My 100 Day Project

Happy Thursday! On April 4, 2017, the 100 Day Project started. The challenge will run until July 12, 2017. The 100 Day Project is a project/challenge where you pick something that you want to do for 100 days. Last year, I decided to join the challenge and decided to make art for 100 days. Unfortunately, I did not complete the challenge. I did make art like cards, paintings, art journal pages, etc., but I did not make art every single day. Even though I did not complete the challenge last year, I did learn a lot and came up with a list of ways to actually complete the challenge.

Pick something specific

One of the main things that I know caused me to fail to complete the challenge was not picking something specific. There are so many different things that you can make. There were days where I just couldn't decide what to make or what supplies to use. This year, I decided to pick something specific to make. I am going to make 100 handmade greeting cards for my 100 Day Project.

Time

I didn't set a time limit for creating my art. For instance, it would have been useful if I had decided to set at least 5-10 minutes everyday to create art. Everyday I will set an alarm for 5 minutes so that I can create my card. I think 5 minutes is plenty of time to make a card. However, if I go over 5 minutes then it will still be ok. I also plan to set a few alarms throughout the day so that I will be reminded that I have to make card. This will be useful because some days I am very busy in the morning and some days I am busy in the afternoon.

Supplies

Since my challenge last year was to create art everyday, I noticed that I had a lot of different supplies that I could use. For instance, I have watercolors, acrylics, markers, kits, Project Life cards, etc. that can be used to make art. I felt a bit overwhelmed with all of the supplies and having so many different supplies made it harder for me to choose what I wanted to make each day. You would think that having a lot of different supplies would be helpful, but it really was hard for me to choose what to make. This year I am going to use my Freckled Fawn kits to make my cards. As I have said before, I am a subscriber to Freckled Fawn and still have a ton of the previous kits. Not only am I challenging myself to make a card everyday, but I am also challenging myself to use my kits.

Be sure to follow my 100 Day Project on Instagram: Emily's 100 Days of Cards

Are you participating in the 100 Day Project? If you are please feel free to share what you plan to do?

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Happy Monday! I am so excited to participate in Elle Luna's 100 Day Project on Instagram. You can check out her Instagram page here. The challenge starts tomorrow Tuesday, April 19 and ends on Wednesday July 27. For 100 days, you get to choose what you want to do. In the past, some people have chosen to write everyday and some even made paintings. You can take photographs, doodle, or learn something new. The possibilities are endless!

I am choosing to create art for 100 days. I have noticed that many people who participate and choose to create art will select a specific art form for 100 days. For instance, one person may choose to focus on watercolors while another may focus on acrylics. I kept wondering if I should focus on just one form of art, but decided that it would be better for me to just create any type of art for 100 days. I think this will work for me because I want to be able to make something...anything every single day. I know that there will be days when I want to break out my watercolors and some days I may want to bring out my acrylics or even my Faber-Castell gelatos. I may make a card one day or a doodle another day. I may make an art journal page or a layout. Either way, I will be creating art every single day for 100 days and I hope to create a piece of artwork every day even after the challenge/project ends.

I plan to post my takes on my Instagram page which you can check out here. I am also thinking about sharing some of my artwork on the blog as well.

Do you plan to participate in the 100 Day Project? What do you plan to do for 100 days?

Thanks for visiting!

Until next time...