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Fun for Friday: Big Pink Book Prompt 16 Results!

| November 6, 2026

This week’s prompt from the Big Pink Book went in an odd direction! I’d called this one “space” on Monday, because of the top left sticker, and when I sat down to work on this page, I was also thinking about a prompt of “trickster.” My thought was to find a trickster goddess who might […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 16: Space!

| November 2, 2026

The sixteenth prompt from the Big Pink Book has four stickers, and I’ve decided to call it Space! after the first one. At the top left of the page, there’s a rectangular sticker showing what is likely a planet and its moon on a dark background, lit by a star in the midst of a […]

Fun for Friday with Big Pink Book Prompt 15: Leisure?

| October 23, 2026

There’s a lot going on in the image of how I used prompt 15 in the Big Pink Book, so let’s dive in! Since I had the washi tape across the top of the page, I turned the book sideways to write my list, which led to a weird page with the caption on both […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 15: A Timer List!

| October 19, 2026

This week’s prompt in the Big Pink Pink book is a little bit blurry (at least this photo). It’s got some stickers at the top and bottom of the page. At the top left, there’s a yellow rectangular digital clock showing the time 7:27. To the right of that is a strip of washi tape […]

Fun for Friday: The Big Pink Book Prompt 14, Music

| October 9, 2026

On Monday, I shared Prompt 14 from the Big Pink Book, and now I’m back to show you how I used it! Rather than writing a specific piece for this prompt, I came up with some ideas for story titles, sometimes with additional notes. They’re written somewhat haphazardly across the page, not in any particular […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 14: Music

| October 5, 2026

Prompt 14 in the Big Pink Book features stickers mostly across the top of the page, with a single sticker at the bottom, left-hand corner, and provides a TON of space for writing. Across the top of the page, there are six stickers. From left to right, they are: An iridescent silver musical staff, which […]

Fun for Friday: My Big Pink Book Page for Prompt 13, Flowers

| October 2, 2026

On Monday, I shared the blank version of the thirteenth prompt page in the Big Pink Book. Here’s what I did with mine! I decided that the watercolor flower and the very even pink flowers had a bit of a contrast and thought about writing a story in which there’s technology that can make perfectly […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 13: Flowers

| September 28, 2026

The thirteenth prompt in the Big Pink Book is another page with a lot of space to write. The stickers are situated at the top left and bottom right corners. In the top left corner, there are a total of five stickers, all in a column. The top sticker is a circle with purple at […]

Fun for Friday: Big Pink Book of Prompts, A Galaxy Draws a Self Portrait

| September 18, 2026

For the twelfth prompt from the Big Pink Book, I took the three elements together and combined them into an idea for writing a poem with the title “A Galaxy Draws a Self Portrait.” I haven’t finished it yet, but I’m posting a photo of my page of notes. At the top of the page, […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 12: Talented Amateur

| September 14, 2026

The next prompt (#12) in the Big Pink Book is a mostly blank page with three stickers, arranged in a rough diagonal from the top left to the bottom right. At the top left is a small, light pink, vaguely rectangular sticker bearing the text “Every artist was first an amateur.” In the center of […]