Thyme to LET FREEDOM RING

Happy Patriots Day!

Step inside my 

STUDIO

It has been a busy week for sure!

Lots of special orders in addition to working on stock for shops!

One customer asked for a  

LARGE SAM

I used a 

HEIDI MARKISH

design for this piece but changed it up a bit

You can find 

Heidi's designs

HERE

This piece stands 48" tall

and

 is called

LET FREEDOM RING

He was a fun piece to make!!!!

I delivered him to the customer this morning!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

" When and American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the

New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun , the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea.  He means that he loves the inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can  draw the breath of self - respect."

 ~ Adlai Stevenson

Thyme to count your BLESSINGS

DO NOT PIN MY PHOTOS TO PINTEREST

Do you ever stop to count you BLESSINGS?

I know I try

but not nearly enough.

BLESSINGS PRIM

is a design 

by

Terrye French

that is a good reminder that we ALL have blessings in our lives to be 

THANKFUL

for each day!

"Always keep your head up, because if it is down you won't be able to see the 

BLESSINGS 

that have been placed in your life"

~ Author Unknown

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme to show you AMAZING GRACE

Step inside the STUDIO

FIRST

I wanted to introduce my 

STUDIO ASSISTANTS 

today

Meet

THOMAS & colby!!!!!

THOMAS is our neighbors dog.....

he is a 

GENTLE GIANT

 that loves to come and visit Colby and I in the studio!

Well.....it looks pretty BLACK & WHITE to me!!!!

Here is a special order that I completed for a customer

This is a 

TERRYE FRENCH

design called

AMAZING GRACE

The customer was giving it as a wedding gift and wanted it personalized to say

HONEYMOON COTTAGE

I painted the small oval plaque on both sides....

one side said 

WELCOME 

the other side said 

HONEYMOON COTTAGE.

I added an xtra plaque with the couples name and wedding date.

I really enjoyed painting this custom order!!!

You can find more Terrye French designs 

HERE

Hugs,

Lynn

Never enough THYME

DO NOT PIN MY PHOTOS TO PINTEREST

Do you ever feel like there is not enough hours in the day????

That pretty much sums up everyday for me!!!!

So much to do, so many things I want to paint.....

This is a design by Terry French

called 

HOME TIME

that I painted on a clock that I found in a thrift shop

Hugs,

Lynn

 ~ How did it get late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before It's June. My goodness how the time has flown.
How did it get so late so soon?

~ Dr. Seus

It is THYME to say Happy Easter

As I prepare for Easter my thoughts always turn to my Dad .....I think of him EVERDAY AND MISS HIM.  13 years ago I lost my Dad to Pancreatic cancer the day before Easter.....I miss him every day but EVERY Easter now is bittersweet without him as I look at the chair he once sat in around our table.   He was in HOSPICE at home when he died..I remember praying each day for JUST ONE MORE DAY with him ...as I sat by his beside holding his hand the night before he died I knew in my heart that he had really left us 6 months previous when he was diagnosed as terminal.....I told him that night that it was OK to go....and that my Mom and all of us would be OK ....he was in a coma...minutes later He sat up straight in bed.............he was pointing around the room........I tried to calm him and lay him down gently...I said "Dad what are you doing?"........and he weekly replied....."I'm counting the ANGELS"....(he hadn't spoken in weeks)  he made it thru the night...we had torrential rains and thunderstorms that night..........the next morning as I sat with him....( his bed was in my Mom's beautiful sun room) I opened the blinds and outside there was a gorgeous RAINBOW.......on the Patio was a bench my dad had built with bird houses on the posts and I had painted ....a BLUEBIRD ( my fathers favorite bird) was building a nest in the bench. It was at that very moment while holding his hand my Dad left us and went to HEAVEN.  Dad I so miss you and LOVE you. ~ LOVE YOUR PARENTS, treat them with LOVING care for you will only know their value when you see their EMPTY CHAIR. 

Wishing you a Blessed Easter with those you love,

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for a new pattern from Painting with Friends

KEEPERS OF THE PANTRY

is 

a new 

PAINTING WITH FRIENDS 

pattern
I painted this design on an old wooden canister set that I found.
This would be a fun pattern to paint on many surfaces!

Inspired by

Terrye French

and painted by me!

You can purchase the pattern in my pattern shop

PAINTING THYME PATTERNS

HERE

 or you can visit 

PAINTING WITH FRIENDS

HERE

to see what ALL
Terrye's friends
are painting!

Hugs and Happy Painting!
Lynn