Thyme to show you a SEASIDE Santa I painted

Because I live on 

CAPE COD

I needed 

a

SEASIDE SANTA

 for 

my porch

I painted this one last 

Christmas

I used a pattern from 

Country Whims purchased a long thyme ago

called 

Candle Santa

to make him.

I have added many of my own touches such as the

 face and beard 

which were free hand painted

Santa stands 65" when completed

I

 LOVE

 to paint 

SANTA BEARDS

It takes patience

AND

several layers of paint!

H0 - HO - HO!

I found these LARGE resin candy canes at a thrift store

I

 added some 

Diamond Dust

to

make them

SPARKLE

I added 

STARFISH

to Santa's wreath

I used BURLAP to make Santa's sack

I grunged and baked the fabric to make it look old

I then stitched the sack

I added "snow" and snowflakes

 to the

 tree!

AND

Then

 I assembled Santa!

HO - HO - HO

 I have made several of these Santa's

They are fun to make but a LOT of work!!!!

 Happy Painting!

Lynn