Create Archives - Newman's Nest

Favorite Journals and Planners (+thoughts on Bullet Journaling)

October 17, 2017

bullet journaling with spiral bound lined paper

Bullet Journaling is a trend I've been very intrigued by lately, as I'm sick of carrying around multiple notebooks everywhere (a planner and a journal) to fill my needs of planning, note taking, and list making. And is it just me or is productivity positively linked to writing tasks down and crossing them off? I like my planner to have a daily view over what's going on- but I don't like that I'm limited to the little printed boxes, and I need a journal to write down thoughts, blog ideas, lists,[...]

Antler & Yarn Wall Hanging

January 13, 2017

Last week, we had some very special company Thursday and Friday night. I have been wanting to spruce up the guest bedroom but just haven't had the time/energy/funds, so while we had a snow day last week I shopped around the house for some craft supplies to make a wall hanging! Pinterest has loads of inspiration for wall hangings and honestly I was shocked at how quick and easy this project was! It may not be one of the fancy woven yarn wall hangings that I have been drooling ov[...]

Himmeli Mobile

December 13, 2016

hemmeli mobile, Nursery DIY, modern nursery

I have another overdue nursery DIY that I wanted to post way back when I was actually making the project, but then slacked. The hemmeli mobile that I made happens to be my favorite little accessory in the nursery- I feel like it adds the perfect modern touch and it was pretty easy to make once I got the hang of himmeli! After getting asked how I did it, I realized I should just post about it now, so here it goes. I tried to follow this tutorial as close as possible but ended up making[...]