It's THYME to make some Candy Corn Ornies!

Eeeeek My Pretties!

HALLOWEEN

is

almost here!

Lets make some 

CANDY CORN ORNIES

using a

ORNAMENTAL GINGERBREAD DOUGH 

Here is my recipe!

3T Shortening

1/2 Cup  Sugar

1/2 Cup Molasses

1 Tsp Baking Soda

3/4 Cup Water

3 1/2 Cups Flour

1 Tsp each: ground cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg

Beat shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in molasses. Mix dry ingredients together. Stir them into sugar mixture and gradually add water. Dough will be very stiff! 

Refrigerate overnight.

Heat oven to 350. Cut dough into 3 pieces. Roll one piece at a time (between 2 pieces of wax paper) to a thickness of about 1/4" Cut out desired shapes and patterns. Bake for about 20 minutes. Allow to cool and harden for several hours or overnight.

Finished ornaments can be painted, sealed or dipped in melted wax. The possibilities are endless!

You can find cookie cutters like this in craft stores , tag sales etc.

I have a large jar of them for crafting!

I use an electric stand mixer to make these as it is 

a

VERY STIFF, HEAVY DOUGH

You will also need to refrigerate the dough overnight

Roll your dough thin as they will puff up some when baking!

I used

AMERICANA DECOR CHALKY FINISH PAINTS

to paint my 

candy corn ornies

The colors that I used were

INHERITANCE

HERITAGE

ETERNAL

You can find out more 

about 

CHALKY FINISH PAINTS 

HERE

These were fun to make and paint!

 

After I finished painting them I varnished them 

When dry I drilled small holes in them and threaded twine thru them

Years ago I found this old tin in an antique store

My husband made a 

"wood tree" 

to go inside.

He cut a hole in the cover of the tin, and I filled the tin with plaster of paris

 and 

let it set

so the "tree" would stand upright in the tin

I enjoy making seasonal ornies to hang on this tree in my dining room

You can find more of my seasonal "trees" and ornies 

HERE

Or click on the links

 for 

ornamental gingerbread dough

 or 

salt dough ornaments 

in my side bar

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

Here is my completed tree in my dining room!

DecoArt Americana DECOR paints are so easy to work with!

The end result is always amazing!

DecoArt provided me with the paints to complete this project as part of their

Helping Artist Program

Americana Decor Chalky Finish paint is available 

at 

Home Depot, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, A C Moore

or

possible other stores depending on where you live!

Visit the Deco Art Chalky Finish website

HERE

For more design ideas and inspiration!

Happy Painting !

Lynn

Thyme for Christmas Treats!

I 

LOVE 

making ornamental gingerbread dough ornaments

they can be used as bowl fillers, ornaments 

or

 in arrangements

the "dough" smells wonderful

I found this old sifter in a thrift shop

 and

 decided to make a centerpiece with it

The

MAGIC

is happening !

Hugs,

Lynn

It is thyme for a WINTRY DAY

WINTRY DAY 

is a new design

 inspired 

by 

Terrye French

and

painted by me for

Painting With Friends

Terrye French 

designed this piece many years ago 

but

 never made it into a pattern

She sent me this photo as 

"inspiration"

to put the design into an E-Pattern

I decided to call my project

WINTRY DAY

It was a fun packet to put together and paint!

I hope you have fun with it also!

Years ago I had purchased this

 SHEEP checkerboard 

as an unfinished wood packet

I decided to use it as a 

TEMPLATE 

to create the SHEEP shape for

WINTRY DAY

I changed it up a bit and made the legs detachable like Terrye's

I do a lot of

 DRY brushing 

when painting

It gives a "softer" look

This was really a fun piece to paint

When painting this piece I added lots of

 sparkle using 

DIAMOND DUST!

I decided to attach my 

SHEEP

to a grapevine wreath

I added lots of various greens and berries

AND

 Of course more 

DIAMOND DUST

for

sparkle!!!!

I then made a 

WINTRY DAYS  BANNER

for

my wreath

I included a

 TUTORIAL

on

 banner making 

in the packet!

Banners are so much fun to make

 and 

can be used for so many projects!!!

I even decided to make some

SHEEP

bowl fillers!!!

 using my favorite

cinnamon ornamental dough recipe

I hope you enjoy painting 

WINTRY DAY

as much as I have!!!

You can purchase 

my

WINTRY DAY 

e-pattern

HERE

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme to show you my Sweets Tree that I painted for Painting With Friends Christmas in July Sale!

Sweets Tree 

is a design inspired by

Terrye French 

and 

painted by me

for 

PAINTING WITH FRIENDS 

You can shop for PWF patterns

HERE

There arelots of wonderful NEW and OLD 

patterns painted by

Terrye French

and

her friends!

I designed the 

Sweets Tree

Instructions to make your own tree are included in the pattern

 

I also made the 

"SWEETS"

to go on my

tree

 The pattern 

also includes

my recipe to make

you own ornamental dough "sweets"

 These are just so much fun to make

and

PAINT!!!!

You can drill holes in them to use as 

ornaments or just use them as bowl fillers

 This pattern has so many possibilities of ways you can use it!

I hope you have fun with it!!!

You can also purchase this pattern

HERE

on my

 BLOG

Happy Painting 

Hugs,

Lynn