As part of a new project I am working on, I had to travel around East London this morning. I came upon this interesting little courtyard, which is part of a listed building. This courtyard will serve as the venue for the 2012 Global Feast to coincide with the Olympics which will feature the worlds […]
I finally came down from my manic-active mode this afternoon after a week of being over-busy at work and two or three days of feeling very stressed. I am not very good at recognising when I am stressed except I start to space out (which mostly no one can tell the difference when I am […]
I spent the morning working and came home at midday to find the kids rowdy and excitable at having mum home earlier than expected. I have been struggling with the kids recently. As I am unable to chase them as much, they have been taking liberties a little. I think I have been a lot […]
I was recently asked to do a review for Hotel Chocolat. Although I tend to ignore anything even slightly Christmassy, I could not say no to free chocolate. I’ve been given Hotel Chocolat Batons Selection before for Eid by my sisters and really, really enjoyed them. In fact the last time I went shopping with […]
I am now on maternity leave from work and what a relief! I have had so much on my mind that I was struggling to focus on work. I finished my secondment with the 2012 Games team a week before my leave started (the team thought my project management skills were brilliant extending as they […]
These cards have a retro feel because of the colours used – yellow, greens, pinks and lots of brown as well as the prints on some of them.I was hoping to open my etsy shop this week in good time for Eid insh’Allah, so I am hoping to get some feedback from visitors regarding what […]
These cards have a retro feel because of the colours used – yellow, greens, pinks and lots of brown as well as the prints on some of them.I was hoping to open my etsy shop this week in good time for Eid insh’Allah, so I am hoping to get some feedback from visitors regarding what […]
I am now on maternity leave from work and what a relief! I have had so much on my mind that I was struggling to focus on work. I finished my secondment with the 2012 Games team a week before my leave started (the team thought my project management skills were brilliant extending as they […]
I previously wrote an update on my uncle’s abduction and an anonymous commentator asked for links to the media coverage which I could not find at the time. Long-Suffering Sister kindly pointed out the following link to the story: The Nation Newspaper – Police net two kidnappers Pakistan Daily Times – Wanted criminal, kidnappers arrested […]
Alhamdulillah, this Eid really was about the kids. We had two lots around whose parents were on hajj.The girls wore maxi dresses and rainbow bangles which we took them out to pick the night before. The boys wore white thobes over jeans (it was freezing yesterday – literally, I woke up to find the bins […]
I recently attended a talk by Hakim Archuletta (1 and 2) at my local Islamic Centre that was very enlightening. What followed the talk was a demonstration of Islamic Martial Arts by Brother Abdur Rahman of Silat Martial Arts UK which I didn’t expect to be as useful, but from which I took away a […]
Every now and then this beautiful, sunshiney, youngest child of mine does something absolutely ridiculous to remind me he is a boy. Yesterday I got a shout for help from my mother-in-laws bedroom, I rushed over, phone in hand knowing he was stuck somewhere again, to find him hanging out of his grandmothers wardrobe. She […]
Simple living and living more consciously have been two areas I have long been interested in, so this blog post called the The Secret Life of a Happy Homemaker I found via The Muslimah resonated with me deeply. It talks of slowing down and cherishing the things that we think of as chores by thinking […]
Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 21:10 Labels: Cards, Crafts, Creativity
