HOME DECOR, SIGNS AND MORE FOR HAPPY NESTS By Talena Winters Photography submitted happinester.com E Happi-Nest Q @happinester
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helli Nixon, 37, of the Dene Thá First Nation near High Level, believes home should be a place of happiness, where you can’t help but smile when you walk in the door. “My home always felt like my nest— my happy place—and I wanted others to feel that way too,” said Nixon. Ten years ago, she took the first step toward her dream of having a home décor business by choosing the name. At the time, she was working as an interior decorator.
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In February of 2017, she launched her art and woodworking business, Happi-Nest Handcrafted, making burned wood, acrylic-painted and scroll-cut signs and other items. Today she’s living her dream just north of Peace River, where she resides with her high-school sweetheart and their two daughters. How did you get into making wood art? About seven years ago, I was home full-time with our first daughter and needed something to keep me busy. I
