Hi from The 100 Day Project 👋
updates from the community + what have you been up to lately?
Hello, friends!
I just returned from a 6-week road trip—Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and back to California through Utah and Nevada. Like the project, a long road trip often starts with a plan—you have an itinerary or final destination in mind, but the magic often happens in the detours. You learn to stay flexible. You hit bumps in the road. You keep going.
It’s all art. The way we travel, the way we show up for a creative practice, the way we move through the world. The project is a little mirror for the bigger patterns of our lives.
Today I’m sharing a few from the community for inspiration and celebration. It’s a big deal, putting yourself out there.
→ If you’ve got a project (or a side quest!) you’d like to share in a future issue, hit reply or post in the comments and tell me about it.
Jo Avery at
made The 100 Days of Tiny Abstract Appliqué Fabric Book and wrote about her process here.
Lula Harp opened her art studio, a long-held dream. If you’re in the Rockville, Maryland area, find out more about her classes and events here.
Joanne Lafrance Jolaf’s mini collages were featured in an exhibition in Old Montreal and she’s thinking about making a book (go for it, Joanne!!).
Finding a way to reflect or share your work is part of making the project complete. What’s here for you and for your work right now?
XO,
Lindsay
P.S. If you’ve got a little wanderlust in you, you can see some photos and videos from my trip here, here, or here. And we’ll be in touch again soon about a celebration in the Bay Area—summer travels!—we’re excited to get together IRL soon.
Sounds like a beautiful adventure! Thanks for sharing- I love seeing what other folks created for the project! Mine took me down a rabbit hole I’m still in right now! There really is magic in the detours! 🫶🙏🏻🫶
I’d love to share about my project and where it took me!
My project was to paint a circle a day-
I used pre cut circles of watercolor paper that were 6” in diameter
I set up my table with my watercolors and brushes
At first I was really into painting spirals- it’s one of my symbols - it connects me to my ancestors and heritage so each one almost became a pray or red threat🫶
It was so fun and meditative
Seeing how the paper reacted to the water, how much could it absorb, what happened when I added pigment to a pool of water laying on the top? My sense of curiosity grew & grew as the days went on. Until one day I began adding petals of flowers and leaves to my circles then adding inks watercolor on top!!
Bring nature right into the process was so refreshing and the results were stunning! I’m hooked I tried dried them fresh - adding small amount of pigment to water on the paper first- then trying it the other way- it was so exciting & relaxing at the same time and now I’m started teaching it! I’m also planning on filming the process and creating an online workshop!