Rosy pink dreams

travel book detail

2011-10-25T17:19:00.000+03:00

I said I would post it looong time ago, but I was busy feeling stressed out from my diet lol
But it is going well thank god, and I am about to reach my first of five mini goals, yaaay :D

So back to the book pages..
front:

and back: (using decorative tape I got from Daiso the Japanese store, love it )

And there is nothing new to share yet, I am preparing for 2 birthdays on November inshallah, and I am trying to do the endless job of de-cluttering in my tiny home, since It seems like I am about to be taken over by my stuff!!I need to stop buying new home accessories :(
Wish me luck !

Details of the swap, and a baby girl :D

2011-10-17T16:59:00.000+03:00

First I would like to announce the birth of sweet little Yara, she is the baby of my cousin, the one we had the baby shower for her mom.
She was born on the 11th of October, a sweet little one mashallah, may Allah keep her safe and happy for her parents.

Sorry for the picture from a picture, but all my pictures of her are on my other phone and I can't seem to download it or send it anywhere, as soon as I do I will post more clear ones.

I have been busy with the baby chocolate favors the mom asked me to do, because as usual I kept it for the last minute hehehehe. So here's a picture of some of the things I've made for the baby..

I wrapped those with the pink ribbons and the punched out butterflies for mom to give in the hospital visit. Love the Martha Stewart punch I got from Duabi!

Those are the chocolate favors the mom and I worked on for weeks, I did the pattern then we drew and cut all 40 of them from pink and yellow card stocks, I assembled everything on the day she left the hospital then made this sort of frame to hang them on with tiny clothes pins.

The little favors for the visitors, we wrapped them and I tried to make a stand with foam boards, it turned out ok but not as best as I hoped for, since I lost my foam heat cutter!

A look at the table, with everything on.

About the swap, I got really nice things from my cousins and aunty. And as promised these are the things I made for them..
For my aunty who loves Istanbul, I made this pouch which it lined with red polka dot fabric

for my cousin, who had the idea for this swap and wanted the around the world in 80 days theme, I did this brown paper bag album on the shape of the book

one of the inside pages, there were 16 made of 4 bags, all held together using pins and ribbon

another gift, an altered clip board acting as a calendar , or anything else she want lol

the last one, an altered tin box , which hold travel related items..

the inside, with the divider I made with card stock

So now I have 2 Birthday planning on my to-do list, plus some other crafting projects I hope to do.
And I am struggling with my diet, it's never too easy to diet when you are always using food for comfort, and as a way to deal with daily stresses and dissapointments, but I am managing well mashallah so far, I expected more, but I always did.. I just pray for every day strength till I reach my goal inshallah.

I might get back in another post with more of the pages from my book, and if i can manage to hide some of the details in one of the things I got in the swap ( my picture :P )
Till then have a nice week

A swap..

2011-10-05T16:28:00.001+03:00

My cousins and I agreed on a swap more than a month ago, before preparing for the baby shower , and since I was very busy at that time, and after that I got a bit sick, I had to start late .

And finally today, just 2 days before the deadline, I am done! wooooohoooooo!!!!

I can't tell you know what my items are, not untill I give them to my cousins , and recieve mine :D

I just can tell you that our theme was handmade, travel theme. Originally it was "around the world in 80 days" theme,but some of us found it hard to do since they didn't see the movie ...

Anyways, these are my items , all wrapped up in brown papers andd tied up with , ribbons ;)

I used the gift tags my cousin got me from Dubai which I loved..

On another subject, I am back to the dieting wagon, so far I am in my second week and I am still feeling motivated mashallah... Hope I will be that way and better for a long time . Wish me luck :)

Baby shower day

2011-09-25T18:53:00.001+03:00

Hi I am back with pictures from the actual baby shower , we had it at the mom-to-be's house, since my house is too small for such a crowd mashallah.

I went there with my cousin from the afternoon and started putting things together, some pictures of the decorations..

The prizes/favors table.. looked yummy with all the pink ;)

We played a few fun games and gave some prizes..

the "dress the baby monkeys" was the funniest game, we gave the only two girls a chance to play and it was fun to cheer and watch

we had a go at the game while blindfolded and that what the babies looked like after wards!

Then had dinner, everyone brought something and I got the cake and cupcakes..

And the diaper cakes, but it's not meant to be eaten :P ( I did one , mom the other )

All in all it was a great day 7amdillah..

It's been another long time.... Happy everything :D

2011-09-20T17:35:00.002+03:00

Well sincs tha last time Eid has come and gone, so Happy Eid, and it was 7amdillah, we had some moments of sadness for sure, my late uncle (allah yir7amu) has left many memories for us, he was there in our lives strongly and everything reminded us of him.

But we still managed to make it a good Eid for the kids at least, and yes it's Allah's Eid so we have to celebrate even if sad.

I went to Jeddah in Ramadhan to visit my dad and family and friends there, spent two weeks and it was a nice thing to do , see loved ones and change scenes.

Eid was spent visiting each others, exchanging gifts, and playing some fun games my auntie and uncle prepared for us along with gift certificates as prizes.
some of the Eid gifts..

Lovely Eid kids mashallah..

Yummy Eid food ..

Two lovely growing up fast girls mashallah..

Praying 3asor on third day of ramadan , mashallah..

Then i spent a lot of times .. well two weeks to be precise :P preparing for my cousin's wife (is there a shorter name for that? I can always call her my friend or sister cuz she is like that ) baby shower. I was hosting it , but in her house since mine can't accomodate 19 ladies and 11 kids, at least that was the number of people who were supposed to show up. not all did.

So as you might notice, I love thinking of things for themed parties, and this theme was pink and brown with rubber duckies. I love rubber duckies..:D

I'll leave you with some of the pictures of the things I made,
The invitations...

Favors..

preparing ..

cupcake wrapper and topper, downloaded from the net..cut by hand..(30 of them )

Banner, handmade with scrapbooking paper..

More pictures of the actual party coming next post inshallah.

Ramadan kareem

2011-08-02T13:18:00.001+03:00

wishing everyone a very Happy Ramdan, may Allah accept our fasting and praying and keep us all in good health.
We started the month with the traditional making of the ramadan lanterns (fanoos)

And a traditional greetings, back then ..

And right now..

Mashallah she looks very grown up, I can't believe she will be 8 at the end of ramadan,we were trying to recreate the famous picture that had a run all over the net, the one I posted here I got from my cousin telling me it was on youtube in a video clip, that's why it is in black and white, I honestly can't find the original now which had the same dark brown in the background..

May Allah keep her safe and happy for me.
Have a nice Ramdan :D

Another project checked off my list!

2011-07-24T12:23:00.002+03:00

Yes I feel creative these days mashallah !
I am trying to finish half-way there projects before I tackle new ones, and this one was amongst the top 10 on my list.

I wanted a nice door mat, the cutest ( and goes somehow well with my theme) I found was this one..

Not bad, but try to compare it to what I want and you will see a big difference..(pictures from the net, sorry can't remember the sources)

Anyways, since ordering a doormat from the net is out of the question , I tried to do the second best thing, make one.
Starting with a cheap brown ,weird looking kind of mats from Ikea

Using a bit of spray painting (not in the color I wanted, again no large amount of choices) , some stenciling..

And alot of free hand painting (it's very hard to paint on this kind of mats , the fibers are all rough and showing, but I did best I can )

The end result in it's place..

Not bad for a door mat, right? and it only cost me 19 ryals for the mat.. well not counting the paints, cuz I will be using those in a lot of other things.
What do you think?

I'm trying something new, linking this post to one of my favorite blogs to check out, remodelaholic

I finished my big project!!

2011-07-23T22:39:00.001+03:00

Finally , after what seemed like million days, I am done with my big project. I remember mentioning it some time ago, can't remember when though.

So I had this dream of transforming a dead place between the rooms into a work of art, it's a very small area, which in only used to get from one room to the other, so I thought I can really go wild with it.

First I wallpapered 2 thirds of the walls with pages from 3 different novels, i had to pick the pages because I didn't want to give the kiddo something steamy to read once her english is good enough :P

After that I waited forever to decide what do I want to do with the rest of the wall. I tried on some different colors, but I finally settled on using hot pink, it was called hibiscus on the paint chip and I liked it.

After two coats, came the desicion about a border. I initialy had in mind to stick some roses cut from napkins on the pages wall. but then I thought it would look nicer being used as a border , and I love the results.

Then I hung some artwork , and I still need a rug and then be done with it.

So tell me what do you think of this big project? I feel I need to paint the doors and door frames white, I don't like the brown at all, but I guess this have to wait for another time, I want to do some other nagging projects before.

When I didn't know what to do

2011-07-17T16:41:00.000+03:00

I have a problem, I get bored easily. And a lot of the times I can get bored even when I have things to do, like I can finish reading the book I enjoyed, or cross stitching the purse I loved or watch the movie I downloaded and was eager to see and still get bored.

The only reason is that I already finished a few books, watched a few movies and cross stitched lots of things before, and I needed a new activity.

We don't have cinemas, museums, theater, zoos, good weather to go out , clubs, bowling or billiards places ( for women at least) or even scrapbooking shop to hang in it.. And if you want to go out it's either to eat ( which I have to stop doing much of) or shop ( I should stop that too cuz my place is already resembling a small shop itself!)

Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining about my city, there are many things in there I still like , specially when the weather is good, it can be one of the nicest cities to live in. But I only wish there were different things to do! like seeing a musical, playing bowling and watching a movie, flying in an air balloon or visiting an old castle ( things I did before and don't mind doing again)

I was talking to mom about that, and she suggested we go visit the Aramco summer cultural activities. It was a mainly kids thing but I was really in need to do something different that I agreed to that.

When we got there , it was in the afternoon and the weather was strangely not that bad, we walked a lot in open areas and didn't find it uncomfortable. Songs for kids was playing loud and the whole are was filled with cartoons painted on every wall or fence.

There were a few areas to see, one for science, one for general kids crafts and activities with a show from sesame street characters , but we didn't catch that from the start. There was also a theater which had different plays for different days, a huge food court , a heritage village tent which was greatly decorated and a tent with an exhibition of some great national geographic pictures.

All in all it was nice for a change 7amdillah, the kiddo played a bit, we walked a lot and saw people having fun and greatly organized activities I just wish I had some of that yummy smelling food :P

So I hope we can have lots of other interesting days with new things to experience in the future.

Finished purse

2011-07-12T23:53:00.000+03:00

I finished my free Cath Kidston purse tonight, the cross stitching didn't take that long, and the sewing part was a bit hard since it's been a long time I sewed anything, I decided to add a lining to it, and I hand stitched the part attatched to the zipper cuz I don't have a zipper foot in my machine.

I like the look of it, I just don't know what am I going to use it for lol

I discovered to day a new to me show, it's called Mike and Molly and I read about it from a blog where the lady was talking about how some people reacted to the show by disliking it since it shows a full figured couples starting a relationship. That got my attention and I decided to google it, then watched the pilot and got hooked.

I personaly found the show - so far- a bit funny and a lot inspiring , gives someone hope for the future, that regardless of your shape or looks there is someone right for you, and you for them..
But I have to finish the season to see if I am still going to like it when it is over... Something to do :P

Cath Kidston books

2011-07-12T03:23:00.002+03:00

As most of you can tell by now, I am a big Cath Kidston fan. And as much as I can , I like to have things from her line, or anything that resembles it.

So I was happy to hear about her books and the free kits they contain, I know they are not new, but to me they are, and I found out about them after I came back from England so it was too late for me .

But my dear friend, who has been in London for the last year and half, was coming for a visit on her way to Korea, and I asked her to get me the books.

When we met on saturday she gave me not only the two books I asked for, but a third one too

I was very happy with them, and as soon as I got the chance I started working on the free purse that was included in the stitch book, I am in love!

So far I loved all the projects in all three books, thanx my friend for such a precious gift
It seems like I might make a few of those projects for Eid gifts ;)

for sale

2011-07-07T02:21:00.000+03:00

I was working on a craft project when I heard my little princess calling out for an opening of a new shop in the mall.. in case you didn't get it, we were home..

So I went to the "shop" to check it out, armed with my (fake) money ready to buy me some stuff.

Cute shop with the cutest shop owner mashallah. And this girl could really sell! good convincing logic she has mashallah, one day I will have to open a real shop-which she kept insisting we do since she was very little- and make her sell people our stuff ;)

Our friend from Jeddah is here for the weekend and we are having a great time with her, and inshallah two other friends will come soon , I like visits from friends :)

New craft

2011-07-05T16:47:00.000+03:00

New to me, I've seen people doing this craft everywhere on the net for quite some time, but I never had the oppurtunity to try it, since I couldn't find the tools here.

