Day 156: Work with only toilet paper tubes.

Rachel: I didn't stick with the word "ONLY". I also used black poster paint mixed with glue to make my own black acrylic paint, a hot glue gun, some fabric and cardboard for the base, and some ribbons. This is another toilet-paper-tube pencil holder, by the way.

Day 155: Use finger/thumbprints to create an image or portrait.

Rachel: Yes, another butterfly... but at least it was a fun project.

Day 154: Create a simple board game and play it.

Day 152: Create a working Rube Goldberg machine.

so this is where Dr. Seuss got some of his inspirations!

Day 151: Work with crayons.

Rachel: Crayon shavings from crayons run through a pencil sharpener... glued on... not very exciting!

Day 150: Make something inspired by or that fits on or around a nose.

Hannah: Decided that this rock might like to have a nose.

Rachel: She looks like a clown so I gave her a red felt nose.

Day 149: Work with all the utensils you own today.

Hannah: Well I worked with a few. Tree of Knife...and fork...and spoon...and...

Rachel: Funny question. Anyway, these are most of my silverware... no other utensils were included.

Day 148: Work only with purple materials today.

Hannah: Grape juice necklace.

Rachel: This is a 5"x5" gift card I've made using a purple marker, a purple colored pencil, a purple crayon and a purple ink pen. The colors in real life are prettier than in the photo.

Day 147: Make something inspired by your favorite movie.

Hannah: Maybe not my favorite movie, but I do love the scene from Benny & Joon, making grilled cheese with an iron! Here is my broken heart grilled cheese.

Rachel: Aw Hannah Benny & Joon makes me miss you! So does this song by Third Eye Blind, from this movie scene, from the movie Yes Man. So what am I inspired to make? I guess a sign which reads: "Yes I can use my talent to help others." I also have to mention how great the other music is in this movie: Munchausen by Proxy.

Day 146: Create a visual definition for a word randomly chosen from a dictionary. Choose a word you are not familiar with.

Hannah:
The word: Punctilious (adjective) Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

He was very punctilious on how to hold a tea cup.

Rachel: Nothing says DELICIATE like some Nutella on a Digestive biscuit.

Day 145: Make something incongruous. Use an unexpected material to make something familiar.

Hannah: This sandwich will really clean out your insides.

Rachel: I did not come up with anything fantastic... jewelry made from office clips and a magnet. It's sort of incongruous because I would never wear it.

Day 144: Use your feet as your hands and/or your hands as your feet as part of whatever you do today.

Hannah: I drew with my feet this lovely flower. Actually I was surprised how much control I did have, with only a little more practice...

Rachel: Well, I started out with higher aspirations... and I was actually surprised how much control I did NOT have! Also, my foot was cramping and the paper wouldn't hold still. So, to make things more complicated, I decided to trace my hand with my foot, instead of the usual tracing of the foot with the hand. But this only meant I was trying to move my foot while scrunched over... not a great result today! My creative thought about this project is: it would be more fun to go to the beach and make "handprints in the sand" instead of the usual footprints. But that will be for another day.

Day 143: Make something in which the sense of taste is the essential component.

Hannah: Brownie with cherries & vanilla yogurt, well it's what I had on hand. Pretty tasty.

Rachel: Iced coffee with homemade pastry cream and cantucci biscotti.

Day 142: Cut holes in the pages of a magazine or book so that what you reveal beneath creates something new.

Rachel: Time magazine... this could be a very neat project, but a magazine with more pictures in it would work better. I'll revisit this idea someday.

Hannah: Bookshelf becomes window, exposing a visitor with a flashlight!

Day 141: Make a paper pop-up

Rachel: Pop-up sunny day.

Hannah: Pop-up flower?? It will get better.

Day 140: Create a rebus. Bonus: use real objects

Rachel:

Hannah: Okay okay I'll do better next time! But tis true!

Day 139: Make something that will decay over time and document it until it's gone.

Hannah: My attempt at making an apple shrunken head. I will document it after it has dried.

...and after two weeks!

Rachel: Being pregnant means I'm very much against the word "decay". I finally thought of something I could do that wouldn't make me puke, so I made this flower out of a lemon peel. Unfortunately there will be no follow-up photo because my husband decided to throw it away.

Day 138: Make something inspired by a fictional character.

Hannah: This is created especially for Sam-I-Am the Dr. Seuss character that opens up his mind to green eggs and ham. This is green eggs and ham sushi!

Rachel: Green theme! Love the green eggs and ham, Hannah!
I've simply made an image (using photoshop) of a piece of jewelry I would make (this is a design) which would be inspired by Shrek. I have never seen the movie but it's a big green thing so it's the first fictional character that comes to mind. I recently noticed some clay for jewelry making in the supply store, so I may actually have to make this piece of jewelry someday. I would hang it on a necklace and give it to a Shrek-lover.
On a side note, if anyone is looking for ideas on who to pick as your favorite fictional character, do a google search with those exact words and you can read some very interesting stuff! I read about characters I had no idea existed.

Day 137: Look at the morning sky when you first get up today and make something inspired by what you see.

Rachel: Blue sky... hot summer.

Hannah: A necklace inspired by the summer sky.

Day 136: Create a life-size person using your clothes and/or whatever else you have on hand.

Hannah: I was not able to do this project while on vacation...however, I created a life-size head by moving fibers on a sofa.

Rachel: My person was actually invited to a party so it hung out until the kids took it apart.

Day 135: Make a rubbing by placing paper over rough objects and using charcoal or chalk to pick up the details.

Rachel: This old chair outside of Palazzo Tour D'Eau is rather rough... but my charcoal was in pencil form. Next time I'll try this with a piece of charcoal, not a pencil.

Hannah: My tree rubbing. It was a little harder to do with the paper upright for the trunk.

Day 134: Reinterpret your favorite childhood story.

Hannah: Wondering if people would enjoy reading The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein if the roles were reversed. When I read this book to my kiddos I always thought it seemed effed up!

Rachel: I actually can't remember many stories from my own childhood, so picking a favorite turned into a long process of searching for children's books on amazon. Anyway, when I came across The Secret Garden, I went on wikipedia to read the plot again as I can't remember it off the top of my head, and this drawing is what came to my mind...

Day 133: Make something surreal.

Hannah: There you go...my Daliesque moment.

Rachel: Really good surrealist artists do a lot better than this! I found these online and have to share: amazing surrealism

Day 132: Create something on a T-shirt and wear it for the rest of the day.

Hannah: I miss you buddy.

Rachel: No cute t-shirts on hand, so I've used a tank top and fabric pens.

Day 131: Make a word out of objects in your environment or with letters found in natural formations.

Hannah: My daily reminder!!!!!!

Rachel: life, silverware... food?

Day 130: Pick a piece of music that you love (or hate) and use it fas the inspiration for today's piece.

Hannah: Strawberry Fields Forever! I love this song. I scanned a photo of a strawberry onto a Shrinky Dinks sheet and baked it and made this yummy looking necklace! I am excited about all of the possibilites...

Rachel: I am amazed that you can still find Shrinky Dinks Hannah!!! That is wonderful. I want some! I did a sort of collage...

Day 129: Make a passport, travel poster, monetary unit, or another item for a fictional country or another planet.

Hannah: So many ideas for this project, so little time. I guess this is a monetary unit for a fictional place.

Rachel: A land inspired by some models who could only see out of one eye... I love Photoshop!