http://www.tricksypixie.com en-gb tricksypixie.com 2011-8-20T00:00:00Z tricksypixie.com http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#100847 2011-8-20 17:36:21 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#97061 I would like to invite you to be my friend on Facebook. Please like me today to be the first to hear the latest news from the world of Tricksy PixieI look forward to being your fairy friend Fairy wishes amp pixie kissesTricksy Pixie xxx 2011-6-25 22:03:33 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#74718 2010-9-5 12:39:02 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#69058 2010-6-28 16:33:06 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#66202 Creating the button library... Here is Buttons busy at work in the Button Library... What a challenge it was. I lost count of the buttons I had to draw. Button after button after button... Can you spot Button at the top of the ladder Can you count how many red buttons there are in his stackHow many Blue Buttons Here are some sketches I worked on and the different stages I go through to complete my drawings. 2010-5-26 18:15:35 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#64618 Hi everyoneJust wanted to keep you upto date with whats going on in my pixie world. Today at the studio I was working on the Cotton Pixie book Ive been illustrating... Have a sneaky peek at my work from start to finish... 2010-5-5 21:24:52 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#63983 A sneeky pixie peek inside my studio...I am currently creating a childrens book about The Cotton Pixies who live underneath the floorboards of Broadstone Mill right below my studio. After I have completed my illustration I then begin to hand stitch it to give a lovely tactile feel almost as though it has been created by the little Cotton Pixies......I then add some Buttons amp Lace. Some ribbon amp thread amp other scraps of material I can find in the Cotton Pixie Mill...More information about the creating of the Cotton Pixies from Tricksy Pixies Studio coming soon 2010-4-27 15:35:09 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#63011 Join in the Fairy Magic this May with Tricksy Pixies Fantasy Art amp craft workshops in Broadstone MillOn Saturday 1st May 1100am 1200 noon amp 200pm 300pmChildren can join in the fun fantasy arts amp craftsactivities in the gallery with Tricksy Pixie such as Make a fairy peg doll Make a fantasy MaskMake a fairyWizards wandPixie Price 1638 per head Tricksy Pixie Workshops will be held in The Gallery at Broadstone Mill Broadstone RoadHouldsworth VillageStockport SK5 7DL Contact Tricksy Pixie to book your place07973 620 682 2010-4-14 14:56:21 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#60980 A Fairy BIG Happy Birthday to Amelia who celebrated her 6th birthday today with a Tricksy Pixie Art Party in Broadstone Mill. I hope you amp your friends had lots of fun making fantasy picture frames amp sparkly fantasy masks. Well done to everyone for joining in all the creative fun you all created some wonderful workIf you would like to have a Tricksy Pixie Art Party for your birthday contact Tricksy Pixie today on 07973 620 682Visit the Art Party Page For more infoParties are held in The Gallery at Broadstone Mill Houldsworth Village Stockport SK5 7DL 2010-3-20 20:06:24 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#59330 I recently met Dragons Dens Theo Paphitus I was lucky enough to meet the dragon and tell him all about my childrens book coming out later this spring He was really encouraging and showed lots of interest in my Childrens book series I have been working on and has already put a request in for the first book Lace and the Revolting Door how exciting...Updates about The Cotton Pixie series and Lace and the Revolting Door are coming soon watch this space 2010-2-26 23:07:51 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#53790 Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostyleparent msopaddingalt0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt msoparamargin0cm msoparamarginbottom.0001pt msopaginationwidoworphan fontsize10.0pt fontfamilyTimes New Roman A Fairy BIG Hello.... to all the Didsbury Girl Guides who joined in the fairy fun tonight making beautiful fairy pictures with me We each drew a fairy character amp then... added colour to their dresses some pompoms for decoration colourful hair goggley eyes a touch of fairy dust amp... hey presto... 