Make Something: Timed Drawing
Today Noah Scalin challenged me to draw for 30 minutes straight. Maybe now I understand a bit better how my business writing students feel when I subject them to timed […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
Make Something: Duct Tape
I grew up thinking of duct tape as a wheel of sticky, silver tape people used to fix things. Especially car upholstery. How many times did my thigh get stuck […]
Make Something: Good Luck Charm
Writers don’t need luck. What we need is to sit down and write. But sometimes a little charm or ritual gives the writer a nudge of confidence or comfort. For […]
Make Something: Pet Friendly
arms and legs entwined intimate unison rest afternoon cat nap
Make Something: Transportation
I had trouble with transportation today. Needing extra seating for extra kids after extracurriculars, I left the Mini in the garage and took my husband’s big truck to a sports […]
Make Something: Unnatural
Today’s make something prompt begged me to go outdoors: Work only with natural materials to make something that would not normally be found in nature. I’m not particularly outdoorsy on […]
Make Something: Shoes
On this insanely cold Chicago day, my feet have been snuggled into thick socks and furry slippers. But a year and a half ago, when the weather was warm and […]
Make Something: Narrow Focus
Here’s today’s make something prompt: Pick a small area indoors or outdoors and inspect it very carefully. Use the details you would normally overlook to inspire you. I chose the […]
Make Something: Popcorn
At the end of a full Saturday of getting things done, today’s make something assignment barely made the agenda. Believe me: I made many things today. My bed. A menu […]
Make Something: From a Random Drawer
Today’s instruction was to “open a random drawer … and create something with just the contents.” Since my embroidery experiment of New Year’s Day, I’ve had fiber arts on my […]
Make Something: Hide & Seek
We were snowed in today. I’m not sure why the universe delivered a foot of snow while we’re already on holiday break. The kids and I are all off until […]
Make Something: Stitched
My mother taught me to embroider when I was very young. I did it enough to satisfy her need to teach me. In that time, I maybe edged a couple […]
Make Something: Defy Gravity
Of all days to try defying gravity, New Year’s Eve seems as good as any other. Happy day, dear friends. I hope the new year brings you many miracles, reasons […]
Make Something: Framed
“Make or buy a frame and use it to showcase something that already exists so people can see it in a new way.” Today’s make something prompt gave me reason […]
Make Something: Postage Stamps
Each year, I save our holiday mail until after Christmas. In the slower, quieter week before New Year’s Eve, I sit with a warm drink and a blanket, opening the […]
Beth Nyland 