Today, I am excited to announce my next workshop, Holiday Gift Marbling! I have been working with this technique for years in my studio and teaching it in the classroom. This holiday season, I wanted to try my hand at marbling cloth napkins along with marbling large-scale marbled art prints for gift wrap. I really hope that you can join me for the workshop on December 10th at Domain in Weho. It is going to be a lot of fun. With the holidays just around the corner, this is will be the last creative Sunday of 2017!

Here is a little preview of the techniques that I will teach at the marbling event! Now, who is ready to marble something with me?  

For this project, I used: 

• Textile Marbling Inks 
• Pipettes 
• Lumiere Gold textile paint
• 17" large plastic tray (I got mine at the Container Store)
• 16" cloth napkins 

I have to admit that marbling on cotton with textile paints can be more challenging than the marbling on paper that I have tried in the past. Please read on, if you are interested in learning more and would like to see the final results on fabric! 

Today, I have something special to celebrate. In November of last year, I began this site, with the intention of sharing DIY content and starting a conversation about diy, textiles, woodworking and design. I am excited to announce that it has been 1-yr of learning and sharing also known as my blogiversary, yay! To celebrate I am giving something away from my hand-dyed collection.

Foremost, I wanted to thank you, my readers, along with the blogging community and the new friends and creative people that I have met this year. It has been super fun, and I would not be doing this without you!
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This year has been especially renewing and inspiring to me. My vision for this space to share workshops, DIY and design is emerging as we go! To look back at the first post on ever written for this site, I can see how I have grown in a year. 

When I look back over this first year, there have been milestones that have been transformative through the act of creating. Not to mention, my current studio work has expanded to include indigo, fiber arts and textile design. 

For me, these were the top 10 momentous events here on A Day in the Life in 2017. 

1. This popular post on Working As a Minted Artist
2. Fell in love with the Art of Shibori
3. Visit to Cherry Hill neighborhood of Seattle and a Designer Townhouse airbnb
4. Hosting my summer Shibori textiles workshop in Los Angeles
5. Travel to the Togetherness House in Joshua Tree, CA
6. Attending a block printing workshop with Blockshop textiles 
7. Joining in the Fall One Room Challenge 2017 and creating Nature Boys Bedroom 
8. Dedicating a page to original DIY projects and content 
9. Designing a new set of Shibori Tea Towels sold through Houzz marketplace 
10. Enrolling and completing the Blog Life course created by A Beautiful Mess 

In 1 short year, I have learned so much. I am grateful, for all of those new friendships and artists that I came across this year, I can't wait to see what unfolds in 2018. I plan to start making DIY videos on my Youtube channel and hosting more workshops, so please continue to follow along with me! My next workshop, Marbling Cloth Napkins was just announced, I hope you can join me! 

In the spirit of gratitude for the amazing year that we just had, I am giving away a set of Shibori tea towels. For this giveaway, you can win a set of 2 large indigo Shibori tea towels in blue. These will make amazing gift to yourself or a friend!

To be entered to win this set of 2 Shibori tea towels. Please do the following:

• Leave a comment with something that you hope to accomplish within the next year, and/or feel free to share a peak into your 5 year plan with me.
• Be sure to follow me on Instagram 
• Join my mailing list in order to receive monthly updates about my upcoming workshop series. 

It's that simple! Thank you for being here. One lucky winner will be chosen at random by a number randomizer and will be announced on Monday, December 4th at 3 p.m. PST. Please note at this time, the giveaway is limited to readers in the U.S. and Canada. 

It's finally here! Week 7 of the One Room Challenge, which means we have reached the finish line on this one and it's time for the much anticipated reveal. 

For this project, I am re-designing our son's nursery turned guest room, into a boy's nature inspired bedroom. You can catch up on the previous week's posts here: 
Inspiration/ Product Boards/ Before Photos/ Paint guide/ Painting/ Decor + Bedding Sneak Peak
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This how the room looked before, when we had temporarily been using it first as a nursery then as a guest room. We always planned to transform it back into our son's bedroom.