12 fairies were born. Here is a picture below of the group amp myself with our fairy pictures Well done everyone you were all very creative amp there was some really lovely work A special Tricksy Pixie congratulations to competition winner Crysta for the most creative fairy who... 2009-12-1 22:34:49 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#50944 Book a Tricksy Pixie Art Party the perfect magical birthday celebration Tricksy Pixie is now taking bookings for art parties perfect for a little fairy princess or budding artistA typical party includes two artscrafts activities to make and take home such as...Decorate a magic treasure chestmake a magic fairywizard wanddecorate a fantasy maskcreate a fantasy painting on canvasmake an enchanting dream catcherand more...plus.. A special Tricksy Pixie birthday gift for the host and a special Keepsake for each guest Contact Lindsey for more information 07973 620 682Party can be held in The Gallery at Broadstone for a mess free party if availableClick here for more information 2009-10-19 17:03:29 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#50438 A fairy Happy Birthday to... Rebeccaa very special member of the Tricksy Pixie ClubHi Rebecca A little fairy told me it was your birthday so I would like to wish you a fairy happy birthday I hope it was filled with lots of fairy magic. A special Tricksy Pixie card is on its way to youWhy dont you post a message back and tell us all about your special day you could get Mum or Auntie Lucia to help you I would love to hear what magical things you did on your special day fairy wishes and pixie kisses Tricksy Pixie x click on the comments link at the bottom of this message to post a message to Tricksy Pixie If you would like your child to have a birthday message posted on The Tricksy Pixie Blog and receive a special Tricksy Pixie Birthday Card then Join The Tricksy Pixie Club today 2009-10-12 10:46:59 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#48523 2009-9-11 09:08:30 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#48522 Fairy fun with Tricksy Pixie this Saturday at Reddish Heritage fair. Come along and join in the fun arts and crafts with Tricksy Pixie make a victorian fairy peg doll create some fantasy artwork and join the fairy magic Reddish Heritage Fair. Come along to see all sorts of Victorian fun and games Houldsworth Village Green 124pm. Between Houldsworth Street and St Elisabeth Way get directions here 2009-9-11 08:50:38 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#47527 2009-8-25 16:52:03 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#47520 Tricksy Pixies Art Class was colourful and imaginativeFantasy Art Classes held Every Monday 1000am 1100am in The Gallery at Broadstone Broadstone Mill A fairy BIG hello to those of you who joined in all the creative fun this Monday at The Tricksy Pixie Art Class in Broadstone Mill. This Week we Explored the art of Vincent Van GoughFirstly we looked at Van Goughs Starry Night. a magical painting of a night sky. The class then re created this picture using sponges and other materials to add texture to thier piece. Here is Maelyns lovely interpretation of Starry Night Well done Maelyn I love the movement you have created and the aqua colour you have used very strikingThe second half of the lesson... was free draw time where each member chose their own subject to create such as Quinns green monster and Maelyns beautiful Fairy. Well done Quinn you have a great imagination I love the bright green colour you have used for the body and you have created the angles for his arms very accura... 2009-8-25 16:09:11 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#47037 Tricksy Pixies Art Class was all Shapes and Sizes Fantasy Art Classes held Every Monday 1000am 1100am in The Gallery at Broadstone Broadstone Mill A fairy BIG hello to those of you who joined in all the creative fun this Monday at The Tricksy Pixie Art Class in Broadstone Mill. This Week we Explored....Shapes and sizes Using four shapes we created some wonderful fantasy pictures. We used... a square a rectangle a triangle and a circle Firstly we coloured in our shapes...then we created an enchanted castle for a fairy princes from the shapes we had created and coloured. We used... a big square for the main castle shapeThen we added... two little squares for turrets on top of the castleThen... one large tall rectangle between the two small turrets. This became a tower where our fairy princess lived. Next.. we added a A triangle to the top of the princess tower becoming a roof.Finaly... we created a door for the castle out of a half circle See Bellas lovely example leftIn the seco... 2009-8-17 12:50:30 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#46820 Tricksy Pixies Art Class was a Fairy Ball Fantasy Art Classes held Every Monday 1000am 1100am in The Gallery at Broadstone Broadstone MillA fairy BIG hello to those of you who joined in all the creative fun on Monday at The Tricksy Pixie Art Class in Broadstone Mill. This Week the Class Explored....Light and Shade using white chalk on pastel paper and created some wonderful pictures of faraway planets and moons. They created movement on the page by smuging the chalk to create trails of light behind a flying fairy see Bellas examples left. They then used this same smudging technique to create orbs of light around the edges of your fairies to make them glow see Heathers glowing fairy below. In the second half of the lesson the class all joined in the fairy fun making lovely fairy peg dolls who danced along to the fairy music coming from the musical fairy glitter globe almost as though they were dancing at a fairy ball see above. A Big thank you to all the parents who brought along their... 