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The 100 Day Project - tomorrow


Ready to get creative? Join the global community participating in 7th annual #The100Day Project . This project is a free art project that takes place online. Every year, thousands of people all around the world  commit to 100 days of creativity. Anyone can join. The idea is simple, choose an art project, do it every day and share the process on Instagram with the hashtag#The100DayProject or join the private Facebook group. 

Here's a hint of what I'll be doing... I have 100 coloured safety pins and one hundred tags.... can you guess? 

 Three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday,  I will be posting my progress here on this blog with explanations of the techniques or  you can follow my project on my Instagram or  Facebook page  


  


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