Blanco Lavender Festival

Blanco Lavender Festival

  This past weekend, the boy and I headed down to Blanco for the annual lavender festival. We'd never been, and I was curious to see what it was like. It was a little over an hour drive out into Texas Hill Country. There's a pretty huge market setup in downtown...

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Lavender Fields

Lavender Fields

I'm not sure if you non-Texans/Austinites know this, but lavender is kind of a big thing around here. Texas Hill Country has actual lavender farms; apparently our weather/soil is similar to areas of France where lavender is grown. This has led to a lot of local...

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Skydiving Without Parachutes

Skydiving Without Parachutes

So this past weekend was the boy's birthday, and one of my surprises for him was a visit to Austin's indoor skydiving place, Austin iFly. Yup. Skydiving without parachutes, aka. floating on 165mph winds in a wind tunnel, aka. the closest to actual free flight we'll...

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Dining Passport (Pinterest Challenge)

Dining Passport (Pinterest Challenge)

One of the projects I picked to try out for the Pinterest Challenge was a dining passport (see the original pin here). It wasn't too heavy on materials: just a small Moleskine notebook I picked up at B&N, and some pens I already had. It was a little more...

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Texas Spotlight: Natural Bridge Caverns

Texas Spotlight: Natural Bridge Caverns

Last weekend my friend Tim organized an outing to Natural Bridge Caverns, because he had not yet in his life been inside a cave and figured it was time to remedy that. Ian & I hadn't been to this particular cave system either, so we went along. It's about an hour...

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Tuesday 10: Things I Love About Austin

Tuesday 10: Things I Love About Austin

I'm linking up with Lena for this week's Tuesday 10. This week's 'theme' was Blogger's Choice, and I decided to steal a theme from weeks previous that I missed and do 10 things I love about the place I live. So, here are my: It's a big city (population-wise) that...

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An Emerald Evening

An Emerald Evening

  This is where we went out to eat last night. I know, right? How cute is this place? It's The Emerald Restaurant, a genuine Irish-family-run restaurant out in west Austin. And it is amazing. Aside from the obvious Irish cottage setting, they have lace...

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Austin Business Spotlight: Just Jill

Austin Business Spotlight: Just Jill

This past month I had the pleasure to meet the Jill behind Just Jill Cosmetics here in Austin. After 10 years working as a Hollywood make-up artist, Jill moved to Austin to be closer to family, and also to launch Just Jill, a natural mineral make-up and skincare line...

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TxSC Full Recap

TxSC Full Recap

Day 1 - Friday The TxSC corner at Taverna for happy hour was already full by the time I battled my way through traffic to parking, but I got a free drink and chatted up some fun ladies. This is where I first met Haley, Chelle, D'Andra, and Emily, all of whom are...

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Friday Favorites: TxSC!

Friday Favorites: TxSC!

This may be a bit premature to call a favorite, as I haven't actually attended quite yet. But, judging by how excited (and a tad nervous) I am about this weekend, it should be pretty awesome. So, this week's Friday Favorite is the Texas Style Council Blogger...

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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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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
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