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A Year of Magic and Fairy Tales

Registration is now open! Join us on a year-long mixed-media art adventure inspired by magic, myth and fairy tales. Learn new techniques, create enchanting artwork and connect with a supportive community of creatives.

A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales is a year-long, immersive mixed media art course exploring the enchanting worlds of magic, myth, and story. Hosted by renowned artist and author Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts, and joined by 30 inspiring guest artists, this course invites you to embark on a magical creative adventure. Together, we’ll dive deeply into the art of fairy tales, exploring how story, imagination, magic and wonder can transform both your artwork and your inner world.

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Mixed media artist, teacher and author. I don’t see all IG msgs. For enq pls email hello@willowing.org - Join A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales:

Want to WIN a spot on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales? ✨ We are giving away over 40+ FREE spots on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales! yay! 🧚✨🦄

I am so blown away by the amazing response we’ve received to this brand new magical adventure! Thank you all SO much for signing up, your amazing comments, enthusiasm and love. It truly means the world to me! 🥰 ♥️

And I have some exciting news: To celebrate this dazzling new course we will be giving away over 40+ FREE SPOTS for the full course: A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales! Woah!

Do you want to win a spot?! 😁

Read on to find out how you can enter all the giveaways!

During the taster event, each teacher can give away 1 spot on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales. We will open each of their giveaways when their taster session airs, you can then enter their giveaways! 🥳🎉🎊 Yay!

The more giveaways you enter, the more chances you have to win a spot! Exciting right?! 😁 🤩 (If you’ve already bought a spot and win a spot, you will get a refund or can gift the free spot to a family member or friend)!

The giveaways will be run in the private Facebook group for A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales. Sadly we cannot run them anywhere else because last year scammers tried to impersonate us and approached our wonderful member communities trying to scam them through our giveaways! We don’t want that to happen again, so we now run them in a private group where scammers can’t get to us!

So, all you need to do to enter the giveaways, is JOIN the Year of Magic & Fairy Tales TASTER EVENT here:

https://bit.ly/AYOMTastersTam (or link in my stories/ bio/ linktree).

(enter your name and email) and then enter each individual giveaways once the taster event starts (1st October 2025)! 😊

Sign up for the taster event now and be in with a chance to win your free place on this magical new course!

The Taster Sessions are waiting for you!
✨🙌✨

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Want to WIN a spot on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales? ✨ We are giving away over 40+ FREE spots on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales! yay! 🧚✨🦄 I am so blown away by the amazing response we’ve received to this brand new magical adventure! Thank you all SO much for signing up, your amazing comments, enthusiasm and love. It truly means the world to me! 🥰 ♥️ And I have some exciting news: To celebrate this dazzling new course we will be giving away over 40+ FREE SPOTS for the full course: A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales! Woah! Do you want to win a spot?! 😁 Read on to find out how you can enter all the giveaways! During the taster event, each teacher can give away 1 spot on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales. We will open each of their giveaways when their taster session airs, you can then enter their giveaways! 🥳🎉🎊 Yay! The more giveaways you enter, the more chances you have to win a spot! Exciting right?! 😁 🤩 (If you’ve already bought a spot and win a spot, you will get a refund or can gift the free spot to a family member or friend)! The giveaways will be run in the private Facebook group for A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales. Sadly we cannot run them anywhere else because last year scammers tried to impersonate us and approached our wonderful member communities trying to scam them through our giveaways! We don’t want that to happen again, so we now run them in a private group where scammers can’t get to us! So, all you need to do to enter the giveaways, is JOIN the Year of Magic & Fairy Tales TASTER EVENT here: https://bit.ly/AYOMTastersTam (or link in my stories/ bio/ linktree). (enter your name and email) and then enter each individual giveaways once the taster event starts (1st October 2025)! 😊 Sign up for the taster event now and be in with a chance to win your free place on this magical new course! The Taster Sessions are waiting for you! ✨🙌✨

This little princess came for a visit this evening. 😊 I love her so much! Spot the tiny kitty cat, too! 😍🥰🤩

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This little princess came for a visit this evening. 😊 I love her so much! Spot the tiny kitty cat, too! 😍🥰🤩

Bookworm Girl - In late 2014, I created a painting that became one of my favourites of all time. Not only for its cute quirky bookish girl and delicious textures in the background but because I felt it captured the pure magic of getting utterly lost in a good book really well.

