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. […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
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 […]
Make Something: Stapler
I love illuminated letters. Large and ornate, these lead-off characters captivate me even before the story begins. (Artgirl67 has collected an inspiring array of illuminated letters on Pinterest.) Today’s “make […]
Make Something: Old to New
I worked about 14 hours straight today, looking at the screen of my Mac with just short breaks to grab lunch from the fridge, fill my teapot, and visit the […]
Is this the big time?
Since I began playing with 365: A Daily Creativity Journal and the prompts Noah Scalin wrote in this delightful little book, he and I have exchanged several tweets and email messages. […]
Make Something: Instructions
This one was easy! For the past year, I have been relaxing into my place as teacher, motivator, coach, mentor for writers. So when Noah Scalin’s book directed me to […]
Make Something: Wire
On this 34th day of making things, the instruction was to work with wire. I have a large drawerful of beading and jewelry-making supplies, and I knew this fine-gauge gold […]
Make Something: Pens
Making something with pens is easy for a writer. But today I felt more like playing than writing. Plus, I have a brand new package of fine-tip Sharpies. What better […]
Make Something: Ephemeral
What can you make that will quickly vanish? Today’s “make something” prompt offered a few suggestions. Work with bubbles, or smoke, or cream in a cup of coffee. I chose […]
Make Something: Path
“Make a path for people to follow and invite people to try it out.” I invite you to try this path … not just to read my meandering message, but […]
Make Something: Toys
Play time. Noah Scalin, author of 365: A Daily Creativity Journal, sent me to the toy room today. Still focused on my theme of “words,” I searched my children’s toys for […]
Make Something: Disguise
This day’s “make something” assignment was to create a disguise. I’ve already created a mask of words, and I’ve played with camouflage twice (and this is just 29 days into […]
Beth Nyland 