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 […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
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 […]
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 […]
Beth Nyland 