Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 21:54 Labels: Cards, Crafts, Creativity

I went through a phase with Little Lady where I would come home to find her dressed inappropriately every day. A vest and crop trousers when it was cold, party dresses and wedding gear. In the end I put my foot down and insisted she had better be in jeans and a top when I […]

It’s been nearly six weeks since my gran passed away and I suppose things are settling down. People are still coming to pay their respects at the weekend and I suppose they will for some time as she was widely-known and well-loved. I haven’t cried and I haven’t even most of the time felt particularly […]

I decided to make life easier this Eid and give cash instead of gifts. This used to be the tradition when I was a kid and for my parents generation (it used to be called “Eidhi”). With this in mind I thought I would decorate some envelopes to put the money in. I used all […]

I have been making these tasbih’s in the evenings whilst I help the kid’s do their homework (have been getting them to help me with the counting too!). A few of these are already sold, I hope to get a few more ready to get onto my etsy shop insh’Allah. Apologies that this might be […]

The oncoming beginning of Ramadan has been at the back of my mind recently and Sister Hijabi Apprentice offered a good reminder in her recent post. With this in mind I thought now would be a good time to start planning and preparing for this special month.I try to ensure that my main focus is […]

All three of the kids have a birthday coming up – they’ll be 2, 4 and 6 in the coming days insh’Allah. Of course the time is flying too fast. Of course I miss the time I had with each as a little baby (funny how you forget the pains and sleepless nights and exhaustion […]

All three of the kids have a birthday coming up – they’ll be 2, 4 and 6 in the coming days insh’Allah. Of course the time is flying too fast. Of course I miss the time I had with each as a little baby (funny how you forget the pains and sleepless nights and exhaustion […]

What better on a downcast Monday than nicking your little sister’s new shoes to wear to work. Abaya fabric £9, sewn by mum. Silk Scarf from Dubai from Kooky Little Sister’s friend Bracelets made by me Shoes appropriated from under Kook’s bed.

Due to the grotty rainy weather (my favourite to stay in bed), and because Little Lady escaped to her nan’s, leaving the house full but very quiet, I decided to stay in and play with my card-making stuff.I picked an embellishment or centre-peice for the focal-point of each card and then brought out my papers […]

Thousands braved the bitter cold to march through central London today to protest against the atrocities being carried out against the Palestinians. On the authority of Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, radiyallahu ‘anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, say: “When any one of you sees anything that is disapproved (of by […]

I took Friday off from work to rest and good thing I did. I got a call from Little Lady’s school to come in and confirm whether we wanted the nursery place that has become available for Little Man. Did we! After all the palaver last September when he was supposed to start, we were […]

I attended a one-dish party yesterday.  All of the sisters from our Islamic circle were invited.  I got all excited because I don’t usually go to this kind of thing.  I had assumed that all of the sisters do these all the time and invite each other and that I was missing out because I […]

This novel follows on from Daughter of the Forest and picks up the story of the story of Sorcha’s children. Niamh the beautiful daughter expected to marry well to forge an alliance, Sean, the son destined to rule Sevenwaters and his twin, earthy Liadan, a healer like her mother Sorcha but also a seer of […]