Make Something: Music for Writers
What’s a song you hate? I mean really. You hate it. Detest it. Can’t stand it for a second. I’m a music lover, so this is a tough one for […]
Make Something: Faux Currency
On this 129th day of making things, Noah Scalin’s book instructed me to “make a passport, travel poster, monetary unit, or other item for a fictional country or another planet.” My […]
Make Something: 10 Words
Thank God today’s make something prompt is in my wheelhouse. If the assignment were other than writing, I’m not sure what I would produce. For only the second time in […]
Make Something: Altered Postcard
Today’s instruction was to take an existing postcard and alter it, then send it to someone—perhaps to a random address or to a friend, anonymously. Once a simple birthday image, […]
Make Something: Fly
Make something that can fly and test it out. I made this from one of the million sheets of paper my daughters have already brought home from elementary school. And […]
Make Something: Triangle
I needed to make something with triangles today … and I wanted to hold true to my theme of “words.” Three has long been my favorite number, and the triangle […]
Make Something: Passing Through
Day 124: Make something seem like it is passing through a wall or other solid material that it normally wouldn’t or couldn’t. Conceptually, I knew exactly what I wanted to […]
Make Something: Eggshell
Today’s task was to make something with or inspired by eggshells. We haven’t had hard-boiled eggs around here for awhile, so I took this opportunity to cook about a dozen […]
Make Something: Instrument
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.” — Abraham Maslow Yes, this is the […]
Make Something: Foil
I detest aluminum foil. It sets my teeth on edge. Big time. My family knows to give me notice when they’re planning to use the stuff, so I can leave […]
Make Something: In a Box
What did I make today? A simple, visual pun. Get it?
Make Something: New Animal
Create an animal that has never existed before. Coincidentally, my third grader came home from school talking about the fun exercise she did in class today. The students had to […]
Make Something: Wood
Make something with wood. We have no shortage of wood around here, as my husband took up furniture building and refinishing this summer. Perhaps I could have crafted something incredible […]
Make Something: Out of the Way
Once again, I’ve taken a lot of latitude with today’s make something prompt: Go out of your way. Travel somewhere you wouldn’t normally go today specifically to create something inspired […]
Make Something: Map
Today’s instruction was to work with an old map or create something that looks like a map. Rather than a traditional, geographical map, I wanted to work with a map […]
Beth Nyland 