The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go. This is a book I added to my TBR pile because of Casee Marie's fabulous Notable New Releases series (probably the biggest contributor to my ever-expanding TBR pile, by the by). It's the story of Tristan, a modern-day...
A few Christmases ago, my mom got me a new recipe box complete with a bunch of blank recipe cards. As an added bonus I got to go through her recipe box and my grandma's to steal all of their best recipes. I came across one that I didn't remember ever eating before,...
Hilarious/mesmerizing gif of the week. 30 Incorrectly Used Words That Can Make You Look Horrible. 10 Times You're Better Off Keeping Your Mouth Shut. You Don’t Have to Be Evil to Sell Things: A Primer on Ad Writing & Sexism. Really good line-up. Be sure to check out...
I took a screen printing workshop this weekend. It was a stenciling method I hadn't tried before, and was a lot of fun. It wouldn't work for all of my designs, but for some it will be a much quicker way of making a screen. And I learned some tips about...
Longbourn by Jo Baker. If Pride & Prejudice was turned into Upstairs/Downstairs or Downton Abbey, this would be the Downstairs portion. It's the story of the servants that we just get mere glimpses of in Austen's original, given their own histories and lives and...
What do you get when you have a friend who loves red velvet cake and the color purple (both of which you are a fan of yourself) who has a birthday to celebrate? You go to Google and learn that velvet cake can come in any color, and purple velvet cake is not only a...
Art series of the week: these great posters illustrating points from #YesAllWomen. Video of the week: James McAvoy Won't Do Star Trek Impressions For Patrick Stewart. A Better Way to Say Sorry Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds. “The...
In case you missed it at the start of the year, one of the things I've decided to do with my shops this year is donate a portion of all sales to charities or causes that I support. June is host to World Blood Donor Day, World Refugee Day, and the official start of...
Today this little space on the web turns 3 years old. It simultaneously seems like longer and yet not that long. I've been through a slight name change and several blog themes. I've tried and then abandoned sponsorships and certain topics/series. Writing a blog is a...
The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson. I've followed this author, Maureen Johnson, on Twitter for quite awhile (she actually is one of my favorite Twitter personalities), so I thought it was high time I actually checked out her writing. I...
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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