2009-8-12 14:44:56 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#46305 Tricksy Pixies first Art Class was magical Fantasy Art Classes held Every Monday 1000am 1100am A fairy BIG hello and an even BIGGER WELL DONE to those of you who joined in all the creative fun on Monday at The Tricksy Pixie Art Class at Broadstone Mill. You learned all about colour theory created some wonderful and imaginative artwork amp made an artists colour wheel. Firstly...The class began learning all all about mixing primary colours together to create secondary colours and each created their own artists colour wheel to represent this. See one of the classes creations left. It was then time for our free draw part of the day where class members could really put their colour theory into practice using their imagination to draw a unique creation of their own mixing up their new colours from the three primary colours they had learned. Some of the classes creations were a lovely multicoloured butterfly by Bella featured left and a beautiful fairy by Frankie featured left its amazi... 2009-8-5 09:41:27 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#42664 ...I just wanted to say a huge thank you for coming out to Springlebury last Sunday. The children including mine absolutely loved what you had going on. It really brought something special...thanks so much again for all your hard work and for bringing the sunCheers.Carol Thanks Carol for your kind words I had a lovely time at Springlebury it was a great event sign me up for next year Enjoy the summer hopefuly see you at the pocket festivals soon Fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie x 2009-6-3 09:36:33 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#42441 Tricksy Pixie fun at Springlebury Hello to everyone who was at the Springlebury festival amp joined in the fun fantasy drawing competition. It was such a lovely hot day summer is finally hereIt was a great day last Sunday when I held a stall with Queen Azora amp met lots of lovely families at Springlebury festival in Marple Bridge. The fantasy drawing competition saw lots of great young artists in the making who have entered in with chance of winning a membership to the Tricksy Pixie Club . Good luck to all There was some great work I saw pictures of fairies amp elves flowers amp trees goblins castles amp knights on horsebackwhat great imaginations you all haveI have been collating the many many entries in this week and will be uploading them onto this blog on Monday watch this space. The winner will be announced on the website soon. Pixie Luck Tricksy Pixie x For those of you who dont yet know Tricksy Pixie is holding fantasy art classes for children aged 411 in Broadstone Mill ... 2009-5-29 10:50:54 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#42440 Tricksy Pixie is now a mentor for the Young Entrepreneurs Awards 09 in Stockport.Tricksy Pixie AKA Lindsey is mentoring Ludworth Primary in Marple and had their first meeting last Thursday where Lindsey helped them with their logo designs for bags they will be marketing for the project.Each YE club has 163500 from the local authority and will set up a business researching the market designing making marketing and selling their product.Each school will have a stand and be judged on the strength of their business to win Stockport Young Entrepreneurs of the Year award presented by the Apprentices own Ruth Badger. It was lovely to meet you all on Thursday you have some great ideas and lovely designs Im sure the bags will look great Good luck Ludworth Ill see you soon for the second stage of the design work fairy wishes x Tricksy PixieHave you seen my Tricksy Pixie bags in my Tricksy Pixie Shop I design print and hand finished them with sparkly fairy dust. If you want to take a look at my... 2009-5-29 10:20:59 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#42436 Happy Birthday celebrations to Max and Ellie who had a fantastic 4th birthday party on Saturday Max and Ellie the terrific two had a party in a huge marquee in their lovely garden. The sun was shining and everyone had a great time joining in the fun and games. Max looked great in his pirate outfit matching the pirate theme where he had a fantastic treasure chest birthday cake full of gold chocolate coins. Ellie was very pretty in her colourful dress and tutu she looked like a fairy. Ellies birthday cake was a Barbie princess cake it looked wonderful I hope you both enjoyed singing twinkle on the karaoke you were great Have you found Sid the worm yet in your garden I know he wriggled away from Lucia into the earth after the party Happy birthday again Max and Ellie Fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie x 2009-5-29 09:25:41 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#41877 The First Tricksy Pixie Club Art Class will be held on Mondays from 1st June at The Gallery at Broadstone Mill from 400pm500pm Children will have a fun amp imaginative time painting amp drawing fairies amp flowers learn new art amp craft techniques all about colour theory amp the fundamentals of drawing by Professional Artist Lindsey Davies BA hons. Email Lindsey to request a course prospectus.TP Club Art Class PricesBlock bookings for Tricksy