art booking e-camp and a giveaway

i have been holding out on you guys. i now scrapbook! okay not in any traditional way. before i was always intimidated by scrapbooking because it seemed like a lot of matching and measuring, two things mermaids struggle with. however, i love the big fat pages of a scrapbook, and i love adding photos…so art journaling+scrapbooking=art booking.

this will be the healing tool of my new e-class i will be offering for girls. since so many of my mermaid warrior students told me that their daughters were enjoying the videos, i thought this seemed like the next natural step to take. using my little students wisdom and charm, together we are going to empower and inspire all those mini mermaids out there who need it this summer. real girls that your sweetlings can connect too. the heart of this class is self esteem and empowerment, but the magic we will use will be art booking. here are a few of my pages to give you an idea of what i am thinking…

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(above photograph taken by kim beller)

this class will not be limited to just little girls, anyone can take it. its main intention is to uplift the girls through art, play, painting, and maybe even a little dancing.

this time around i think i am going to film the class before it starts (cough cough) verses this crazy schedule i have going on now! i am taking may off to get this together, and it will be ready to go by mid june. i will have an early bird sign-up in a week. (check back for details)

i still have folks asking about the mermaid warrior class. i just added 15 spots today if anyone wants to join the party. all videos and pdfs are downloadable and yours to keep. this is a no pressure, purely go-at-your-own-pace inspirational class. you can read some testimonials here. i will not be offering this class again, so if this is something that resonates with you, the time is now.

and to make things fun, i am giving away one mermaid warrior spot and one e-camp for girls spot. simply leave a comment here and tell me why you want to take it. two lucky winners will be announced on monday evening.

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I’d love to win the e-camp for girls. My 10 year old really could use this.

I’m already taking tha warrior class and love it but can I put my name in for the new one????

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I would love to win an e-class. I try to teach my daughter that art is personal and something she can do. The she goes to school and has to fight with the feeling of not feeling “good enough” when her art projects are never selected to display on school grounds. Aren’t schools suppose to encourage? My daughter should feel worthy of doing whatever positive thing she puts her mind to and damn the rest and their assumptions other wise. (Rant over)

Mccabe…. love this new idea: artjournaling+scrapbooking=art booking
Your pages are so awesome and teach freedom of expression. Each page, like each student, is so unique and different, meaning so much. LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

2 reasons I’d love to win the art camp for girls:
Isabel, my pre-teen mermaid extraordinaire and;
Georgia, the magical starfish to my mermaid rock:)
Yes, we rock together, but every girl (me included) needs a little mccabe!

I am currently in the mermaid class and loving it. I would love to win a spot in the new e class for art booking. I am making it my life’s work to inspire women and girls of all ages. I really try my best to support all women of all ages. I hope to take this class and use the wonderful inspiration and spread the word….

I introduced the summer e-camp to my girls and they are already looking forward to it. When I asked them why they would want to take the course, this is what they said:

“Because doing art is one of my favourite things to do.” Agatha, age 6

“I like taking pictures and I love to paint.” Geneva, age 8

“I love taking pictures. The course looks really cool.” Emily, age 12

Hi Mccabe – I’m really loving your Mermaid Warriors class – great effort there! I’d love to win a spot in your new on-line art booking class for my gorgeous niece who is homeschooled and really at the beginning of a wonderful art journey. This would be exactlythe boost she needs – in the safety and comfort of her home!

To be honest life is sucking right now. I so look forward to the email that there is a new MW class posted…my boys and I watch the video together. That and my monthly rock are keeping me going. Thank you so much Mccabe!!

I love this!
“artjournaling+scrapbooking=art booking”

My perfectionist tendencies do not jive with ‘normal’ scrapbooking. I was so excited to see that you are in a different place with it too. I love what you have created and it is inspiring me! I work on the letting go and allowing ~ just creating and having fun! Thank you so much ~
xoxoxo

i am in the mermaid warrior class right now and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND it to the whole world. it is transformational (if that isn’t a word, it just became one.)
your ideas, your thoughts, your visions, every piece of you that you share with the world is moving. you have contributed to changing me. i am grateful.

ummm of course i want to play!
sidenote–I’m in your neighborhood. Watched the sun set into the ocean <3

Art Booking!? Ummm of course i want to play!
sidenote–I’m in your neighborhood. Watched the sun set into the ocean <3 Mermaidland is wonderful

