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Post by Citygirl on Jan 14, 2019 22:06:39 GMT
I know it’s early. (April right?) is anyone doing it or thinking of doing it this year? I’ve always wanted to do it. Trying to brainstorm ideas of what I would make.
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Post by freeatlast on Jan 15, 2019 0:51:01 GMT
I am! I participated last year and loved it! My 100 day project last year was just to do something creative every day and it's likely I will choose that again for this year. A secondary goal was to use stamps and dies that had never seen ink or the inside of a Vagabond before in a "use it or lose it" challenge. A great way to rifle through my stamp stash and put all those sets to good use and weed out those I wonder why I bought.
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Post by wendifful on Jan 15, 2019 1:27:31 GMT
My goal last year was to create a card every day. It was definitely a challenge but I'm glad I pushed myself to finish, and I made so many cards! This year, I think I'll either do the same thing or challenge myself to create something digitally every day, as I want to improve on those skills.
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Post by nicolep on Jan 15, 2019 1:31:27 GMT
I love the idea but have never participated. I would really love to be creative with all my paper funsies every day in some form  Following for ideas... |
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Post by scrappyem on Jan 15, 2019 1:42:31 GMT
I really want to try doing like 10 minutes of sketching a day. Something that's super do-able but would push me to actually do some drawing. I've never tried the project. I've also thought about doing a photo a day for 100 days. It would be fun to participate.
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Post by scrappyem on Jan 15, 2019 1:44:37 GMT
I really want to try doing like 10 minutes of sketching a day. Something that's super do-able but would push me to actually do some drawing. I've never tried the project. I've also thought about doing a photo a day for 100 days. It would be fun to participate.
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Post by Citygirl on Jan 15, 2019 1:57:01 GMT
I love the idea of using stamps I've never used...I have many!
100 cards would be awesome, and use up stamps. Simple cards seems manageable for me as well.
I'm also considering doing a PL spread daily with the app to catch up on previous years. Or art journal every day....tho I doubt u would be able to finish a page daily.
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Post by joblackford on Jan 15, 2019 2:47:35 GMT
Last year I did 100 days of black pages www.instagram.com/explore/tags/100daysofblackpages/ which was just working in a specific black page album for some time every day. Some days I was literally just sticking down one thing, other days I spent a lot of time on a page. Having the flexibility to spend less time on busy days was helpful for me to stick with it for 100 consecutive days. It was a good jumpstart into doing creative journaling in an empty book I was being perfectionist about. This year as part of my "depth year" ( blog post about what that means) I'm going to work on something that I've done before that I want to develop my skills in, to dig more deeply into. Probably either learning new knitting skills (maybe hard to define a daily activity goal), learning how to crochet - maybe a granny square a day, or a drawing a day. I have a list of skills I want to dig more deeply into this year, so closer to April I will choose the one I most want to focus on. |
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Post by samncam on Jan 15, 2019 3:20:38 GMT
joblackford Love your book! Where did you get the book and which white pen did you use?
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Post by joblackford on Jan 15, 2019 3:45:24 GMT
joblackford Love your book! Where did you get the book and which white pen did you use? Thanks! The book is a Dylusions branded thing I found at Michaels. The only downsides of it were nor easily being able to change your mind if you stick something down - the paper would shred if you pulled it up, and the binding was strangely not very friendly to sticking things in - I should've cut out every 5th page or something - it got very fat! The pens I use are the 3 sizes of basic white gelly roll pen - the 5 8 and 10 weights, the thickest is my favorite. I also used a silver sharpie (yes!) and a white sharpie paint pen (not good on this paper) |
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Post by samncam on Jan 15, 2019 12:44:19 GMT
joblackford Love your book! Where did you get the book and which white pen did you use? Thanks! The book is a Dylusions branded thing I found at Michaels. The only downsides of it were nor easily being able to change your mind if you stick something down - the paper would shred if you pulled it up, and the binding was strangely not very friendly to sticking things in - I should've cut out every 5th page or something - it got very fat! The pens I use are the 3 sizes of basic white gelly roll pen - the 5 8 and 10 weights, the thickest is my favorite. I also used a silver sharpie (yes!) and a white sharpie paint pen (not good on this paper) Awesome! Thanks for all the tips! I have been wanting a book that I can use white/light ink on but have only found ones with kraft pages. |
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Post by lasteve1 on Jan 15, 2019 16:07:51 GMT
I did this last year and loved it, I will definitely do it again. I took it as an opportunity to learn something new. Last year I picked knitting. I had attempted knitting once before I started the project and it hadn't gone well. For my project last year I decided that I would knit everyday for 100 days. Somedays it was something small, just one row on a scarf, but other days I knitted quite a bit. Over the course of the 100 days I completed a handful of practice swatches, a scarf and got halfway through a blanket (which I have now finished) and feel proficient in basic knitting and purling.
