Thyme for Wintry Blessings..snowmen...and a Terrye French Design

WINTRY
it is
here in New England!

A Winter Thyme Blizzard
after
Christmas
has left a blanket of white outside my door

brrrr.....

\

 its COLD outside!

I have started taking down some Christmas decorations
I always hate to put the
MAGIC
away!
I leave many of the greens and snowmen out

This is one of my favorite
snowman paintings!

It is a
Terrye French Design
called
Wintry Blessings

I have it hanging in my kitchen
I have been busy trying to finish up
a very BIG design
for
Painting with Friends
it is called
Christmas Treat Cups

Here is a sneak peak
at
the surfaces I am using for this project !!!!

This has been a really FUN piece to paint........

I can't wait to show you the finished piece!

Stay warm!
Hugs,
Lynn

Thyme to make some snowmen ornaments and signs!

I don't know of anyone who 

can't resist a snowman

I found this wonderful 

snowman ornies pattern

from

The Old Cupboard Door

HERE
Thanks Willa!

Be sure to stop by and say hi to Willa for me!

I have changed them some so here is my version

Dollar  Store plastic icicles
Remove the top and pour diluted paint  inside
swirl around. I also painted the outsides a little

Spray with adhesive....sprinkle on Diamond Dust!

You can use joint compound to cover the styro foam balls as the directions state
it takes a long time to dry so spread thinly
or
I made my own Snow Tex Paint
I mixed sawdust shavings into white paint
which made a thick texture and painted it on to the balls
when dry add Diamond Dust for sparkle

I bought lots of little black felt hats at the craft store

using a paper punch I made lots of little snow flakes

I decorated the hats with a tiny sprig of greenery, red berries and a snow flake
I glued the heads on to the icecles

I used the end of my brush to dot the eyes and mouth on with black paint
I cut small wooden dowels for the nose and made the ends pointed
I then painted them orange and glued in place.
I added a little rouge to the cheeks

I cut small wool pieces for their scarves

I grunged up little tags
and
wrote chillin , freezin, let it snow
on the tags!

I pinned the tags on with a rusty pin and bell

Aren't these the Cutest?

I've also painted some
SNOW
signs!

AND
I have SNOW balls for sale!

There is no CHILLIN going on here.............

My little Elf and I have been very busy
as
there are only
8 days, 15 hours 5 minutes and 39 seconds and counting
to
MAKE THE MAGIC
HAPPEN!
Will you be ready?
Oh how I hope I am..........
Hugs
Lynn

Thyme for a snowman family and snowballs

This is a slate I painted

that

depicts our family

Our children's names are

Christopher, Andrew and Julie

I even painted a "snow dog"

for COLBY!

It says

FAMILIES STICK TOGETHER

The design came from the book

This Old Bowl

by

Margo Wightman

Speaking of snowmen.....

you need 

SNOWBALLS

to make them

WELL

I've been making some

SNOWBALLS!!!!!!

just chill and shake well

how's that for an easy recipe???

I got this huge jar at a flea market for $1.00!

so I filled it with the snowballs I made

I tied it with a BIG red check homespun bow

The label is another great label from

Jan

at

Big Brown Dog Primitives

I made the snowballs fom styrofoam balls

I sprayed them with spray adhesive

and sprinkled with Diamond Dust......

WOW

I love that stuff!

I also put some snowballs in this

great narrow wood tray  I again found at a flea market

I added some greens

and

a grungy vanilla scented tag

that says

SNOWBALLS

for

sale

How's that for an easy centerpiece???

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for some outdoor decorating

Well after nearly a week I have ALMOST finished decorating

  both inside and outside for Christmas

this is my house from the street

now from the other side

This is my front door

The fruit arrangement over the door I made

                             

I used to use real fruit

it

was not only costly but if

we had a mild winter the birds came to feast on it!

So

I bought wooden fruit, painted it and attached it to the board

It weighs over 100lbs

so its quite a feat getting it up over the door

especially if we have bad weather before we get it up there!!

 I made

SANTA

he is over 4' tall

He has a sack over his shoulder I made, I still have to
 add some wrapped packages
He also has a small tree and doll in his sack
in the other hand he has a wreath and candle

he stands on a wooden base with Christmas trees

I usually add very large wrapped packages

and place on the steps around him

(on my to do list!!!!)

I made 2 of these Santa's as gifts one year!!!

now

on with the outside tour

a fence post crow I made

wreath high above the garage

breezeway porch door

A snowman sign I painted and some snow shoes

ahhhhhhhh.....no I didn't make those!!!!  LOL!

I painted the snowman window you see

and

made the snowman family

out

of fence posts

I made a snowman  to represent my husband, I and our 3 children!

They all have knit sweaters and hats!

These are about 20 years old!!!

 I've also made several of these for gifts

over the years!

Hope you enjoyed my outdoor

Holiday Tour!!!

When I finish the inside

I'll invite you in for some hot chocolate!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme to chill

Hope you all had a wonderful
Thanksgiving!
I did!
The only one chillin around here is

CHARLIE

Charlie looks like he enjoyed Thanksgiving  Dinner!

How about you?
Today I'm busy decorating for Christmas
AND
thinking about
ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!
Hugs,
Lynn

Thyme for black hat Bob

This is
Black Hat Bob!
He is a design
by
Sandra Brake

I usually wait till the day after Thanksgiving to

decorate my house for Christmas

It usually takes me a WEEK to decorate........inside and out..........

I have a good portion of the inside done with the

exception

of the tree, nativity  a finishing touches here and there

I wanted to leave the fall decorations outside

till after Thanksgiving

(no one needs to know whats going on inside LOL!!!!)

We are not having Thanksgiving here......

You have to know me to ........ ummmmmmmm

LOVE ME..........

But

It's just not working for me this

1/2 Christmas .......1/2 Thanksgiving theme!!!

LOL!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for snow angels

Here are some snow angel signs I've painted

Once again I can barely move in my studio

the brushes are flying here

The 

Christmas open house

is

November 28 !

Happy Painting !

Lynn