Thyme to hop on over to see my salt dough Easter egg ornaments and carrots

A few weeks ago I posted this picture of
 salt dough eggs and carrots I was making

you were all curious to see what I was going to

do with these carrots and eggs

Well.......the wait is finally over!
I painted them of course

carrots, carrots a rabbits delight!

beautiful pastel eggs!

I then sealed them

 I stained the carrots using a gel varnish

and

 I used a matte spray varnish on the eggs

I then drilled holes in them

and

strung them with homespun

I had these wooden boxes that came with handles

which I took off

I base coated the boxes black

when dry I painted over them with light ivory

I painted 3 boxes with rabbits on them

using a

Terrye French 

design

side views

I cut a piece of wood about 32" tall x 1" wide

I then cut 16  3/8"dowels of various lengths

I drilled holes and inserted the dowels through

I poured plaster of paris in the box and let it set

 I base coated with black then light ivory

I antiqued them using a gel stain

I added some colored spanish moss

I can't WAIT to see what this is all going to look like......

how about you???

I tied my ornaments on

the dowels

how cute is this?

I added a home spun bow and tags to the tops

a carrot tree!

a carrots and egg tree!

I

 LOVE 

them!

Happy Painting! 

Lynn

Todays Menu...........carrots.........and salt dough

I painted this sign

because we had

CARROTS

FOR DINNER

because

REALLY

who wants to be 

cooking dinner 

when you can be cooking

salt dough ornaments

like these

BUT

you are going to have

to

wait to see what I'm going to do

with these!

I have to get back to painting

so I painted these carrots

and

tied them with some twine

I hung this little metal cup from the other arm

OH.........what a face

and

a homespun bowtie

he's

one handsome guy!

what do you think?

He is a Renee Mullins Design

and

can be found at

Plum Purdy Designs

Oh........

And by the way I'm not turning

into a vegetarian or anything.......

I added the carrots for dinner to the pot roast

that simmered all day in my crockpot!!!!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for another bunny.........by Terrye French and some salt dough bunnies

Geeeezzzz....

there are bunnies

hopping around here everywhere

Here is a prim bunny board

I have painted

using a

TERRYE FRENCH 

design

I have had this pattern for a few years

and

I have painted it several times

for customers

I just  love the delicate details

the stitching that says welcome

the penney rug and crow

I was trying to get this piece finished up yesterday

BUT

got a little distracted

doing these

thanks to

my friend 

Colleen

she thought I'd be jazzed when I saw them......

AND

I was!

dropped the paintbrush last night

and

out came the mixer!

They look like little mini's of the bunny I was painting!!!!

they are not finished yet

and oh........

I had to make some carrots for them.....of course...

check back soon to see them finished!

::: Cinnamon Salt Dough :::

2 cups flour

1 cup salt

1 cup cinnamon

1 1/2 cups water

Mix dry ingredients together and add water to form a pliable dough. Knead several times before rolling out. Cover tightly until ready to use. Dust work surface with cinnamon and roll to a 1/4"-3/4" thickness, depending on your preferences. Use cookie cutters or paper templates and remember to poke a hole or two in each ornament before baking. Bake at 300º for 45-60 minutes, watching carefully toward the end of the baking time. Allow to cool and harden completely before hanging. May be sealed with wax or poly if desired.

Happy Painting!

Lynn