Hello Gnomies! It’s been awhile since my last post, but I’m back on the blog! Today marks FOUR YEARS since Gnome Decor launched! We’ll be celebrating Gnome Decor’s birthday week from September 30 – October 6. Stay tuned for new blog posts this week, culminating in the release of FOUR limited edition Handmade Halloween boxes you won’t want to miss! Here in central Indiana, it still feels like summer, so for my first post I wanted to share one of the things I was up to this summer! One of…
I’ve always wanted to try marbling paper, because it looks so pretty. When I saw the samples for the Marbling Workshop at Indianapolis’ Paper Source store, I recruited my friend Wendie to take the class with me. We love Paper Source workshops, and have attended several in the past. Marbling uses plain paper or any other absorbent material like fabric or wood, to pick up swirled ink designs from a water bath. It dates back to twelfth century Japan, where it is called Suminagashi (“floating ink”). During the class, we created hand-marbled papers in…