Make Something: Incongruous
Now this was a fun prompt for a writer and writing instructor: Make something incongruous. Of all the valuable lessons I, an experienced communicator, can teach a hopeful, impressionable writer […]
Make Something: With Feet
Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and make it happen. Today’s creation forced me to sit down, think, and put pen to paper … with my foot. […]
Make Something: Taste
Make something in which the sense of taste is the essential component. That was the creative assignment for this day. This one-meeting-after-another workday. This end-of-a-busy-week-must-get-the-family-organized Friday. This beginning-of-a-busy-but-hopefully-fun-filled weekend. Although I […]
Make Something: Holes
This day’s make something task was to cut holes in a magazine or book page, revealing what’s underneath, to create something new. I sliced into a page from Sports Illustrated, […]
Make Something: Paper Pop-Up
By dinnertime today, I was dragging. My consulting, coaching, and teaching business is beyond busy, and I’m feeling the long hours in my bones, my eyes, my feet, my jaw […]
Make Something: Rebus
A “rebus” is a visual puzzle that uses pictures and symbols in place of words or syllables in a phrase or story. When my son was an early reader, one of […]
Make Something: Decay
Today’s make something prompt is odd: Make something that will decay over time … (Doesn’t everything?) There’s more: … and document it until it’s gone (or too smelly to keep). […]
Make Something: Fictional Character
Oh, Wonder Woman! Response to the prompt: “Make something inspired by a fictional character.” oh, Wonder Woman, great feminist icon princess and warrior hailed from the Amazon strength and speed […]
Make Something: Morning Sky
Make something inspired by today’s morning sky? Sure. How about a haiku? (Photo compliments of husband Jim Nyland and his iPhone. Jim got out under the blue sky a couple […]
Make Something: Life-Size
It’s nearly 11:00 pm. I’ve been going full throttle since 6:00 am and just got home from an evening of high school football. And of all things, today’s assignment is […]
Make Something: Rubbing
“Gravestones are the classic source for this technique,” writes Noah Scalin in his instructions for Day 135 of 365: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life. He’s suggesting a […]
Make Something: Childhood Story
Today’s make something prompt: Reinterpret your favorite childhood story. And so, I give you … Remembering Alice girl named Alice follows bunny down a hole to a world that’s funny magic […]
Make Something: Surreal
My high school and college educators would be dismayed that tonight I turned to Wikipedia and other online sources to refresh my memory on a subject I’m sure I studied […]
Make Something: On a T-Shirt
I’m going halfway on today’s make something project. Today, like most days, I didn’t even start on the making until after 8:30 p.m. It’s just easier to focus after the […]
Make Something: Found Letters
Today’s make something suggestion was to make a word out of objects in my environment. You see the result above. Maybe you recognize some of these letters. Before you read […]
Beth Nyland 