Fashionista Sister first made these and they have proved popular at our parties and picnics. A previous version of this recipe is here, this is an improved and updated version after much testing out of different ingredients. My husband also requests these when he is picking someone up from the airport and wants something light […]
A belated Eid Mubarak everyone. Taqabbal Allahu Minna Wa Minkum (May Allah accept it from you and us). I hope your Eid was a blessed and happy one insh’Allah. Ours was simple and quiet. Lunch at my mums, dinner at mine with the first day spent mostly cooking and the remaining two eating leftovers and […]
Toilet every ten minutesTouching everythingFightingWhinging “why can’t I have it, but why can’t I?” on and on.Hitting everyone with the free balloon tied to their wristGetting the balloon caught in the racks.Dropping their little bag of shopping every ten minutes (the strawberries/grapes/chips will be mush by the time you get home).Begging to sit on every […]
This is my fruit-tree collection. I have been sticking fruit stones into pots on my window-sill not really thinking they would grow. So far I have an avocado plant and a lychee which is very pretty. My pride and joy though is my little ajwa plant. Ajwa is a very special kind of date and […]
I’ve been tagged by Sister Fruitful Fusions.The Rules: To do the Honest Scrap tag… here’s the deal. Tell your readers 10 things about you that they may or may not know, but are true. Tag ten people with the award, and be sure to let them know they’ve been tagged (a quick comment on their […]
I took my youngest, Baby, for a stroll to the shops today. She is quite small with a petite pixie face and I often get comments from people saying she looks like a little doll, obviously they can’t see that she has a temper like a little wasp. It’s always nice when people stop to […]
When we were children it was tradition in my family every winter to for everyone to pile into our little car and get driven into the centre of London to see the Christmas lights. My dad was quite religious and quite strict about not celebration Christmas, but even he thought it was a nice thing […]
My better half has now left to visit America for six weeks. He will be staying in Chicago and doing dawah work until the end of Ramadan and come home to us in time for Eid. This time last year he was in Pakistan and I came close to having a breakdown trying to manage […]
I needed to make space in my room for our new impending little guest, so have been moving my craft supplies downstairs (much to hubby’s relief, who has been very patient with my piles of stuff). I have been finding lots of inspiration on my Pinterest pages and daydreaming of little craft studios like these: […]
Alhamdulillah, we are so blessed to find ourselves at the start of another Ramadan filled with blessings, forgiveness and mercy. A chance to get rid of bad habits, begin good habits and have our duas’ (supplications) answered insh’Allah. Even more, Allah (SWT) has blessed us with this opportunity to get closer to Him and to […]
One of the things I learned from my grandmother is the importance of being sociable and inviting guests into your home and taking care of guests properly.When my grandparents first came to Britain in the 1960’s, the Pakistani community here was fairly new and quite small. There were major issues around finding a decent place […]
We had our annual Eid party this weekend and as always one of my favourite parts is the prep and pulling together a theme. This year it was rainbow pastels and at Darlings request unicorns: Gift bags for the little ones: Rainbow roses and bubble-gum chrysanthemums: Gift bags for the ladies: More pics coming soon […]
I do enjoy weddings in contrast to all the moaning I hear from others about wedding season. I suppose people get fed up when they have multiple wedding functions week after week, finding outfits, paying for gifts, eating party food every day and staying up late. We don’t often have weddings in our family or […]
I have been trying to sit down and write something and upload some pictures for days, but have not had any luck until now due to my volatile work situation.Due to the threat of redundancy (which likely won’t happen now) and complete and utter boredom with certain parts of my work I have been job-hunting. […]
