Laurie's Charming Designs

 A little fun with photoshop. The picture below is what came out of my camera.totally washed out, leveling the horizon line, adding a bit ...

Blogger wont let me upload any photos...what up with that!!! I'll try again tomorrow

Went to Whimsey Flea Market in Tustin today...I've been checking out this quilt from this vendor for a few months. She finally dropped...

 While in Coronado we sat under beach umbrellas, admired the work of the sand castle. Army helicopters  flew over every half hour. I plan ...

Stacey and I were invited on the spur of the moment to visit our friends in Coronado Island...we jumped at the opportunity. They rented a ...

How sweet is this birdie. Stacey took this photo at one of the missions. On the fountain

 I'm still working on my bag. I'm making pockets. Ruffles, Rosettes and lots of free form stitching. A little Fabric Paint...

 I'm on to another project. I'm taking a workshop from Rae @  http://raemissigman.squarespace.com/  making a carry all bag. She h...

This time I used red onion peels. Its a great vintage pinky tan...

I was checking out the beloved Pentrist  and came across this post about boiling avocado skins and dye fabric, so I gave it try...and then...

I wanted to try something out of my comfort zone..I've never done a background like this. Paint, Watersoluable Pencils, Watersoluable ...

This is a "not so ordinary art journal" I made it from the instructions at Artful Gathering with Nellie Wortman. Such a fun clas...

Lovely day at Fallbrook... Here is the room Christie displays all her paintings

class project

I've mentioned before, the class I'm taking from Joanne Sharpe...Color Love. Wonderful class. I did this in my brand new Moleskine...

Here is a little photo album I picked up at the thrift store for a buck. If I showed this before, I apologize my brain is a little fried ...

Another fabric journal cover. A little simpler design, those flowers hanging...I cut off a sleeve of a blouse and turned it upside down......

My latest rose...I now want to add some rubber stamp text and turn it into a mixed media piece...or should I just paint leaves...oh the de...

 ahhhh. I'm back from a little vacation up in the Sierra Mountains. Fresh air, sunshine...delightful.  I took a bit of fabric and...

 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...