So recently I went on a trip to Dubai ( one of my top favorite cities in the world) and ofcource I had to pay a visit to the scrapbooking shop that I went to before and loved " paper lane" , and next to it there was a crafting shop filled with materials for sewing , embroidering and knitting. And there it was, all I needed to start trying :
NEEDLE FELTING.. sorry I didn't mean to shout , I am just so excited lol

So I got the basic stuff, needles and an assortment of wool in yummy colors.
And today I made my first attempt..

First I did the base.. stabbing the piece of wool repetedly , being carefull not to stab my finger :P

then adding the other colors layer by layer...

till u get the look u want...which , in my case a babushka : D

a tiny little one..

So what do u think?

Playing with barbie

2011-07-04T22:01:00.000+03:00

When I was young, I loved Barbie dolls, I got the house of Barbie ( the big three pieces one ) on Eid one year, and I kept growing my collections of dolls, furniture and clothes till I ended up with a box full of them. I enjoyed playing with them, alone or with a friend, I kept making up stories and dressing them up in a way I would love to dress when I get older. I played with my toys till i was around 14 maybe, and then gave them up to my then young cousins to play with when they visited, but unfortunatley they were all ruined.

When my little princess got old enough to hold a barbie doll, she started getting them, and other brands too. she had fulla, brats ,HSM dolls and some un identified dolls. she didn't know how to play yet, but I enjoyed the look of them in her room.

And now since she is nearly 8 , she is starting to really get into Barbie. she didn't really like playing with the other dolls that much.
So I joined in, and in times seem like I took over that project, and made it a mission to collect as many furniture and clothes as we can manage , it seems like they are not the fashion anymore, we can only find limited choices and those we find are very expensive.

I bought original barbie furniture, and ones made cheaply for similar dolls, and mixed and matched. Still planning on making whatever is missing.

The princess loved playing with them, and I join her sometimes. so far we are having the house in the bottom shelves of my living room expidit units. good place, good room-size and cheap rent lol

she had a ken and toy story Barbie engagement party one day

Then arranged and designed the wedding herself..Mom and I had to sew her the wedding dress and the "Thobe" for ken since it was a saudi wedding ( not cuz it was easier to sew :P ) it was amazing mashallah, but he looked kinda funny lol ( those arm chairs were mine since I was young, I got them from my cousin)

We are still looking for more fun things to buy.. But for now, we are loving what we have.

So do you enjoy playing with Barbie dolls?

pirate party .. Arrrghhh

2011-07-03T12:39:00.000+03:00

I had a lot of fun preparing for this party, I honestly have lots of fun preparing for any themed party!

First of all the invitations.. printed mini treasure maps , stained and hand written the invites on the back, scrolled and tied with red embroidery floss, printed skull pirate , punched out and made as stickers , filled a bit of a small glass tube with sand (from the kiddos school art project!) the assembled.

The decorations.. store -bought skeleton pirate, the barrel was made using two plastic waste baskets, taped and painted. I put a white bed sheet on the window to hide as much as possible of the flowery curtains, and cut the black skull from a sheet of cardstock. made the banner using printed images from the net.

The little pirates costumes..they were asked to come wearing only dark pants and striped shirts, I provided the rest for them.. treasure chest, eye patch,scarf and hat, sword, telescope, vest and even a mini parrot.

the food.. we had broasted chicken and coleslaw, and lots of soft drinks and suspicious looking bottles :P ,and I decorated a strange looking cake !

the games.. We had fishing game, sinking ship game , throwing cannonballs on objects game(dunno what u call it) we walked the plank and fired some colorful bombs and gathered treasures , and danced on pirate music all day long

the goody bags....for big and little pirates

Magical day, I just wish I can share the grownup costumes, very creative mashallah ;)

I'm out of excuses..!

2011-06-12T12:38:00.000+03:00

I think after a few years of continous posting, I am starting to find it harder to post something new.
Time is really passing so quickly sometimes I mix up dates thinking we r still on sunday when we r on tuesday ! And no this is not a sign of old age lol, even though I am a year older now, I celebrated my 36th Birthday with my family over lunch on April. How do I feel? a year older !
I somehow forgot what happened between the last time I was here and now, but the major thing was throwing a pirate themed party at my place, we are a pirate loving family, and we were somehow celebrating the soon to be out Pirates of the Carribean 4 movie, it was a hit and we had a blast..!

Some pictures:

more on the details in another post inshallah.

We also went to a very nice flower festival in Aramco with my uncle, it was much better than I ever imagined it would be, and the weather was great.. Good memories, of a marvelous time .

I also had a small trip to Cairo where I met friends and enjoyed a nice weekend, joined the gym for the thousand times, got sick then sicker then sick again 7amdillah. The kiddo had chicken pox.. No wonder I didn't post anything lol.

But good things happened all the time mashallah, had a visit from friends, went out and enjoyed ourselves, crafted and decorated and did some baking again.. Life is good 7amdilla.

And now with summer vacation starting, we have plans and projects sure to keep the kids and us moms entertained and busy.. But more on that once we start inshallah.

Till then have a good day :)

Trying my hands at papercutting

2011-03-06T11:12:00.000+03:00

I always wanted to try it, it looked very delicate and nice whenever i saw it on someone else's blog.
And for those who don't know what I am talking about, papercutting is an ancient chinese craft, using small scissors or craft knifes to cut a shape in detail, to end up with a lace-looking paper.

I went online and googled it, ended up with a few patterns , printed one out and tried it. I fell in love !
I'm usualy a very nervous, in a hurry kind of crafter, small details get me tenced, but with this craft, I had to slow down and concentrate, to me it felt like fishing.. Slowly and patiently you can get what you are aiming for, and it was soothing.

This is what I worked on ,half way there..

The end result..

Then the end of it...

I bought a laminating machine some time ago, and thought of giving it a try with my masterpiece since |i wanted to preserve it for a long time, in went the paper and never came out.. I waited.. waited...waited...
then i decided to go in, opened up the machine and pulled the paper hard till I could get it out. :(

Lesson learned: never try a machine out for the first time with a precious thing :S
Anyways they all said it looked like a hand fan, and that is after I ironed it so hard..!

So I didn't give up, I looked for more patterns , printed out a few and this time tried cutting them on a piece of cardstock, so this way I will have a more durable verision and I will use them inshallah to decorate the area over the sofa in my living room.. Stay tuned.

Right now I am painting the kiddo's room... Hopefully we will not move houses just after I am done like we usualy do :P unless it is to be with my husband :P

A day to remember

2011-03-02T12:45:00.000+03:00

In the middle of the sadness we were in , we all needed a change, a big one. Something to take our minds off thinking and crying and getting ourselves more sad.

My youngest uncle, and my cousin both bought Harley-Davidson bikes, and they were joining a Harley ralley in Aramco camp, so my other uncle (Bless him) decided to take us ladies with him to watch, and it was amaaaazing .. One of the best days I have evenr lived recently.

All those bikes, in one place, and we can have a good look, take pictures, try riding on them and listen to the musical sound of their engines.. Heaven!

We styaed there for a while, enjoyed the bikes, had lunch and even attended some live music, which was good mashallah, and a new thing to me..

I left the place feeling upset, like a kid being taken away from his favourite toy shop, but I had many great memories in my mind about that day. And inshallah it will be a first of many to come.
Thanks to the guys in my family for making this dream come true :) Love you all

The month with all the sad news..

2011-02-26T13:04:00.001+03:00

7amdillah, so far it is a month that had too much sadness, after my uncle's sudden death Allah yir7amu, we received the news my stepfather passing away last week. He was sick with cancer, but it didn't kill him, he died with something else, and suddenly too.. Allah yir7amu, he was a great step dad for me, treated me just like his own and loved me a lot. I loved him too, but after him splitting up with my mom we weren't close to each other, but I am thankful that I talked to him one last time in his final days..

I know too much sadness gets me into depression , and I am struggling with that as it is, but we have a belief that they are all in better place inshallah, and that they would have wanted us to be happy and move on with life.. Life goes on and they will always be in our hearts.

It wasn't all sad news, I did a very interesting thing too , something I always wished for and enjoyed it to the max.. But I feel my stepfather deserves a whole post, so I will talk about that later on inshallah.

May you rest in peace, you will be forever in our hearts.. I love you.

Sad heart..

2011-02-11T16:17:00.000+03:00

It seems like it was ages ago that I was talking about London and the good times we had there.. This last week was so hard on all my family, and many others too.
My beloved uncle passed away in his sleep.. He was 57 and he was in general good health. We were with him the night before, and we were joking around and laughing. I consider myself lucky to have seen him that night.

The news was very shocking to all of us, we were in fear of his dad-my grandfather- passing away any minute, since he is very sick and old.. But Allah chose my uncle to go..He is greatly missed.

He was a great person, everyone loved him, and everyone had something good to say about him. He was a very good son to his parents, and they are in a very sad condition, now that he is gone.

We all miss him and keep thinking that he might come back suddenly, like he went suddenly.. But we have faith in our hearts that he is inshallah in a better place, and we will join him there someday inshallah.

Goodbye my dear uncle, you were very understanding to me and my sadness once.. and you will always be in my heart and thoughts.. I love you.

We did this, we did that...

2011-02-02T13:34:00.000+03:00

Although it was only a 7 day trip, we did manage to squeese in a few nice things, and a lot of shopping, for what is London without the shopping lol

We managed to see most of the important sights, and shopped at most of the well known areas, just so that the kiddo will remember she did see the famous things in London.

I'll leave you with some pics of our trip, hope to do it again soon..

at the blue water mall in Kent

The next morning of the wedding, walking around at the farm which it was held in

Acting girly in madame Tussuad's

All those sweets, we wanted all .. :P

In the London's eye with big ben in the background

Went crazy at the Disney store! we both did lol

With the birds in front of the sea life aquarium in London.. It was a cold day

Cute little sign in front of a nice shop.. Isn't she cute mashallah?

And I also wish to have a prayer for my friends in Egypt, through these hard times, I am not able to reach them to see how r they doing. I just wish they are all well.

I Love Cath Kidston...! and other things.

2011-01-30T15:36:00.000+03:00

I came back from an 8 days trip to England, the main reason for it was to attend my sister's wedding, the other reason was to visit a Cath Kidston shop...kidding lol :P

The wedding was so lovely mashallah, the couple looked great and I wish them happiness from all my heart. The whole atmosphere was very friendly and joyfull , we had a great time and made new friends.. I am so glad I could make it.

It was cold but I was stronger than I feared and took it well,I even enjoyed it!.. After a three days stay for the wedding with my family, we went to London to have a 4 day sight seeing , shopping and friend-meeting vacation.
I met my friend who went to live there a year ago with her family and had a great time, and mom's friend came and stayed with us for a while.

And we come to the best thing in my trip... CATH KIDSTON....yaaay !!
I was dreaming a lot of visiting a shop, and buying one of each of thier good things ... I got many things but not as much as I hoped for... I will have to go again and again inshallah...

So that's all for now, I'll have to comeback with more pictures after I put what I bought in the right places, but here is a glimpse, I got those from London after admiring them online for some time ;)

Have a nice week.

A new adventure

2011-01-18T07:13:00.000+03:00

Ok so I guess I will have to stop making excuses for not posting , since it looks like it's gonna become a habit, and I don't really have any excuse !

Lately I have been in a hibernation kind of mood, it's getting a bit colder ( as cold as it gets in my part of earth!) and my body is slowing down.
We have been busy preparing for our trip to England to attend my sister's wedding inshallah, I feel so excited and yet a lot worried. It's very cold there I fear for the kiddo who has been ill for the last few weeks, and for myself since my body hasn't been functioning well lately!
Plus of course having to wear tons of clothes which will make breathing harder and moving a challenge.. :P

But it has been a long time since I last went there, 10 years to be precise , when I went to buy my wedding dress. And now I am going for another wedding , my lovely sister.. I wish it will be a great day and that she will have a great life with her love.

I will also be meeting my friend who went there a year ago with her family, so I am excited about that, I missed her and my other friend who is in Canada now, hope to be together again for ladies night out like the old days.

So tomorrow night inshallah we will be off to England, hope the weather will be gentle on us and hope my body will be good to me ;)

Screening my place

2011-01-02T16:57:00.000+03:00

My place is lovely mashallah and I am mad about it.. But, It has no entrance.. you walk in the door straight to the living room.. And I mean straight..!

