It is THYME for Summer Thyme Liberty

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Summer Thyme Liberty

 is a new design that I have painted for

PAINTING WITH FRIENDS

The pattern includes the template to cut out the surface that I painted the design on

but this design would look wonderful on many surfaces!

This was a fun piece to paint!!!!

Pattern also includes instructions to make the

 firecracker

and

star

bowl fillers

You can purchase the 

Summer Thyme Liberty Pattern 

HERE

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for an AMERICANA Rooster

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I love painting

AMERICANA

I did this piece as a 

SPECIAL ORDER

for a customer

 

I had an old cabinet door

I painted it with a

CRACKLE 

FINISH

I then drew and cut out a 

ROOSTER SHAPE

and 

ARROW

I painted my rooster

like a

FLAG

I painted wooden stars 

RED, WHITE AND BLUE

I drilled holes in them

I made a 

GARLAND 

with

rusty wire and bells

I wrapped the rusty wire around the roosters body

I added a tag that said

AMERICANA

I attached the rooster and arrow to my cabinet door

Here is the finished piece!

Hugs,

Lynn

As AMERICAN as apple pie

This is a design by 

JOHN SLINEY

called

ALL AMERICAN

that I have painted

  "When an 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 an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw  the breath of self respect."

~ Adlai Stevenson

Hugs,

Lynn

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 show your true colors! RED, WHITE AND BLUE!

We will be at our new home on Cape Cod

for the

4th of July

so

I decorated my porch
 in

RED, WHITE AND BLUE

I found this old sifter at a thrift store

and

decided to make a floral arrangement in it

I purchased some red, white and blue artificial flowers

I made the banner!

You can find the

TUTORIAL

 to make a banner like this in

my blog post

HERE

Thank you to

Kim Dewalt

from

Old Road Primitives

for

this tutorial which I found

in the

February - March Issue

of

Prim Sisters Gazette

I bought some twig vines to put around my porch window

I had the stars

I added white lights

I wired a piece of floral styrofoam to the inside of the sifter

then covered it with moss

then I added the flowers

and

banner

I used an old flag to attach the banner to

I drilled holes in the sides of the sifter

to

wire on the banner

I added rusty bells using rusty pins

using this recipe

RUST RECIPE

1c peroxide

1 c vinegar

3 tbls salt

Combine all ingredients in a throw away container or glass.

 add bells, pins etc. and let set 1-2 days in mixture.

the mixture will most likely foam up and come over top of container

Remove items with a slotted spoon

and

put on cookie sheet with shallow side,

let sit in sun for day or too, can also dry indoors.

I cut out and painted a

Uncle Sam to put by the door

I love how it all came together!

What do you think

of

my porch?

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme to paint RED, WHITE and BLUE!

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I love painting

AMERICANA

I cut some large pineapples

out of rough sawn lumber

this measures about 28" tall

I first painted the pineapple

BLACK

for a

PRIM

 look

I taped the stripes off using painters tape

I painted the stripes using

DELTA  BARN RED and NIGHTFALL BLUE

I painted on the stars

using

DELTA LIGHT IVORY

I then antiqued using

Olde Century Gel Stain

in

WALNUT

I used a wood burning tool for the lines in the pineapple

This is a nice summer thyme or even year round decorative piece

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme to see an Americana Rooster

I cut out and painted this rooster weathervane

and

decided to mount it on an old cabinet door

close - up of head

tail feathers

I added a rusty wire garland

with painted stars and rusty bells I rust my own bells

crackle finish of cupboard door

I was happy with how this project turned out!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

I'm showing my TRUE COLORS ...Thyme to see my thrift store re-do that I painted in RED, WHITE and BLUE

A few weeks ago I posted this picture

of these wooden pineapple bowls

I paid $1.00 each for them

I wanted to show you what I came up with

I used my woodburning tool to make the lines

I added a wooden star

here are a few new thrift store finds

these are really quite large

I have a pretty good idea what I would like

to paint on the skillett

I think I need to paint it soon as my son

Andrew has his eye on it for camping!

Hugs,

Lynn

I am Forever Grateful

This Memorial Day weekend

may we always remember

its

true meaning

and

never

forget the sacrifice

of so many

brave men and woman

the folded flag that I have painted

here

should always remind us

of

WHAT we have

and

WHY

we have it

I have painted these candle sconces

using a

John Sliney Design

called

Forever Grateful

I will be forver grateful to the brave men and women

who have served

and

continue to serve this great country of ours

Memorial Day

is a

 DAY OR REMEMBERANCE

for those who have died in our

Nations service

They gave their lives for their country

and never came home from the war

Memorial Day

once called Decoration Day

was first observed on May 30, 1868

when flowers were first placed

on the graves of  Union and Confederate Soldiers

at

Arlington National Cemetary

To help remind  Americans of the holiday’s true meaning,

a National Moment of Remembrance resolution

 was passed 10 years ago, suggesting that at 3 p.m. local time,

 Americans observe a moment of remembrance and respect,

 pausing from whatever they are doing for a

few seconds of silence or to listen to taps.

Be safe this weekend

and

please

remember

to be

FOREVER GRATEFUL

Happy Painting! 

Lynn