It's thyme for LOVE

Do you still

LOVE

me?
I know I haven't been around a lot lately!

Step inside

my studio and take a peak!

I'm surrounded by

LOVE

I have painted lots

and

lots of signs for

Valentines Day

I have also been

RUSTING

hinges

and

keys

I've made

LARGE 

 black hearts

and

FAT

red hearts

and

LARGE

red hearts

and

FAT

black hearts

all cut from rough sawn lumber

and

HINGED

together with rusty hinges

I hope that you get to spend some thyme each day doing something you

LOVE

~ " There is one thing one has to have- either a soul that is cheerful by nature or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art and knowledge"~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for a wintry friend.....a design by Terrye French

With the exception of a surprise 

Nor'Easter in October

we have had a snow less winter

here in

And you know what?????

That is ok with me!

I'm still painting snowmen though

The snowman I painted is a 

Terrye French design

It can be found in her book

WINTRY FRIENDS

this was a fun design to paint and see the snowman come to life

here I have started to add some of the details to the scarf and flag

This is a nice winter thyme

design that you can leave out all season

I added the word

WELCOME 

to the top 

I added 

REAL buttons

 to the snowman's jacket

Here is my 

WINTRY FRIEND

all finished!

The forecast is actually calling for a 

SNOW STORM 

tomorrow!

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme for some snow ladies

How did it get to be the day before Christmas Eve???

Today will be spent baking, preparing ,cleaning catching up

AND

 putting the finishing touches on the

MAGIC

Can I do it????????

That is the question of the day!!!!

Every year I like to make ornaments for my nieces, nephews

and

 my own children to add to their "collections"

for their own trees someday.

so I started with some white satin ball ornaments,

a white craft boa, ribbon

and

lots of

DIAMOND DUST

for sparkle

Do you ever the feeling someone is watching you???

I sure did when painting these ornaments!!!

They were really fun to paint!

I hope the

MAGIC of Christmas

is beginning to happen for you!

Hugs,

Lynn

Thyme to meet THE NUTTY TOYMAKER

I'm still trying to finish up a few special orders

 and

get my own gifts painted

This is a wooden Nutcracker surface

that I had purchased several years

ago from a company called

 Zims

that was going out of business.

They made the most amazing and unique

nutcrackers.

Lots of detail!

 Love his plaid coat!

It was so much fun painting him

and

slowly watching him come to life

The surface I used is called

The Nutty Toymaker

Look at the

toy train

tiny nutcrackers that work!

and

bear

I found a pattern to paint him

in the

December 2003 issue

of

Tole World

The pattern designer was

Tonya Kennedy

The little train that goes around the base

is full of detail and so much fun to paint

I also painted pine branches,berries and snowflakes

around the base.

Are you ready to see a close up of his face?

Don't you just love him????

Side view

 He is really a OOAK piece

as

these nutcracker surfaces are no longer available

And here he is!

The Nutty Nutcracker

I really love him......so I decided he is going to be a gift for me!!!!

Happy Painting !

Lynn

In the meadow I can build a snowmnan....a BIG SNOWMAN.... A GIGANTIC 5 1/2' ONE...... I'm just sayin I can do that.! And know what I'm gonna!!!!!

Even though we don't have

any

SNOW

yet

in

I decided to build a

REALLY BIG SNOW MAN

today!

The 

snowman 

is a design 

by 

Sandra Brake

Scarf, carrot nose, star and big black buttons!

I think I have everything I need!

So outside we go...........to see the

MAGIC HAPPEN!

WOW!

Those are

REALLY BIG

square????

snowballs!

well......they are sticking together!!!!

I think he needs a hat now!

A 

top hat!

Lets add his carrot nose and eyes!

what a handsome guy!

Does he melt your heart?

And there you have him!

He is standing guard outside my studio door

just so no one peeks in to see what other

MAGIC

  is happening inside!

I hope you have enjoyed watching me build a snowman!

Happy Painting !

Lynn