After years of designing for a corporate client base, Marcia felt the urge to design whatever she wanted without the limitations that came with her job, so in 2003 she created a line of greeting cards, and sold her collection to various San Francisco and Los Angeles boutiques. After much encouragement from clients, family and friends, she expanded into the world of textile design, and in 2005 launched her company Swizzlestix - where she designs aprons, tea towels, placemats, coasters, pillows, holiday stockings and more - all with a retro modern feel. These products have been sold at various boutiques, galleries, design shows, online and in magazines. You can find her fun and funky collection at swizzlestix.net.

She has recently designed a new pattern collection that she would love to have printed on other products. All these patterns are available for licensing, and could look great on journals, file folders, note pads, and more. You can find her patterns at wix.com/marciaac/copeland.

When she's not designing, she enjoys cooking and posting recipes on her food blog glutenfreedelicacy.com, dabbling with photography, browsing vintage stores, bike riding over the Golden Gate Bridge, traveling, daydreaming, and sipping a hearty red or a unique, hand crafted cocktail.