Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 07:58 Labels: Celebration, Eid, Henna

A very supportive colleague from work and good friend left recently to have her baby (after a gap of 11 years) and I thought I would send her something to let her now I was still thinking of her in her last few days before she gave birth. I had fun making this card as […]

I wrote recently about flashcards and a few days later I found these Crayola flashcards in Poundland, so I thought I would pass news of the bargain on to those in the UK. I like Crayola products (especially colouring pencils) because of their quality and these were no exception (although I could not find the […]

I am a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction and this book seemed to appear in a number of top ten/best of type lists, so I really wanted to take a look.  The Road is the story of a father and son who are travelling through America ten years after a major disaster has hit the country […]

I finally got round to meeting the new team I will be working with hopefully at the end of this month insh’Allah. I turned up with the best intention to learn and work hard and prove myself but still annoyed that I had been pushed into the kind of work I was not looking for. […]

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 wear something nice to work today and felt rather elegant in my plain purple abayah, the nice two-tone scarf Kooky gave me and some pink diamante bangles. It was only when it got to mid-day and I took my shoes off to make wudhu (ablutions for prayer) that I realised I was […]

I remember during my first pregnancy that despite the glowing skin and thicker hair, I couldn’t wait to have the baby and then get back to my size eight dress size again. A few days after I had had my daughter, a friend who had a little boy commented on how funny one your body […]

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 […]

Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 19:55 Labels: Cards, Crafts, Creativity

I e-mailed my sisters and asked them what they wanted for Eid as I couldn’t think of anything. These (below) are their wish lists, so what do they say about us?(Apologies for this nonsense, this is what I have to put up with) ME:Hello girls,you have till tomorrow to get your wish lists for Eid […]

For my daughters party, I decided to try making fruit kebabs.  I found the image below on Pinterest and loved the idea (my party ideas board is here). I gathered up the fruits I wanted to use, making sure they were fairly firm and would stay on the skewers without falling apart.   Shutterbug sister was around […]

You know it’s Eid in my house when you stuff yourself with freshly baked cupcakes for breakfast. In pakistan Eid-ul-Fitr is called “Meethe-wali” or sweet Eid (as opposed to Eid al-Adha which is the meat eid). So we also had rice pudding (slow cooked till almost pink and mixed with pistachio, almonds and coconut) and […]

The last few days have been consumed with packing and last minute shopping as my mother-in-law and brother-in-law prepared to return to Pakistan in time for Eid. Medicines to pick up, an extra suitcase, guests turning up with gifts for their relatives, and relatives coming to say goodbye and drop off more items for other […]