This month's Etsy jewelry themed round up is appropriately icy. Both of December's birthstones have nice cool tones, and picking silvery pieces to fit the look was easy. So here's the December round-up, featuring blue topaz, tanzanite, narcissus, sagittarius and...
Shop News
A few fun announcements for the shop today. 1. ALL of my designs are now available as custom art prints where you can choose the paper and ink colors for a completely customized piece. I figured out what standard sizes would work best for each design, made a nifty...
Friday Favorites: Handmade Shops I Love
In case you still need to do some holiday shopping, I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite online, handmade/small business shops. Of course, they're good anytime, not just for the holidays. But I'll use the season as an excuse to give shout-outs to these...
Christmas Colors Fashion How-To
Today I'm over at Sandy a la Mode sharing some tips on how to incorporate the colors of the season into your wardrobe, without ending up looking like a walking Christmas card. Go check it out!
What I Wore: Red Buds in December
I wore this last week, before our little cold spell descended. A sleeveless top and light cardigan in December! This is why I live in Texas. I know in the summer I start complaining about it being over 100, but that's a price I'll gladly pay for sunny 75 degree days...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
25 Gifts for Writers. Funny but also with some good ideas. 22 Things People Need To Chill Out About. Why You Should Treat Your Freelance Portfolio Like a Stock Portfolio. Good advice. What to write in a Christmas card besides your name - also really good advice. A 2...
Operation Xmas
Operation Xmas (also know as Operation Christmas Tree) was a success! We picked out a tree in record time, got it onto the roof of the car with some help from the Home Depot guy, got it home and into the house and into its base. It was tall and beautiful and...
5 Things Friday
1. This is an approximation of what I ended up wearing to the first of Ian's work holiday parties last night: This dress just came in the mail yesterday afternoon, which was perfect. I'd been lusting after it on ModCloth for months and months, and it finally...
Standalone Sci-Fi/Fantasy
I've heard people who don't read science fiction & fantasy say that The Reason they don't is because they don't want to get into a long series. It's all trilogies and quintets and omg-neverending-looking-at-you-Wheel-of-Time processions of books. They say that a good...
What I Wore: Olive & Mustard
This is an outfit I wore last week. Yeah, I know- I'm on a mustard kick. So sue me. 🙂 I love the length of this top, though I might remove the belt loops so I can wear the belt a bit lower. I feel like it hits just a tad on the high side like this. But it's a great...
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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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