5 things for the weekend 23.14

grilled cheese, toni morrison, diy photo frames, sketchbooking

Apr 14, 2023

We’re just back from a few days away, and one of my favourite parts was using art to document parts of the trip. We celebrated my son’s birthday while gone, and this is a sketch I did about his birthday lunch. I’m really appreciating how simple it is to sketch daily bits and pieces this way. This isn’t about making masterpieces, but just quickly representing things in a visual way. It’s a nice way to have this kind of information to use later in memory keeping!

5 Things

1. Have you ever wondered about the process behind Barack Obama’s reading lists? Does he really read all those books? Find out here.
2. One of our go-to quick and easy meals when we just can’t think of anything is grilled cheese sandwiches (called croque monsieur in France). Get 16 ideas for this always pleasing comfort food here.
3. Would you like to paint a watercolour cupcake?
4. A few days ago I came across an excerpt from an interview with Toni Morrison about her writing process, and I just had to track it down. You need to subscribe to The Paris Review to read the entire thing, but the bit that I liked is available for free.
5. Upgrade how you display Polaroid and other instant photos with these DIY display stands.