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 don’t know if it was hunger, or whether exhaustion caused it, I think it was probably just due, but yesterday I had one of my intermittent rages (my husband braces himself for an outburst every three months or so). I had had a long day and carried home some very heavy shopping which left […]
I love both crafts and thrifting, but with no decent boot fairs not until summer, I have avoided buying new materials. A recent trip to a PDSA charity shop though, led to these stamping and embroidery materials. The stamping kit cost £2, and the mini stamps came with it. A second package for 75p had […]
I have been meaning to do this for ages since I was tagged by Sister Ummihabibati (or Sis Rainbow as I call her) for a tag on bloggers I wonder about. Of course, being a nosy person I am curious sometimes about: Big Sis – I wonder what my bestest buddy is up to right […]
I know that’s an odd thing to say. Let me explain. When I was a little girl, the main entertainment for us kids was television. Other than that I read everything I could get my hands on. At that time Asians on TV were limited (Network East is all I remember) and non-existent in school […]
I don’t know if it was hunger, or whether exhaustion caused it, I think it was probably just due, but yesterday I had one of my intermittent rages (my husband braces himself for an outburst every three months or so). I had had a long day and carried home some very heavy shopping which left […]
To me henna is celebration itself and Eid feels incomplete without it. Three of the guests at our Eid party could apply henna, so we asked them nicely and they found themselves spending most of the evening decorating the hands of the rest of our guests. I mentioned earlier that my sister had afound a […]
Cousin: “What’s this party you’re having?” Me: “What party?” Cousin: “The one your sister mailed me about” Me: “I haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about” Me: “Kooks what is Cousin A saying about a party?” Kooks (not very convincingly): “I dunno” Friend on phone: “I’m coming over for the party” Me (somewhat bewildered): […]
I know it seems a bit early, as we should be focussing on Ramadan rather than Eid, but for those that decide to buy presents, they need the time to buy them. I always have a hard time trying to decide what to get my sisters hence the wishlists this year. However, trawling the net […]
I have been meaning to do this for ages since I was tagged by Sister Ummihabibati (or Sis Rainbow as I call her) for a tag on bloggers I wonder about. Of course, being a nosy person I am curious sometimes about: Big Sis – I wonder what my bestest buddy is up to right […]
I don’t know if it was hunger, or whether exhaustion caused it, I think it was probably just due, but yesterday I had one of my intermittent rages (my husband braces himself for an outburst every three months or so). I had had a long day and carried home some very heavy shopping which left […]
I know it seems a bit early, as we should be focussing on Ramadan rather than Eid, but for those that decide to buy presents, they need the time to buy them. I always have a hard time trying to decide what to get my sisters hence the wishlists this year. However, trawling the net […]
“It’s good you are raising your children rough” – mum’s friend. What? Does he mean like wolves? (I think she was referring to the fact that we sit on the floor to eat in the sunnah way)“Ohhh, you’re boy looks like a Somali” – mum’s friend again, said with distaste. What can I even say, […]
