Long-Suffering Sister works for a research company and every two weeks or so they arrange small team-building events during the staff’s lunch hour (I like the idea, but my lunch hour is sacred). Recently they were given the materials to design Valentine’s Day cards. LSS refused until they agreed to let her make some anti-Valentine’s […]
The decor was in jewel-like shades of turquoise, lime, purple and hot pink and we had asked for an Arabic theme. We arrived at the venue two hours before the henna and set everything apart from the stage up, moving tables around and working out how and where to seat people. My brother and some […]
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 […]
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 […]
As Fashionista’s Nikah (our marriage ceremony, or the Muslim equivalent of vows) was hosted at my house, I wanted to make an effort and personalise as many things as possible for the couple. One thing I enjoyed making was the Nikah banner. I printed off letters in pastel colours and cut them out, then I added crystals in […]
My dear sister Cosmic Cook recently commented on my column for the January edition of InCultureParent and had some questions about how I balance motherhood and having to work full time. She got me thinking about what message I am putting out there and whether I am telling my story fully, or whether I have […]
I went to a Green Fair this weekend, hoping to learn something new. It’s funny how differently we all experienced it. The fair had stalls for plants, home-made and organic food and toiletries, crafts (lots of jewellery stalls) and information on local voluntary and charitable projects of various types.I found it beneficial and came away […]
The decor was in jewel-like shades of turquoise, lime, purple and hot pink and we had asked for an Arabic theme. We arrived at the venue two hours before the henna and set everything apart from the stage up, moving tables around and working out how and where to seat people. My brother and some […]
This morning the children woke to find this on the floor: We had fun experimenting with the effect of the “magic rainbow” on different things that the kids could find: My favourite was this:
I love to spread news of a bargain and I know a lot of sisters have problems finding modest clothing and decent hijabs. So if I come across any good deals I will post about them. I bought these pashmina’s yesterday in Wallis, they are linen mix, so good for summer and they were reduced […]
It is absolutely crazy outside my house. I don’t think I have ever seen so many people in festive mood here. The traffic is gridlocked and the roads are heaving with shoppers and people just outside enjoying the atmosphere and women getting their henna done. However, the night before Eid-ul-Fitr is also a night of […]
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 […]
Getting cross-eyed from exhaustion as I write this, after a very busy, but satisfying, weekend. No guests this weekend was supposed to be mean rest, but as per usual, that doesn’t seemed to have happened.Spent Saturday visiting one of my closest friends who now lives in Mauritius, but was here with her beautiful little boy […]
The last few days I have been hearing noise above my house every night, which I thought was helicopters. I wondered why the police had helicopters out every night and why my neighbourhood suddenly turned into some kind if crime capital. I finally bothered to look outside this evening and realised the noise wasn’t a helicopter, but the strange […]
