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60 Fairy Light Captions For Instagram That’ll Shine On Your Holiday Feed

You can use these quotes for watt-ever lights you see.

by Rachel Chapman
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Adding fairy lights to a space is always a good idea to make it shine. Whether you're making your living room extra warm and cozy for the holiday season or adding dim lighting to your bedroom, string lights are an easy way to decorate and transform your home into a wonderland. They make for pretty lighting that twinkles, too, which can make for a cool photoshoot that has a dreamy aesthetic. Check out these 60 fairy light captions for Instagram pics of your shining display.

You can find fairy lights pretty much anywhere that sells home decor, lighting, or holiday string lights. They’re so versatile that you can hang them in every room or in outdoor spaces. For example, you can use them as lighting around a vanity mirror, on your dinner table as a luminated runner, on your porch or fence, or draped on the levels of your bookshelf. Now that the holiday season is here, you and your friends likely have plans to scope out the Christmas lights in your neighborhood. You may even have discussed plans to decorate your home for the holidays in your roomie group chat. For either occasion, you’ll want to have some peppermint hot cocoa to sip on, festive tunes to listen to, and lighting captions for all the shining snaps you take along the way.

When you find a truly lit house or have your home twinkly with fairy lights, you know a group pic in front of those lights is bound to happen. By having some light quotes for Instagram ready to go, you can post your fave snaps no matter watt. You could even wrap yourself in some string lights to look like a Christmas tree for your holiday photo this year. No matter where the lights are coming from, having these 60 light captions on hand for any dreamy lighting pics you take will make posting so merry and bright.

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  1. "Your true nature is luminous."
  2. "When in doubt, add more fairy lights."
  3. "Shine bright."
  4. "Everyone shines, given the right lighting." — Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
  5. "Mood: Feelin' cozy."
  6. "Just keep me where the light is." — John Mayer, "Gravity"
  7. "She's the kind of girl whose light doesn't have an off switch." — j. iron word
  8. "Cozy for the holidays."
  9. "Leave a little sparkle wherever you go."
  10. "I do believe in fairies." — Peter Pan
  11. "The only thing getting 'lit' this weekend are my string lights at home."
  12. "Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars." — Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"
  13. "Be happy. Be bright. Be you."
  14. "Aesthetic."
  15. "Nothing can dim the light which shines from within." — Maya Angelou
  16. "Christmas lights instantly make me feel eight years old again."
  17. "May your days be merry and bright." — Irving Berlin, "White Christmas"
  18. "Christmas lights, city nights."
  19. "I believe in fairies and unicorns."
  20. "A little magic can take you a long way." — Roald Dahl
  21. "Keep shining, beautiful one. The world needs your light."
  22. "Shine like the whole universe is yours." — Rumi
  23. "Rise and shine."
  24. "Leave room in your garden for the fairies to dance."
  25. "Everyone is a star and deserves a chance to shine." — Marilyn Monroe
  26. "It will all shake out. Meanwhile, I'm putting up more twinkle lights." — You've Got Mail
  27. "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling." — Inception
  28. "I live in my own little fairy tale."
  29. "I love my lights a whole watt."
  30. "You are such a light in my life."
  31. “Watt is going on?”
  32. “We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January.” — Taylor Swift, “Lover”
  33. “Can I get a watt watt?”
  34. “You’ve got to stay positive no matter watt.”
  35. “I’m so de-lighted right now.”
  36. “I’ve got watts of love for fairy lights.”
  37. “I said, ‘ooh, I'm blinded by the lights.’” — The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights”
  38. “Shine, step into the light.” — Harry Styles, “Lights Up”
  39. “All of the lights.” — Kanye West, “All of the Lights”
  40. “When you possess light within, you see it externally.” — Anaïs Nin
  41. “One night a few moons ago I saw flecks of what could've been lights, but it might just have been you.” – Taylor Swift, “Snow On The Beach (Feat. Lana Del Rey)”
  42. “Life is luminous.”
  43. “Pixie wishes and fairy dust kisses.”
  44. “Twinkle, twinkle.”
  45. “Gleam on.”
  46. “I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs.” – Owl City, “Fireflies”
  47. “Lumen large.”
  48. “I call her Firefly 'cause, oh, my, she radiates moon glow.” – Tony Bennett, “Firefly”
  49. “Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” – Jack Kerouac
  50. “When in doubt, add more sparkle.”
  51. “Ready, set, glow.”
  52. “Guess watt?”
  53. I said, ‘ooh, I’m blinded by the lights.’” — The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights”
  54. “I’m protected by fairies.”
  55. When the lighting is 100.”
  56. “My room is lit.”
  57. "May all your troubles soon be gone. Oh Christmas lights, keep shining on!" – Coldplay, “Christmas Lights”
  58. “Magic glows in the dark.”
  59. “I’d be de-lighted.”
  60. “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.” - Dumbledore, Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban
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