance and idyllic nature of it all, I know I did.

xoxo

Karia (that's my princess name courtesy of Pinterest)