Ever After 2016 Blog Hop & Give Away!

“Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.” - Eugene O'Neill

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. Hans Christian Andersen
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/fairy_tale.html 

Much of my work, both on the canvas, in my journal, in my tarot readings, in the circles I hold even in my photography explores the idea of archetypes. So naturally I was thrilled to be invited as one of the teachers for Ever After, fairy tales, and play with a fairytale on the canvas- stories and myths intrigue me no end.

And even MORE exciting news is that I can give away 1 space on this magical new collaborative art course! Keep reading if you want to find out more about Ever After 2016 and if you want to find out how you can win a spot! :) 

“Ever After” is a mixed media art & style development course with a fairytale theme hosted by Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts. Tam is joined by 12 fabulous mixed media artists who are all going to create beautiful fairy-tale inspired lessons AND, in Module 2 we will also be sharing some tips on how we develop our own style to help you find your own unique voice, one of the things I strive for myself and am most often asked about.
You can find out all the deets (and sign up with the Early Bird price) by clicking HERE 
 

“The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.”
-W.H. Auden

I will be working with the fairy tale The Handless Maiden, a story of taking the heroine's journey and claiming our own magical gifts & feminine creativity. Its a story of initiation and self-empowerment, both themes I've been exploring of late with Circling with the Goddesses- Persephone. I'll be diving deeply (I'm already reading and dreaming) into the archetypes and lessons gifted in this story and then expressing and exploring these ideas further in the process of expressing them on a canvas, as I so often do in my work. The canvas becomes a dialogue with the tale, with the archetypes, with the themes and gifts of the story, gifts that live within us already written on our bones and passed down through our blood lines- blood and bone wisdom.
 

Registration opens on May 16th 2016 and the class begins on July 1st 2016.

So if you want to start your summer drawing and painting fairy-tales, exploring your own personal story and style and hang out with a wonderful creative community of like-minded souls, be sure to join once registration opens!  

I am giving away 1 place on Ever After 2016, perhaps to you ! :) I'll be drawing a name from my singing bowl on the 16th of May so be sure to pop back and see if it yours Xx

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Drum Roll: The winner is Kim, who said :

"Hello! I was already a Love Notes subscriber, and I shared this post on Facebook. I want to join Ever After because life is full of magic, and I want to paint it. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win a spot." Please get in touch with your contact details Kim

Thank you to all who entered and shared Xx

Registration now Open

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To enter the give-away:

1.   Share this give-away on Facebook, Google+ or twitter (or other social media- don't forget to let me know in the comments-extra entries for each share Xx)
2.    Sign up to my Love Notes (link in the side bar)
3.   Leave a comment below letting us know why you would love to join Ever After 2016 

Here is the list of the other amazing teachers who will be teaching on Ever After – they too will be giving away a spot on Ever After so go check them out and enter their give-aways! :) 

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” - Albert Einstein

 Blog Hop Schedule:

May 2     ☆   Tamara Laporte
May 3     ☆   Micki Wilde
May 4     ☆   Andrea Gomoll
May 5     ☆   Carla Sonheim
May 6     ☆   Annie Hamman
May 7     ☆   Karine Bosse
May 8     ☆   Cinnamon Cooney
May 9     ☆   Mystele Kirkeeng
May 10   ☆   Galia Alena
May 11   ☆   Jane Davenport
May 12   ☆   Rachelle Panagarry
May 13   ☆   Effy Wild

 Have a great time following the blog hop! :) xoxo 

Here are all the faces from the 30 Faces in 30 Days Challenge Invitation/Opportunity (in no particular order). If you would like to know why we are counting the fish and the birds you can read about it here and to play along yourself you can find them here.

And, of course, Camera Craft is now open for registration.