Building a Rainbow 2017

In 2014 I came up with an idea for a personal photography project.  I was tired of the blah of winter and needed some color in my life, so I came up with "Building a Rainbow".  In 2015, I had the idea to share it on Instagram and invited anyone else who wanted to, to participate.  Then we did it again last year!  So, this will be the 3rd year of building a rainbow on Instagram, and I'm so excited for it!

It's really quite easy to participate if this sounds fun to you.  Just take one picture that features the color of the day, upload it to a picture calendar app (I use the Collect App from the App Store), and at the end of the month, you'll have a beautiful rainbow!  Here's my rainbow from last year:

You can see more examples by going to  #BuildingARainbow2016 (and #BuildingARainbow2015).  You can see more grids by visiting #BuildingARainbow2016grid . 

The details:

• There are no rules as to what to take pictures of.  Some people have themes for the month or week (macro, fill the frame, nature, kid's, etc.), some used prompts from other sites to dictate what to capture, others just found whatever they could in the color of the day.  It's up to you to choose how to do it!  
• Start with red on the 1st of March, then go in rainbow order for the rest of the month!  It's really quite simple!  If you're a person who needs to write things down (like me), simply write the color on the days of a calendar. 
• If you need a list of the days, I've got you covered:

            Red: 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31
            Orange: 2, 8, 14, 20, 26
            Yellow: 3, 9, 15, 21, 27
            Green: 4, 10, 16, 22, 28
            Blue: 5, 11, 17, 23, 29
            Purple: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30

• If you check out the tag, you'll  notice that some people put their own grids together at the end of the month (not in the Collect App), and some people didn't do their pictures everyday, but they tried and posted what they could. That's okay! Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge and I want to to be fun, not feel like a burden!
• If you want to participate this year, use the hashtag #BuildingARainbow2017, and don't forget to scroll through the tag, because it's really, really pretty!
• Have fun, make some new friend and find some color in your life!

​I can't wait to build a rainbow with you!