Thyme to show you a design by Cynthia Ereckson called High Tide Tavern

HIGH TIDE TAVERN

is 

a design that I just painted by 

Cynthia Ereckson

I distressed my board so that it would look like an old sign

Working on the lettering

Adding the horizon

Lighthouse in the distance

Starting to paint the tavern

Painting the saliboat

Painting the trees

Details added to the tavern

I love the softness of the colors in this project!

This was a fun piece to paint!

You can find more 

of

Cynthis Ereckson's Designs 

at

THE QUILTED ACORN

HERE

Keep those brushes flying!

Lynn

It's thyme to TAKE CARE OF MY HEART

TAKE CARE OF MY HEART

is

 a new design

 that I have painted 

for 

Painting With Friends

I painted this design on a wood pizza peel

BUT

it would look great on many surfaces!

this design was inspired 

by 

Terrye French

The snowmen were painted using

 a 

"dry brush".

Layers of drying brushing 

added a nice contour to the snowmen

Adding facial details

I kept my colors soft.

This was a fun pattern to paint!!!

You can purchase this 

E-PATTERN

HERE

Happy Painting!

Lynn

We ALL need some QUALITY THYME!

Who

 doesn't need 

MORE THYME?

There never seems to be enough hours in the day!

Especially to paint!

I found this old metal lamp at a thrift store

I decided that it would be the perfect surface to paint a design 

by 

John Sliney 

on

I cleaned and base coated the lamp

the base is about 14" wide

I used a design called

QUALITY TIME SAM

I have also painted this design a few thymes on milk cans

I painted the TOP like a folded flag

painting the stars

I painted saltboxes on the back

close up of the back of lamp

I added several coats of clear matte varnish when finished to protect the surface

With a shade on top the lamp measures about 30" tall.

I used designs from John Slineys books 

A Road to America's Past

and

A Road to Saltbox Memories

to paint this lamp

Happy Painting!

Lynn

THYME for a sunroom makeover

I decided to go with an 

AMERICANA

theme throughout my home

so I decided to start by painting my sunroom floor

I had painted the brown and gold checks on the floor 

when we first bought the house 

after ripping out the carpet that was there

I first roughed up the floor by sanding it with an electric sander

I then proceeded to tape off my design

In order for my floors to with stand the heavy

wear that they would be subjected to in the sunroom

I used a poly whey additive to make the paint more durable for floors

The product I used 

was

 from

Vermont Natural Coatings

and

 is

 called

Paint Plus with Poly Whey Additive

I painted the field and stars first

I then did the RED stripes

That way I could walk across the floor while the paint

 was still wet in the areas that would

 become the 

WHITE stripes

I finished my floors with

4 coats of

Aqua Zar

Interior Water Based Polyurethane

in 

CLEAR SATIN

I spray painted all my 

WHITE wicker RED

here are some daylight pictures

I used a stencil to do some of the pillow fronts

My finished room!

I love the new summery look!

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