• Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Facebook

Dreamery Events

Weddings, Events, Styling, Florals & Lifestyle

  • About
  • Gallery
  • Services
    • Event Services
    • Speciality Dessert Menu
  • Journal
    • Entertaining
      • Events
      • Holidays
      • Special Occasions
    • How To
      • Decor
      • How To
      • Flowers
      • Gardening
    • Weddings
      • Weddings
      • Wedding Planning Essentials
    • Travel
      • Portugal
      • Ireland
      • the U.S.
      • Mexico + the Caribbean
    • Inspiring BIPOC
      • Environmentalists || Gardeners
      • Writers || Poets || NonProfits
      • Lifestyle || Wellness || Travel
      • Artists || Photographers || Creators
      • Interior Designers || Home Decor+Design
      • Wedding/Event Professionals || Floral Designers 
      • Food || Nutritionists
      • Fashion
      • Beauty
      • Entertainment || Music || Movies+TV
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast & Brunch
    • Pies & Tarts
    • Ice Cream
    • Cakes & Cupcakes
    • Cookies & Other Sweet Treats
    • Drinks
    • Savory
  • Shop
  • Contact

Nostalgia

August 20, 2014 · 1 Comment

Nostalgia photo by The Dreamery Do you ever get an intense feeling of nostalgia, where a certain smell or the weather takes you back to a certain moment or time in your life? This morning a cup of coffee took me back to my favorite coffee shop in Arizona, and drinking multiple pumpkin lattes, getting me through planning several large fundraisers. The morning sun and the brisk end of summer wind reminded me of opening the wood window shutters every morning in Portugal, looking out onto the farms and forest. I usually get these feelings, often wondering if it’s because I’m longing to be somewhere else in my life, to a time a bit more fulfilled, or is it because that I’ve had and continue to have many happy memories, that I’m often reminded of them by the simplest of things.

I think another part of nostalgia involves growing, and learning from events in your life. For me, it’s my love and much greater appreciation for Portugal and my family. Now that I’m older, and life’s responsibilities occupy my time a bit more, I don’t have the opportunity for month-long stays like I used to have when I was younger in school. But since then I’ve become more sure of who I am, my interests and how much my past has shaped those.Nostalgia photo by The DreameryLooking back on these moments that suddenly appear in your day, allows you to make connections within in your present life. For me, I always knew I loved nature because I spent many summers in Portugal, where we live on a farm. The fact that I cannot go at this time, makes me truly appreciate those long summers spent outside all day, picking potatoes and riding tractors, going onto the farm with my family picking dinner, making wine and looking up into the best starry skies.

IMG_1994Farming and food have become a great passion of mine, and need each other to thrive successful. I want to integrate my past into my future goal of a owning a bakery and farm. It’s a part of how I was raised, my family, and all those wonderful happy moments in my life that motivate me to create a future.

Nostalgia photo by The DreameryIt’s amazing how so much can be conjured with an instinctual whiff or a small melody. A song you didn’t notice at that time, a place you didn’t even know had a particular smell. On one hand we long to be be in the past, but look more forward to the present and future. I stumbled upon this passage, and loved the bittersweet interpretation of nostalgia and how I’ve been feeling.

“But here is the truth of nostalgia: we don’t feel it for who we were, but who we weren’t. We feel if for all the possibilities that were open to us, but that we didn’t take. Like wax dripping from a flame, in the moment capable of transforming into any form, then solidifying into what it will always be, it becomes the past. A solid, single record of what happened, still holding its wild curves and contours the potential of every shape it could have held. It is impossible-no matter how blessed you are by luck, of the government, or some remote invisible deity gently steering your life with hands made of moonlight and wind-it is impossible not the feel a little sad, looking at the bit of wax. That bit of the past. It is impossible not to think of all the wild forms that wax now will never take.” Welcome to Night Vale #21

Nostalgia photo by The Dreamery

Nostalgia photo by The Dreamery

What are your thoughts on nostalgia?

