How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti. I don't remember exactly how this book got on my to-read list (it's not my usual jaunt into bookland), but I'm glad it did. How Should a Person Be? is part philosophy, part autobiographical confession, part fiction. It jumps...
Art series of the week: Artist attempts to create most frustrating products imaginable. And succeeds. Video of the Week: If Disney Princes Were Real. Funny but true. Why I Feel Bad For - And Understand - The Angry #GamerGate Gamers Beyond Tinder: Can Anyone Create A...
There's a lot of heavy stuff going around on the internet today, so I'm purposefully keeping it light and lovely. Here are two collections of beautiful things made by talented, independent artisans, from all around the world. Chocolate & TurquoiseVintage Rustic...
Video of the week: "Diet Racism" Is The Beverage Of Choice For Your Quietly Intolerant Friends. Better Identification of Viking Corpses Reveals: Half of the Warriors Were Female. 'We Have Always Fought': Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative....
The newest design slated to be added to the Dragonflight Dreams shop repertoire: If I think about a feather as an important mythological element, two things come to mind. The first is Egyptian mythology, where the hearts of the dead were weighed against a feather on...
Infographic of the week: Should You Catcall That Woman? Video of the week: Modern Office with Christina Hendricks. Photo series of the week: The Taser Photoshoot: Portraits of People's Faces When Hit With A Stun Gun. I would never volunteer for this. Research shows...
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. September, aside from being the season of pumpkin spice lattes and football, is also...
I saw this post floating around on the blogosphere the other week (on a whole lotta book blogger sites, too many to name them all) and I thought I'd join in. Here are some books I feel like I should read, but am really struggling with or have zero interest in. Lolita...
I recently had the opportunity to design a logo for a fellow Etsy shop owner. Genevieve and I connected through the TAG Treasury Team on Etsy. She saw that I was a graphic designer, so when she decided to open a 2nd jewelry shop specializing in hand-stamped silver...
Art series of the week: an artist creates surreal portraits of shelter dogs. Sci-fi and fantasy authors reveal truths in the strangest fiction. aka. just because there's a dragon in the book doesn't mean the story isn't based on reality. Readers absorb less on Kindles...
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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