So being the privacy freak I am , plus it is important to be covered from the outer world, I had many ideas to have a barrier next to the door separating it from the living room, even if partially.
But the room is already smallish and every clever thought I had meant taking from the space, and I love to have space.

So mom suggested I use one of her divider screens, she had them from long time ago and is being used once a week.I agreed for sure, because I already looked hard for good screens and I couldn't find, and I needed to separate the areas now with what I got till I find a better one. The problem is it looks bland.

So i managed to make it more me using a roll of wall paper I got from Laura Ashley while in Bahrain.. I think it looks much better.

At least we don't have to move every time we have to open the door :P
Our neighbor bought a small bunny, and my little princess fell in love with it, they came visiting one day and I couldn't resist taking pictures...

Hope you have a good week.

2011

2011-01-01T20:37:00.000+03:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE..!

It's the year of the cat.. Or so I heard.!I am going to make this year my year inshallah, no that doesn't mean I will be the cat :P
I ended last year with positive thoughts, and 7amdilla woke up to the new year with happy feelings. I have to try doing that more often, daily maybe ;)

So 2010 wasn't that good with me , thanks to Allah in all ways, so I'm hoping 2011 would treat me better, and I'll do my best to attract good things to me, but the main thing I'll try to rediscover myself again.

Somehow along the way I lost myself, if I ever really knew me to begin with.. But I am seriously willing to meet me, the real me, and get aquainted with my true self.
To know who I am, what I like, where i want to go.. that is going to be one big adventure.. One I am willing and eager to take.

So like every new year I have hopes and dreams, they were usually one of three things that don't change : find a loving man, be a mom and get thin.
I thought I got them all at one point , and then lost some. And thanks to Allah that I have one of those, I won't trade my motherhood with anything.
This year I will not wish for the man, or the weight loss.. I wish to love and accept and discover me.. and if those two came along I won't say no to that lol

So hope everyone in this life get what they want, and that 2011 be a happy year to all.

Hello..!

2010-12-14T15:30:00.000+03:00

Well less than a month of no posts, phew not bad !
It was a somehow strange month, I fell sick right after the kiddo's B-day and stayed sick ( flew and coughing) for nearly the whole Eid vacation, then back to school routine came to us, and I had a rootcanal, then my mom fell and hurt her ankle, got into ER the next week and stayed in for the night then her uncle passed away..!
talk about being busy..

We are all well now 7amdillah, except for my great uncle may he rest in peace( Allah yir7amu) , it was a sad news but we felt that inshallah he will be in a better place since he was very sick and old. He was a great guy , his youngest is my age and I was always at their house playing while we were growing, I haven't seen him in many years, and I regret that, but I will always love him and remember how good he was with me and my mom.

So the whole family are in Jeddah now for the funeral, I stayed back for the schools and to check on my grandfather from time to time. Today I took the kiddo to Ikea, and guess what we ended up with sitting in our living room for the moment..

We always liked and wanted that , but it was very pricey.. Look how low it got now in the as-is section ..

I know, still pricey, and there is no room for it in her room currently, but it was too good a deal to ignore, and she is a girly girl who needs such a piece, so we will find a way to squeese it in inshallah :P

I talked sometime ago about the project I was working on, it's still not finished, but I will share a glimse with you, since i don't really know when it will finish, I am going to start working on the kiddo's room now..I hope she is settled on the theme now..!

So till next time, take care :)

Eid and Birthday

2010-11-18T17:01:00.000+03:00

The last few days were fun filled mashalla, first it was Eid and we went with the whole family to Holiday Inn resort at the beach, like the last few years the kids had lots of fun times playing in the sand and running aroung all day mashallah.
Plus we had a good time taking pictures of them ;)

We got sick during that time, coughing and sore throat, but in general still enjoyed our Eid vacation.

My little princess turned seven on wednesday, I can't believe how time flies by so fast, it was just like yesterday they put her in my arms for the first time. I thank Allah for his gift, she is a precious one mashallah, even when she drives me crazy lol

the cake a made ( well decorated is more accurate )

We celebrated this year with the family in the resort, it was fun , missing my cousin's wife and good friend though, wish she comes back safely inshalla. And the kiddo had an early celebration with her dad and step mom two days before. So it was a nice birthday for her :)

Everyone is back at home now, I still feel a bit sick, trying to just relax for now, then I will resume my project inshallah and have a trip or two to Ikea , I got a gift card from my uncle , I wonder what can I get now lol.
Have a nice weekend.

Playing time..

2010-11-14T13:40:00.001+03:00

We gather at my grandparent house almost every Friday, my uncles, cousins and kids. And the kids always like playing together with what toys they have , under the stairs.
It was a very crowded areas, like a storage space for what is good and what is not. And as a result the toys and games always end up in the dining area where they can find enough space for their wild imagination.

So my dear talented mom , mashallah, decided to make them a good playing area. It's a shame I don't have a before picture but imagine this one with lots of rubbish. And now take a look at this great space..

She wanted to paint it all and draw things there, but I got her some wall stickers for now. she hung a small swing , and put all the kiddo's old toys there for them to play.

*edited: more pics of the blackboard stickers:

Plus some touch lights she stuck to the ceiling to make the area more lit. And she is still adding to it , it's not really done yet.

The kids haven't seen the whole transformation yet, but my girl loves it.. I love it ! it feels like a tree house, under the stairs lol

And speaking of time.. I got me a new clock.. I adore it..! mashallah I just love it so much. I might wanna paint it white, but just a thought, this color looks good too.

We are going to the beach inshallah for a few days, I'll come with pictures soon , Have a nice Eid vacation and Happy Eid to all.

Lighting my night..

2010-11-09T22:09:00.000+03:00

Ok so I thought of clever titles but I couldn't find any lol..
I did it again, long time without posting, but I had good reasons, my net was off. I had some trouble with my connections and went netless for a long time, I also went nuts because of that :P

Anyways , back to the title, I wanted something to introduce the new floor lamp I got. I fell in love with it straight away and got it without thinking, I even got a hanging one similar to it for the living room, but it's not installed yet

What do you think? what sold it to me was the lace-like little cuts, and the crystals, or crystal-like thingies.
I know my english is incredible lol.

and in case I didn't show my other lamp, here it is ( I got it from Jeddah )

So now I have the right mood to sit and watch TV late at night and just relax.

We went to Jeddah in the weekend to attend my friend's wedding. She's more like a sister and her wedding was very nice mashallah, different from all our weddings, it started in the late afternoon and we stayed there till only 8 at night. She had it on a moving boat in a closed area with windows all over and a DJ. Lovely wedding mashallah she looked gorgeous, I wish her all the happiness in the world.

My other friend will come to visit inshallah in a few days, I feel excited to see her and show her my new place, I feel like a kid :P
The sad news is that my childhood friend has discovered her husband has cancer, they are in Canada now and he started his treatment, I pray for them all the time, strength for her and health for him, may Allah help them and be with them.

I am working on a project now, but it's a relatively big one and I am getting slow with age :P so inshallah pictures soon.
Have a nice weekend ;)

Making life a bit easier

2010-10-26T17:12:00.000+03:00

We live on the second floor, but we have an elevator. I know second floor isn't very high to need one, but I am being lazy and enjoy my rides in it. But lately it has been out of service , and we are using the stairs - like normal people - which is hard on the knees going up and down with a school bag! (ok I am lazy and spoiled :P )

So my mom god bless her, came up with this very nice plan to easily move the bag - or grocery or anything else - up and down..
I introduce.... Ummm ok I don't know what is it called lol so I'll show you the pictures.!

Like our driver said -he drilled the holes, it was too far for me - it's like bringing water from the well :P

And can you tell the kiddo loves it??

A bit hard on the hands, but easy on the knees and back.. Thanks mom we love you :X

Did I mention I love tin boxes? or buckets or containers in general? I found something that I really loved some time ago in a container store, but I didn't buy it till a couple of days ago..

Now i have what i really needed for a long time; a place to put my laundry detergent.. :P don't we all need one?but seriously I need to work on decorating my laundry area. pics when done inshallah.
And speaking of needs.. I need this beauty.. in pink please.!

I've seen it before on the net, never in real life before, and I will not rest till I find where it is sold and how much is it and do they stock the pink ones?! I saw this one in Ikea showroom, maybe I should ask them first..

Nothing new is done ..

2010-10-23T16:12:00.000+03:00

And yet I don't feel like staying a long time away from posting like I did before.
I have no news, nothing much to share, life is a bit of the same everyday, waking up early, getting ready for school, sleeping again, then attempting to find something to do ( actually I have lots to do but I don't have the motivation ) start lunch , welcome the kiddo, eat, study, try to find her something to do ( same case as above :P ) eat dinner, get ready for bed and sleep.. she at 8 me at 9 thirty.. most days at least.

So as you can see we have a somehow slow routine. In between I might go out to get something or to go to the dentist, and weekends are spent with mom maybe going out to dinner once.
Not that I am complaining 7amdilla it's a good life, but I just wish I had more energy to achieve more decorating or crafting around the house.

Plus the gym I so want to go to.. Inshalla soon.
Anyways I have a few things on my mind that i want to maybe start this week, wish me luck.

Oh yah, I managed to fix my bedroom curtain, no pic though since I already had 3 of those on previous posts lol , you can imagine the outcome, it's longer now with pink polka dot fabric at the hem. and I like it better :)

Since I have to have a pic on my posts I will leave you with some inspirations from the net..

Those are probably going to be my next projects inshallah ;)

Ball of roses

2010-10-16T16:32:00.000+03:00

I've seen them all over the net, and liked the look very much, I even thought of making me one since it is very easy to make, but I never did.
So when I saw these in my favorite gifts and party shop ( meshwar) I just had to get one.. or two ;)

They were 25 ryals each, fake roses but looks very real, they had many colors but I chose the pink ones and hung one on each side of the living room curtain.

Love the look..:)
Mom came to stay the night on Thursday, and she had an idea about my new look for the bedroom, she thought the blue on the bed cover made the curtain fabric look very pale, so she suggested I flip the cover over to the polka dot pink side , which I tried, and I think it made the curtains seem fresher, But I love the blue side..so what do you think?

Blue side:

Or pink side:

tell me your thoughts. ( and ignore the messy look on the second pic, and the fact that I can't get a realistic looking pic in this room :P )

Come have teacupcake with me :D

2010-10-14T14:28:00.000+03:00

Last night I had my dear friend angel eyes visiting , we watched a scary movie, ( haunting in connecticut) and enjoyed a bit of conversation and a cup of teacupcake.. Ok so that is what they call it, I got it from Virgin while I was in Cairo, and I was just waiting for the right time till I can try it.. And yesterday it was that day.

It's a silicone cupcake mold that comes in the form of a tea cup, it's so cute and girly, and comes in a set of four in a box.

We haven't made cupcakes in a long time, so we enjoyed this process the kiddo and I , while really admiring the pink color and the sweet smell of strawberry. And yes I used a ready cake mix for my cupcakes :P

While I was in the guest mood, i used my new serving plates, filled them with crackers and salty treats, I felt happy playing house with my dear friend.. lol .

Can you spot the clock I hanged on the wall behind the seat? it was from my old craft room and I just used an already there nail to hang it from. I might change it's place in the near future but this will be good for now.

I love having my home, and people to visit me again :D 7amdilla
Have a nice weekend.

P.s : the movie was a bit weird, I didn't like it much :P

I love my bedroom

2010-10-13T15:55:00.000+03:00

The best thing I love about it , is that it's mine..
I know you would think the whole house is mine..! and you are right ( hehehe ) but still there is something very special about having your own bed to sleep on , alone.. your own pillows and cover.. your own choice for colors.

When I first thought about decorating my bedroom I chose the colors pink and orange. I thought a lot about that choice, since it is my bedroom and crafting room I wanted the colors to be both relaxing and energizing.
I found a good start in Ikea, the curtain fabric. which I loved against the pink walls. But when I started accessorizing the room, that's when I questioned my choices.

You see , some time ago I used to love bold , dark shocking colors. I used orange and yellow and turquoise on my walls before, and despite the shock on people's faces ( or because of it :P ) I always thought that those are the best color choices. But somehow, I ended up feeling a great love for pastel , soft colors, with lots of whites..

And that made me rethink the bedroom...!
It was kept nearly last in decorating since I had priorities. But now I just had to do something about the orange..!
I am officially back to my cottagy theme that I carried in the living area. and more of my pinks , girly floral stuff.. Yaaay I feel much better :D

The curtains ( which are just up there to check my likings to them ) had a history, I got them while I was married and used them as a sofa covers in my craft room. They are originally duvet covers from BHS on discount. They are a bit short so I am thinking between cutting them till the window bottom, or adding to them so they would reach the floors.

