A photo of Maya and Andy, the creators of Dreaming of Butterflies, on their wedding day.

Good morning, lovely dreamer!

And welcome to Dreaming of Butterflies.

We are Maya, Andy and we are here to inspire you to DREAM, FOLLOW those dreams and maybe guide you to DO whatever you can to see them come true.

So if you’re a little geeky, love self-improvement, are in need for some encouragement and/or life lessons from pop culture, or just some plain old advice about adulthood with a healthy dose of positivity, magic and geekiness…

Welcome! This is definitely the place for you.

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10 Colorful ways to welcome Autumn in your house

Because we always think it’s a good idea to bring some colour into your home, and Fall is the perfect time to do it, here are 10 colourful ways to welcome Autumn into your house!

This season on the blog

The Magical Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts Gift Guide

Because we’re geeks and Potterheads, and Christmas is on its way here faster than we can say Lumos, we figured that it was fitting to start our gift guide series this year with the Wizarding World. So here it is, without further ado, the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Gift Guide!

20 Magical Life Lessons you learn from Harry Potter

Just because Harry Potter's birthday just passed, you know that we could not resist but make an entire article about 20 magical life lessons you learn from Harry Potter, even as a young adult! So let's celebrate by going through the best ones. Happee Birthdae, Harry!

10 Insanely Easy and Cheap DIY Fall Decorations you can make Now

Keeping up with the Fall theme, and because we can’t get enough of our DIY Projects, today we’re gonna talk about 10 super easy and very cheap (yay!) DIY Fall Decorations you can try this year, even if you’re on a budget and (you say) not so good with DIYing!

Experience Edinburgh, Scotland almost for free - your perfect Edinburgh travel guide

Today, we have some secrets to share with you, from our travels. Here are our top picks from our experience and enjoy our Edinburgh travel guide.

20 Big Life Lessons learned from LOTR

Great books and (sometimes) their movie adaptations will give us words of wisdom to help improve our personal lives as well, as long as we pay attention of course, don’t you think? Today, because it’s January and this year we celebrate the 129th birthday of prof. Tolkien, we dive into the most important life lessons learned from LOTR.

(At least) 10 Awesome spots to geek out over in the UK

Today we'll sum up our 7-day trip and talk about the 10 awesome spots to geek out over in the UK that we found! Are you ready?

Dream. Follow. Do. the book.

This is a different kind of self-improvement book.

This is a collection of life lessons about how to adult that we gathered over our 20s, and it has everything you need to start your self-improvement journey, the dreamer’s way.

A little bit of inspiration, a LOT of motivation and some geekyness sprinkled throughout the book are definitely here to help you succeed in your quest to following your dreams.

Now available in PDF, Kindle and Paperback!

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