This year I think I want to focus on sewing. Although I already know how to sew, I am not very good at it and haven't really made anything in years... my sewing machine is used almost exclusively for sewing on scrapbook layouts. I tried to get into quilting last year but didn't make it very far before pushing it aside for other projects. I have a huge list of things I want to make though. My goal for this year is to just sew something (or cut something for a sewing project) every day. I am going to work on pillows, curtains, quilting and zipper pouches, plus maybe some other projects depending on how far I get. I think this will be harder to stick to than the knitting because (1) the knitting could be taken on the road with me when we traveled (and actually was a great road trip activity); (2) knitting could be done in front of the TV or elsewhere than in my craft room; and (3) once I started a knitting project I didn't have to worry about running out to get supplies--I feel like sewing projects take less time each, therefore there will be more necessary Joann's runs. So, I'm still working out the kinks in the rules... especially because we will necessarily travel at least once in a 100 day period.
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Post by christinec68 on Jan 15, 2019 16:20:31 GMT
2 years ago I did 100 days of cards which was fun, used lots of stuff and left me with a nice stash of cards. I tried last year but I didn't like my topic so I dropped it after about 35 days. I am thinking of working through some of the unfinished classes I have piled up. I'll have to figure out the logistics of doing that - one day to watch/go over the lesson then commit to 20-30 minutes executing it until it's done. I have to think about this a bit more.
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Post by justjac on Jan 15, 2019 19:42:58 GMT
Last year I did 100 days of brush lettering. I'm thinking of doing 100 days of die cutting. I need to get more use out of my dies, my Silhouette, and my Cricut.
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Post by Citygirl on Jan 15, 2019 20:20:34 GMT
I love all of these suggestions and all of these things are on my 2019 list of projects I want to get to.
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Post by Linda on Jan 15, 2019 20:42:22 GMT
I think I'll be in again this year - last year I did genealogy data entry every day and made a decent dent in entering my English lines. I might tackle that again this year - get the English lines finished (as in all the research I have is entered into the program - genealogy is never actually finished) and start one of the other lines.
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Post by maryjo on Jan 15, 2019 23:20:11 GMT
Definitely going to try and participate again! I did it for the first time last year. I joined in with Suse Fish's 100 days of Scrap Therapy challenge and used it to work in my scrap space for at least ten minutes a day. I ended up to just dropping to five days a week instead of seven. But I was doing a lot more creating than I had been!
I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to challenge myself to do yet.
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Post by jen on Jan 17, 2019 15:52:54 GMT
In 2015 I did 100 days of felt. I created a tiny wool felt stuffie everyday, some were very simple. I loved coming up with a new design each day or even just tweaking them a little each day.
In 2017 I did 100 days of rubber stamped cards. I had gotten away from using my rubber stamps, which were my first love & I wanted to challenge myself. I used stamps from my collection of PSX stamps for this project. I'm thinking of doing this project again this year.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 17, 2019 17:04:38 GMT
hmmm- I have to say, I've never heard of this project before... I know, I must have been living under a rock, lol. More like I've never paid attention to it, really. I don't do good with 'forced' deadlines, and the thought of HAVING to create something every day kid of instantly saps my creativity, because of the 'have to' vs. 'want to' feeling.
I don't think I can commit to actually creating something every day; what I DO want to commit to is this: work in my craft room for at least 15 minutes every day for 100 days. (the time could be for either organizing, cleaning, OR creating.) I can NOT keep my craft room consistently clean and when it's chaotic and messy I avoid even going in the room.
Making it a goal to go IN there every day to at least do SOMETHING should help fix that. (in theory, lol.)
