Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 13:02 Labels: Cards, Crafts, Creativity

I turn 30 this month which is really no big deal for me, but I have been promising myself for a long time that 30 would be my cut-off point for failing to take proper care of myself. I look at my mum and mother-in-law in their 50’s with their health issues and although no-one […]

I often have this little pipe dream, that I go to work one day and my family invite over one of those TV programmes that do up your house or garden wonderfully, you then come home and get a big surprise. As lovely as he is, I would never have thought my husband would attempt […]

I turn 30 this month which is really no big deal for me, but I have been promising myself for a long time that 30 would be my cut-off point for failing to take proper care of myself. I look at my mum and mother-in-law in their 50’s with their health issues and although no-one […]

When the makers of the Tayyib App approached me about doing a review, I decided to take a look because it was focussed on helping to locate food suppliers which were certified by the Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) and because the app was free. My husband is very careful about what he eats and will […]

I managed to get my hands on a DCWV brand paperstack called Sweet which I just fell in love with. These are the cards I made with the fruity papers from the stack. I loved the bright colours and I loved that I could use lost of my favourite sour shade of lime green to […]

I turn 30 this month which is really no big deal for me, but I have been promising myself for a long time that 30 would be my cut-off point for failing to take proper care of myself. I look at my mum and mother-in-law in their 50’s with their health issues and although no-one […]

I turn 30 this month which is really no big deal for me, but I have been promising myself for a long time that 30 would be my cut-off point for failing to take proper care of myself. I look at my mum and mother-in-law in their 50’s with their health issues and although no-one […]

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 […]

Sister Eternal Peace at too many thoughts asked me how I stored my craft items.At the moment they are sitting in my bedroom blocking up the space in front of the window and making the place look messy. My husband brought this little bureau back from one of his jobs (my mother-in-law couldn’t figure out […]

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 […]

This book was sent to my in return for one of the craft packs I sent out a while ago by a very generous sister who took me completely by surprise. William Dalrymple is one of my favourite writers and this book is one I have been wanting to read for ages.The book details a […]

Sister Eternal Peace at too many thoughts asked me how I stored my craft items.At the moment they are sitting in my bedroom blocking up the space in front of the window and making the place look messy. My husband brought this little bureau back from one of his jobs (my mother-in-law couldn’t figure out […]

I love Islam, I feel that there is a sense of balance, measure and justice in every aspect of this faith and I feel like it speaks the truth to me. Whether I turn to it with logic or intuition, whether I listen to what my heart say or probe the tenets of Islam with […]