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Make Something: 10-Word Fantasy

November 12, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s make something prompt: Write a 10-word fantasy story. Bonus for illustration. Fantasy is not exactly my genre. By day I’m a business writer. When I have time for creative […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Passing Through

September 1, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

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 […]

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Make Something: Kit

August 23, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

For today’s make something assignment, I was to buy a kit, toss the instructions, do something unexpected with the remaining contents, and brace myself for whatever came next. Finding a […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Ball

August 15, 2013by bethnyland 2 Comments

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 […]

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Make Something: Letter to Me

July 31, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Write a letter to yourself at another time in your life. This prompt makes me think of the Brad Paisley song, “Letter to Me.” I may not be as articulate in […]

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Make Something: With a Candle

July 26, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

I learned a new trick from today’s make something activity. The idea was to make something using a candle. In his published prompt, Noah Scalin offered two ideas. One was […]

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Make Something: Utensil

July 21, 2013by bethnyland 1 Comment

Create a new kind of utensil. Functional or not, document it in use. The utensil I created is not new in any way. It’s a pencil, and pencils have been […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Eraser

July 20, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Make something with an eraser. How about a quick poem?

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Being Creative, Make Something 365, Poetry

Make Something: Papier Mache

July 7, 2013by bethnyland 1 Comment

When was the last time you tried papier-mache? Yeah. Same here. Some poor, grade school art teacher led me and a roomful of other nine-year-olds through the messy process. God […]

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Home | A Jumping Off Point

June 30, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

When Norma and Paul and I got on the phone in May 2013 to continue the Sibling Discovery Project, our slated topic was home. I had prepared a quick, visual […]

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Being Creative, Sibling Discovery

Soil

June 30, 2013by bethnyland 1 Comment

In March 2013, the Sibling Discovery Project brought us the word soil—a concept that came easily for all of us. Paul’s vision for a carving was vivid. Norma worked with […]

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Being Creative, Sibling Discovery

Grain | Three Perspectives

June 29, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

In the fall of 2012, my siblings and I sold our family farm. The three of us got to be together, in person, for this spectacular shift in all our […]

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Potluck | Norma’s Experiments with Technique

June 29, 2013by bethnyland 1 Comment

The potluck prompt compelled Norma to try new techniques. Not thrilled with her first piece of textile art, she even began a second. “The first piece is based on hymn […]

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Make Something: Light

June 13, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Make something that lights up. I am blessed with a house rich in craft supplies: A box of votive candle holders used at our wedding reception Files full of paper […]

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Make Something: Clay

May 20, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s order of business: make something with clay, in a way you’ve never used clay before. The children contributed ideas, and Isaac had a winner. So I enlisted his help. […]

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