Hello my creative friends!

I have some wonderful & exciting news! I am going to be teaching on Life Book 2016 next year! I'm beyond honored to be a part of this year long, immersive, healing and inspiring course! This class has truly changed people's lives and to contribute to the ongoing creative development and wellbeing of others is something that means the world to me as an Art educator.

Eeek...so want some MORE exciting news? Well, I also get to give away 1 space on this amazing year long art course! Keep reading if you want to find out more about Life Book 2016 and if you want to find out how you can win a spot! :)

First let me tell you a bit more about Life Book in case you haven't heard about it yet!

“Life Book, a celebration and honoring of YOU” is a year-long mixed media art class organized by Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts.

Tam is joined by 23 incredible art teachers who are all gearing up to share their mixed media techniques, tips and tricks with YOU! Look at all these beautiful, shining souls! Wow...such a glowing line up of artists! So special to be a part of this group!

Themed around self-development and healing, you’ll be creating several loose mixed media art journal pages per month which by the end of the year you will bind into a glorious journal (a Life Book)! You will have a wonderful keepsake that you can treasure for the rest of your life!

You can find out a lot more about this wildly popular course (it has been joined by over 8700 people in the past!) by clicking HERE.

I'm thrilled with my class concepts and can't wait to share several mixed media techniques with you that will involve collage, painting, intuitive drawing, writing and even some encaustic wax! You know I can't keep my paws off the wax! Here's a little peek my creative musings for the class plus my lesson descriptions...

For my Bonus lesson:

"Patch it up, Make it Shine" (January)

We will be journaling about the negative things we wish to leave behind us in 2015. Through a process of collage, paint and drawing we will "patch" over these words and replace them with loving, positive intentions, words, images and finally metallic paints and inks! We will carry renewed light and uplifting thoughts with us as we welcome 2016! This project is going to produce a gorgeous art journal page to start the year off right! Plus, who doesn't love a little sparkle and shine!

Registration opens on October 5th 2015 and the class begins on January 1st 2016.

So, if you want to start the year with a fabulous creative BANG and spend 2016 with a wonderful creative community of like-minded souls, learning more about art and how to be kinder and more loving towards yourself, be sure to join once registration opens! :) Keep this page bookmarked so that you can sign up the moment it goes on sale! :)

Now then, onto the give-away and blog hop! :) I can give away 1 space on Life Book 2016 to 1 lucky winner, yay! :) And if you follow the blog hop (see below for links and dates) you can up your chances of winner a space by entering all the other give-aways also! :)

To enter…just leave a comment here on my blog letting me know why you want to win a spot in Lifebook 2016! To increase the number of times I enter your name you could do any or all of the following to spread the love, just be sure to pop back and let me know in the comments:

☆ share this competition or the class on your blog, twitter, pinterest, google, facebook page or other social network platform

☆ like my facebook page (or invite some friends to)

☆ subscribe to this blog

I will announce the winner on Sunday the 20th of September!

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

7 Sept 2015 – Tamara Laporte –  http://www.willowing.org/ 8 Sept 2015 – Annie Hamman –  http://anniehamman.com/ 9 Sept 2015 – Kristin Dudish –  http://kristindudish.com/ 10 Sept 2015 – Effy Wild – http://effywild.com/ 11 Sept 2015 – Faith Evans-Sills – http://harmonyandfaith.blogspot.com/ 12 Sept 2015 – Gillian Lee Smith – http://www.gillianleesmithartist.com/ 13 Sept 2015 – Ivy Newport – http://ivynewport.com/ <—- you are here 14 Sept 2015 – Jane Davenport – http://janedavenport.com/ 15 Sept 2015 – Jenny Grant – http://www.flowbyjenny.com/ 16 Sept 2015 – Angela Kennedy – http://pennystamper.blogspot.com 17 Sept 2015 – Lisa Viger – http://www.lisaviger.com/ 18 Sept 2015 – Martha Lever – http://marthalever.blogspot.co.uk/ 19 Sept 2015 – Mary Beth Shaw – http://www.mbshaw.com/ 20 Sept 2015 – Melody Ross – http://bravegirlsclub.com/ 21 Sept 2015 – Pam Carriker – http://pamcarriker.com/ 22 Sept 2015 – Pauline Agnew – http://www.paulineagnew.com/blog/ 23 Sept 2015 – Rae Missigman – http://rae-missigman.squarespace.com/ 24 Sept 2015 – Renata Loree – http://renataloree.com/ 25 Sept 2015 – Roben-Marie Smith – http://www.robenmarie.com/ 26 Sept 2015 – Roxanne Coble – http://bybun.com/ 27 Sept 2015 –Shiloh Sophia McCloud– http://www.shilohsophiastudios.com/blog 28 Sept 2015 – Donna Downey – http://donnadowney.typepad.com 29 Sept 2015 – Tracy Verdugo – http://artoftracyverdugo.blogspot.co.uk/ 30 Sept 2015 – Wyanne Thompson – http://www.wyanne.com

Enjoy this fabulous BLOG HOP! Good luck!

Much love to you all,