It's thyme to see a Kim Klassen design that I have painted

This is a large clock that I

have painted using a

KIM KLASSEN DESIGN

close-up of clock face

I used decorative tacks

on the face of the clock

and

painted a delicate vine

in the mid section I painted a salt box house

I love the pineapple on the door

at the bottom of the clock I painted the words

welcome friends

I also added some decorative tacks

Keep those brushes flying! 

HAPPY PAINTING!
Lynn

"Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. 

Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness,

 and 

at the end of the day you don't look at it 

and

 wish you had painted something different." 

~Author Unknown

Thyme for some new signs

Here are some new signs

that I have been working on this weekend

It doesn't even

BEGIN

to make a dent in the piles of wood

in my studio

of pieces I'm working on!

and this is just a "few" of  the piles

along with

lots of salt dough to paint!

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

It's weekend thyme.....and I'm keeping busy

Just thought I'd give you a little

peek at what I'm up to this weekend!

I placed and order online and it arrived!

now this is awsesome!!!

fun, fun, fun!

Yup..........

I'm busy as a bee..........!

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for a Kim Klassen deSign.......a Pineapple....A history of hospitality and friendship

The pineapple has long been a popular

 symbol of hospitality and friendship.

This is a pineapple sign
that
I have painted using a

KIM KLASSEN DESIGN

A little history of how the pineapple
became a symbol of hospitality
" This symbolism has a lengthy history beginning when

 Christopher Columbus and his men landed on the island now known as

Guadeloupe on their second voyage of discovery.

In 1493, Christopher Columbus brought the fruit back to Europe

from his voyage through the Carib Islands.

This tropical king of fruits was crowned the "pineapple"

 by the English because of its resemblance

to a pine cone and its juicy center, which reminded them of an apple."

I used the same pattern and made a smaller version of this sign
You can find this pattern
in Kim Klassen's Book
Prairie Folk Art

"To the Carib, the pineapple symbolized hospitality,

and the Spaniards soon learned they were welcome

if a pineapple was placed by the entrance to a village.

This symbolism spread to Europe, then to Colonial North America,

where it became the custom to carve the shape of a pineapple

 into the columns at the entrance of a plantation."

I designed this large door pineapple

It has always been a huge seller

for me year arourd

I use rough wood to cut it out

and a wood burning tool

to add the pattern to the pineapple

It is heavily antiqued to give it

an "old" look

"During early Colonial days in the United States,
families would set a fresh pineapple
 in the center of the table as a colorful centerpiece
of the festive meal, especially when visitors joined them in celebration.
This symbolized the utmost in welcome and hospitality
 to the visitor, and the fruit would be served as a special desert after the meal"

Hope you enjoyed this short history of the pineapple

I just love to paint them!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

"Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. 

Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, 

and

 at the end of the day you don't look at it 

and 

wish you had painted something different." 

~Author Unknown

Baath thyme and a Banner Tutorial

 This is a wreath I made

using part of a design by

Renee Mullins
You can find Renee at
 Plum Purdy Designs
I first cut out the sheep and painted him

I added a rusty star to his penney rug

and

tied a rusty bell around his neck

with  homespun

I drilled tiny holes in the sheep and

attached him to a small grapevine wreath

I made a banner for the wreath using coffee stained muslin

 I cut out a

banner shape

I stitched it together

adding a piece of

interfacing between layers

THANK YOU 

TO 

Kim Dewalt

Old Road Primitives

for the banner tutorial!

 Banner Tutorial

Iron - on Transfer Method

Open up a blank MS Word document . Center your cursor

 on the page.  In the toolbar, at the top of the document,

click on INSERT, PICTURE, and then WORD ART.

a Word Art box will appear, click which ever box you would like.  

Once you click on a box, a text box will appear,

type your saying into that box.  This is where you can choose a

different style and size font.  Once you are finished click OK.  Click on

your saying.  Now your saying should have a box around it.  A small

Wort Art toolbar should appear.  Click on Format Word Art.  That is the button 

with the paint can and brush.  A new box will appear,

under the COLOR and LINES tab you can change the FILL and LINE color

 of your saying by clicking on the COLOR drop down boxes

 and picking out the colors that you would like your saying to be.

Click on your saying again and once again your saying

should have a box around it.   In the very bottom left hand corner

of your Word Document, click on the words DRAW, then click

on FLIP OR ROTATE, then click on  HORIZONTAL.

This will give Your saying the "MIRROR IMAGE" that you will

need to print it onto iro-on transfer paper.  If you would like

 to make your saying bigger....click on your saying until the

box around it appears again, put your cursor in the

 corner until you see an arrow, drag the corner out to

 the size that you would like your saying to be. You are now ready

to print your saying onto iron - on transfer paper.

Follow directions on package of iron - on transfer paper

 for ironing onto your fabric

Here is my finished wreath!

I hung this wreath on the door to my

Baaaaaaaaath room!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for birdhouses, spring flowers and breakfast with a friend

 We have had some beautiful Spring days

with temperatures as high as the 90's

so

I am loving how everything is starting to bloom

in my yard

the yard is still very wet because of the very heavy rains

of the past few weeks

 I haven't been able to do

 to much cleaning up of my garden beds

I got my water pump running today

I love the sound of it from my deck

my husband made this house

for our deck

I use it to store all

my small garden tools, gloves etc.

I designed and painted it

it has a real shingled roof!

I cut some flowers while outside today

I love bringing

SPRING

inside after the long winter!

I finished painting another large sunflower

for a friend of mine

Michelle and I were friends long before

we became bloggers!

We are meeting for breakfast tomorrow

so she can get her sunflower

I also finished painting this birdhouse

Isn't he a great cat!!!

his sign says

SCAT!

This is a  

Debbie Forgac Design

from the book

Simple Gatherings

I also want to show you a bench

my husband made for my Mom's birthday last year

I designed and painted it

here is a close-up

of the birdhouses on the bench

I painted flowers and bees around

the bottom

My Mom even had birds come to nest in it!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for a Kim Klassen Design and a Penney For Your Thoughts

A Penney For your Thoughts
I just finished painting this sign
it is a
  Kim Klassen Design

 the

pattern comes from

Kim's book

Prairie Blessings

I love how it looks like a penney rug

I found this quote and really like it

so

I leave you with this thought

for today.

"If you search the world for happiness,
 you may find it in the end,
for the world is round
and
will lead you back to your door."
~Robert Brault

May you find some
HAPPINESS
today and everday!
Happy Painting!
Lynn

Thyme to see what I'm working on now

DO NOT PIN MY PHOTOS TO PINTEREST

I hope you all had a great Easter!

I did!

Now that Easter has come and gone

I have to say the bunnies

have stopped multiplying here...

LOL!

I've been busy going thru patterns

and

designing new ones

for summer

My husband will be away next week

so I kept him busy in the basement

this weekend

cutting out  a "few" things to keep

me busy while he is gone

sooooooooo

here is a peek at what I'm working on now....

I also baked up several batches of

these salt dough ornaments

I think I'm going to be rather busy!

Hugs,

Lynn