Make Something: Upside Down
Have you ever tried to write upside down? My eight- and ten-year-old daughters assured me they have done this. A lot. They are upside-down-writing veterans. How I have never attempted […]
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Make Something: Cute & Cuddly
Today I went with my friend Chris to pick up our sons from a week of diving camp at Purdue University. It was a long, fun day that included terrifying, […]
Make Something: Minimal
Going minimal today … … with words formed white on white. This is a technique I’ve been wanting to try for awhile. I’ve seen paper flaps cut as cool geometric […]
Make Something: A Lot
Quantity over quality: work with a lot of something. So came today’s instruction from Noah Scalin’s book on making something every day and changing your life. (Have I mentioned that […]
Make Something: Tall
How tall can you make something that stands up on its own? I hope all my writing stands in some way. Stands out. Stands the test of time. Stands for […]
Make Something: Flower
Today’s prompt: make something with flowers … the peony just past her prime wears her peplum pinched and puckered crepe-y petals pulling inward protect her precious center plumes this pretty […]
Make Something: Face
What can you do with a face? That’s the lead sentence in today’s prompt from Noah Scalin’s Make Something 365 book. My face tells my story. I know how to play poker, […]
Make Something: With Tape
This prompt was almost too good to be true for a Friday night after a rather stressful—yet surprisingly fun—week. Create an image with masking tape or any other kind of […]
Make Something: Light
Make something that lights up. I am blessed with a house rich in craft supplies: A box of votive candle holders used at our wedding reception Files full of paper […]
Make Something: Learned from Another
Learn something new. Today’s prompt suggested I ask a friend to help me do something using a technique or skill they’re good at. At dinner, I asked everyone at the […]
Make Something: Junk Mail
Turn today’s junk mail into something more appealing. Paper airplane? Candy bar wrapper? Postcard earrings? The more I thought about it, the better a glass of wine began to sound. […]
Make Something: Small to Big
Create a large version of something that would normally be much smaller. In response to this prompt, I knew I wanted to play with tiny things in large letters. What’s […]
Make Something: Yarn
Make something with yarn? Sure. I could have knit something. I could have asked the girls to teach me to finger-knit. I could have sat down with the crochet book […]
Make Something: Haiku
I shrieked with delight when I turned to today’s prompt in 365: A Daily Creativity Journal. Write a haiku! That’s in my word-ly, poetic comfort zone. (Plus bonus points for illustration.) […]
Make Something: Under Water
On the surface, if you ask me what I made today, I would say my daughter and I made a mess in the kitchen sink. We put a few inches […]
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