Photo series of the week: Auto Mechanics Hilariously Recreate Renaissance Paintings. Love it. Funny and sad because it's true: Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting. Feeling better about my adult coloring book: According To...
I wanted to share some honeymoon photos with you guys, but wasn't sure how to go about it. We visited 5 different cities (Rome, Florence, Venice, Nice and Paris), and did day trips to half a dozen more, so breaking it up by place would mean a LOT of blog posts. We...
As promised yesterday, here is my new list of goals that I hope to accomplish before my next birthday. On a sidenote, I might be getting old enough that I need to do like a half-age before age kind of list (i.e. 16 before 32). Or else fill it up with really easy...
It's that time of year again. No, not pumpkin spice season. Today is my birthday! I turned 31 in the wee hours of this morning. We are kind of Event'd out, though, so not doing anything big. Ian has something small planned for tonight, and then tomorrow we're doing...
This pairing might hold the record for the shortest time frame in which I both read the book and saw the movie. The book version was my transatlantic read on the way back from our honeymoon, and then we went and saw the movie that first weekend back home. Less than a...
Comic of the week: Advice From the Creator of Calvin and Hobbes. The "Sharing Economy" Is Dead, And We Killed It. Digital dependence is 'eroding human memory'. End of the world plan: scientists to nudge asteroid off course as practice for protecting the Earth. When...
I don't know if you've picked up on this here over the past few months, but wedding planning was a lot of work. A lot of exciting but stressful work. Between that and running my own business, I had a lot on my plate. Occasionally (frequently) I needed to just...
Well this is the best news I've had all week: A Scientific Breakthrough Could Make Your Wine into Hangover-Free Magic. Followed immediately by not-good news: A giant ancient virus was just uncovered in melting ice — and it won’t be the last. And some...
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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