Pixie Club Members are Six Classes 16364.80 thats just 16310.80 per class If you cant make one week dont worry you can carry it over to another class Places are limited please contact Tricksy Pixie to book your place 07973 620 682 mailtricksypixie.com As a special introductory offer Tricksy Pixie is giving away The first class free to the first 12 TP Club members that book.If you arent yet a member of the Tricksy Pixie Club you can join for just 16314.95 get a fantastic free goody bag and join in all the online fun Visit The Tricksy Pixie Club... 2009-5-19 17:17:28 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#41294 Hello to all at Prestbury Primary and good luck with The Tricksy Pixie drawing competitonGet your entries in by Friday 15th May to win a years membership to The Tricksy Pixie ClubI hope you had a lovely school party today Well done to everyone for joining in all the fun and games and for winning lots of great prizes I hope you all had a lovely time I would like to wish you all good luck in your entry into the Tricksy Pixie Club Drawing Competition where you will win an amazing prize of a whole years membership to the Tricksy Pixie Art Club absoloutley free Plus.... an amazing Tricksy Pixie goody bagTo Enter you each have to draw an elf a pixie a goblin a fairy or anything from the fantasy world include your name and contact details and send it to Tricksy Pixie either via email or by poste mailtricksypixie.com Post Tricksy Pixies Studio Broadstone Mill Houldsworth Village Stockport SK5 7DL Good luck Fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie x 2009-5-8 20:29:09 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#41293 I would like to say a fairy big hello to OmayHi Omay it was nice to meet you yesterday at Lucys 8th birthday party I hope you had a lovely time and like your new Tricksy Pixie badge I gave you and your friends. Which fairy badge did you choose The sunflower fairy The fairy baby or one of the a fairy princeses. These official Tricksy Pixie badges will all be for sale in my online Tricksy Pixie shop very soon where you can collect all fiveYou can get more of my Tricksy Pixie goodies free when you join The Tricksy Pixie Club where you can learn all about about art fairies and flowers Omay left me a message for me on this blog after her birthday in march if you scroll down the page you can see Omays special birthday message You too can post a message here by clicking on the comments box below ask a grownup to helpFairy wishes Tricksy Pixie 2009-5-8 19:57:50 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#41291 A BIG Happy Birthday to...Lucy I would like to send a fairy happy birthday to Lucy who celebrated her 8th birthday yesterday in Alderly Edge Cricket club I hope you had a lovely time Lucy and got loads of wonderful gifts. I gave out my new Tricksy Pixie badges to Lucy and all of her friends on her special day and invited them all to join my new Tricksy Pixie Art Club. I hope you are all enjoying your free badgesIf you would like to learn about fairies and art you can log on to my Tricksy Pixie Club page to join. You could also send a special happy birthday message to your friends on my message blog and have your artwork displayed here for all your friends to seeHappy birthday once again Lucy enjoy being 8 fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie 2009-5-8 19:38:47 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#40631 The Tricksy Pixie Club has sprung this spring.. The Tricksy Pixie Art Club is now here where children can unlock their creativity and learn all about painting and drawing fairies and flowers. There will be seasonal art competitions with exclusive prizes A Goblin Gallery where members can showcase their artwork online get online art tuition from Tricksy Pixie herself amp more... A Fairy special welcome to all my club members I would like to welcome Rebecca who has sent me some beautiful drawings now shown on my online message Board. Thank you for joining Rebecca I cant wait to see more of your beautiful workA fairy warm welcome to Heather a fellow fairy fan amp young artist who won the Cotton Pixie colouring competition in February. Thanks for joining Heather keep up the good workEach new member who joins the Tricksy Pixie Club can have their artwork displayed on the online message board for all their friends to see. If you would like to join The Tricksy Pixie Club and have your own ar... 2009-4-27 16:42:38 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#40626 A Spring Time Message for my fellow Fairy Fans...Spring is upon us... a time for new beginnings and a sign of magical things to come... The snowdrops have popped up The sunny daffodils have sprung and the blossom trees are in full bloom what wondrous fairy magic awaits us... Magical fairy wishes to all this Spring timeTricksy Pixie x Photography by Paul Read at www.clickguesswho.com 2009-4-27 16:14:02 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#39795 Newest Member of The Tricksy Pixie Club A BIG HELLO to Heather Sprowson the newest member of The Tricksy Pixie Club Thanks for joining Heather I hope you like your