Recipe Guest Post: Puff Balls

Recipe Guest Post: Puff Balls

Today's tasty post comes to you from one of my fabulous sponsors, Amber! She blogs over at My Three Bittles, and you can also find her on Twitter. Be sure to go say hi after checking out her post below!   Today I'm gonna share with you a favorite of ours, PUFF...

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Meet Mia

Meet Mia

Today I want to introduce you to Mia, one of my super cool sponsors for this month and a fellow Austinite (at least sometimes)! Come get to know her. ๐Ÿ™‚   Mia Moore Come say hi: Blog | Twitter Hi everyone! My name is Mia and I blog over at my personal domain,...

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Arm Party Gift Swap

Arm Party Gift Swap

This past month I participated in the Summer Time Arm Party gift swap hosted by Leonora & Ilene, and it might have been the most fun I've had doing a swap to date. ๐Ÿ™‚ As the name of the swap would suggest, this swap was all about bracelets. When you signed up, you had...

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August Group Giveaway

August Group Giveaway

Yup, it's that time again: group giveaway day! Some of my wonderful sponsors have offered up cool swag this month. Check it out below! Also, I'm heading out of town tomorrow to visit family for a week, and in the meantime I've got a great line-up of guest posts and...

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Book Review: The Dressmaker

Book Review: The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott This was another random pick from the new fiction section at the library, and overall I was satisfied with it. It follows the story of Tess, a young Englishwoman who wants to be a dressmaker. She lands a job as personal maid to a famous...

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Friday Favorites: Sponsor Links

Friday Favorites: Sponsor Links

  Well, I had a group sponsor intro post slotted for today, but then a crazy thing happened - not a single ONE of my medium sponsors returned the questionnaire thing I sent out. Not a one! A bit flabbergasted and now lacking a post for today, I thought it'd still...

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What I Wore: Purple Maximus

What I Wore: Purple Maximus

  Please excuse the vaunted post title, but I'm feeling quite queenly today. And not just because purple is the color of royalty. I'm feeling like queen of my sewing machine because I made this dress!!! I know - quite the step up from making pillows. At the...

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Tuesday Treasure Trove

Tuesday Treasure Trove

If you haven't already seen it, check out this adorable baby gorilla reacting to a cold stethoscope. Why Is Everyone on the Internet So Angry? A look at why people find it so easy to be aggressive online. The Land of Big Groceries, Big God, and Smooth Traffic: What...

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August Pretties

August Pretties

Following the trend I started last month, I thought I'd put together a little Etsy treasury for the August folk as well. Featuring jewelry with one of August's birthstones (peridot or sardonyx/onyx), flowers (poppy or gladiolus) or zodiac sign (Leo). I'm eyeing some...

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Sunday Social

Sunday Social

Linking up with Neely for Sunday Social. This week's theme is food. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? Curry, or some sort of pasta. What's your guilty pleasure/comfort food? Chips. Sometimes with salsa, sometimes just...

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About

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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Currently Reading

The Surviving Sky
Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms
Thinking, Fast and Slow


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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Amanda has completed her goal of reading 75 books in 2023!
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