Yellow and grey are not colours you would normally put together, especially in cards, but I was inspired by some sets that hijabi fashionista Ange, from Hegab Rehab, put together (here, here and here) and a challenge set on the Moxie Fab World crafts blog (here and here).
Day four of the 40 day challenge was great fun – it helped to have a theme, I picked “spectrum” and they just popped up everywhere.
After completing one application form after another in the last few weeks, I was finally called in to do a test on Monday (describe how you would plan a project to prepare a new policy within a three month timeframe). I managed to pass that and was told yesterday (at 5.30pm) that I had an […]
Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 17:15 Labels: Eid, Eid Party, Fun, Henna
London is a completely different place at night: spooky, sparkly, exciting and romantic by turn. Apologies for the bad pictures, this is the best I could do with my camera-phone from a moving car. We decided to take the kids to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. We finally got there and managed to find […]
I am enjoying spending time with the kids during the Christmas break, but as the hubby is away for the weekend (and taken the brother-in-law with him), I am also enjoying some unadulterated me time once the kids are in bed (although I do miss him of course).I checked out some books from the library. […]
Lulworth seemed like a good place to stop in Dorset. On arriving though, although I found the town picturesque, the cove felt like a bit of a let down: smaller than imagined, no boats around (probably too choppy) and not much to do. The walk to nearby Durdle Door, the famous rock formation in the […]
I read (and reviewed) the three books in the Sevenwaters trilogy some time ago with varying degrees of enjoyment, but still enough to read this fourth instalment when Kooky Little Sister happened upon it.Each of the novels picks up the story of one of the women in a successive generation. The setting is ancient Ireland, […]
Little Lady saw this oyster-shell pendant in my bead box and asked if I could make her something with it. I used the colours in the pendant to pick out my beads. Of course, she had to wear it straight away. Her request came at a good time, I have had my beads out without […]
Eid swaps are starting to become somewhat of a tradition for me and iMuslimah. My neighbour came round with my parcel yesterday and totally made my day.The box has cake-icing nozzles and is amazing. I have never seen so many different ones, the set has really inspired me. The craft materials are lovely: and iMuslimah […]
Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 21:44 Labels: 40 Day Challenge
Orc’s is a fantasy novel set in the fictional world of Maras Dantia. When you think of Orcs, it’s very possible that you think of Tolkien’s The Lord of The Ring and this is exactly what this book is not similar to. The book is actually a trilogy, with all three novels in the series […]
I usually find myself having to wheedle my way out of Christmas parties at work with whatever excuse I can think of. This week I had been covering a colleague who usually takes minutes at management meetings and at the end of the meeting found myself listening to a conversation about the Christmas do. Everyone […]
I had these chunky faceted brown beads for a little while and liked the way the different shdes of brown worked together. I mixed them with glass beads in different shapes, a few metal beads and some stone chips and tried to connect the strands together. It looked okay lying flat, but when I tried […]
