A friend asked me to make some invites to her pre-wedding party. Her wedding is abroad and she wanted to have a get together that friends and family could come to. Her only request was to use the nearest colour to plum I could find. After sending her images of a few papers, she settled […]
Oh dear, I can’t stop yawning and shifting about in my seat as I type this, to shake off the aches. I had planned to take it easy on Tuesday evening, but got home from work to find nothing for dinner and a guest waiting for me. I grabbed Little Man and rushed back out […]
Alhamdulillah have had a hectic week so haven’t been able to blog. I had a job application to submit by this Friday and a presentation to prepare for a room full of people (mostly managers), something I used to enjoy but hadn’t done in a long time. I managed to get both done in the […]
Which skill are you grateful for? This question feels strange to me because it’s one I’ve never really thought about. There are a couple of things that come to mind: Cooking – because I love food and I love feeding others Reading – books have been my saviour, my passion and my escape, if I […]
It doesn’t take much of an excuse for us sisters to throw a party, so the blessing of Fashionista Sister being pregnant filled us with joy and got us all planning. We did our usual routine of making a WhatsApp group and adding Fashionista’s friends and in-laws. We also added her husband and proceeded to […]
I originally posted this article last year, I am re-posting with some updates and some additions. I hope it proves useful insh’Allah. With less than three weeks to go to Ramadan, I am trying to take my own advice and prepare for the sacred month as well as I can. The main things I have been doing […]
Ever since I received these beads, my mum-in-law has been mentioning at regular intervals what a pretty tasbeeh, or set of prayer beads, they would make. I decided to take the hint and have fun with the pretty colours and put together the tasbeeh below. I used donut-shaped crystal beads called rondelles with a diameter […]
We sisters, sister-in-law and friends recently got together for a special occasion. As always we split tasks and all took a share of the prep for our event: decor, cooking, crafts and entertainment. Alongside doing the cooking, I made this colourful banner: My sister-in-law spent hours making and icing tiny biscuits and making mini-desserts: Harlequin […]
Mother-in-law returns to Pakistan today after a five-month stay. She left us with tears in her eyes and having extracted promises that we will come to see her soon inshallah. She took our naughty little brother-in-law with her (He is 20, but my children love to call him baby uncle as he is the youngest […]
I always get to the end of the first asharah (ten days) of Ramadan feeling somewhat unsatisfied that I have not been able to make the most of this section of the blessed month.In the last few days I have felt a dissatisfaction creeping up on me at rushing from one thing to another but […]
Despite being determined to be kinder to myself during this pregnancy, I am absolutely shattered today. I am finding that it is one thing to know what is best for yourself, quite another to put it into practice. After a wonderful but full-on wedding and a day of bulk cooking, cleaning and visiting I found […]
I was very happy to find that my interview with Laura Wellington of Thread MB was published this morning, you can find the full interview here and an extract below: Do you believe you have a “life’s purpose?” If so, share it. I believe that each of us is here to serve: ourselves, our families, our communities […]
You know those days, when things start going wrong and then they just keep going wrong? The kind of day better spent in bed until it’s over? That’s the kind of day I had yesterday. I was woken at am by a blazing toothache – both the tooth and sinus pain combined at a time […]
Health benefits of raw honey has long been realised by our ancestors for centuries for example the first paintings found of beekeeping were in Spain more than 8,000 years ago. Raw honey in its natural form i.e. not heated in anyway contains vitamins (B1, B2, B3, C, B6, B5), minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates, nutrients such […]