The duvet cover is actually two different bed sheets I got some time ago, one blue floral, the other is pink polka dots ( my favorite.. yumm ) I just sewed them together and used my old Ikea "duvet" ( or is it comforter?? I dunno )

So the room is far from done, but so far I am enjoying it more. Even the kiddo thinks so .. So what do you think? ;)

OMG.. Is that Laura Ashley??

2010-10-09T21:01:00.000+03:00

That was my friend's and my reaction while we were walking in Seef mall in Bahrain last Thursday.. We went there for the weekend and was already enjoying each other's company ( we were six females, three friends, mom the kiddo and I ) when we got super excited by seeing the shop..

Laura Ashley's shop closed some time ago in Saudi Arabia , we used to love it, getting a lot of expensive yet nice stuff from there, and I wanted to have it there for me when I started planing my new place. That and Cath kidston.. But neither was available.

We went into the shop oohing and aahhing at everything, wanting to buy the whole place, but ehim, it's not that affordable.. :P but we took pleasure in strolling in there, and getting ideas and buying small stuff. well not too small, I got a roll of wallpaper to do my screen project, and a wall hanging saying home sweet home..( but it wasn't on sale, this is a pic from the net)

And I am planning on going there inshalla again and buying more things lol.

While my friends were staying the night at mom's I managed to do a mini project..

Love how it turned out so blingy ;) even though it doesn't show that well in the picture.. hmmmm. but trust me it is shiny and cute. I still need to change the background of the clock , I am not fond of the hello kitty picture that much.

More new home touches

2010-10-06T09:51:00.000+03:00

I spent the last few days on my sewing machine ( which I forgot about for a while ) trying to finish all the cushion covers I was planning on.. as u may remember I have all white sofas ( which gets dirty very easily :P ) and I wanted to add some colors through those cushions.

I will be expecting some friends to stay over for a few days ,and what better time than now to actually do that project I have been prepared for since 3 months ago !:P
It took me some time and a lot of energy and mess to get this look...

The two larger ones were the hardest , since it was my first attempt to sew ruffles and get a clean look for my cushion cover, I usually sew two squares together and just change them permanently when I am bored with them ( which happens a lot ) but this time I made it as a cover with an opening at the back,and ironed it really well on each and every step.. Impressive lol

I used some weird sources for fabric, a few Cath Kidston kitchen towels mom got me from the UK , a few Cath Kidston fabric,same source not same trip , a pillow case (the sheet is being used in the laundry room as a curtain to seperate it from the guest toilet) ,an old pyjama top and a sheet of fabric with hat petterns printed on it which I got some time ago..plus the obvious dotty fabric from my lovely stash..

I also did two more, forgot to take pictures of. oh well next time inshallah .
I am happy these days , since it became autumn (in theory only it's still hot in here ) the sun is visiting me more than before, for a longer time.I love the sun, I just hope my candles won't melt lol.

I also -finally- arranged my much adored collection of my gray furry best friend (Tatty teddy ) I added a few new ones and I am still wanting more... Oh the happiness I get by looking at that face ..sigh .! :P

That's all for now, my friends inshallah will be arriving in the weekend and I can't wait to show them my new place :D
Have a nice weekend.

WOW..!

2010-10-05T05:59:00.002+03:00

I haven't realised how long it has been since I last posted here, for such a long time this blog has been my way of feeling I am still alive, doing things and talking about them ,like I was proving my existence in this life..
And now that I am feeling alive with no need to prove anything it seems that I neglected my loved blog, which is not a good thing to do. I always enjoyed writing, and keeping diaries, and I think I shouldn't stop doing so ,good or bad, it's nice to keep writing it.. One day in the future I will go back and read my thoughts , dreams and fears of today and I might learn something from them.

So nearly two months,hmmmm... Such a lazy blogger !
But I am here now and I have lots of things to share.

Ramadan this year was very nice in my new place,we decorated the living room and I didn't cook the usual food associated with the month,and I didn't eat out much,so for the first time in I can't remember how long ( if ever ) I didn't gain weight! yaaay ! I actually lost one kilo which is great knowing my record of Ramadan gaining :P

Eid was a bit sad, my little girl went with her dad to Jeddah for eid and I felt a bit lonely without her,I didn't even put the usual eid decoration . but I got some cool gifts that I liked a lot, thank you dear family,I love you.

on the third day mom and I travelled to Egypt for a 12 day vacation. we had loads of good time between Cairo and Sharm el sheikh. And even though it was very hot in Sharm, and I fell a bit sick in Cairo , I still enjoyed myself. I met with my high school best friend there, and we had so much fun catching up and doing some adventures lol I will treasure the memories for ever, love u sous.. :X

The new place is still coming on well mashallah, I am always adding little touches here and there, and still have many more to achieve on my to-do list .But that is the beauty of owning your place, you don't have a time limit before you move again lol which as you know I did a lot of in my life so far.
So I will leave you with a few of before and after pics, more to come soon inshalla.

My little girl is in second grade now, she is in a new school near the house, and going to it in a bus for the first time, I was scared in the first few days, but then I got used to the idea, it's very close by so she doesn't move much in it,and it's a small bus and the supervising lady seems good. I was actually surprised by how fast my kiddo adjusted to the new school mashallah, so unlike her mom lol.

I am doing lots of fixing in my much neglected teeth, I had tons of have-to-fix things and it's a good thing that I decided to start doing them now, better late than never I guess..! But turns out I am not the scary cat I thought I was,I am doing great so far mashallah.. Hope to continue that..

So I guess that's all for now, see you next year..lol kidding..I hope..! :P

Costume party preparation.. in pictures

2010-08-14T02:34:00.005+03:00

Like promised, i will post here some of the things i did for the costume party, the crafting part ;)

The invites..

The costume of Tinkerbell , which I sewed after making a pattern using two layers of fabrics , one of which filled the whole house with glitter :P
The wig was made using an elastic band and yellow wool
( the Mario costume was made by Mario's talented mom , mashalla great job )

The favors.. Made with felts and embroidered with black

The favor boxes.. made from an online pattern for the box, the tag was stamped using black ink

The cupcakes...

All the decoration was made easily using a few colors of crepe paper.. And lots of fun and love

All the balloons ended up in the kiddo's room after the party

We had a good time preparing for that evening , and cleaning up afterwords , especially after all the pop up metallic paper shreds we had

Ramadan Kareem

2010-08-11T20:14:00.002+03:00

Wishing you a month filled with peace, love and 7asanat.. :)

Wow....! lohooooooooon time since my last post :S

2010-08-09T13:29:00.005+03:00

yup, a very long time, lot's of things happening in between then and now, good thing though 7amdilla :)

Ok I am not sure I can remember everything lol but the main things are:

I threw a costume party at my new place to celebrate the move, it was great 7amdilla, the family came well dressed in creative costumes, the kids had a blast and we made a big colorful mess lol

Some pictures..

I'll post later about what I made for the party inshalla.

We then traveled to Jeddah to attend my friend's wedding, it was a very nice trip and a very good wedding mashalla, may Allah keep them happily ever after.
I said good bye to my friend who is traveling to Canada with her family, and I visited with my other friend in Jeddah and talked about the good old days.

My sisters were there too, both of them since I very long time , it was great spending time with them bonding , and I enjoyed every minute of it with dad and their mom and cats too..

They had two mashalla, but only one was a cutey , the kid loved it so much and we spent the evening cuddling it.

Ok, hmmm then what.. I bought lot's of new stuff for the home, after it all came in the place look more messy than before lol But I need to work a bit on re arranging the furniture and then on decorating inshalla.

Dad dearest got me a Blackberry, I love it so far..

And my cousin celebrated his boy's 7th birthday mashalla, it was a great party mashalla his mom is a very talented lady and we had a lot of fun :)

Oh and we went to bahrain twice, and watched lot's of movies, I loved inception, eclipse and the sorcceror's apprentice.. good ones :)

Ok I hope my next post will be sooner , but if not I wish everyone a Happy Ramadan :)

Moving day

2010-06-17T15:21:00.003+03:00

Even after all the mini moving trips I did so far, a box today a chair tomorrow, I still had many big things I had to move, furniture , craft supplies..etc.
So we called the moving car to take those to their new place, and I made sure no one can mistake my stuff with anyone else stuff..

Hint.. look for pink lol

And In the new house, it all went to my poor neglected room, it looked like this..

I have a lot of work to do to make this room look good for both sleeping and crafting.. :P
Few days ago my friend's daughter stayed over for two nights, the girls went crazy playing singing and dancing all day mashalla, it was so nice seeing them happily playing together, one of the things they did was "building a house" inside their room, I helped a lot but they really worked hard trying to do it right.. adorable mashalla :)

Anyways , I have some cleaning and laundry work, and some boxes to empty. and no I still have a lot in the old house , but I am keeping those there for now to keep having things to do in the coming days lol.
Have a nice weekend.

A visit from the tooth fairy

2010-06-12T19:33:00.003+03:00

Finally , after many months of sadness and wondering why is it that everyone else are losing their teeth and she is not, my little one has lost her first tooth.

We were very excited, after all the tooth fairy will be visiting soon, so under the pillow we put the tooth and the next day we found 10 ryals from the tooth fairy in exchange for that precious little white thing.. sigh my kid is growing up :( mashalla

So we are moving more and more into the new place, tonight will be out first attempt at spending the night here, hopefully all will go well and we won't have to sing that " brown paper packages tied up with strings " song..lol
but the kiddo have a place to sleep now ;)

I sewed my curtains, they turned up -as usual - longer or shorter than it supposed to be, but I will do something to fix the problem I always do lol

Plus we finally have some food in the house, we went grocery shopping for some stuff that won't need cooking since our oven isn't working yet, I need to get a plug that will make it possible to plug it to the wall.

And I managed to hang my medicine cabinet in the bathroom, it's been a long time since my last use for the drill machine, and I did a few wrong and stupid things, but eventually it all came back to me and now I have a mirror in the house ..:S yikes lol

And today I also did a new thing, finally got a massage after years of my friend telling me how great it is, and yes it was very relaxing, my body is so tense I think I will be needing a few sessions for me to really relax.

Anyways, that's all the news for now, we are hoping to welcome my friend's daughter to spend the night with the kiddo, she is nagging so hard I wish she will come fast :P
Have a nice day..

Join us for lunch

2010-06-06T13:10:00.003+03:00

Now we have a place to eat on ;)
I just assembled the dining table, it's a nice small table, with folding sides so it can fit 2 or 4 or just look like a console table with 6 small drawers.

I put it on the side and pushed the sofas all the way to the back, it made the room look very big and empty, but I still have a few things to get from my old place so we'll see if things will stay like this.

I also added this fake tree which I love so much , we bought it maybe 10 years ago in Jeddah and claimed it as mine for some time now lol I love it there near the small window and the tv .

The princess's room is shaping up too, she asked for the beaded door curtain, and had her name on her door, still a lot of things to do there but we are on our way.

My room is still almost untouched, since most of my stuff needs to be moved from my old room, but I bought a new desk, a bigger one with lot's of drawers for my scrapbooking and sewing supplies, plus a new bed which was delivered this morning, the kiddo is sleeping there now lol.

So things r going well 7amdilla. By the time school is over , so will the big work on our new place will be inshalla.

New things for me :D

2010-06-05T12:23:00.003+03:00

Playing this house game is very interesting both for me and my little princess , we keep adding more stuff here and there almost daily, some new stuff we buy and others we move from our old place.

One of my best buys till now is my new television, it's not fancy and not the size i was dreaming of ( over 50 :P )| but still I like it so much, mainly because I bought it on my own without waiting for someone to give me their opinion, not that I hate others opinions, but doing things on your own is very different than what I was used to..

So my T.V is 42 inches plasma, I chose it because the price was right for me and the size is not so big not so small, actually it's more of the biggish category, but I am being greedy lol
I had to assemble the tv table fast so I can see how would the tv look in my room, I had to do it twice since I did something wrong from the very start :S I was having a bad cold while doing so :P

The result?....

We love it mashalla, it's so nice with the whole area , the house is starting to show it's beauty, I can't ask for a better place to live in 7amdilla :D

I still have a lot to share, but my camera is in one house and the laptop is in the other lol I am still very torn in two . soon inshalla.

