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April 23, 2020

Tam’s Life Lessons – updated!

Four years ago I turned 40 years old which I thought was a truly momentous occasion. I mean, to make it to 40 without even dying is a pretty spectacular feat in my books, ammirite my 40-something friends? Even though I felt nowhere near a successful adult (and still to this day find myself fumbling Read More

March 27, 2020

💜 Free resources for staying home.

Explore Our Free Resources Dear Creative Friend, Sending you a hug and love while we are collectively going through these very strange times. I hope you are managing to stay grounded and calm, perhaps with your art supplies and some music. I had an insight the other day after another 2 hours of crying and Read More

November 28, 2019

My Fav Art Supplies – Updated! :)

Hey there fabulous friends! :) Time for a more up to date blog post on my favourite art supplies! I’ve been pretty consistent over the years with which supplies I’ve favoured, but it has changed quite a bit in the last couple of years, so I thought I’d do a new bloggie on this for Read More

November 01, 2019

Embracing Yourself Fully

Quirky Birds first came to me about 6/7 years ago in 2013. I found myself doodling one day and ended up creating this odd/ strange/ asymmetrical little bird characters who seemed to be totally happy within themselves. They had a joy of life in them and a self love and self acceptance I envied for sure! Read More

October 14, 2019

20% off Life Book 2020! Now Open for Registration!

It’s time, it’s time, it’s tiiiiiime!!! I’ve been working my nose & ears off (15 hour work days for the past 3weeks!!) trying to get everything ready, beautiful and sparkly for, the grand opening and sale of, you guessed it; Life Book 2020 Yes yes, we (Team Unicorn) are now OPEN FOR BUSINESS! :D YAY! We Read More

September 22, 2019

Life Book 2020 – Teacher Line-Up – Give Away – Now Closed –

It’s here AND it’s time it’s time it’s tiiiiiiiiime to announce to you the AMAZING Life Book 2020 Teacher Line Up, hold a huge, big, mahoosive GIVE-AWAY and announce that we are giving out 10 scholarships this year! :D You ready? <3  New to me and to Life Book? What is ‘all the fuss’ about? :) Read More

August 14, 2019

Want to win a copy of my 2nd book? :D

Ladies and Jellyspoons, Mermaids and Unicorns, here’s a message to let you know that the big ‘Tam’s 2nd Book’ blog hop has now commenced, huzzah! :D 15 wonderful current and previous Ever After (& Life Book) teachers are taking part in this blog hop which involves give aways of copies of my brand spanking new Read More

June 21, 2019

Willowing Cards Deck? + Free Printable!

Hello beautiful spark of the universe how are you? I’ve had a week of ups and downs with a lot of sadness that I tried to embrace rather than resist, do you have it too sometimes, that you feel sadness out of the blue for no specific reason? I do once in a while. My Read More

April 17, 2019

Free Spirit – Painterly Play

Those of you who’ve been on my classes will have heard me talk about the arguments that happen between two parts of me: one part is ‘the illustrator’, the other is ‘the painter’. The illustrator in me loves clean lines, tight artwork, meticulous attention to detail. On the other hand: The painter in me loves Read More

April 06, 2019

Ever After 2019 – Blog Hop & Give Away (Closed)

Hello magical creative friend! Exciting news! :) Ever After 2019 is now open for registration AND we are running a blog hop and many give-aways to kick off this fun news! (Scroll down for blog hop and give away info!) Please note: this is the last year we will run Ever After!  So if you Read More

February 13, 2019

50% off Valentine Sale + GIVE AWAY! :D

Hello Beautiful YOU! Happy Self Love Valentine’s Day! Our Valentine Sale + Give Away is NOW ON! :D Get 50% off all my self study courses by using discount code: IAMLOVE2019 (offer expires on 19th Feb) Plus: GICLEE PRINT GIVE AWAY! I am also giving away 1 beautiful high quality hand-embellished Giclee Print of one of my most Read More