Five Things Friday

Five Things Friday

  1. It's amazing how productive a day can be when you get solid sleep at night. I've slept great all week, and I've gotten so much done! Quite an unusual state of affairs for this insomniac.   2. Part of my trip back home involved helping my mom go through...

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New Design: Owl

New Design: Owl

That's right, the design I've been toying with forever is FINALLY done! Meet the next addition to the Dragonflight Dreams shop designs:   Pretty fierce, right? He'll fit right in with the dragon. I plan on making the screen this weekend, and then getting to...

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What I Wore: On Vacation

What I Wore: On Vacation

I have something a little different and fun for today's What I Wore: a recap of a whole week! I took my trusty tripod & camera (and iPhone) with me on vacation last week, and thought it'd be neat to do a mini chronicle of what I wore each day. I didn't always have the...

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Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

This dog can do parkour (run parkour? perform parkour? what is the correct terminology here?) and it is adorable and awesome to watch. Sarah has some really good advice here: 33 Things I've Learned in 33 Years and here: How to Do Things By Yourself (and Actually Enjoy...

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Join Me?

Join Me?

If you're interested in joining me in September - and I hope you do, I have a great month planned with 30 Lists, a poem a day goal, getting back to cooking, more shop and sewing stuff, etc! - here are the options for you to choose from: ALL SPONSORS will receive...

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Texas Spotlight: Natural Bridge Caverns

Texas Spotlight: Natural Bridge Caverns

Last weekend my friend Tim organized an outing to Natural Bridge Caverns, because he had not yet in his life been inside a cave and figured it was time to remedy that. Ian & I hadn't been to this particular cave system either, so we went along. It's about an hour...

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Friday Favorites: Photography

Friday Favorites: Photography

Today I'm turning over the blog to Robin, summer sponsor and photographer extraordinaire. She's put together a great Friday Favorites for you - enjoy!   Hi everyone, I’m Robin from Around the Island Photography, one of this summer’s sponsors here on Dragonflight...

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Recipe Guest Post: Puff Balls

Recipe Guest Post: Puff Balls

Today's tasty post comes to you from one of my fabulous sponsors, Amber! She blogs over at My Three Bittles, and you can also find her on Twitter. Be sure to go say hi after checking out her post below!   Today I'm gonna share with you a favorite of ours, PUFF...

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Meet Mia

Meet Mia

Today I want to introduce you to Mia, one of my super cool sponsors for this month and a fellow Austinite (at least sometimes)! Come get to know her. 🙂   Mia Moore Come say hi: Blog | Twitter Hi everyone! My name is Mia and I blog over at my personal domain,...

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Arm Party Gift Swap

Arm Party Gift Swap

This past month I participated in the Summer Time Arm Party gift swap hosted by Leonora & Ilene, and it might have been the most fun I've had doing a swap to date. 🙂 As the name of the swap would suggest, this swap was all about bracelets. When you signed up, you had...

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About

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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