Make Something: Dirt
Go outside and make something in or with the first patch of dirt you find. I didn’t have to go far. At the edge of our driveway, the ground around […]
Category Archives: Make Something 365
Make Something: Steam
I nearly passed on today’s make something assignment. Not because it wasn’t interesting, but because my day veered more toward reacting and cleaning things up than innovating and making things […]
Make Something: Ball
No one crumples their paper any more. I’m glad. I care about trees. So I’m happy that my worst days as a writer don’t mean peril for a forest. At […]
Make Something: Thrift Shop
The make something project sent me to a thrift shop today. The instruction: buy something to work with … and maybe even give the result back to the shop after […]
Make Something: Impossible
When Noah Scalin wrote today’s prompt—make something impossible—he clearly had in mind something visual: “Can you trick the eyes into believing they’re seeing something that they’re not?” I thought of […]
Make Something: Regress
Regress. Today, the make something instruction was to work as if I were a young child, using materials accessible to a little one, maybe even with the skills a youngster […]
Make Something: Napkin
Today’s make something task was to create with the napkin I used at a meal … with extra credit for leaving it behind for someone else to discover. Thanks to […]
Make Something: Palindrome
Write a palindrome. Bonus: Illustrate it! Today is our last day of restful vacation in the Columbia River Gorge (tomorrow we travel home). As we moved from one lovely site […]
Make Something: Inspired by a Book
“Flip to a random page in a book at hand and make something inspired by the first sentence you read.” I landed in the perfect place to complete today’s make […]
Make Something: Old Tee Shirt
I was nearly at a loss today. The make something prompt suggested I create something new from an old tee shirt. Here I am, on vacation, clear across the U.S. […]
Make Something: Insects
Make something inspired by the world of insects. Just yesterday I noticed that I have barely seen a bug or spider since we arrived here. I’m vacationing in the Columbia […]
Make Something: Time
Today I was supposed to work with time, by making something that is visible only through a long-exposure photograph. Thank goodness I am married to an accomplished photographer. I would […]
Make Something: Invitation
Today’s make something prompt was to create an invitation to an event where I might not normally encourage participation. As a mom of six, I really should start drawing more […]
Make Something: Backward
Today’s make something prompt made me scratch my head. “What does he even mean?” I wondered. The instructions were to work backward, looking only in a mirror at the work […]
Make Something: Inspired by a Stranger
Today’s make something instruction was to ask a stranger what I should make, and then—if possible—involve that stranger in the creative process. I was out to dinner with Jim and […]
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