Maira Martins

Inspiring video on illustrated journals

Watched yet another inspiring video on illustrated journals by Danny Gregory and signed up for his course! ๐ŸŽจ Between this and the 2 books I read this past week, my drawings have improved a lot already...

journaling

Watched: Murder Mindfully Season 1 ๐Ÿ“บ

Watched: Murder Mindfully Season 1 ๐Ÿ“บ Loved it! Iโ€™m fully convinced about the power of mindfulness and will get back to my daily practice, as I have many great things to accomplish! ๐Ÿ˜‚ Looking forward t...

tv

Week 15: Illustrated journal

๐Ÿ“บ Finished season 5 of Only Murders in the Building. ๐ŸŽจ Watched an inspiring video on illustrated journals by Danny Gregory (from Sketchbook Skool) and decided to give it a try. I've been very inconsis...

weeknotes, journaling

Finished reading: Draw Your Day ๐Ÿ“š

Finished reading: Draw Your Day by Samantha Dion Baker ๐Ÿ“š I saw a video by Danny Gregory on illustrated journals and now Iโ€™m on a quest to learn to draw and sketch so I can have an illustrated journal....

books

Week 14: Wild pomegranates

โœˆ๏ธ MIL flew back to Sweden. It was great having her here for five weeks, but also somewhat stressful for me, as my daily routine and food habits change a lot when she's around. I was honestly dying to...

weeknotes, Astro

"There is a time to go long, a time to go short, and a time to go fishing."

โ€” Jesse Livermore

Week 13: Astro is getting old

I didn't write my weeknote last week as I was in Italy with my family, but I'm here now, two weeks later and two kilos heavier happier. Rome was amazing! It was our mothers' first time in Italy and ex...

weeknotes, Astro, Luna, dogs

Back from Rome with my mom and mother-in-law! Their first time in Italy, rightfully enjoyed with a little sightseeing, a good amount of pasta, some aperol, a ton of pizza, and a lot of wine. Didn't write any weeknotes this week, will get back on track next Monday :)

Recipe: Rรถdvinsรฅs

Aaah, Swedish red wine sauce... Poured over oxfilรฉ, potato gratin, or just eaten by the spoonful... So delicious. Original recipe by Karl, I made tiny changes to use ingredients easily available to me...

recipes

Week 12: Autumn Vibes

This week's notes are coming in two days late, on Wednesday instead of Monday. I've just had too much on my plate, too little sleep and didn't feel like writing. We are traveling to Rome in a few days...

weeknotes