Make Something: Extended Photo
Beyond the Edges How interesting, to stare at a tightly cropped photo and wonder. What was in the space beyond? Better yet, to imagine. What could be in the space […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
Make Something: Rainbow
We are a blended family with six children, ages nine to nineteen. Every other weekend, we are all together—eight people under one roof. Jim and I live in our home always […]
Make Something: Bleached
“Work with bleach to make something by taking away color.” I applied a few letter stickers to a swatch of brightly colored fabric, then spritzed the whole lot with a 50/50 […]
Make Something: Organs
“Use an internal organ as your inspiration today.” Home from a week-long business trip, reunited with my kids, I used today’s prompt as an excuse to play with letters while […]
Make Something: City
Today’s order of business: make a city from whatever is on hand. I’m at a business dinner …
Make Something: Freeze Time
“Create the illusion that time has stopped and something or someone is frozen mid-action.” CLICK I have something to say. First, tip of pen must be set free. Thumb depresses button. […]
Make Something: Digital
Today’s make something assignment is to take something natural and make it look digital. Operating with just my iPhone between business conference events, I pixelated a pansy.
Make Something: Book Cover
Today I needed to make a cover for my favorite book. I have always said my favorite book is Alice in Wonderland. But in truth, my favorite books are the […]
Make Something: Half & Half
Traveling homebody. For the next few days, that’s what I will be. A trip—part business, part relaxation—will take me far from home. And that makes me anxious. I love adventure, experiencing new places, […]
Make Something: Candy
What timing! On the eve of Easter, the make something prompt instructed me to “work only with candy or chocolate.” And can you believe it? The little girls were happy […]
Make Something: Gold
During date night at Target, while my husband waited for me to just finish already, I assembled a few gold items from the jewelry department, arranged them on a counter, […]
Make Something: Uniform
“Design a uniform for a job that doesn’t normally have one.” My third grader and I discussed this prompt today after school. Emma suggested that I create a writer’s uniform where […]
Make Something: Winged
Today’s make something assignment was to add wings, fur, or a tail to something. I guess I’m feeling good about building people’s confidence through my coaching relationships and the classes I […]
Make Something: Finish Someone’s Work
“Have someone else start something and then complete it yourself today.” I gave my 11-year-old daughter broad instructions: “Start something that has to do with words.” I expected she would write […]
Make Something: Appetizing
Today’s creative assignment is to making something unappetizing seem appetizing. I could disguise some disgusting food or substance as edible. Desirable, even. To honor my theme of “words,” I could draft a description of this nasty item, making […]
Beth Nyland 