I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
About two weeks ago I visited Barleylands farm market again and get my hands on an enormous haul of beads, boxes and wire for £5 from an old lady (I felt like I was robbing her as it was and she kept giving me more things for free). I spent last Saturday and this Saturday […]
Great Ramadan crafts compiled by Umm Nassim for TJ Ramadan or here for the PDF version Umm Nassim is also currently posting a series entitled Ramadan Around the World Yemen Links has a page called Ramadan Lessons, page two has some good craft ideas for making with children. I love the idea here for ramadan […]
Great Ramadan crafts compiled by Umm Nassim for TJ Ramadan or here for the PDF version Umm Nassim is also currently posting a series entitled Ramadan Around the World Yemen Links has a page called Ramadan Lessons, page two has some good craft ideas for making with children. I love the idea here for ramadan […]
About two weeks ago I visited Barleylands farm market again and get my hands on an enormous haul of beads, boxes and wire for £5 from an old lady (I felt like I was robbing her as it was and she kept giving me more things for free). I spent last Saturday and this Saturday […]
I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
Some days my entire day revolves around my youngest two and I keep trying to find moments to get something else done apart from feed, change nappies and placate crying babies. Today was one of these days and I just surrendered to it and decided to enjoy them. I nursed throughout the day, played with […]
I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s at the tail end when the British National Party were at their jack-booted peak. We used to watch them having punch-ups with the Anti-Nazi League on the evening news and cheer when they got a good smack. I was so proud of the Anti-Nazi League: a mixture […]
I had a long chat with Fashionista Sister yesterday. She had just gotten through her first week of teacher training and I could see she needed to talk with someone about it. She has always had an absolute giftedness with children, my young cousins adored her and Little Lady has announced that she is her […]
I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
Despite my families grumbling I have tried to keep our iftars as simple as possible with the rule “no fried food” (this is followed by a filling meal after maghrib salah). It’s not easy to get away from samosa’s to open your fast, as my neighbours’ teens said when she tried to ban them: “If […]
I did plan lots for this last weekend, but I ended up doing…nothing. Well, nothing productive anyway. I have spent all summer talking my husband out of removing the chimneys from our downstairs (why are all Asians obsessed with removing chimneys – why does about three foot more space by the wall improve our lives […]
I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
I did plan lots for this last weekend, but I ended up doing…nothing. Well, nothing productive anyway. I have spent all summer talking my husband out of removing the chimneys from our downstairs (why are all Asians obsessed with removing chimneys – why does about three foot more space by the wall improve our lives […]
