Laurie's Charming Designs

 I thought you might enjoy going along with me on my journey of painting roses...I love to take a class. Learn everything I can, then make...

 Thought I would show you my finished product first..This is what I did with 3 hours of learning. What fun!!  Just starting out ...

 I want to take my own brushes to class tomorrow. I came up with this idea. I took one of the $1 journal books, took out the pages, added ...

I am taking my 3rd on-line class from Joanne Sharpe. She only charges $35 for a wealth of information. Any of you who know me well, knows...

I know I may sound like a broken record...but I am so excited for this Sat. to get here. I'll be making the 1 hour drive down to Temec...

My latest finished journal book cover with my hand painted bird on a pincushion. I hand dyed silk that is scrunched and stitched around th...

The online class with Nellie Wortman started over at Artful Gathering. We are all having so much fun!! Its a class on making journal cover...

 I forgot to show you the before of Staceys little sewing machine...shes not a big sewer, and she usually just borrows mine, she felt it w...

 Stacey (my daughter) has been at it again...here is what she purchased at the flea market this past weekend. the clocks where ugly beig...

 I'm taking a class from Nellie Wortman over at Artful Gathering...so I am busy gathering... We started out pretty early this morni...

I was going through my watercolor paintings that I did a few years ago. When I came across this one, it evoked a lot of emotions. I can r...

 Sweet Poodie loving the arm of the sofa in the sunshine...heaven I showed this to you before...its going into my etsy...a sweet 4 x 5...

 We'll my daughter Stacey has been at it again...I love what she does to the old retro goodies that she picks up for a few dollars...S...

I've been hearing about this "PicMonkey" photo place so I thought I would check it out...talk about easy to use! As Apt...

 Another round of photographing Roses...  I love the lights and shadows...then I thought I would do a little watercolor...no detail in...

 I have been a part of Pink Saturday off and on for years...Beverly is having a Pink Saturday Birthday  I painted a back ground to pai...

How sweet is our cat, sleeping on its paw and a mountain of pillows

 I have been quiet for a few days..I am preparing...for future workshops...I'll be painting Roses with Christie Repasy, I'm taking...

 The picture above...the bottom is the only thing I inherited from my grandmother years ago. Stacey and I painted it a year ago. The issue...

 Heres the story behind this shelf stand...Its hard to find these vintage legs, Stacey and I were driving past a house the other evening a...