On a sad note, my childhood friend has traveled suddenly to Canada to join her husband, we knew she was going soon but we didn't know it would be this soon, it was sad, I will still see her online and inshalla in a month when she will be coming to attend her sister's wedding but still, out other friend went before her to london and now I am friendless in this city lol. well not that much :P
so the other day I went to have breakfast with my mom and her friends, and the kiddo played with my childhood friend's daughter, who along with her other 3 brothers and sisters stayed here till the wedding. she was a bit sad , who can blame her, but they enjoyed each other like they always do. and the place was great too mashalla.

Hope you have a wonderful day , big kiss from both of us lol

yet another update

2010-05-29T22:29:00.003+03:00

Ok so I am really finding it hard to come up with a smart title for my posts lol.
So I managed to add some furniture in my new place, mainly in the kiddo's room because I really want to finish it up first thing, she is really excited about her new room, which will be a more grown up than all her previous ones. All 4 of them..! :P

Anyways I think I found an arrangement that I like so far for the living room, I put the little one's television there till I get a new bigger one inshalla, but it stayed there only for a day before she demanded to have it back in her room, huh who needs it , it's small and only show DVD :P

We also attended the yearly school show ( I can't seem to remember the right phrase :S ) and our little precious princess had a part in it, she looked so professional mashalla while singing and it made me so proud of her, and although it wasn't her graduation like last year I still cried so hard for the graduation of sixth graders.. God what am I gonna do when she will be there?? she is growing fast.. sigh

And the newest in my updates would be the sad and frustrating news that they are working right infront of our building and really blocked the way in or out of it specialy if I had an idea of moving my old furniture or ordering new ones, so all that will have to wait till they are done, which can take up to weeks in this part of earth..! Well what can I do, but I am working on my old stuff packaging it all so that I can move in right when they are done inshalla.

Somewhere to sit

2010-05-23T19:23:00.003+03:00

While waiting for more workers to do more work..lol
Yes it's true I am bringing in workers to do stuff I usually do myself. This time I want to only concentrate on the fun stuff like decorating, and not on tiring stuff like drilling holes for the curtain rods..

Anyways back to my seating system, I finally got me a sofa, yaaaay :D
After a long time and many visits to Ikea I changed my previous plans of a sectional sofa in white - since white seems to be out of order and not on demand- and I got me a three seat sofa with one long seat. sorry I have NO idea what it is called lol

I also got me a one seat chair and I already have another long legged ( I know it is definitely not called that :P ) one at home which needs to be moved.

And my living room look like this right now..

Or this...

I changed the arrangement a lot I can't find a suitable one, not until I get the rest of the stuff in I think.

Today they hung the curtain rods and I need to saw the curtains now.
I also cleaned and accessorized the bathroom a bit, in pink..

But I am thinking of making some changes and use another color.. I will see.

Last Friday we went to my cousin's house, and all the kids were busy playing with some colorful balls, except for my little one who was busy doing some sort of crafting. lol like mommy ;)

First piece of furniture..

2010-05-17T22:01:00.004+03:00

This is the first piece of furniture I put in the house..

This area used to have a sink and tiles all over it, I don't like sinks outside of the bathroom so I removed everything, but as a result I got an empty space with some of the old plumbing thingies still showing. So I got this shoe cabinet to hide that and to use the space for shoe storage, clever, right?lol

Yesterday I went to the new place with the kiddo and spent the whole afternoon there, very nice time we had vacuuming and assembling the Ikea cabinet, while the little one watched totally spies on youtube, ten played Quran online, I got an amazing speed for my internet there mashalla..!

This is where I did some facebooking and chatting in between ;)

And I even managed to send the kid to her room-which is empty like everywhere else lol- just because :P

But she liked it, till she fell asleep on the carpet and woke up an our later crying from her ear pain, turns out she has ear infection and we can't go to Jeddah this weekend like we were supposed to to attend my other friend's engagement party.. what a shame.
But she is doing much better 7amdilla and that is what's important.

Sneak peak

2010-05-11T15:40:00.003+03:00

My flooring is still not all done, but now I know why.. turns out the last day of rain we had had soaked up my electric box and they had to stop electricity to fix it. That's why my poor floor workers had to stop. Wen I checked the house the job was nearly done, they are very neat mashalla cutting everything and mounting it on the right wall then gluing it all at the same time.

Anyways they will work on it today inshalla so hopefully it will be done by tonight.

I also bought the living room curtain fabric. I didn't get many choices but I kind of like the one I got. At least till I find a better one that I love more.
Here is a sneak peak of the whole look

Next stop would probably be living room sofas.. Life can't get any sweeter mashalla. I thank god for that.

Flooring, flooring, flooring..!

2010-05-09T14:24:00.003+03:00

What can I tell you about them.. I love laminate wooden floors. I had a wish come true when I ordered mine a century ago..!( which is a lot like the one in the picture above) and when the workers first started to work on my place I was very excited.. But that was ages ago... And now...

No this isn't my room but mine is almost in the same stage of finished.. not nearly there..!
Well as you can tell I am having trouble with workers working on my place on their free time from their original job. which means coming at odd hours and giving you appointments with daaays in between.

Ok so I might be exaggerating a bit, since they only worked last Tuesday and today and they will supposedly-hopefully-be done on next Tuesday. But still...!

Anyways the house looks nice mashalla even if it is minus the baseboard and room borders. And I am thankful for that.
Who knew it was that much work to have your dream place lol

Flowers in our garden..

2010-05-04T16:50:00.004+03:00

But not in a shower curtain..!
I have been looking for a floral shower curtain everywhere in khobar. I can't seem to find what I am thinking of. And even looking for a curtain for my living room isn't a very easy thing.

Two days ago my close childhood friend gave birth to the most amazing little baby boy mashalla, he is so cute and tiny and blond ! I can't seem to have enough of him mashalla. congrats my dear.. We love you and the new baby :)

I attempted to do a baby sock bouquet which I saw online, but the result was not very impressive lol

Right now the workers are installing the laminate wooden floors in my new place. I am very nervous waiting to see the end result right here, but I have to just pray for the best lol.

Ok so back o our garden flowers, I took some pictures and I liked them so thought of sharing ..

Have a good day.
And I really hope we don't get the storm they are saying might hit us.. :S

Good day, good week 7amdilla

2010-04-29T15:25:00.003+03:00

Work is still going on very well mashalla on the house. After putting the wall-to-wall carpeting in my princess's room, I ordered the wooden floors and they were delivered today , inshalla to be installed on Tuesday. I can't wait.!

This morning while waiting for a few workers to finish up we stayed at the carpeted room, mom worked a bit on her laptop on a very original table :P

while the kiddo listened to some music and danced around.
God I love natural sunlight in the rooms mashalla.

while we were waiting there our neighbors/friends came to work on their house as well and we had some coffee together , it was a fun time we had. And their house is very pretty mashalla, in a more advanced stage than mine since they started before I did.

I took a few pictures of my room with the fabric I bought for the curtains, but the wall color looks orangy there I have no idea why,since it's a light pink.

I love this picture of the little friends while we were shopping for carpet..

wishing everyone a happy weekend. :)

House update

2010-04-23T16:22:00.003+03:00

It's been a long time since I last posted anything related to me new place, I have been working hard on it. not myself but even looking after workers is hell ! :P I'm not complaining though , cuz doing stuff for your own house is really a good thing mashalla.

Anyways since it's probably gonna be a while till I reach the stage of decorating, I will share with you a picture of my bathroom after the remodeling, and just consider it an in-between picture..

A reminder, here is the before...

And the all-white after...

Muchhhh better mashalla don't you think?I think lol I still need to paint that wall above the sink, and find some flowery cottagy accessories for the bathroom.

And this is what I got as a brick wall, with the small window facing the kitchen door.. (ignore my bag lol)

So other than that I am waiting for the wall to wall carpeting in the princess's room to be delivered, and I will be inshalla ordering my wooden floor anytime in the next few days. After that it's gonna be the fun part.. Furnishing and decorating, yaaaay :)

In the last week my uncle and his lovely family visited us from Yanbu, it was a nice visit filled with family gatherings and some shopping. My aunty -God bless her- bought two of my baby photo albums and even ordered 16 handmade cards.. 16!!! and I had 2 days to make them :P
Which I did 7amdilla and they turned out good mashalla if I can say so myself..lol
Here is a pic of some of them..

Anyways, it's the end of the summer break and back to school for us :S waking up early is gonna be a bit hard after that week.

A busy month !

2010-04-12T23:21:00.005+03:00

It's my 400 post..! woopi I can't believe I have been talking that much lol

So April has been very busy so far mashalla. I went to Bahrain one weekend, Jeddah the other and celebrated my 35th birthday in between..

I am still working on my house ( or apartment :P) and actually enjoying every tiring minute of it who knew I would enjoy hard work lol.

So in Bahrain it was very fun watching movies in the cinema after two months of absence, I enjoyed all of them (Alice in wonderland 3D .. When in Rome.. Shutter island and spy next door )

And on my birthday my little princess made me a surprise while we were having lunch in fridays and asked them to sing happy birthday for me

then at home she sprinkled colored chocolae sprinkles on my cake and got me a set of my favorite bear's ( aside from tatty teddy ) party supplies.( the bear is from forever friends)

I cut my hair - again :P- and finally colored it red..! I had that on my wish list.

In Jeddah I visited with my family and really had a great time, and also attended the engagement party of my best friend who is like a big sister to me,

she had it in her house with bubbles and fog machines and disco lights. it was a great night mashalla and I wish her all the happiness. My little one had a blast lol. and the funniest thing hapened when the bride tossed her flowers for us single ladies to catch....

It got stuck in the chandelier looool

7amdilla , life is great I can't ask for better mashalla.. :)

Reading my post a year ago on my 34th birthday ( I can't believe I was depressed about being 34 !! :P) I will add the 35th thing about me..

35. I am a net addict. I can spend most of my day infront of my computer, even have meals while surfing. I love to visit blogs, and you can always find me on facebook :P pathetic lol. But I can get u answers for anything you might ask or want from the net, I thank my ex for this ability of good search.. Yes you read right I positive thing from my marriage lol . kidding, there are few others :P my princess is the best of them.

On this mother's day...

2010-03-27T14:56:00.002+03:00

My baby surprised us at the house with a very cute and dear to my heart celebration..

Mashalla she planned a small party with what she can get at home, the family maids helped her with a cake mix, a candle and an old toy juice dispenser that we never really tried using before.

They even made the sign for her, but it was all her idea. we really got surprised, she served all of us mashalla like a great hostess :)

I'm so proud of her, and really blessed to be her mom.

The house news? well I just finished working on the redecorating projects. and even painted the walls, which mashalla turned out good, and today mom got me the air conditions split units and the rest of the electrical machines.. God help newly weds....! prices are getting really high..!
Anyways they will deliver them inshalla next Saturday.

And I am not sure whether to post 0apicture of the new bathroom now or after decorating it for more effect.. I'll think more about it ;

Happy Mother's Day

2010-03-21T12:55:00.003+03:00

To my darling mother, who means the world to me, I wish you a very happy life. We love you so much mom.

And to all mothers out there, I wish you all a nice day with your loved ones.
(pics from the net)

The many faces of a girl

2010-03-17T18:21:00.003+03:00

I m disappointed in one of my new home projects, my brick wall isn't the way I imagined it would be. But I would still consider it as looking good inshallah, maybe once everything is cleaned and painted. Hopefully. Ya Rab....!

Anyways I took a few cute pics of my little one I thought I'd post. She's growing mashalla .

Back from school all crazy..

On our way out, has to swing a little..

Why are the leaves all yellow mommy are we in Autumn??

A lady in crispy kreme..

I have a love for these half pictures.. Any one else like me?

The journey of a bathroom

2010-03-13T21:06:00.003+03:00

It's a very hard journey, the one taken to get a good looking bathroom :P
I have a weak spot when it comes to good bathrooms, the first thing I look at in new homes or hotel rooms is the bathroom. There is no rule to what makes a bathroom a good one for me, it's just a feeling I get. But some good points to consider are:
- Good natural light .
- Great shower head.
- Enough space for some decorative touches.
- Nice color theme.

My new bathroom has a good light natural and artificial.. And that's it lol

My precious mom convinced me that since it's gonna be my home for life inshalla I might as well have a good one, something that I would like every bit of it. And I think she has ulterior motive, she doesn't want me to move out anywhere in the near future, because working on that seems to take forever..! Ok I just started today but it feels like it's gonna take forever.

