Help me pick the next design for the shop! I have a few ideas roughly sketched out, thanks to last month's craft shows where I was running solo but remembered to bring my sketchbook. But I thought it'd be fun to see what you guys thought I should focus on/clean up...
Taking a page from Pip’s book and using this list to do a life snapshot.
Making: a list of errands I need to run today now that a big paycheck came in.
Cooking: monkey bread tomorrow for our brunch group. And one version will be drunken monkey bread (just add liquor!).
Drinking: french vanilla cappucino.
Stonehill Downs by Sarah Remy. I've been on a bit of a non-fiction kick lately (thanks, book club) and let me just say that it was so good to get back to my regular fantasy wheelhouse. And this book in particular was a good step back into it. Stonehill Downs is the...
Best news of the week: Online Sales for Girl Scout Cookies Are Approved. !!! Fun fact of the week: Americans Now Drink More Craft Beer Than Budweiser. Harvard Business School study: It's not kids but husbands that hold women's careers back. On The Subject Of...
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (and being stuck inside because its too cold to go anywhere), this time of year is all about spending time with family. Sadly, some people do not have loving or safe home environments. The idea of spending a happy holiday with family, or at least not spending it in the hospital from injury, is a foreign idea to some. So this month, the beneficiary from my shop sales is going to be Safe Horizon.
This is a fall twist on one of my favorite easy desserts. I saw the pumpkin spice cream cheese in the grocery store and decided to do a pumpkin cheesecake instead of a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving this year. The boy approved. I love this recipe because it is so quick...
Don't worry, this isn't going to be one of those long, sappy, quoting from a greeting card type of posts. I thought about it. I thought about doing a big list of all of the things and people that I'm thankful for. But if you know me at all, you know that's not my...
Cool animal of the week: Meet The Owl With Eyes Like The Night Sky. Funny site of the week: Hipster Business Name Generator. A Hilariously Honest Trailer For ‘The Little Mermaid’. The only greeting card you'll ever need. Winner for best christmas tree goes to... How...
Just a reminder for you local folk: this weekend, aside from Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, also features Shop Local Sunday. And you can do just that at the ATX Artisans Holiday Market. ATX Artisans is an Etsy team of **all local** artists and makers...
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson (aka. The Bloggess). I've been a long-time reader of Lawson's blog, The Bloggess, and I finally got around to picking up her book. And if you like the humor and writing on her blog, you'll like...
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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