Thyme for a Blessed Winter Day

DO NOT PIN MY PHOTOS TO PINTEREST
As a child I loved to ice skate

My Dad always made an ice skating rink in our

back yard every winter

My sisters, brother and & I along with our friends would spend hours out there ice skating

then come inside to a wonderful cup of  hot chocolate

I've hung up my skates

and painted them !!!!

I've filled the skates with snow covered greens,

red berries, cinamon sticks

and

snowballs

I laced the skates up

with

a red plaid homepun fabric

amd

tied rusty bells to the ends

I've added some artificial snow paint

and

diamond dust to make them sparkle

HUGS,

Lynn

Thyme for a patriotic snowman

Here is a great

patriotic snowman
I have painted

The pattern I used for this piece was designed by

Jan Pappazisis

Jan was my first Decorative Painting teacher

She co-owned Jim/Jan Handcrafts

with her husband Jim.

They were 2 of the nicest people

 I have ever known

Our classes were held in

a

wonderful New England Country Barn

I took classes there for several years

Jan was not only a wonderful person but certainly a

very gifted, talented teacher.

I am so grateful to Jan for all she taught me

Sadly both Jan and her husband Jim who also worked at the studio

are no longer with us

I'd like to think that Jan is looking down on me smiling

and saying

"she"s finally got it!"

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for Santa

I spent the weekend working

 on some special orders

 from the show,

My husband cut out a ton of pieces for me

I basecoated all of them with

black stain.......it gives a nice prim look to things

so now I can go ahead and start painting all of them

Here is a Santa I finished

he is 48" tall

He has large rusty bell "buttons"

and

 a burlap flag that

I painted

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme to say thanks for a give away I won and my 100th post give away....

I'm so excited to show you my give away winning

from Brenda

at

The Rusty Thimble

I received 2 yes 2 of these wonderful Santa ornies!!!

He is already on my twiggy tree

in the living room

which

I just put up.

Before Thanksgiving I start placing some of my trees and greens

around the house then

 decorate them after Thanksgiving

So as lonesome as he looks now he will be surrounded by

lots of other HOMEMADE ornies!

I just love them Brenda

Thanks sooo Much!!!!

Speaking of Santa!

You may have noticed I changed my blog over to Xmas!

I just couldn't wait any longer

now that I'm painting for Xmas!

This piece

is a 

Kim Hogue CDA Design

that I painted in a class

a long time ago

It's called

Candy Cane Lane

It has tons of detail

I love Santa's face...

just look at this glistening beard!!!

and

 the tiny trees on Santa's jacket

his fir trimmed coat

and patch work bottom

Or who can resist this wonderful snowman

look at all those little trees and snowflakes on his scarf!!

his wonderful pine halo and

candy canes

or that yummy carrot nose

I just love the pail with the candy cane handle!

and

all the snowman ornaments

and the pine Xmas tree.........

all those fine pine needles to paint...LOL!

I did not finish this in the class I took

neither did any one else........!!!!

It sat in my closet for years when finally last year I finished it!!!!

I just LOVE it and will never sell it!!

Last but not least .........

just a reminder about my 100th post give away!

My GOBBLERS!!!

Leave me a comment on my

ORIGINAL POST

for my giveaway and tell me

what you'll be GOBBLING

on Thanksgiving Day!!!!

That's  it!

Good Luck!

Gobblers!

Lynn

I'm celebrating my 100th post with a give away!

Ok.........You all convinced me I need to have another GIVE AWAY!
My 100th post celebration!
First of all I'd like to thank all my wonderful followers
the comments you leave touch my heart
so
 the first item in the box to the lucky winner is this sign

Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away

and ye shall want to set a pretty table for family and friends

so

the next item in the box to the lucky winner

is

a set of fall scarecrow candlestick holders

They are made of wood & are a Laurie Speltz Design

that

I've painted

They have a homespun neckerchief

with

a rusty bell that is fastened by

a rusty pin

Next in the box to the

LUCKY WINNER

are candles for the candle holders from

The Hearthside Collection

and

some Pumpkin Spice Sachet

NEXT

in the box to the

LUCKY WINNER

is this

GOBBLE paddle

Design By BeCca

at Folk Art from the Harbor

So what do you have to do to win my

give away?

*Just leave me a comment here telling me

what you are going to be gobbling

Thanksgiving Day!

Leave me a recipe if ya want!!!

* Become a follower of little ole me!

* Post  my give away on ye blog !

I shall pick the LUCKY Gobbler

on

November 13th!

GOOD LUCK GOBBLERS!!!

Lynn

Thyme to Jingle all the way!

Well........as I said the paint brushes are  flying here!!!!!!!

It's back to business as usual

and

late nights painting!!!!

So late that I set my alarm to get up this AM

as I had a hair appointment at 10 AM

I woke up at 9:50............UGH......

I never sleep that late........right thru the alarm RINGING..........

Speaking of RINGING........ringing...........RINGING!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a real cute Santa I just finished.......

I painted

JINGLE ALL THE WAY ON HIS HAT!!!!!!

He is holding a grapevine wreath

his wreath has a garland

of  rusty bells

OH.......back to my hair appointment

I had to give my hairdresser Lisa a little

JINGLE

on the phone

to say I had overslept........

so

she was able to re-schedule me to 1:30 PM.......

So Thanks Lisa!!!!!!!

She usually stops by here to see what I'm up to!!!!!

