Thyme to give you The key to my HEART

Key to my HEART

is a 

Terrye French Design 

that I have painted several times

I have always loved painting this sweet design!

When painting the facial detail

it is best painted with a light touch of your brush using washes

Adding some shading and dimension

The HEARTS

 are painted in such a way to look like they were

stiched on

I added a vine and berries around the edge of the plate.

I love to paint vines.....they take a little practice

I drilled 2 holes in the side of the plate

 and 

strung a satin ribbon thru them

I addes a rusty old key 

and 

a grungy tag that says

KEY TO MY HEART

Once I had varnished my piece

 I sprayed just the pinafore part of the dress with spray glue

 then sprinkled on some 

DIAMOND DUST

for 

SPARKLE!

I am sending this plate to a 

very DEAR friend 

as a 

SURPRISE!

You can purchase this pattern at

PAINTING WITH FRIENDS

HERE

So now you have

THE KEY TO MY HEART!

I hope you like it!!!

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for a Prim Christmas Goose

I found this pizza peel at a thrift shop

They make wonderful surfaces to paint on!

HINKLEY

however had other ideas for it!!!

BUT

I need to 

MAKE THE MAGIC

 happen

and 

finish painting

 all my gifts!

I used a 

PAINTING WITH FRIENDS DESIGN

Inspired by Terrye French

to paint this piece

I used my own colors and added my own personal touches!

This was a fun piece to paint!

Adding the holly,  

greens and berries

I added a tiny gold bell to the end of the string

Prim Christmas Goose 

will be

 going to a very dear friend this 

Christmas

Happy Painting!

Lynn

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

It's thyme to count the days!

Are you Ready????

If you are like me.....probably not!!!

How did 

CHRISTMAS 

get here so fast???

Will I be able to

MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN? 

I am still so busy, baking, shopping, wrapping 

AND

PAINTING

I had these old cookie sheets in my 

painting stash

I used a 

FLAT WHITE

paint to prime them

I used a small roller to paint the light blue

It added a nice texture to my surface

PEPPERMINT ADVENT CALENDER 

was 

a fun design to paint!

You can purchase the pattern to paint this at

Painting With Friends

HERE

I painted a small wooden disc to look like a 

PEPPERMINT

I glued a magnet to the back

I drilled holes in the top so I could add a piece of homespun to hang my piece

I also added some 

JiNgLe bells

and

a grungy tag that says

COUNT THE DAYS

I am just going to 

keep calm

and

HO-HO ON!!!!!

Hugs,

Lynn