Did you know that Santa's elves go to school?????

Santa's elves 

must first complete

a very demanding course before becoming one of 

SANTA'S

 chosen 

elves

ELFCAPADE CLASSES

begin

 promptly each day at

10 AM

HINKLEY

has told me that 

BREAKFAST

 is key 

to the start of a good day!

"We elves try to stick to the 4 main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup."

quote 

from

~BUDDY the Elf

Before being sent to me

my elf

HINKLEY

had to complete the training

given by

Brenda Griffith

at

THE RUSTY THIMBLE

*let me add this does not ALWAYS guarantee 

an

 ELF that is FULLY trained!!!!!!

In fact......I have had to do a LOT of re-training.....sigh!!!!

Soooooo I decided that maybe BRENDA

 should

 assess her course of study for the elves 

BEFORE

 shipping them to their new homes!!!!

 With that in mind I decided to paint her a

 chalk board 

to keep track of the elves schooling

I used a 

Painting With Friends 

design

Inspired 

by

Terrye French

 called 

ELF CLASS

to paint this project

I used my own colors and added some personal touches to the piece

It is always fun to see a piece come to life!!

Merry Christmas Brenda!!!!

Thank you for helping to 

MAKE THE MAGIC 

happen for me this Christmas!!!!

Happy Painting !

Lynn

Thyme to paint some Christmas ornaments

Today 

I found

HINKLEY 

quietly

sitting and reading

a

COOKBOOK!!!!!

hmmmmm whatever is he up to now????

It appears he was researching

NO BAKE COOKIES!!!

Now THAT certainly got my attention

seeing how we only have 

7 more days to 

MAKE THE MAGIC 

 happen!!

WHAT in the world is he looking for?????

He said he was looking for his 

MAGIC

It appears he found some

CHAMPAGNE colored satin ball ornaments

and 

he is painting

 them

He even made some

ANISE COOKIE 

tags!!!

It appears that he is 

trimming a tree?????

Wow!!!! 

I love it Hinkley!!!!

Now if I could just finish my REAL baking!!!!

Hugs,

Lynn

Do you BELIEVE??????

When my children were small

I used to tell them that

SANTA

comes to all who 

BELIEVE

Today I was busy baking 

CHRISTMAS COOKIES

HINKLEY  

"helped"

also!!!!!

Anise Cookies

Wrapped in a pretty bow 

and 

SNOWFLAKE

paper.

I hope you are enjoying

MAKING THE MAGIC  

happen

this 

SEASON.

"Christmas MAGIC is SILENT.....you don't hear it... 

You FEEL it.....You KNOW it.....You BELIEVE it"

~Kevin Alan Milne

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for you to meet HINKLEY!!!

Look who just

 arrived

all the way from 

Brenda Griffith

at

THE RUSTY THIMBLE

in

OKLAHOMA!!

His name

 is 

HINKLEY

Brenda sent him to me to replace my

BELOVED ELF

LES

who was lost in a fire in our home in July

You can read 

Les

story

HERE

SO

NOW

HINKLEY

WILL

HELP ME MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN!

I was told that he had completed all his classes in

ELF SCHOOL

and 

could  

TYPE!!!!

Well that had me 

REALLY

excited because I always have a

 LOT

 of pattern packets to

 type up!!!

 I 

told 

HINKLEY

he would be learing on a 

MAC computer.

to which he replied

"OH......I don't need lessons.......I KNOW all about MAC's"

SIGH....somthing tells me I'm going to be up late typing patterns myself!

I'm just going to

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme to put "the elf" to work!

It's that thyme of year again!

THYME TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN!!!

I don't know if its just me....but I just can not seem to do all that I used to do.......so I hired

"the elf"

again this year

from

Brenda

@

 The Rusty Thimble

I thought I would give you a peek into the studio

to see what I've been working on

and I'm sure you will agree

that

I need to teach "the elf" to paint!

there are candy cane ornies to make

Santa's to paint

 and assemble

Crows to paint

and

Santa hats to grunge for the crows

fabric to grunge

bells to rust

Snowballs to make

for

Snowman icicle ornies

Lots of snow ladies to paint and assemble

Signs to paint

Finished pieces to photograph and tag

Lots of finished pieces

to deliver to the 2 shops that I paint for

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

I just need to

that I can

MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN

before

the

man in the

BIG RED SUIT

comes!

Hugs,

Lynn