Etsy pretty things round-up time! I ran through the gamut of monthly-themed treasuries (which you can see here) so from now on it'll be whatever random fancy strikes me each month. And after vacation last week, I have beach on the brain. 🙂 So today's Etsy treasury is...
Cool video of the week: Kids React to Controversial Cheerios Commercial. The above may have restored your faith in humanity a bit, but then we get things like this: Baseball Fans Super Angry that a Hispanic American Sang Anthem at All-Star Game. F-ing ridiculous. On...
Graceling Realm Graceling (#1); Fire (#2); Bitterblue (#3) By Kristin Cashore In the Seven Kingdoms, there are occasionally those born with a Grace - a special heightened skill marked by eyes of different colors. The skill can be anything: fighting, playing an...
Coolest video of the week: World Wildlife Fund's 50th Anniversary promo. Everyone please read this! 25 Common Phrases That You’re Saying Wrong. Twitter Vs. Mainstream Media: Science Proves Which Breaks News Faster 30 Signs You’re Almost 30. Sigh. Yup. The 20 Cutest...
If you've been a reader here for awhile (hey, thanks!), you know that this little blog turned 2 earlier this year. Yay! *confetti* Exciting, and humbling to see how much it's grown. And also very thought-provoking, as I've been trying to figure out what direction I...
Photo-heavy post warning! Last week we escaped down to Port Aransas on Mustang Island for a few days. It was a 4-hour drive from our place, which isn't too bad, though some passengers disagreed: There was a lot of rain on the way down, but it cleared up for a...
Prepare yourself for the easiest and tastiest fish recipe ever. It's adapted from a recipe in one of the boy's cookbooks (Esquire's Eat Like a Man). We've made this twice so far, and thoroughly enjoyed it both times. It's also a good excuse to use that oft...
That's right! I'm linking up with Natalia for another 7x7 Remix Challenge! You can see the first one here. If you've never seen one of these before, the idea is that you pick 7 pieces of clothing and can only use those items to make (at least) 7 different outfits....
1. We head to Port Aransas and the beach tomorrow! And I'm super excited. Except... I made the mistake of checking the weather forecast: Boo!! I'm hoping those chance of rain percentages go down or are wrong and really mean 0. Because a beach vacation where it rains...
I am linking up with April for the Book Blogger Challenge. Day 1 was 15 book-related confessions, and I'm a few days late, but here are my confessions: I think, if I made a pie chart of all the times I've cried in my life, the slice for those incidents caused by books...
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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