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Post by joblackford on Jan 17, 2019 18:16:31 GMT
crimsoncat05 that sounds like a great goal. 15 minutes in the space gives you the freedom to do whichever task matches your energy that day. The forced creativity aspect has turned me off in the past, but I think the project is good for skill building - eg when learning to draw or do calligraphy, daily practice is going to ramp up your skills a lot faster, and having to do it every day will help push through those bits where it gets really difficult and people normally set the project aside and give up. I specifically don't want to do 100 days of cardmaking because I enjoy the ebb and flow of it - I'd rather make 30 cards in one day and then leave it for a few weeks than make 1 card a day for 30 days. (I got really burnt out on the Cardtober challenges). There's a pdf of tips for setting up a successful project here: the100dayproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SuccessTips.2.pdf It's several years old but good advice. Elise Cripe has done some interesting projects if anyone is looking for inspiration. eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2017/07/100-plants-on-fabric.html
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Post by grammadee on Jan 17, 2019 19:34:04 GMT
I started on this last year, trying to do something with my art supplies every day, and then collect the results in a mini album, but I fell by the wayside early. Not sure if my goal was too general or too specific. I tend to approach projects like this in fits and starts. So I might spend a lot of time one day or one string of days, but then not get back to it for a week or more.
I may play along a bit by working on my album, adding more artsy items to it?
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 18, 2019 17:34:07 GMT
hmmm- I have to say, I've never heard of this project before... I know, I must have been living under a rock, lol. More like I've never paid attention to it, really. I don't do good with 'forced' deadlines, and the thought of HAVING to create something every day kid of instantly saps my creativity, because of the 'have to' vs. 'want to' feeling. I don't think I can commit to actually creating something every day; what I DO want to commit to is this: work in my craft room for at least 15 minutes every day for 100 days. (the time could be for either organizing, cleaning, OR creating.) I can NOT keep my craft room consistently clean and when it's chaotic and messy I avoid even going in the room. Making it a goal to go IN there every day to at least do SOMETHING should help fix that. (in theory, lol.) I scrap a ton, but don't think I could do anything (but eat and sleep) for 100 days straight. Last night I just finished straightening up my scrap room after a weeklong 56 page layout binge. I mean, didn't the Big Guy rest on the 7th day! I do admire people for their persistence though. |
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Post by lasteve1 on Jan 18, 2019 18:55:34 GMT
For all the people who are concerned they couldn't stick with something for 100 days, I had the same concerns when I started last year. It really is a commitment.
That said, a day is long and taking 5 minutes to do something even if you don't want to isn't that difficult, and the pay off from it is huge. I posted above, but I used the project to learn to knit--something I'd wanted to learn before but had found very difficult and had kept putting down as something I would get to "someday." But, by the time I picked it up again, any little progress I had made the last time was already gone because it had been so long!
Forcing myself to knit every day really taught me how to knit, and now I can knit (just basic knit & purl) without thinking about it and without making a ton of mistakes--I can't knit clothing yet, but I knit a blanket that looks professionally made. There were some days I really didn't want to do it, and I literally picked up my knitting needles for a couple of minutes just to say I did (and took a photo of my progress every day). I think I was expecting/worried that if I pushed through the days that I didn't want to do it, it would make me hate knitting. But, it had the opposite effect--when I forced myself to do it everyday, I really learned how to knit and started to enjoy it--I think you always enjoy something more the better you get at it, and there is no better way to improve at something than doing it every day!
Honestly, I missed a few days (I think 3) because there were other things going on in my life where I just couldn't do it (e.g. one day I went white water rafting and was so exhausted afterwards I could barely move) and I gave myself the grace to skip the day and just added it onto the end so I actually completed 100 days. And there were times that I wanted to quit/really didn't want to knit, but I pushed myself and focused on the bigger picture... that after 100 days I would have a new skill. And it was totally worth it.
I think this is a project that everyone could do, you just have to have the commitment to the big picture and really make it a priority to get to it every day. And also, it's important to pick the right project. For me, learning a new skill is really the best use of the project because I love seeing the very real change from Day 1 to Day 100 and, committing to doing something every day for 100 days gets me out of the "beginner" territory quickly--without a project like this I wouldn't have the drive to really get past the beginning phase.
This year I think my new skill will be sewing. Technically, I know how to sew (at least better than I could knit when I started last year) but not well. I want to learn to make bags/pouches, curtains, shirts, pillows, quilts, etc. I have a whole list of things I want to make, of progressive difficulty, and working on it every day would be amazing and let me actually see progress in my skill & checking things off my "to make" list.
Some other ideas I have had for the project:
(1) A photo everyday with my DSLR camera. Really focus on learning new photography skills and become a better photographer
(2) Try a new recipe every day. I cook a lot and typically try a new recipe about once a week, but committing to it every day would really add to my repertoire which tends to get repetitive. For days that I didn't want to/wasn't cooking dinner I would try some basic breakfast, lunch or snack ideas.
