It's thyme for LOVE

Do you still

LOVE

me?
I know I haven't been around a lot lately!

Step inside

my studio and take a peak!

I'm surrounded by

LOVE

I have painted lots

and

lots of signs for

Valentines Day

I have also been

RUSTING

hinges

and

keys

You can find my rust recipe

HERE

I've made

LARGE 

 black hearts

and

FAT

red hearts

and

LARGE

red hearts

and

FAT

black hearts

all cut from rough sawn lumber

and

HINGED

together with rusty hinges

I hope that you get to spend some thyme each day doing something you

LOVE

~ " There is one thing one has to have- either a soul that is cheerful by nature or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art and knowledge"~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for a wintry friend.....a design by Terrye French

With the exception of a surprise 

Nor'Easter in October

we have had a snow less winter

here in

And you know what?????

That is ok with me!

I'm still painting snowmen though

The snowman I painted is a 

Terrye French design

It can be found in her book

WINTRY FRIENDS

this was a fun design to paint and see the snowman come to life

here I have started to add some of the details to the scarf and flag

This is a nice winter thyme

design that you can leave out all season

I added the word

WELCOME 

to the top 

I added 

REAL buttons

 to the snowman's jacket

Here is my 

WINTRY FRIEND

all finished!

The forecast is actually calling for a 

SNOW STORM 

tomorrow!

Hugs,

Lynn

If it weren't for kids have you ever thought there wouldn't be no Santa Claus

Every year at 

Christmas Thyme 

I ask myself

can I 

MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN

again this year??????

Well.......this year was going to be no different......

the long lists of things to do

the endless baking , cookie making

and

 wrapping

BUT

then we found out

Our daughter Julie was expecting 

a little 

Christmas elf

named 

Nathan on December 26th!

and 

so this Noni became caught up in all the excitement 

of 

preparing for Nathans arrival!

Of course Nathan needed a 

Christmas stocking

so the

"Elf" was busy making Nathan and my SIL Joe's stockings...

And

of course Nathan would need 

Christmas jammies

AND

a

CHRISTMAS OUTFIT

But then ....... a few complications arose

 and 

Julie was put on bed rest for 2 weeks

She had to return to the hospital every 3 days 

for non-stress tests and ultra sounds

at  that point it was a matter of

and that we did

as her "due date" was changed from Dec 26 to, 

Dec 18 

then

 AGAIN changed to being admitted 

 December 19 to be induced.

I was able to go to the hospital to be with her as she labored

BUT

I watched and waited for 43 long hard hours

and 

saw what she had to endure to bring Nathan into this world

and

MAKE THE MAGIC 

happen for us

Nathan Peter Pinksten

6 lbs 3oz

"If you don't BELIEVE IN MIRACLES JULZ....then perhaps you have forgotten that you are one"

Love you........Mom xoxoxoxo

And sooooooooo

 the MAGIC of  Christmas has brought us the greatest gift of all

Our little Christmas elf 

Nathan

I wish you all

A 

Merry Christmas

surrounded by the Magic that comes to those who

Thyme for some snow ladies

How did it get to be the day before Christmas Eve???

Today will be spent baking, preparing ,cleaning catching up

AND

 putting the finishing touches on the

MAGIC

can I do it????????

That is the question of the day!!!!

Every year I like to make ornaments for my nieces, nephews

and

 my own children to add to their "collections"

for their own trees someday.

so I started with some white satin ball ornaments,

a white craft boa, ribbon

and

lots of

DIAMOND DUST

for sparkle

Do you ever the feeling someone is watching you???

I sure did when painting these ornaments!!!

They were really fun to paint!

I hope the

MAGIC of Christmas

is beginning to happen for you!

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme to meet THE NUTTY TOYMAKER

I'm still trying to finish up a few special orders

 and

get my own gifts painted

This is a wooden Nutcracker surface

that I had purchased several years

ago from a company called

 Zims

that was going out of business.

They made the most amazing and unique

nutcrackers.

Lots of detail!

 Love his plaid coat!

It was so much fun painting him

and

slowly watching him come to life

The surface I used is called

The Nutty Toymaker

Look at the

toy train

tiny nutcrackers that work!

and

bear

I found a pattern to paint him

in the

December 2003 issue

of

Tole World

The pattern designer was

Tonya Kennedy

The little train that goes around the base

is full of detail and so much fun to paint

I also painted pine branches,berries and snowflakes

around the base.

Are you ready to see a close up of his face?

Don't you just love him????

Side view

 He is really a OOAK piece

as

these nutcracker surfaces are no longer available

And here he is!

The Nutty Nutcracker

I really love him......so I decided he is going to be a gift for me!!!!

Hugs,

Lynn