free goody bag have you made a wish yet your new sparkly wishing pendant all you have to do is rub the sparkly heart while making your wish I hope it comes true The Tricksy Pixie Club Art classes will begin very soon Now you are an official Tricksy Pixie Club member If you have any artwork you can send it to me to post on this message board for all your friends to seeDont forget to tell your friends about The Tricksy Pixie Club so you could all join in the fun togetherThanks again for joining Heather I will be emailing you my Tricksy Pixie Fairy Tales soon Fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie 2009-4-14 12:06:24 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#39045 Happy birthday to Katy who celebrated her 5th birthday in Cheadle on Sunday. I hope you your sister Ellen and all your friends had a lovely time at your party on Saturday and I hope that you got lots of lovely new things Your helium balloon that looked like a fairy princess castle was amazing and the towering fairy cake center piece looked great Did you know that when you join my Tricksy Pixie Club you get a lovely recipe for fairy cakes The sponge fairy wings are placed on the top of the cake and held in place by a lovely dollop of butter cream yummy...If you or your friends would like to join The Tricksy Pixie Club and learn aboutpainting fairies flowers amp more... please click here for more details Unlock Your Creativity amp Join The Tricksy Pixie Club 2009-4-1 02:31:36 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#39044 A Fairy BIG Birthday to Cleo who celebrated her 5th birthday on Sunday in Bramhall Congratulations Cleo I hope you had a wonderful day amp got lots of great prezzies I would also like to say hello to your big sister Ellie and all your friends who came to the party I hope you enjoyed yourselves playing pass the parcel dancing to The Hokey Kokey singing Karaoke and kissing Sid the worm ughA Fairy Happy birthday to you again Cleo enjoy being 5fairy wishesTricksy PixieIf you and your friends would like to join The Tricksy Pixie Club and learn about painting fairies flowers amp more... please click here for more details Unlock Your Creativity amp Join The Tricksy Pixie Club 2009-4-1 02:02:03 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#39043 A BIG Happy Birthday to Zofia who had her 4th Birthday party on Saturday. I hope you had a lovely Princess party Zofia. It was great to see you and your friends all dressed up as princesses and knights.... one Storm Trooper... oh yeah and not forgetting the bat What a good singer your Daddy was singing is this the way to Amarillo I would also like to tell you about my new Tricksy Pixie Club the perfect thing for fairy princesses like you You get a fantastic Tricksy Pixie Goody Bag when you join you can showcase your own artwork on my site enter art competitions and learn all about fairies painting amp more... please visit my Tricksy Pixie Club page to find out moreHappy Birthday Zofia enjoy being 4 Fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie 2009-4-1 01:12:37 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#39025 A BIG Warm Welcome to Rebecca The First Official Member of The Tricksy Pixie ClubHello Rebeca and welcome to The Tricksy Pixie Club where I hope you will have lots of fun painting and learning about fairies and flowers... Do you like your goody bag you got when you joined Have you made a wish yet on your sparkly silver wishing pendant Good luck I hope all your wishes come true Here is some beautiful artwork created by Rebecca. I love your picture of the water fairy swimming out of the shell with water bubbles in her hands. What is the fairys name Does she live inside the shell If you have any stories about your water fairy please send them to me and we can post them on this site and share them with all the other club members. The picture of fairy Lulu is really great I love the way youve captured the flowing ribbon she is dancing with. Well done Rebecca I hope you have fun in The Tricksy Pixie Club I look forward to seeing more of your lovely drawings soon Fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie... 2009-3-31 17:08:10 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#39024 Last Updated 23rd March 2009Tricksy Pixie says... Happy 8th Birthday to Omay amp hello to your little sister ImanHappy 8th birthday Omay I hope you had a lovely birthday party and got some wonderful gifts I hear that you and your friends Isabella and Uzma are all fairy fans and love drawing. If you and your friends would like to send me some of your own fairy artwork in I can post it here on my blog. Happy Birthday again Omay enjoy being 8Fairy wishes Tricksy Pixie 2009-3-23 16:53:52 http://www.tricksypixie.com/page6.htm#39022 Last updated 17th March 2009Tricksy Pixie Says...Thank you Heather Thank you sooo much Heather for your lovely handmade card you made me with your beautiful fairy drawings. I love the fairy doll you made me I have named her Little Heather. I have placed them both up on my fairy notice board. Here is a picture of Little Heather whispering a secret message to me... 2009-3-17 16:13:09