Day 49 - sense of smell

"Make something in which the sense of smell is the essential component."

I often say that popcorn is my favorite food. That is probably a bit of an exaggeration, but it's not too far off. The smell of popcorn is irresistible to me.

Day 48 - white

"Be a minimalist. Work only with white materials today. Try working white on white for a real challenge."

It looks yellow in the photo, but actually the paints are "antique white" and "misty white". Also featuring white craft glue and white glitter.

Day 47 - rice flower, take two

"Quantity over quality. Work with a lot of something."

lots of rice.

For a couple of seconds, I thought about counting the grains of rice. Then, I realized that would be ridiculous. It's a lot. But, really, only a small plastic bag full. Maybe a cup and a half or so. For anyone worried about wasting food, fear not! These rice grains were previously in some jars with tealights as a decoration. Before that, the bag they were residing in said that they were severely out of date. I don't know if rice can actually go bad, but I like to follow those "best-before" dates when possible.

Day 46 - tower of learning

"How tall can you make something that stands up on its own?"

89 books. 75 inches tall.

So, this is not exactly standing up on its own. It is pretty much leaning against the wall. But this was my best idea. Stack a bunch of books up as high as they will go.

Some of them are old text books (why do I still have them?!)

Some are beloved kids' books ("The Sneetches")

 Some are books I've read many times ("1984")

Some have been on my "books to read" shelf for quite a while ("Fortunate Son")

I'm part-way into several of them ("The Body Project", "The Gifts of Imperfection")

And a few of them I've just recently acquired ("An Introduction to Pottery", "A Walk in the Woods")

I like books. I think you can never have too many of them. But, I recommend only stacking them up in tiny towers, not towers to the ceiling. It doesn't work.

(The title of this post is a reference to the Rufus Wainwright song of the same name.)

Day 45 - branch & flowers

"Work with flowers - artificial or real, live or dried, picked or bought."

Well isn't this ironic, since my whole theme is around flowers (sort of). I decided to pick some flowers that I have growing in a pot in my backyard. I don't remember what kind they are. I taped them onto a tree branch that I have over a doorway in my room.

Day 44 - autumn lights

"Make something that lights up. Work with an existing lampshade or put a small electric light or candle inside of something you make."

Well, it was about time to change out my little table decoration anyway, so I made a new seasonally-appropriate one. I used some kind of moss stuff, fake autumn leaves/berries, and a little owl friend. I'm not usually a big fan of the fake tea-lights - I prefer a real flame - but in this case it was a necessity, unless I wanted to ignite something.

Day 42 & 43 - two in one

So I skipped yesterday by accident. I had an exceptionally long day at work and figured it was more important to spend time with friends looking at actual art at an art fair in town.

So, today I ended up doing two in one. One of the days was to "create an image with tape". The other day was, "What can you do with a face?" Sooo...I ended up making a face out of tape, and then drawing on it a little bit. What can I say? Some days are more inspired than others.