You Might Also Enjoy

  • Traveling to … Palácio dos Condes de Anadia :: Mangualde, PortugalTraveling to … Palácio dos Condes de Anadia :: Mangualde, Portugal
  • Traveling to … Loriga // Serra da EstrelaTraveling to … Loriga // Serra da Estrela
  • Traveling to ….. Poço do Inferno waterfall in Manteigas || Serra da EstrelaTraveling to ….. Poço do Inferno waterfall in Manteigas || Serra da Estrela

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Print
  • LinkedIn

Related

   

Filed In: Inspiration, Lifestyle, Photography, Travel / Tagged: Arizona, inspiration, inspiring quotes, lifestyle, motivation, nature, nostalgia quotes, photography, Portugal

Trackbacks

  1. Favorites from 2014 | The Dreamery says:
    December 30, 2014 at 6:02 am

    […] Nostalgia […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse

  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Gallery
  • Journal
  • Contact

LET'S CONNECT! hello@thedreameryevents.com

INSTAGRAM @dreameryevents

They say it’s plan a vacation day & I’m always They say it’s plan a vacation day & I’m always ready to make travel plans, especially after this weird snowless gloom of a January. Travel really is the best gift we can give ourselves if we’re lucky enough to & it really is one of my biggest sources of inspiration. 

Have you ever been somewhere whose design was more than just beautiful decor, but intentional details meant to inspire & evoke your every sense. The moment I was welcomed by the kind staff & entered my gorgeous room, I knew @areiasdoseixo was a special place. My September stay was a short one, but my amazing massage, the impeccable design & thoughtful details like the music that changed as the day flowed, delicious cookies I need to recreate & beautiful ocean views … it is a place I now cherish for the memories & inspiration that have left a mark on me. Next time I’m staying longer😉 

Have you been somewhere whose design/concept immensely inspired you? Well go daydream, it’s the end of the month & you deserve this wanderlust moment✨
Thinking of Christie & Mario’s romantic wedding Thinking of Christie & Mario’s romantic wedding in Portugal, because I have travel on my mind & I'm feeling very inspired to explore, connect & make some magic happen in real beautiful places with creatives who inspire me🌿✨

.
.
.

Planning, Custom Calligraphy : @dreameryevents 
Venue, Florals, Styling : @cristinfrancis_aqueduto 
Photographer : @leandro_da_silva_photography 
Videography : @theamazingrabbit 
DJ, Cocktail Musicians & Photobooth : @nproducoesguimaraes 
Hair & Makeup : @redcarpetfaces
Invitations : @rebeccagreendesign
Not one to be led by trends, but seems there’s a Not one to be led by trends, but seems there’s a little something we’re all looking forward to … Color! But there in lies the complex beauty of color. We connect & interpret it in so many personal ways — some of us are drawn to the beauty in the soft muted tones, while others it’s the bright rich hues. Each view & approach, a special way of embracing color✨🌿🌈And I am here for all it!
.
.
.
#dreameryevents #flowers #color #weddingstylist #eventstylist #weddingdecor #eventdecor #weddingtrends #colorfulideas #weddinginspo #weddingcolors #partydecor #colorfulideas #weddingflowers #colorfulflowers #floraldesign
Sharing some calming Ikebana inspired “Winter Bl Sharing some calming Ikebana inspired “Winter Blues” — not the sadness of the bitter season, but the emotion of a fresh clean slate where Nature is bare, minimal & calm, yet open to all the possibilities of the unknown …
.
.
.
#dreameryevents #ikebana #ikebanainspired
#flowers #fineartflowers #fineartstyling #flowerarrangement #bluethistle #minimalistdetails #ikebanadetails
#ikebanainspired #modernflowers
#driedflowers #weddinginspo #winterblues #createforyourself #designisinthedetails

Dreamery is a bespoke event and floral design brand focusing on gatherings of all sizes, stylings, home, decor and the limitless creative projects yet to be envisioned. Nature, travel, old world treasures & slow living are my constant inspiration.

Theme by 17th Avenue · Powered by WordPress & Genesis

 

Loading Comments...