Make Something: Flower
Today’s prompt: make something with flowers … the peony just past her prime wears her peplum pinched and puckered crepe-y petals pulling inward protect her precious center plumes this pretty […]
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Make Something: Face
What can you do with a face? That’s the lead sentence in today’s prompt from Noah Scalin’s Make Something 365 book. My face tells my story. I know how to play poker, […]
Make Something: With Tape
This prompt was almost too good to be true for a Friday night after a rather stressful—yet surprisingly fun—week. Create an image with masking tape or any other kind of […]
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. […]
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: 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: 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 […]
Make Something: Portable
Today’s Make Something prompt urged me to make something portable that normally isn’t. This suggestion—possibly the most difficult yet—sparked good dinnertime conversation with the family. What could I put a […]
Make Something: Nature
Go out into nature and gather supplies, came today’s command. I put it off all day. After dinner out with the family, as the sun was setting and my butt […]
Beth Nyland 