So I am aiming for a few things to do in my new place inshalla..
I need white tiles ( I read in many blogs they are called subway tiles) , a sink with a cabinet , and halfway painted walls ( with no tiles on that , it's not a big hit in this country to have non tiled walls in a bathroom)

All white bathrooms makes it easy to change your mind about which color you want in there, which I do a lot..!
And painted walls make the change easier and more dramatic , just paint over with a new color.
The cabinet helps make the place look better and make me have extra storage space, much needed in my small yet cozy place. I got one from Ikea, love everything about it mashalla.

So in other words I wish I can change this..( girl not included in the change, I wouldn't wanna change anything in her perfect little girliness mashalla )

To something like this... pic taken from a nice blog by the name posy check the rest of her room, amazing mashalla..!

Wish me luck I am about to panic lol.. But the good thing in all this? I am learning to be more patient.

on picking a color..

2010-03-10T15:45:00.003+03:00

Or on settling for just one color is more like it ! I have a strong love to colors, since I love almost all the colors in the world.. So picking one color ( per room of course) is hell to me..

In my past houses ( yes I moved A LOT ) I used most colors you can - or can't - think of.. Greens, blues, red , brown , orange , yellow , pink , purples .. just name it..

So now in my final house - please I want to settle down :P - I am not sure which colors to pick.. I know I can always repaint in a year or so ( or even less ) but the first color will always be the special one..

So far I managed to feel good about the color of the living room, and my kid picked a very interesting -mommy like- color ( fuchsia and red with black !) and the last room is making me lose sleep..

It's my craft/soon to be also bedroom , and I can't settle on one color. Ok I know I want pink, but with what? orange would be too strong if i ever used it as a bedroom, blue will be in the living room, green i m bored of and red, well it will be used in my kid's room.

Anyways I still have a few days before deciding, and like I said I can always repaint.

So today I managed to do something in the house, I got my cousin to bring in the plumber and electrician to see about the work that need to be done, inshalla they will start Saturday yaaaaay..!

A step closer to moving in lol
Life is looking very rosy mashalla ;)
So here are some pictures taken from the net that I am thinking to use as color inspiration..

This nail polish is the color I want for the living room.. yummmm

Princess picked this room, she liked it the best

But I love this one better.. calm and cool..

What do u think?? ( sorry as usual I can't seem to remember where I took these pics from )

new home inspiration

2010-02-28T14:24:00.003+03:00

I have a clear image in my mind about the major things I need to have in a home , such as wooden laminate floors and a fireplace..

Another thing I always wanted was a brick wall, the kind u see in cottages or new york style loft apartments. And I wanted it painted white.
Knowing what I want doesn't make having it easy, so far I found a few choices, I can either use big sheets of fake white briks and fix them to the wall ( I don't know how though) or hire an artist to faux paint it with a certain substance to make the realistic look..

Or... I can try to do it myself.. I like the idea of doing it myself even though lately working on such things make me tired fast..

Anyways I still need to do a few more trips to some decorating stores to see what other options I can get.

Meanwhile , here are some pictures that inspire me in my new home..

I'm still not all settled on one color scheme, I just love all colors, which make it harder on me to stick to one choice.. or two ..lol but as you might have guessed, it all has to have pink in them ;)

Home sweet home..

2010-02-27T22:44:00.003+03:00

It's been nearly two years since my divorce, a hard time for me that involved tears, fears and lot's of depending on my close and beloved family for support. I grew a lot in these two years, more than I did through the previous 33 years.

While I was still recovering ( and I think in a way I still am) I needed to be as close as possible to my mother, which I'm living with her parents to take care of them. It was a good arrangement for a while, but 4 different generations are so hard to be under one roof. I was raised with my grandparents and mother ( same group of people I am with now) and I had my own hard time and bad memories, of course beside tons of good ones, but I don't think it's very nice having the same situation again with my own kid and me in the same place my mom was in back then.

So my dear mother is helping me to move on with the rest of my life in a more settled and secure way, by having a place for me and my daughter to call our own.. Home sweet home.. and I can't be any more exited 7amdilla.

It's a small place, cozy and bright mashalla and I love it so much. it's ours so I will be decorating it inshalla with pleasure and a greatt amount of consideration. And I would like to share this journey with u here..

So from now on (until I am done with the decoration ) it will be all about my journey of creating a home..

First some pics from the house.. Still empty waiting for me to put my touches :D

Can you tell how excited my little princess is? we all are mashalla..

what's pink, ultra slim and flexible?

2010-02-17T12:07:00.002+03:00

I hope you weren't thinking of an inappropriate thing :P
I was talking about my new keyboard...

Isn't it a pretty sight?
Goes well with my mouse pad..

I just need to get used to it because it's very sensitive to the touch and feels funny when used lol.
Now working on my desk is a real pink experience ;)

V's day

2010-02-14T14:26:00.004+03:00

Is today, and I am single, but I don't mind that much, yes sure I get the occational " I feel lonely" moment, along with it's sister " everyone has someone except me" but they are only brief ones thank god..

I have a pretty and peaceful life, I feel relaxed, not pressured about anything or anyone , I am the master of my time and my life decision ( of course I know that it's all Allah's will ) and I am free to wish , hope and dream.. I didn't have dreams or realities concerning V's day b4 that :P

And most importantly I have people who love me :D 7amdilla this is the best thing in life.

My kiddo got me this as a surprise when we went to Bahrain, she put it on my bed for me to see when I came back from my late night movie, I loved it. ( the post it note was added last night )

And today my dear friend L surprised me with this

I am surrounded with lovely people 7amdilla :)
Wish you the same thing.. Have a happy day , singles or otherwise ;)

Happy Birthday to...

2010-02-13T11:24:00.002+03:00

My dearest friend and sister moon face ( or is it angel eyes? or ward o alwan? ;) )

Wish you have a marvelous day and great year and excellent life , we all love you :X

Sweet job..

2010-02-13T11:09:00.003+03:00

Craft job that is.. yes I am posting another craft, this time a bit bigger than the last one..:)

First of all I would like to say that I don't really celebrate Valentine's day, I just can't resist the colors scheme and all the hearts and sweets lol

So that day I went out with my friend to Aramco camp to visit an American lady who brings stuff from the US and sell them in her garage, usually she has pretty things in all the occasions in the world, but I was waiting for the Valentine's shipment ( see the above explanation ;) ) So we went and I bought..

I am diabetic- yes I am well aware of that sad recent fact- but I just can't walk away from M&M's in the love color, or that sweet corn candy in pink red and white..!

The solution to that? give small gifts to family members and watch them eat them lol.
And do it in style..

I saw this idea all over the net, and kind of made my own pattern by trial and error. The result if I may say is just delicious .

I just couldn't stop and kept adding things to it..

So don't you think it's a sweet job?

Finally, something crafty..!

2010-02-10T16:27:00.006+03:00

Well it is really a shame to say it is a crafty thing, more like a kid's craft and a way to share a mini project, to be honest this is all I can manage right now, mini projects :P

I saw those on the net and liked the look of them, so we picked a paper (from a new paper pad I got from a trip to Bahrain in the weekend ) and after a few cutting and folding moves ( too few the kiddo was like "mom I wanna do a real craft! " ) this is what we got..

It doesn't even move very well :P maybe I need to go check on the how-to again ..

But at least I did something, right? ;)

I just discovered I never really posted any pictures of the last Eid, we had a marvelous time at the beach and took tons of great pictures.. I'll leave you with some..

Going back in time...

2010-02-06T12:11:00.002+03:00

Not so long time ago, I was a Julio Iglesias addict, I had all the albums I could get and played them non stop. I always enjoyed Spanish music, and the voice of Julio in particular touched my heart and emotions..

That was in the early days, where I believed dreams can come true, and romance really exist.

Then came the years of reality , and the crushing of dreams.. I stopped listening to most of my dreamy songs and started the sad and gloomy ones.
Not to get me wrong my life wasn't all sad or bad, it was just so real, with no place for a dream ..

Reality is good, but so is dreaming, so now I decided to go back to doing both.. Living reality in my life, and dreaming a very colorful , happy dancing dream . I just won't wait for it to get real, cuz after all it is only a dream.

I have no idea what I am trying to say lol.. All I know is that I got two CDs for Julio Iglesias, and I intend to listen to them and dance again... In dreams .

Finger pricks..

2010-01-24T14:39:00.004+03:00

Been doing a lot of that lately.. My fingers hurts :S

Thank god on everything.
Just started medication and weirdly they are making me sick in other ways..
I think everything is hard in the beginning.

I need to craft..!
I need to travel..!
I need to have fun..!

The good news is , I still don't feel like I need to have chocolates :P 7amdilla

long time .... second time :P

2010-01-21T15:37:00.003+03:00

Well I couldn't do it , post sooner that is. Lot's has happened since the last time I was here, most of isn't very good news, but thanks to Allah for everything.

I don't really want to talk about the bad stuff, but in short, my only aunty is very sick, may Allah give her health and patience to face her illness.. And I discovered I am sick too , 7amdilla nothing life threatening ( hopefully ) and not so easily reversible as everyone is keep telling me. But it sure will need a major life style change and a sudden definite end to my previous self.. Which I am working hard on..

On the lighter side, our days are being very active with a 6 year old and a cat in the house, some frustrating moments but usually funny stuff. I'll leave u with the pictures.

The little princess taking pictures..

Romatic pose lol

Yes, our cat is artistic too :P

Lazy cat, sleeps on my lap each evening while I watch tv..

We tried to have some crafting in the middle, but honestly i am not in the mood most of the time.. We just opened and worked on one of the kid's Eid gifts..!

Oh and Happy -very late- new year..

Loooooong time...

2009-12-24T17:23:00.003+03:00

Since I was last here.. How time flies.

Nearly a month has gone and I am still without crafting , I guess my craftiness doesn't wanna join me anytime soon, but I am managing to declutter my rooms and my life in general from un-needed things and hopefully that will help me .

We have a new family member now, snowflake my friend's cat.. Sadly my friend traveled to London with her family for 3 years , I will miss her but she gave me her cat and it reminds me of her.. Mashallah he is huge..! but everyone in the house love him and the kiddo enjoys playing with him a lot.

Mom is on vacation to England, and we miss her terribly.. Love u mom nothing is the same without u... :(

Oh I don't remember if i wrote this before but I got a new computer from my uncle in Eid and it is great mashallah..:)

I leave u with a pic of how I found my girl sleeping one night while watching cartoons.. cuteeee mashalla
And yes , that's a huge Tatty Teddy she is cuddling.. :D

So that's all for now, hopefully I won't be away for that long again .

Happy Eid to all :D

2009-11-28T11:23:00.003+03:00

Another happy eid 7amdillah, it was avery nice first day, kids playing happily, family getting together for talks and laughs, may it be this way for always inshallah..

I got a new computer for Eid from my lovely uncle :D yaaay , it's mashalla a great looking one, I just hope I can find a place to put it in right now since my room if filled to the brim with stuff..:P Yes I know I need to tidy it up..lol

So for some kid's pictures...
my cousins amazing carrot cake yummmmm mashallah she did great with it

Birthday pictures

2009-11-18T21:11:00.004+03:00

It was a more than one day thing, the day b4 she was with her dad and step mom , the actual birthday we were at home with family and the day after with friends..

Nothing much to say so I'll just leave you with the pictures.. :)

My baby is 6...

2009-11-17T21:05:00.003+03:00

How does time fly so quickly, just last night she was 5, last week i gave birth to her ; pretty, small and pink..
My baby it 6 now mashallah, no longer a baby. I know that I have always treated her like a grownup, even when she was very little, I only saw how tiny she was in pictures.. And due to major turbulence in my married life since she was born, I never really had the chance to appreciate her first year well... and now since the divorce, it wasn't that easy either.. And she is growing fast, I better treat her existence in my life like the blessing it is...

Just now i was seeing a picture of her when she was a few months old.. How like a different person she seems now, it's like I am having a new daughter, the old little one was gone forever and can never be back again.. Just now I understand what my mom used to say about missing me when I was a baby, I used to say " but mom how can it be? it's the same me..! " but she was right, it's not the same person.. She is someone else now, but someone I love as much if not more than before.. My love grows each day with her growth, and I couldn't imagine that this can be even possible.

May Allah keep you safe and happy my precious.. May your life be better than mine.. May you never have anything to do with anyone who would let u down, or make u feel less about yourself.. And may you forgive your mom when you grow up for not being the most cheerful person on earth.. But she is for sure, the one who loves you the most..

I love you baby.. :x

cake course 2..

2009-11-10T15:33:00.003+03:00

I finished my second course some time ago, I have been absent for so long from my poor blog, guess I was trying to get my living space in order so I made a few changes resulting in leaving my PC in a corner not working for a while..

