#CreativeSprint: back to blogging
It’s been awhile. BethNyland.com has been quiet for months. Mind you, Beth Nyland has not been quiet. Life and business have both been busy, and I’ve even been writing on […]
It’s been awhile. BethNyland.com has been quiet for months. Mind you, Beth Nyland has not been quiet. Life and business have both been busy, and I’ve even been writing on […]
Three-and-a-half months ago, I finished a year of making things. Guided by Noah Scalin’s wonderful book, 365: A Daily Creativity Journal, I succeeded in making something new. Every single day. For an […]
That’s it. One last creation in a year of making things each and every day. I did it. Three-hundred-sixty-five straight days of thinking and doing and playing and sharing. […]
My birthday is May 1 … just two days away. I’m calling this year my halfway point. As I reach age forty-five, ninety seems a reasonable life expectancy—just a bit longer than my mom […]
Beyond the Edges How interesting, to stare at a tightly cropped photo and wonder. What was in the space beyond? Better yet, to imagine. What could be in the space […]
We are a blended family with six children, ages nine to nineteen. Every other weekend, we are all together—eight people under one roof. Jim and I live in our home always […]
“Work with bleach to make something by taking away color.” I applied a few letter stickers to a swatch of brightly colored fabric, then spritzed the whole lot with a 50/50 […]
“Use an internal organ as your inspiration today.” Home from a week-long business trip, reunited with my kids, I used today’s prompt as an excuse to play with letters while […]
Today’s order of business: make a city from whatever is on hand. I’m at a business dinner …
“Create the illusion that time has stopped and something or someone is frozen mid-action.” CLICK I have something to say. First, tip of pen must be set free. Thumb depresses button. […]
Today’s make something assignment is to take something natural and make it look digital. Operating with just my iPhone between business conference events, I pixelated a pansy.
Today I needed to make a cover for my favorite book. I have always said my favorite book is Alice in Wonderland. But in truth, my favorite books are the […]
Traveling homebody. For the next few days, that’s what I will be. A trip—part business, part relaxation—will take me far from home. And that makes me anxious. I love adventure, experiencing new places, […]
What timing! On the eve of Easter, the make something prompt instructed me to “work only with candy or chocolate.” And can you believe it? The little girls were happy […]
During date night at Target, while my husband waited for me to just finish already, I assembled a few gold items from the jewelry department, arranged them on a counter, […]