(haha oops crazy free hotel internet)

when i saw you were offering the e-class the other day, i was excited even though i knew i couldn’t take it (money, of course)…that being said, for me it is a bright point in my week to watch you and your girls transform the ordinary into magic and i need the magic of child energy in my life…i get a good laugh every week and i just plain feel good after watching one of the classes…eventually i will be brave enough to post some work on your flickr share…this community you’re sharing with us is so vital to me…alas, i have to admit, it is purely for my self and my own growth that i would like to take it…(it’s hard to admit the selfishness of it, but there it is)…

mccabe~
my motto is “make that 2 foot drop from head to heart and work from there”. art is made in the heart. i see my little girl (and sometimes the little girl in me) coming up with great ideas and i would love to encourage her to make what’s in her heart. your programs seem to encourage that as well and i can’t get enough!

i am loving the mermaid warrior program and already have some interested moms talking about the camp for this summer. i would love to have this experience to add to my fall line up to share with the kids.

thanks so much for offering these ideas to us!

YOU ROCK!!!
xoxo
jul

How exciting and inspiring! I’m taking your Mermaid Warrior class right now and am immersing myself and my little girls in creativity… so wonderful. My eight year old would love to participate in your e-class. As she told me yesterday, “art is actually my thing.”

Wow … you, or the Universe, answered my prayers! I was thinking how sad it will be not to have the inspirational art videos to look forward to and then you announce the new class! I know my little Mermaid will sign us up … unless we win the free e-camp

Honestly, I don’t think my daughter would understand why no more videos … they are the highlight of our week.

And to others in the current course: do post your work on flickr! It is wonderful to see all the inspiration and everything is worthy. The beauty of this work (and you, McCabe) is the lack of judgment and the atmosphere of love and appreciation. It has been healing for me and inspiring for my mer-dog (my daughter really only identifies with dogs right now). As a parent, I just marvel at the way you interact with the girls – you have a gift and it is amazing to watch (well, hear since we don’t see you on camera) you so lovingly engage the mermaids. It helps me to return to a place of love and deep listening which sadly gets squished after a hard day.

thank you and we cannot wait!

Id love to win an Eclass for my little girl. Im always doing a class online and she wants one just for her. Sabby is 7 years old. smiles Michelle

oh mermaid friend,

why oh why would i like to win?

because i’m the mama to gray, who’s got a spirit that i can’t even explain to you in words. she glows and glows and i never want her to stop glowing. i want to teach her, through our art projects, that no matter what, she will always have herself to rely on. i’m also the mama to jogeybear and he’s a budding artist himself. and then there’s lulu, who’s only two months old, but if she could paint with breastmilk, i bet she would.

keep doing all the rocking things that you do to keep the world colorful.

xx
nina beana

I am currently taking your mermaid warriors class and love it. I would love to take your “art booking” class because I used to scrapbook but became overwhelmed by the technicalities. I would love to learn your view into that world and have more ideas to share with my children.

Thank you for sharing this part of your world!

Verna

I love art booking and scrap journaling, it is something that my little mermaid and I do together and we would love, love, love to get to learn some new sea-side magic from you! Hugs!

Your Mermaid Warrior class sounds like just the thing I have been looking for. I teach in a very low income elementary school where the girls (because of culture) are not highly valued. I would love to start an afterschool program for these young girls to help them be warriors.

Oh my…I’d love to win the e-camp for girls. My 9 year old has a tough tough time at school with bullies and not being accepted for who she is. x

these are BEAUUUUUUUUTIFUL!!!
i heard something fabulous today~ AND JUST HAD TO SHARE:
~there are no shortcuts to any place worth going!”
smart, eh? Hope you are well!
love.LOVE.love.
e.

McCabe….
I’m LOVING your stuff!!!

And scrapbooking is WHATEVER you want it to be!

I have been in a funk lately and haven’t touched my stuff. I love using paint on my pages and I know I need to get back to it!. (I’ll have to show you some of my stuff)

My oldest loved her book she got at Christmas, so I’m sure she would love this e-class.

XOXO!!

I would love to win a mermaid warrior spot! I have loved art and try my best to share it with my 3 yo daughter. When we create, I let her decide what to create. Just like when we paint, I don’t dictate that her subject or impose upon her what I think her painting is. I let her enjoy the process and ask her to tell me all about her painting.