Anyways, last Friday during our family gathering I finally finished a whole cake using the dried up flowers we have been doing the classes..

I'll leave u with pictures..

Icing the cake..

Basket weave..

Adding the flowers..

Adding more greens and borders..

It was supposed to a cupcake cake, big one but it didnt work out, so i used the bottom and left the top. but then thought i would try to decorate that as well with leftover icing for the fun of it. It looks ok doesn't it? :P

So that's the main thing I did since, can't rememebr when. Besides school and waking and sleeping and studying..
Hope your life is good and peaceful :)

A very nice weekend

2009-10-24T13:11:00.005+03:00

Mashallah it was indeed very nice, I started it by going to my kids school on Wednesday for a parent/teacher meeting and I got to see her with her classmates and took a picture of her on her desk. She looks cute mashallah, although she is still clinging to either mom or me almost everyday.

Then on thursday morning I went for my second class of the second course for cake decorating, it was fun, we didn't even feel the time passing , after that we went to the resort on the beach that my uncle was having for the weekend, the whole family was there and it was great for the kids, they ran , they played with the sand and had lots of fun 7amdillah. And the weather was great.

I'll leave you with the pictures

I have to make a comment about this last pictures, because I feel it's one of the worst moment any single mom can have in the world.. The look of sadness in the eye of your kid when she is looking at whole families from afar (mashallah may allah keep them together and whole forever).. I know it's not a big issue even for my little one, it was only a moment of sadness and went by, but for a mom, who has been an only child with a single mom herself, it was hard.

But life goes on, and we keep enjoying the good moments even more.. That's why I still think of this picture as a nice one, in a bit of a sad way.. :)

Hope you enjoyed you weekend too.

My first grader.. and other stuff :)

2009-10-20T12:03:00.005+03:00

I can't believe my little baby is in her first grade mashallah.. It felt good and sad to see her in her class, sitting on a big kid table and chair.. sigh...what's next, college??

That's her on her first day, early in the morning.. very early.. VERY VERY early ( can u tell I am not a morning's person? lol )

And that's her third day with the old uniform.. she looks very thing in that :(

So my other stuff, a few days b4 school we went to Bahrain for two nights, stayed at the Frasier suites in seef mall , it was very nice and the view from the big window was marvelous.. ( just cuz I love big windows )

And my little princess turned pink ;) mommy's girl .

lol doesn't she look like a sleeping rag doll? :P

Good news and bad news

2009-10-11T13:39:00.003+03:00

I will start with the bad news to get it over with , our rabbits died the day I posted their pictures.. After only 2 days at our house , they just suddenly dropped dead! it was so sad to us grown ups, we couldn't tell our little one so we told her we took them to the vet. Mom got another rabbit as if it is one of them.. The even more sad thing is that he died too after less than a day in our house! I saw him at 2 am sitting there looking at me and then at 5 am he was dead, the same way as the first two.. Something is so not right in here. I just don't know what. Thankfully the kiddo didn't ask about him.

Ok now to the good post. No news but a few things I want to share with you.

A few days ago I went to a garage sale, my first one in Aramco, I went with two good friends, it was fun driving around looking for the right house then spending a few minutes in front of it not knowing for sure.. We didn't find much stuff to buy, but then we went to another house where a lady there sells stuff for Halloween, nice good stuff actually, I found me a scrapbooking kit.. Travel theme.
Here are the things I got, plus a few candies and a hello kitty pen for my daughter.

And long before that I got a few nice things from the japanese shop daiso, and I never posted pictures , so here they are

Felt flowers, buttons and leaves..

A close up to the pins, I love those styles very much

small tins holding sewing kit, didn't care for the kits I fell in love with the tins lol

The little model with my stuff :P

Hope you have a good day, and no I am NOT going to get another rabbit ever!

Two rabbits, two hamsters and one six-year-old on vacation...

2009-10-09T22:37:00.003+03:00

Equals headache lol
Or lot's of fun.. Depending on the way you look at it.!

So mom bought the little one ( or herself actually since mom is crazy about little animals ) the rabbits and hamsters. And boy did they make quite an impact..

First she wanted to touch and grab and hold them, they were moving of course so she got a bit scared and got to touch only..

Then we tried moving them from one cage to another and really, don't try to hold a squirming hamster..! they just slip right through your fingers it was like trying to catch water, one of them really ran away under the sofa and there were 4 of us trying to catch him, then when i finally did he jumped from my hand when i was standing up thankfully our maid caught him b4 he hit the floor.. :P

They are cute and sweet, but please, I only love cats ;)

Final class of the first course

2009-10-06T22:49:00.003+03:00

I was still in pain from my neck and shoulders , I almost didn't go, but I am glad I did.
we were supposed to bring a cake to decorate but I couldn't, I only took the icing, which turned to be very soft for the roses we were supposed to learn, but in general the class went well.

Here are the things we did, the rose..

The sweet pea and ribbon..

The leaves..

And this is my certificate for the first course.. Very nice :)

Inshallah on Thursday we will start the second course, hope it goes as well and be as fun as this one was.

Cake class number 3

2009-10-05T00:54:00.003+03:00

It was a fun day on Saturday we had the third class, a lot of tip training and cupcakes to decorate at the end. ( mine were light pink with a yellow flower on top)

I went there with a mildly stiff neck, with the work and the big bag carrying and the ac hitting me so cold I came back suffering from a great pain. I tried everything, hot pads, pain creams massaging, even more hot pads I feel my neck and back r roasted..! Nothing is working so far. But 7amdillah it's getting less painful a bit.

Anyways, another reason for Saturday to be great for me, is that I found out while talking to the ladies in the course about many different things and we discovered we both love scrapbooking.. We were really happy to hear that we had future dreams of crop sessions and maybe even classes for other future scrapboking lovers.. I can't wait for that :)

Ok so I'll leave you with the pictures , sorry about the quality of them they are from my mobile and the lighting there isn't the greatest ,

The scary/cute clown.. I don't like clowns..:S

Cake decorating

2009-09-30T01:38:00.004+03:00

I started a course on cake decorating on Saturday, it is a two week course, 4 lessons each lesson for 3 hours. A short one but this is only the first course.

What we are learning now I already took in my last semester at college, but that was , ehem, 10 years ago and I felt I needed some refreshing to my memory.

So on Saturday I went there happy that I didnt have to bring anything with me but my enthusiasm, which I did.. the class had 11 other ladies and they all seemed nice, the instructer looked friendly and the kit they gave us made me feel excited, I love kits..lol

We started by learning how to make the icing, and then using the icing bags and different piping heads ( my terms for that stuff is very wrong I'm sure :P ) then moved on to leveling the cake and splitting it in half then spreading the icing and smoothing it, which happens to be my weakness in college.. But I did great well , trying to remember I am here to have fun not to be judged and put marks to like old days.

On teusday, we had to bring our own cake and icing, unlike the first class were it was all provided for us, which was a headache just thinking of having to do it. But then in the last minutes after I made everything with hte help of my dear friend, I thought to myself, why did I make such a big deal out of it??

We learned this time how to make the starts, writing and the heart of the rose shape. Then we went on to decorate our own cakes. Mine was a baby carriage which broke while I was tranferring it, but I did a good job hiding the big cracks if i may say so myself lol

I didn't have time to finish it (it is all piped stars) and by the time I was home I was dead tired and my kid and mom had their eyes on the cake anyways, so I just left it as it is.

In general it's a nice thing to do, meeting people who enjoys the same thing you do, talking , joking and doing something creative and artistic.. I love it.

Crafting

2009-09-26T00:47:00.005+03:00

I haven't done much of that lately, but I did one thing that is somehow crafty while gift wrapping our eid presents.
I had this smallish gift that needed a package, and sine I visit a lot of creative blogs such as this one, I decided to try my hands at creating a box from scratch out of some scrapbooking paper .

I got my little one a lovely gift for eid, it's a crafty princess toy where you can make different dresses from patterned paper , very nice toy...
First tracing three layers on 3 different paper from the cute pink projector, slides provided with 6 different combinations to get 6 looks

Cutting all three layers carefully

Having fun embellishing the dresses with glitter and sequins

More details of her handicraft mashallah

I let her do almost everything on her own. Mashallah she is getting good at these things, and the best part is she really enjoys crafting , just like her mommy..

I can still recall when she was very young and trying to use the scissors with her little chubby baby fingers..
Here she was 2 years and 4 months old mashallah, already an addict with crafting materials.

Planning and making her first ever scrapbook.. God I miss those days and those cute chubby cheecks..

A few months older here, nearly 3 and her choices are more colorfull in papers..

Sigh, my baby is growing up too fast mashallah...

Eid... wish it was here more often :)

2009-09-22T03:58:00.007+03:00

Hi all, Hope you had a happy two day Eid so far, we had the best mashallah.. It was a great eid this year, I felt great and happy and calm and enjoyed every minute of my days 7amdilla.

So of course we started with the decoration and gift wrapping.. Not very elaborate but still festive.

The morning of Eid the men of the family came for breakfast and we opened the gifts , who could sleep during the night when there r many gifts to be opened just hours away? not a certain little one.. :)

At night the whole family came to our house for dinner, more gift opening and a lot of fun for both kids and adults..

Posing for the cameras..

Playing secret games..

Having screamy fun with the papr shreds pops we had..

Squoshed by my side to watch pictures on the electronic frame mom got for eid..

Playing with real life farmville toy.. ( we are an addicted family to farmville :P )

Same for the second day..

Dancing around..

I got a few great gifts, and a bit of money ;) but these two are the most I wanna share, one is very cute and unexpected (from mommy dearest )

The other is very usefull, fun and awaited by my great aunty and cousins ( I asked for it in my wishlist )

Thanks you all, love you :X:X:X:X

In a few words, Thanks Allah for this Eid, it was - and still is - a great time for all of us .

Eid mubarak... :)

2009-09-21T00:18:00.002+03:00

Happy Eid everyone, may you and your loved ones be in health and happiness always..

It was a very nice day,pictures and details later inshallah, I am dead tired.. :P
wish u had a nice day..

Back home

2009-09-03T16:39:00.005+03:00

Hi all, I'm baaaack..:P
Well it was a very nice vacation mashallah, mostly family and friends visits which I missed for almost two years since I last was in Jeddah.. Ofcourse that was after the kiddo was done from her chicken pox..!

We didn't do much beside those visits but what's there to see other than malls ans restaurants? Khobar is already filled and that's all we can do in our daily life anyways lol.

The little one had so much fun mashallah staying at grandpa's house, seeing her lovely aunty and playing with many cousin's and friends.

I had a great time visiting two of my friend's shops... Actually one is a bridal shop that is so cute mashallah, the other is a art center to teach painting and crafts classes.. I just loved the work my friend did on her place mashallah, I feel jealous.. good jealous :P

I'll leave u with some pictures.. Have a very nice day.

On our way there, keeping herself busy in the airplane.

Avery nice looking , and yummy cake my friend got us one day..

On our way back, a very bored kid kept playing with all thee bags she could get from the seats around us , she made a small shop selling bags and books and imaginery stuff..lol

Anice view from my window.. I just love the looks of clouds and sky from up there.

Doesn't this cloud look like snoopy???

Ramadan mubarak

2009-08-21T16:46:00.004+03:00

Hi all, I am in jeddah now for a vacation, or a family visiting time to be more precise. I am staying in my dad's house and saw my baby sister for a few days before she had to leave back to the UK where she lives, it was great I haven't seen her since a very long time, I can't even remember for how long.

My kiddo got sick with chicken pox once we came here, and we are staying home for a house arrest till she gets better. It could be worst, at least I get to see dad after he finishes work and it's a great house mashallah lol.

So Ramadan is here again, sub7an Allah how time flies so quickly. Wishing u all an accepted month of fasting and praying and peace..

Pictures later inshallah once I get back..

L , I really miss u :(
I miss u all..

Work of art

2009-08-09T20:15:00.003+03:00

I forgot to check when was my last post, but I kind of lost track..lol

Nothing much happened, same everyday activity, or non activity.. Visits to family and friends, good times, boring times .. 7amdillah good health..

I miss my friend L badly.. She went to South Africa with her family, hope she comes back safely and have a great time.

My kid is bored without school, sometimes she would occupy her time with fun useful things like painting.. Her latest work mashallah really impressed me.. she did the drawing and mom colored with her.. ( mom helped a bit by drawing the chair )

Lovely mashallah isn't it?
Well this is my latest project..

I really have no idea what it is going to be after I am done with it, I'll think of that later, it still needs alot of additions after the sewing. But I have a good feeling about it. We'll see..

