Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

Cool art series of the week: Artist Uses Paint To Disguise Foods As Other Products. These are trippy. Surprisingly cool thing of the week: What Tree Rings Sound Like Played on a Record Player. This iPhone accessory alarm wakes you up with the sound & smell of sizzling...

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5 Things Friday

5 Things Friday

1. We're hosting a brunch this weekend and doing a breakfast taco bar. Somehow, we've never made breakfast tacos at home, despite being fans of the dish. So the logistics are a bit fuzzy on how to get everything cooked/keep everything warm at the same time, but we'll...

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Book Review: The Taken

Book Review: The Taken

The Taken by Vicki Pettersson This is the story of Griffin Shaw, ex-murdered-PI turned angel-grade escort into the afterlife, who makes a slight misstep and finds himself stuck back in the real world, in his former human flesh. It's also the story of Kit Craig, a...

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New Design: Seahorse

New Design: Seahorse

The drawing bug finally hit me again this week, and I've actually got a couple of new designs for the shop sketched out. A few still need tweaking, but this one is ready to go. A seahorse! It's actually based off of a sketch in an old sketchbook of mine, for a...

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Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

Nifty find of the week: The Periodic Table of Storytelling. Thought piece of the week: Is it possible to build a city that doesn't isolate people? Cool and morbid: autopsy paintings in the style of famous artists. Travolta's gaffe at the Oscars has of course spawned...

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March Shop Charity

March Shop Charity

In case you missed it at the start of the year, one of the things I've decided to do with the shop this year is to donate a portion of all sales to charities or causes that I support. March is women's history month, and so to support the cause of women's right, this...

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Hi, I’m Amanda!

I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.

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Currently Reading

The Surviving Sky
Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms
Thinking, Fast and Slow


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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Amanda has completed her goal of reading 75 books in 2023!
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