As a kid, I was a ‘bookworm girl’, I read and read and read to the point my parents felt I was ‘too secluded’ and ‘should go out more’! But! I had books and friends in books and stories and excitement and adventures and wisdom and joy and humour and laughter and intrigue and mystery. Books provided so much solace for me, especially as someone who felt like an outsider who didn’t belong anywhere.

I belonged in the books with the weirdos, the heroes, the vampires & witches (hello Anne Rice!), the artists, the outcasts, the lonely ones hiding in secret gardens, the wise and wild old crones that lived in the forests with deer and cats, the seekers, the fighters, and the fierce souls who wore their hearts on their sleeves and never gave up.

I continued reading pretty much throughout my life though when smartphones entered the scene; I too became entranced by apps, games and social media and reading books got interrupted by the wave of technology. Until about 2 years ago I decided that I was no longer allowed my phone in my bedroom at night (my god the endless doom scrolling on TikTok did me no good) and so I ended up back on kindle and now I read again and I’m so so happy about it. I love disappearing into fantasy and letting the stories carry me away from the stresses of every day life for a while!

If you’re also a book lover (or recovering bookworm -haha), what stories swept you away? Which books still live inside you? Tell me your favourites, I’m always hunting for the next world to disappear into. 💫

This is day 19 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

PS: I painted this before certain things came to light about J.K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman, which is why their books feature here.

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Bookworm Girl - In late 2014, I created a painting that became one of my favourites of all time. Not only for its cute quirky bookish girl and delicious textures in the background but because I felt it captured the pure magic of getting utterly lost in a good book really well. As a kid, I was a ‘bookworm girl’, I read and read and read to the point my parents felt I was ‘too secluded’ and ‘should go out more’! But! I had books and friends in books and stories and excitement and adventures and wisdom and joy and humour and laughter and intrigue and mystery. Books provided so much solace for me, especially as someone who felt like an outsider who didn’t belong anywhere. I belonged in the books with the weirdos, the heroes, the vampires & witches (hello Anne Rice!), the artists, the outcasts, the lonely ones hiding in secret gardens, the wise and wild old crones that lived in the forests with deer and cats, the seekers, the fighters, and the fierce souls who wore their hearts on their sleeves and never gave up. I continued reading pretty much throughout my life though when smartphones entered the scene; I too became entranced by apps, games and social media and reading books got interrupted by the wave of technology. Until about 2 years ago I decided that I was no longer allowed my phone in my bedroom at night (my god the endless doom scrolling on TikTok did me no good) and so I ended up back on kindle and now I read again and I’m so so happy about it. I love disappearing into fantasy and letting the stories carry me away from the stresses of every day life for a while! If you’re also a book lover (or recovering bookworm -haha), what stories swept you away? Which books still live inside you? Tell me your favourites, I’m always hunting for the next world to disappear into. 💫 This is day 19 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱 PS: I painted this before certain things came to light about J.K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman, which is why their books feature here.

Great glittering goblins! The first 1000 places have already sold out! Thank you for all your love, enthusiasm and excitement in response to this magical new course!! I’m befuddled with joy and thrilled to have such an amazing response!
Now, if you had hoped to join for the lowest price ever, then don’t worry; we have opened up another 500 spaces at the super low price of £109 GBP. So please get in there quickly if you want to grab A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales at this hugely discounted price, as spaces are selling fast!

Do not dilly dally, my dear, adventure favours the nimble-footed!
A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales
is waiting for you!
🧚✨🦄
JOIN ‘A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales ’ NOW!:
https://bit.ly/AYOM-Tam

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Great glittering goblins! The first 1000 places have already sold out! Thank you for all your love, enthusiasm and excitement in response to this magical new course!! I’m befuddled with joy and thrilled to have such an amazing response! Now, if you had hoped to join for the lowest price ever, then don’t worry; we have opened up another 500 spaces at the super low price of £109 GBP. So please get in there quickly if you want to grab A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales at this hugely discounted price, as spaces are selling fast! Do not dilly dally, my dear, adventure favours the nimble-footed! A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales is waiting for you! 🧚✨🦄 JOIN ‘A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales ’ NOW!: https://bit.ly/AYOM-Tam
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