(3) Organize my home. I have really been wanting to completely go through my house organize everything (not totally Marie Kondo style because I am already semi-organized and her principles don't entirely fit my life, but I would use some of her ideas). This project would include going through every thing I own and organizing every cranny of my home, but also organizing things like making a great emergency kit for the car, creating some master shopping lists for things like weekly groceries and target runs (because I always seem to forget to check if we need something), organizing my digital photos & files, and more. This is something I want to do anyways, but the idea of doing it a little at a time for 100 days straight would really help me push through it instead of pushing tasks to "someday."
(4) Digital design every day. I have played around with creating my own project life card designs (to be printed) and think this would be a great way to improve my digital design skills. I'm not sure if I would limit it to one media type, e.g. digital project life card, or include a variety of things like layered templates, digital word art, etc. (all things I have toyed with, but not committed myself to).
(5) Blog every day. I have wanted to start a craft blog for awhile and I think this project would push me to do it and commit to posting every day while I build the blog and reader base.
(6) I love you book/gratitude book. I've also considered making a mini album with 100 entries, one per day of either reasons I love my husband or general gratitudes. I think this would be a good practice and I could be crafty somedays and other days just include a brief sentence + photo.
I love reading all the ideas that others have on this thread and I'm excited to see more. I also really enjoyed following Elise Cripe's project and her 100 plants on fabric was amazing... creating a quilt square each day and then making a quilt at the end was great and I've considered doing something like this as well.
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Post by catseatcheese on Jan 18, 2019 21:06:16 GMT
I started this last year in a photo a day challenge. I tried to keep up with it but finally I did not manage. I was trying to learn how to use my camera. I did learn about it but I travel for work almost every single week and it was hard to bring my large camera on every single trip due to baggage restrictions on flights. I would really like to do a 100 day challenge in 2019. I haven't decided what to do yet. Thanks for all of the suggestions!
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Post by Citygirl on Jan 18, 2019 21:26:39 GMT
Well said lasteve1 Please start a craft blog Elise's plant fabric quilt project was so inspiring. |
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Post by lasteve1 on Jan 18, 2019 21:38:26 GMT
Well said lasteve1 Please start a craft blog Elise's plant fabric quilt project was so inspiring. Aww, thanks for the encouragement. I'll be sure to post about it here (at 2 peas) if I do! |
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Post by Citygirl on Feb 24, 2019 3:00:41 GMT
Sooo....I think I'm going to do art journaling for my 100 day project.
I want to experiment with mixed media more. Also I invested a small fortune in Dylusions products and I've been reading that people's paints are drying up rather quickly. Good reason to use them up.
Not sure if I could complete a page everyday, so I'm thinking I will just commit to a minimum amount of time per day.
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Post by marg on Feb 24, 2019 13:30:26 GMT
There are so many great ideas here, it's inspiring. I already try to do something creative every day - at the very least I do a photo and a 1 second video a day, but I also knit or play in the PL app or iPhotos most evenings after work, too. I find it hard to sit still and just watch TV with my husband - I focus better on what we're watching when my hands are busy.
This could be a great way to really go in depth on something, though. I like the idea of going through my classes and finally watching them all and doing their techniques/projects. I have quite a few that I've started but not finished. I may commit to this. I can watch part of each class on my lunch break, as well, which will be a nice break from thinking about work.
I hadn't heard of this challenge before, so thanks for posting it!
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Post by joyfulnana on Feb 24, 2019 15:02:39 GMT
So many great ideas here! I tried this once a couple of years ago, choosing to create every day and I enjoyed that. I wasn't going to do anything with it this year because work is getting too busy, but I have a Christmas stocking to get knitted for this coming year and I was thinking this morning I have to get busy on it or it won't be done. Knitting everyday for 100 days will get me a good way along on it, and I may even get it finished by then. Thanks for that idea lasteve1! |
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Post by LisaDV on Feb 24, 2019 17:38:45 GMT
I've done it a few times, but never finished the 100 days. I did sketching one year but quickly fell by the wayside. I did hand lettering one year and made it half way through the challenge. I did mixed media. My craft room then was in a formal dining converted to an office. The kids school was there as well as my crafts. It was off the living room and open. With guests you need your space cleaned up, so it wasn't always prudent to work. I did do a lot of art journaling and just mixed media pieces that year though, and I loved it.
I don't think I ever committed to a topic last year. I'd love to pick one topic, like hand embroidery, and have that be it. But I know me. I need something diverse. There will be many days that I will have no time whatsoever and those 5-10 minutes I do carve out, I'll want to paint or scrapbook or maybe it's a business class that I want to spend my time on. Thus my dilemma over picking a topic.
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