#100UMNotebooks


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I have learned there is true value in challenging myself to complete something. I have been the most successful when keeping my challenges small. Lately, filling sketchbooks have helped me improve on certain skills and it's given me quite a bit of sanity. I have 100 blank 5 x 7 craft cover Scoutbooks that I will be decorating the covers. My main goal during this time is to use supplies in my stash (any mediums that can hold up to being on a notebook cover). That's it. Use what I have. And I have a lot. Please follow me on this journey so you can see how I tackle this challenge. I'll be posting to Instagram using the hashtag #100UMNotebooks if you want to follow along.

FYI if you are viewing this on a mobile phone, your view of the notebooks are out of order but they are all there!

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Day 1

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Day 4

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Day 7

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Day 10

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Day 13

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Day 16

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Day 19

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Day 22

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Day 25

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Day 28

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Day 31

Day 34

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Day 37

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Day 40

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Day 43

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Day 46

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Day 49

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Day 52

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Day 55

Day 58

Day 61

Day 64

Day 67

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Day 70

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Day 73

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Day 2

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Day 5

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Day 8

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Day 11

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Day 14

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Day 17

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Day 20

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Day 23

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Day 26

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Day 29

Day 32

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Day 35

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Day 38

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Day 41

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Day 44

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Day 47

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Day 50

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Day 53

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Day 56

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Day 59

Day 62

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Day 65

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Day 68

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Day 71

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Day 74

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Day 3

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Day 6

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Day 9

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Day 12

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Day 15

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Day 18

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Day 21

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Day 24

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Day 27

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Day 30

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Day 33

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Day 36

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Day 39

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Day 42

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Day 45

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Day 48

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Day 51

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Day 54

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Day 57

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Day 60

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Day 63

Day 66

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Day 69

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Day 72

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Day 75

Day 76

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Day 79

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Day 82

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Day 85

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Day 88

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Day 91

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Day 77

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Day 80

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Day 83

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Day 86

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Day 89

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Day 92

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Day 78

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Day 81

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Day 84

Day 87

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Day 90

Day 93

When I planned for this 100 day project, there was no thought of the quarantine and social unrest coming our way during this time. Especially painful for me as a Black woman is the constant murder of Black citizens by law enforcement officials or those acting on behalf of law enforcement (whether officially appointed, self appointed, or as an act of white privilege). The subjugation and hunting of Black bodies is not entertainment. We are not property. We are not chattel. We are not slaves. Every life is precious but in this moment, we need to remember that BLACK LIVES MATTER and the mindset towards the Black bodies that inhabit this Earth must change. See us. See our pain. See our blood shed in the streets and help us change the mindsets that continue to uphold the systems that were built to oppress us and suppress us. As I finished up this 100 day project, I let my grief and despair lead the way for the last few notebooks in the collection.

Day 94

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Day 97

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Day 100

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Day 95

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Day 98

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BONUS: Day 101

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Day 96

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Day 99