Creativity is so important, especially for young girls! I hope to be able to offer art classes for young ones once my 3 yo is a bit older. Thanks!

because
it
is
t i m e
(i feel it)
because i have a ~*margo*~
annnnnnnd
because ive wished for years now
i could fly you out
to give us
mermie.lessons*

xoxo

Nell would be out of her mind psyched to take the class – and she will – even if she doesn’t win. This little mermaid has loved the Dancing Mermaid for a long while now. We watch her new class videos in bed every Sunday night … it is our comforting, inspirational routine. My biggest problem is when she says :Mom, I have to get out of bed right now and do art, I have so many ideas running through my head.” Nell lost her special grandmother this afternoon. Her Dad … well, let’s just say her last visit with him involved drunkeness and the police. Nell DESERVES to win … her insight, compassion and creative spirit needs to keep receiving support from the universe, despite the challenges she keeps being presented with. This would be one more great message of support for her. I hope she wins! Enter her!
xo

I would LOVE this! I teach kindergarten, and I have some sweet art-loving girls I’d love to stay in contact with over the summer. What a fun way for all of us to keep connected and build self-esteem! Fun!

i am really enjoying the mermaid warriors class and am looking forward to getting a group of girls together this summer to try it out for real – i would love for my daughter to take part in the artbook e-class and to let her teach me!

artbooking sounds phenomenal. I’m a scrapbooker who would love to be released from the confines of ‘traditional’.

I really wanted to sign up, but I couldn’t justify it financially, even though the price is very reasonable! I’ve been wanting to do an art camp for years~ I have a notebook from about ten years ago that’s full of ideas for a theoretical camp! I have the community, the connections, the passion, and some of the skills, but I think that your guidance could be the thing to push the inspiration over the edge and get me to a place where I could actually take the leap and make it real!

i love your scrapbooking style

Having just given birth to my first baby mermaid, Aurora, in December, the mermaid warrior class really piques my interest. I was an English teacher at a public high school for four years (and got to teach art for a year because they really needed someone and I was interested, but had no training…would have DIED without the help of a good friend and trained teacher), and I have seen firsthand that so many of the girls in our society are suffering due to pressures that come from the media. Girls feel inadequate, so they act out or give up on everything because they don’t believe they have anything valuable in them to contribute. They look to boys to validate them and will do anything the be popular. It’s heartbreaking. I can tell you that the girls I taught who felt that they could DO something (usually girls who played sports, were in band, or some other activity)were infinitely stronger that their peers. They took risks in the classroom and knew about working hard and were therefore better students. They also didn’t succumb to peer pressure anywhere near as much and just gave off an air of confidence, like they were in school to learn and to be with their friends. It’s not about smarts it’s about confidence and I want this kind of an attitude for my daughter. I want her to be able to go anywhere and be with anyone and know that she doesn’t have to conform. I know this starts at home, and I really want to learn to teach her and my nieces (I have five nieces) how to be warrior mermaids, how to feel proud of themselves and confident. Every girl in the world is such a gift, if they could just see that!!

Oh I would love to participate in both classes! I have three little mermaid warriors and I would love to encourage their little creative selves even more. I think I need the classes first to open myself up artistically {being that nothing like this was ever introduced to me as a little one} and then I could incorporate the mini-mermaids.

Thanks for the opp. to win! I will definately keep stoping back to find out more about your upcoming course!

Happy Monday!

dear Mccabe, Thank you soooo much for your wonderful sweet gifts. Your card of ellie is cute! i hope to see you very soo!!! i miss you a lot!

love, Lacie

I am a mermaid girl undercover–just learning how to touch base with my inner mermaid girl at 42. My daughter on the other hand is a free spirit who is definitely a mermaid, but she needs some guidance as to how and where to put all this creative energy. That’s why we would love these classes!

Hello!
I stumbled upon your blog and I keep checking back because I’m so intrigued by the idea of your mermaid warrior class. Sounds incredible. I’d sign up in a heartbeat if money wasn’t so tight. I’d love to win it for myself and for my 6-yr-old daughter Kendall. We cherish our “girlpower” times doing something creative together. Unfortunately, my two little boys (4 and 9 mos.) prevent us from doing is as often as we’d like! Please pick us! We’ll make you proud! Thanks for being the inspiration that you are!

i’m gonna get all maternal on you…
i am so proud of you.
you inspire me!

love you.

the photo above taken by Kim is by far the most beautiful photo i have seen in a very long time. please let her know…both subject and photographer. and you are an important Mermaid Angel serving so may young Goddesses.

i find myself lingering on your posts ~ there are so many ideas springing from them! i am loving the colors & techniques used in your scrap booking. i have a month away from the 9-5 coming up & i am feeling inspired. it will be a very nice way to break up the packing!
wishing you well as always,
xo em.

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