Thyme for some outdoor fall decorating

My front door

Breezway porch with my painted window.

 Pattern 

by

 John Sliney.

This is a 

Terrye French Design 

called 

Morning in the Pumpkin Patch

that I painted on an old scale tray

There is that wonderful fall Crispness in the air.......so time to decorate! 

I hope to go buy some fall mums today. 

 Hope you are enjoying this THYME to change seasons like I am!

Happy Painting !

Lynn

Even Colby is ready for Fall Thyme!

I feel a chill in the air today..........has fall arrived? 

Apparently Colby my shitzu thinks so, 

he's sporting his fall neckerchief today!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for some fall garden stakes

Here are some fall garden stakes. 

A jack o'lantern, SCAT cat, and a scarecrow. 

Patterns for these can be found in Debbie Forgac's book 

called 

Simple Gatherings

You can visit Debbie Forgac at Piney Creek Primitives

  here

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for Autum's Bounty

I started to do some indoor fall decorating today. 

This is actually a piece I painted several years ago in a class. It is a lazy susan. 

Every year when I unwrap it I am reminded of what a very difficult

 and 

challenging piece it was for me at the time! 

It is a design called

Autumn's Bounty

Pattern by 

Gail Anderson

I swore I would never paint a piece of fruit again!

BUT

I did paint fruit again!

This piece is called

 Pumpkin Harvest

It was an original design by 

Linda McFadden

modifications to the design were made

 by 

Jan Pappazisis

who taught the workshop that I took

Happy Painting !

Lynn

" Painting is stronger than I am. It can make me do whatever it wants"

~ Pablo Picasso

Thyme to see a wooden bowl I found and painted

Here is another great 

Terry French 

design that I painted on an 

old wooden bowl 

I found.

 The design is called Moonlight. 

Happy Painting!

Lynn

New fall thyme signs

Some new fall signs I just finished.

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme to go sit in the pumpkin patch

I just finished painting this bench.

 This is one of my own designs

called

SITTING IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH

you can purchase my e-pattern for this bench

HERE

My DH spends a good amount of time on weekends cutting wood for me and assembling items. 

I am very busy painting for 

FALL

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for a THANKFUL SEASON

I just finished painting this 

Terrye French Design.

 It is called "A Thankful Season". 

You can visit Terrye French 

HERE

There are so many things in my life that I am thankful for. 

But I am most thankful for my family and the time I spend with them.

 This week my daughter is here visiting from Georgia. 

It is so good to have her home!

Blessings,

Lynn

THYME for Nature and Company...a design by John Sliney

This is a welcome sign I just finished using a 

John Sliney

 pattern called

 Nature and Company

As I read everyone's blogs I can see you are all busy with your fall crafts.....what fun!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme to see what I did with some old windows

These were some old windows from my sisters house. 

She gave me at least 20 and they have been sitting in my cellar for a few years now. 

My husband kept saying what are you going to do with those? 

The bottom window is from a 

John Sliney pattern I enlarged 

 I hope you all take some thyme this weekend 

to relax and enjoy

 doing something you love to do!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme to think about back to school

Here is a nice childs desk I found which I decided to paint for back to school thyme! 

It reminds me of the desk I had in grammar school.......I think I'm dating myself now! LOL. 

This is a John Sliney pattern. 

Happy Painting !

Lynn

Thyme to see what I just won on E-BAY

I am a great fan of 

Terrye French 

This wonderful goose pull toy was painted by Terrye French 

and 

is called Strawberries in the moon.

 I have painted so many of Terrye's designs

 but

 I am thrilled to finally own something painted and signed by Terry herself! 

I hope you LOVE it as much as I do!

Blessings,

Lynn

How did you spend your thyme relaxing this weekend?

This weekend I re-purposed  an old mirror

to make a frame for the Tooth Wash Remedy Char at

The Pickled Pepper Patch shared with us. 

You can find my stain mixture recipe and directions for use under labels.

Soaking in stain mixture

Baking in oven at 250 degrees

Thanks Char! I just love how it came out!

It is in my laundry/bathroom.

I also made this wreath!

The sheep on the wreath is a 

Renee Mullins

pattern. 

You can visit Renee 

at

Plum Purdy Designs

I hope you had thyme to do something

that you love this weekend too.

Blessings,

Lynn

Thyme to change seasons!

It seems like we never really had a spring her in MA. 

Now it's August and it seems like we aren't going to have a summer.

 Rain, rain go away! Like all of you crafters I am busy painting for fall! 

Here is Fiona's Shoe!
Another great 

TERRYE FRENCH

pattern. 

Click

HERE

to visit 

Terrye!

Hope you enjoy!!!!

Blessings,

Lynn

Thyme in the garden

I finally finished this garden bench for my Mom's birthday. 

Her birthday was in June, Yes I said June! 

The only reason she has been so patient is because this bench

 is replacing a similar bench that my Dad had made her over 10 years 

ago that had started to rot.( which I also painted). 

Her old bench now has a family of wrens in it

 and 

she doesn't want to evict them!!!!!!

Happy Painting !

Lynn

Thyme to meet Colby

My shitzu Colby!

 He spends his day on my desk looking out over his kingdom.

Best homeland security ever!

HAPPY PAINTING!
Lynn

Learning to blog thyme.........

Welcome to my
Painting Thyme Needfuls
blog.

This is where I spend most of my time painting each day.

My motto is,
" If it doesn't move then I can paint it !"

Lots and lots of brushes

Americana and Delta paints

I have a room in my basement where 

I can store my "finds" 

and 

also work on real large pieces

I also have a couple of spray booths down in the basement

one for small pieces one for furniture

I look forward to getting to know you

and

sharing my love of

painting with you.

Happy Painting!

Lynn