Day 33 : The Rich Lamas

An anagram is a type of word play. You take all the letters of a word and rearrange them to produce a new word or phrase. You can only use each letter once.

Here is a common example, William Shakespeare = I am a weakish speller

I came up with a few anagrams of my name, Rachael Smith. They are " I Harm Chalets", "The Rich Lamas",  and "Lace Ham Shirt".


I plan to illustrate one of them later. Perhaps the lace ham shirt.Or maybe I can make a lace ham shirt! Because that would be awesome.

Day 287: Make and anagram of your name and illustrate it in some way.

Falling Behind

So I'm a little sad to say that I have fallen behind on my daily projects. It really takes a lot of effort to drive an hour to work, work for eight hours, drive an hour home, make dinner, go to the gym, and make something everyday! Let alone do anything else. I'm really happy I made it one month and I am going to try my best to make something everyday for a year still. Even if I just make something every other day or every week I think I am doing really well. The thing I have learned most about this project is that it's good to push yourself and its fun to constantly think creatively. I have a whole slew of ideas for some larger scale projects and I feel much more motivated than I did before I started this little journey. Hopefully I'll have a new project up tonight. Until then wish me luck!

Day 32: A Nosh of Ganache

My little brother just graduated college. To celebrate the whole family got together for dinner and I made him a cake. A chocolate raspberry ganache cake! I've never made ganache before, but it's really easy. Just heat up some heavy cream and pour it over some chopped up chocolate and mix. That's it!

Here are some shots of the cake in progress.

Added a layer of raspberry jam

Day 31: Button, Button, who's got the button

I have a pretty large stash of buttons in my craft room. Using only the black and gray ones I made the letter "Q".

Day 30: Sci-fi Short

One more short story...ok maybe two. I couldn't decide which one I liked better.

4,000 light years away is a man with tiny shorts.

I also wrote this one.

The aliens have landed.
They brought cupcakes
and death rays!


Day 67: Write a ten-word science-fiction story.

Day 29: Love Short Story

I'm really getting into the idea of writing 10 word stories. It might turn into a side project. This one is 20, but it's still short and funny. 


Your hair smells like lilies.
Your eyes sparkle like the sea.
Whenever I think about you I have to pee.


Day 21: Write a 20-word love story.

Day 28: Embroidered Toe Shoes

Last year I started an Etsy shop, Lady Bear Crafts, selling embroidered cards, bookmarks, and tea towels. Since finding full time employment I haven't had much time to make things to sell. So I was super excited when I got a email from a friend asking for a custom card. His girlfriend is a ballet dancer and her birthday is coming up.

Day 207: Use paper like it was fabric. You can weave it or sew on it – what else?