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Happy Holidays from the Humble Nest!
Hope everyone has safe, wonderful holiday celebrations this year! Hopefully I’ll be better about posting regularly to this site in the new year, but I’ll be honest–that’s always my resolution and I only manage to stick to it for a few months at a time every single year. At least I have a new baby…
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Personalized Portraits
Since we didn’t have a whole lot of money for gifts this year I decided to make some that were more personal. My sister had asked me to make her a cross stitch portrait but since that takes months without a baby around I figured I would make her a different, less time-consuming version instead.…
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Holiday Card 2013
I’ve been making my own Christmas cards for over 6 years now. At first, I made each one by hand, but as the list of recipients expanded, I began to make just one, scan it, and print it. It’s still a fair amount of work, but it’s much easier on my poor hands and takes…
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Making Ornaments from Quick Dry Clay
Being a new parent, I didn’t have as much time this year to make crafts as I had in years past. I wanted to do something but needed it to be easy and fast. I had wanted to try out making clay ornaments for some time and located this product which seemed like the perfect…
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Crewel Embroidery
What is crewel work or crewel embroidery? Most simply, it is embroidery on fabric that is done with a wool thread– a two-ply variety known as crewel– which gives the embroidery its name. I’ve been anxious to try it because it seems to be a fairly quick way to make some beautiful designs and it…
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A Whale of a Pillow
My much-anticipated sewing machine finally arrived and one of the first things I wanted to make was a whale-shaped pillow. I had seen one in a house tour on Apartment Therapy and loved it. I don’t think mine is quite as classy, but he still came out pretty cute, I think. He’s hanging out in…
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DIY Hedgehog Pincushion: Cute, Easy and Cheap
I just ordered a sewing machine this week and I have been rushing around trying to get together all the things I’ll actually need if I want to make something. Like anything, getting started takes a bit of an investment, but I think it will pay off in the long run when I get to…