One ringy, dingy,

two ringy dingy..............LOL!!!!

I LOVE LATE NIGHT PAINTING!

Lynn

Thyme to meet some chilly weathered friends

Well after a day off to rest up from the show the brushes are flying again.

The Christmas Preview

at

the shop I paint for is

is November 6.........this Friday!

The pattern for this piece came from

Batch of Pretties

I made him from rough sawn lumber!

He makes a wonderful winter THYME decoration for your home

Happy Painting !

Lynn

It's Thyme for The Folk Art Festival of New England to come to an end

What a great weekend I had

at the

 Folk Art Festival of New England

I'd like to introduce the wonderful ladies who were a part of this show with me

(left-right) Lynn Painting Thyme Needfuls

Judy Coffey Country Plus
Nancy Fournier Floral

Michelle Harter & Connie  Rocking Chair Stiches
Marie Poole  Basically Bears

I am EXHAUSTED but it was well worth it!
Our booth turned out beautiful
I even got to meet a fellow Blogger!!
Brenda from Pumpkin Patch Primitves
I knew I would love you Brenda after meeting you thru blogland.........
BUT
it was even better in person!!!
How Fun!


Tomorrow its back to the paint brushes for me!!!!
Friday is our Christmas Preview
at
Country Plus!

Thyme to see us at the Folk Art Festival of New England

A long day today but it was GREAT!

We arrived at  8:00 AM to set up

We were finished setting up by about 2 PM

 The show began at  5 PM

 We had a non- stop line of customers!!!!!!!

YEH!!!!!!!!

The show runs thru Sunday

I am so blessed !

I  LOVE what  I do!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Today I spent thyme trying to finish some more pieces for the Folk Art Festival of New England this weekend

The countdown has begun

and I'm ready!!!!

I finished up these last pieces today

for the show

A fall block set that I wired together

and

hung with homespun

a winter block set

a snowballs for sale sign

and  

Jolly Ole St Nick himself!

The paint brushes will continue to fly here as the Christmas preview

at

Country Plus

is

November 6th

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for gingerbread, happiness and The Folk Art Festival of New England

Happiness is licking the spoon

I'm still putting the finishing touches on many things for the show this weekend

even though there really is not alot of

baking

going on around here lately

there sure is alot of painting!!

AND

that brings me so much happiness!!

 This is a cute gingerbread ornie I did last year

I put clothes pins on the back

This is a Katrina Roncin pattern

I hope to get more of these painted for

the

 Christmas Preview

at the shop I paint for

which is November 6

These are WONDERFUL grungy cinnamon gingerbread

that I also made last year for the shop

I got the recipe from Terrye French

HERE

  You will want to include these in your holiday crafting

I hope you do something today for YOU that brings you

HAPPINESS!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

There's still thyme to keep on painting till the Folk Art Festival of New England

I think I will be still be painting on my way out the door

on Friday

as I leave for the Folk Art Festival  of New England

in Marlboro

Here are 2 signs I finished last night

I really love how these came out

The peppermint sticks on the above sign

I  made from wood dowels

I painted the dowels barn red, stained them

tore coffee stained muslin into strips

and

wrapped it around them and glued

I added tiny eye screws to the top

so

I could wire them to the sign

I then sprayed them with adhesive glue

and

sprinkled with Diamond Dust

I just LOVE the sparkle of Diamond Dust

It not only make my pieces sparkle

but the floors on my house too.........

with all this painting going on ,

WHO has time for Cinderella chores?????

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme is running out......till the Folk Art Festival of New England

I have been real busy this weekend

trying to put the finishing touches on so many pieces

 for the Folk Art Festival of New England

which is next weekend.

Country Plus the shop I paint for will have a booth .

We are all very excited!

More signs, pilgrims, santa's and pineapples

I was able to finish another fireplace screen. 

It just needs the hinges put on

This is Snowbrite

He is a Renee Mullins Design

You can find Renee

at

Plum Purdy Designs

So......until next time the brushes are flying

 and the paint spattering here!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for Christmas cookies all around

I just love making Christmas cookies!

So this wooden bowl is a REAL favorite of mine

Don't the cookies look good enough to eat???

The shading techniques in this pattern were awesome!

I have only painted one of these

and

 I couldn't part with it so it is one of

my most treasured Christmas decorations!

As always I like the back of my pieces to look as good as the front

I painted a piece of holly and signed my name and date.

This is a 

Distinctive Brushstrokes Pattern

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme to build snowman

In the meadow we can build

a snowman

I cut some mittens out of wood and attached them to the is sign with wire

I also added a snowflake that I painted white and sprinkled with

Diamond Dust

I then finished it off with homespun red bows

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme to explain

But Santa.......I can explain

This is a WONDERFUL Santa

His face and hat are wood that I painted

His beard is muslin that I coffee stained and scented with vanilla

and ripped into strips

I sprayed his beard lightly with

spray adhesive and sprinkled with diamond dust

On the rim of his hat I used snow tex paint

Design by Terrye French

This sign I painted

  The candy cane I cut from wood

and

painted Barn red

I then wrapped torn strips of coffee stained muslin

around the candy cane and sprinkled with diamond dust!

I tied a piece of homespun to the candy cane with rusty bells

I have also done these candy canes and glued a clothespin on the back

then added some sweet Annie and berries for a wonderful ornie for your tree

HO ~ ho~ho  ~ho

Lynn