One thing I always hated about English class was how the teacher or professor would over-analyze everything and make the tiniest details into an Important Symbol or Metaphor. I always doubted whether the author was intending or even thinking about that particular...
Video of the week: Weird Things All Dog Owners Do. Hahaha, this is pretty spot on. 35 Tumblr Posts That’ll Make You Reevaluate Your Entire Existence. This was hilarious. Emma Watson Cast as Belle in Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast'. I do like Emma Watson, but I'm...
Taking a page from Pip's book and using this list to do a life snapshot. Making: plans. And spreadsheets. Wedding planning is no cakewalk, people (ba-dum-ching). Cooking: nothing lately. We've been living on frozen meals and take-out. Drinking: french vanilla...
Fun quiz of the week: What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be? I got True Neutral Human Ranger/Rogue. I'm ok with that. Infographic of the week: Apocalypse when? Infographic guide to Doomsday threats. You Are Not Late. “In terms of the internet, nothing has happened...
The Charming Tales Once Upon a Rhyme; Happily Never After By Jack Heckel. You guys know by now that I am a fan of fairy tale re-imaginings. So when this series came across my radar thanks to Harper Voyager, I thought it would be right up my alley. And it was. The...
Video of the week: We Are Completely Mesmerized by This Dog Walking Like a Person. As am I. And here goes your productivity: You Can Now Play Oregon Trail Online for Free. 7 Fictional Lands That Should Have Google Map Directions. This made me laugh. This Floating...
Time for another Etsy round-up! A new year means a new Pantone Color of the Year, and this year's pick - marsala - is MUCH better than last year's. Marsala is actually pretty, and doesn't hurt the eyes. Also, January tends to be the coldest month here in Austin, and I...
The Woodcutter by Kate Danley. This was an impulse buy during one of Amazon's holiday Kindle sales, and I'm so glad I got it. It's the story of The Woodcutter (as you might guess), a seemingly simple woodsman who despite the name does not actually chop wood for a...
Monsters in America: a cryptozoological map of the USA. Kind of fascinating. Biggest Scientific Hoaxes of 2014. Craft Brewers Are Running Out Of Names, And Into Legal Spats. How To Pay Attention: 20 Ways To Win The War Against Seeing. How Top Designers Tell Clients...
Last year, one of the things I decided to do with my shops was donate a portion of proceeds to a different charity or cause each month. Over the course of 2014, between the shop proceeds and my own contributions, I donated around $400 to worthy causes. However,...
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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