So hope your days are filled with good things.. :)

Bahrain trip

2009-07-26T17:18:00.004+03:00

My dear uncle and his lovely family came to visit us, we had a good time and they invited me and my kiddo one day to go to Bahrain with them, and surely I said ok :)

It was a very nice trip, mashallah my little one had an instant connection with them all and I hardly felt her being there. We toured the malls a bit, had lunch at chili's and I watched a movie "Omar w salma2" it's an Arabic movie and wasn't like I hoped it would be, but liked it all the same.

I'll leave you with some pictures of the trip, nothing else to share , I don't have any projects done and not really in the mood for crafting.. Sometime soon inshallah.

In Bahrain city center mall

In Seef mall..

Kids playing

2009-07-20T12:07:00.003+03:00

Yesterday we went to the indoors amusement park in Rashid mall with some friends, the kids played a few games and had a good time.

I usually don't like going to those places, lots of waiting around and running after the little ones, but hey I have to do it every once in a while for the sake of my little princess, don't i?

She is an only child and it's hard for her in general when she wants to enjoy herself, so when I have an opportunity to go with other little ones I take it, so she can have fun with someone her age..

While we were there we saw this nice creature sitting calmly on his cage, my friend's girls played with him for a while, he was very cool about it..

All in all it was a good day 7amdillah.
I" leave you with my little princess and her sweet hair cut mashallah , she is starting to like it, I love it!!

Looooooooong time no posts..:D

2009-07-19T14:56:00.004+03:00

Well what can I say? it's summer and things are somehow slow here..they were busy for some time while my friend was planning for her sister's wedding ( congrats Mimi the pretty bride ) and I was helping a bit here and there.

It turned out to be a pretty party, I went there to help from noon and had a very good time, I have always enjoyed planning or help preparing for parties, and we had many things to work on ( My dear friend did a marvelous job mashallah organizing the whole thing, Allah yi36eeha al3afya) and the place was filled with workers of all kind, hotel staff and family of the bride.. It was crazy funny.

I only managed to get a pic of the stage in which the bride and groom were gonna sit on ( kosha in Arabic, dunno the name in English)

This is it after the bride's brother did the decoration himself, after ordering an extension and a step just a few hours before the actual party.. Told you it was crazy funny :)

She looked very cute mashallah , wishing them happiness for ever inshallah.

Then I just kind of went into sleepy mode, my back hurt a bit after the party I guess I managed to pull or push a heavy thing , yikes.. But 7amdillah it's not a very bad pain I can still move.. But nothing crafty to share, I feel out of talent suddenly lol. One of those phases I guess.

We had visitors from Jeddah and had a good time with them, my kid sure did ;)

That's all the news I have, I might go on vacation to Jeddah sometime soon , although for some reason I don't feel like going anywhere in this heat, except maybe to somewhere cool and green and nice... Ahhh Turkey... I wish.

Oh yah and I cut my hair VERY VERY short, it startles me when I see it in the mirror... Mom cut my hair to be more presice, I told her I want it short but it got shorter than I expected, but who cares it's hot and I am bored and it was always gathered anyways.. At least now I don't have to look for a hair band :P
And I made mom cut the kid's hair too looool she likes it and hates it at the same time, but I prefer it this way, I feel it better suits her age and personality..
Thank god hair grows back :P

A summer with kids..

2009-07-08T03:14:00.003+03:00

I know I am with kids all year long mashallah, but this is the only thing that came to my mind when I wanted to write this post lol..

It's all about the fun times my kid is having with her friends, while I am having a good time with the mom too ;)

So lots of pictures, nothing much to say.. Enjoy..

watching a movie in the dark, eating snacks and being cute mashalla ..

Resting for a while after a few tiring visits to shops looking for shoes..

Posing after playing their favorite game, dress up..

Relaxing after a long day watching cartoons and snuggling.. cuuute :)

The loveliest furry creature mashallah, they have this bunny which they called lollypop ( I think :P) .. I love how he is standing on the plate eating.

It's so hot and we just feel like staying home and sleeping... But in between we are having a good time 7amdillah..

Which brings me to the most saddening news I have heard in a while, my second cousin, which is my age and is like a sister to me has just been widowed, her husband, died a few days ago suddenly in a bike accident.. It breaks my heart, for her and for their two little kids... I can feel some of her pain when she sees her kids asking about their dad, and when I think of all the changes she will have to make eventually.. It's not easy losing a husband in any way, but death is so much harder since there will never be a time to say good bye...
My heart and prayers are with her and their family.. May he rest in peace.. Allah yir7amu.

I don't want to end my post with sad news, but this is life... Both happy and sad moments... May all our days be happy inshallah..

A messy work place..

2009-06-29T15:46:00.002+03:00

Means a happy heart...
At least that's how I see it when I am working with my papers and glues..

But in reality, I want a bigger working space, I am being cramped in the corner of the room with all my stuff, and the stuff that my lovely kid stuff in my face..! or on my table , which is already small for my things.. I need light too, my over hear florescent light is blinking and I have no natural lighting in the room.. Not even a nice view to look at..

I tried working for a while in my kid's room, where there is a good view -somehow- and some natural day light.. But it's hard when all my things are in the other room and my kid is the boss of her room..! I have no idea who this girl is resembling :P

Anyways, inshallah one of these days I will probably replace the mirrored windows and get me some good old sun light, where I can work more creatively.. I need the sunnnnnn ( all while I have a good air conditioned cool room :P )

So I finally got a new album in my shop, check it out :)

Bahrain trip..

2009-06-26T23:26:00.004+03:00

We went to Bahrain for two days and one night this weekend, it's a great trip because we spend the night at a hotel, watch movies in the cinema and get to go to my favorite scrapbooking store.. :P

So this time I got a few good things, I know I said I won't buy new materials till I finish with the old ones I already have, or at least till I sell a few things, but honestly I couldn't lol.. I tried to only get the basic things that I can use over and over to produce more projects.. I said I tried ..!

They were having a some kind of a insect gallery or whatever it is called in city center, mom and the kid went there while I watched a very nice movie "the proposal" and as what usually happens in a romantic comedy movies, I laughed, I cried and I got depressed afterwords lol.. Well what can I say I love those movies :P

And this time the little one got to use the swimming pool at the hotel.. The kiddy pool.. I looked all over the seef mall for that swim suit, the one that covers a lot of skin, it was very hard to find one, it seems these days most swim suits are two pieces bikini ones, I don't like those in general, but I got her a one piece suit with ponies on it for when she swims at home..

So another weekend is gone, now back to doing more selling stuff to fill my shop ;)

Another book

2009-06-22T15:26:00.003+03:00

I just updated my blog/shop with a new baby boy album.. It's taking me a long time to finish an album , although if I really sat there to work on it in quiet well lit room ( unlike the gloomy dark room filled with sounds of cartoons or Hanna Montana songs! ) I could finish it in less than a day..

I think it is really hard working with this right beside me singing in my ears...

Although I love being with her, since she is always sitting under my table working with her stuff, she keeps giving me handmade gifts and cards I will soon run out of room for them all lol..

So life is good when I can work with my stuff.. I am finding it hard to use my things without buying new ones , but i have to , and inshallah one day I will be able to go to Dubai again and get me some new stamps and punches and papers and make more stuff.. Or I can learn how to get things online :P

So check my shop.. ;)

LOVE

2009-06-19T18:13:00.003+03:00

Is the title of my new finished project.. Remember the BABY word book? Well I told you I made it being inspired by a ready bought word book that spelled LOVE, which I couldn't use in fear of not being able to get another one, guess what? I still haven't used it lol But I used it as a template to try another material for the body of the book, I found in Zamil where the scrapbooking section is some heavy weight cardboard, I think they are what you find in a pack of papers giving it weight.. ( Hope you are able to get what I mean :P ) So I got me a few of those and tried cutting them ( They cut nicely ) and here what I got..
The one bellow is the one I cut it

And then I decorated it to be a picture album, just waiting for it's owner to add the pictures

You can check out the inside of the album on my new blog/shop where I will be putting anything I make that is for sale .. It's still empty now but every now and then I will be adding new stuff so make sure you visit it again :)

By the way, did you notice a difference in the quality of the pictures in my last two posts? I finally got my camera charged and ready again, now it's always in my bag..

My lovely kid

2009-06-16T12:50:00.004+03:00

I don't know what happened from the day of her graduation, but my baby girl is her usual self again, she is less cranky, less nagging and more relaxed mashallah.. Honestly I don't care what's have been done or said to make her like that again, I am just happy to have her back , even if for a short time, we are enjoying each other again with a less stressed days now that her summer vacation has started.

Isn't my sleeping angel so adorable mashallah ? ( I'm her mom what did you think I would say? :P )

So yesterday mom got her a mini kiddy swimming pool to play in, it turned out to be so mini we need a bigger one lol , but she was enjoying it so much believing that she is really swimming, I so need to take her to swimming lessons, I don't want my kid to grow up unable to swim..

She is becoming more and more talented mashallah in her drawing, she gets very creative with her colors , today she wanted to prove she can draw as well as those she saw in her new magazine...

So she came up with these...

I'm so proud of her mashallah.. And happy that she is happy again.. May Allah keep her always happy and relaxed.

As for me, I am starting a new crafting project, but more on that next time inshallah.

A very emotional - and very very hot ! - day

2009-06-10T16:22:00.004+03:00

Today was a very hot summer day.. I mean very hot and that includes the insides too, since my room ac needs fixing , and we went to the little princess school for her graduation from kindergarten, and it was so hot there people were melting..!

But it was a very emotional time for me, and my mom and of course the graduate.. I never thought I would feel this way, I was already in a down mood and even thought for a while that I didn't want to go to her party, what's the big deal of graduating from kg 2 or 3, right? Well I was wrong and I am really glad I didn't listen to my depressed mood.

From the moment I walked in the tent/stage and they were putting a song about graduation and a slide show of all their pictures, I started crying like a baby.. people around must have thought I was crazy if it wasn't for the fact that we were all mom's who were proud of our little ones.. And she is my only one.. Allah yi7meeha.

The songs they sang, the happy proud look on her little face when she did her parts well and heard the mother's clapping, the look in her eyes that sparkled when she saw me as soon as she entered the stage and wanted to show me her freinds.. All were priceless.. I wouldn't miss them for anything in the world..

After that came the graduation ceremony with cabs, robes and rolled diplomas.. That was when I really cried again.. And by then all mom's were near the stage hugging and cheering for their little ones.. And I just remembered what she looked like on her first day of school, and cried more..

But those are tears of joy 7amdillah, and I liked shedding them , as much as I liked all the hugs and kisses I got and gave to my kid and mom.. We were a very happy three women..

So after that I took a chance of taking pictures of some of her close friends on stage..

And they gave us this picture framed as a gift..

I love it so much but until I figure out my scanner again , I had to post it anyways so I took a picture of it from my mobile.. Next post will be the scanned picture inshallah..

So I would like to thank everyone who made the party so cute, and our friends for coming and cheering with us for our little princesses.. And to other mom's who have little graduates I say congrats.. May we see them graduating from the university.. then I will be needing a whole tissue box :)

I love you my precious princess.. :x

Still here

2009-06-08T15:29:00.002+03:00

Hi , it's been a while..
I had and still have nothing much to talk about. Or maybe I do have lot's of things on my mind that I wish I can work out, and that's what making me not willing to share with the world.

Lately I have been dealing with a very troubled daughter, she is becoming more tense, aggressive and very cranky and moody. She nags a lot, she defies everyone all the time and she is always on the verge of tears and screams.. She was never like this.. Yes she has always been a hard kid at times but never to this extreme..

I know she is going through a lot.. After a year of living apart it is just coming to her sences that we r going to be apart for ever. and that to her meant that one of us is no longer gonna be her parent. Her dad is remarrying and she is being confused by that.. Thinking sometimes that I will no longer be her mom , and other times that she wishes that her stop mom can be her mom , just so that she can have the family life she wishes for.

No one said divorce was going to be easy, not on me or on her.. especially her.. I know, I've been there before.. As a mater of fact sometimes I still feel some complexes from my own parent's divorce.. Which unlike her's happened before I can even have a memory of a happy life with both my parents in the same house. I know it must be harder on her.

What she is going through makes me feel many emotions, sadness, guilt, anger and helplessness.. I know I am the grownup and should be there for her, happy and strong and reassuring, but I am finding it really hard to do so all the time.. Or even most of the times.. I feel emotionally drained and tired...

But life goes on.. things will work out for the best inshallah, she is young and she will -hopefully- get over it.. She is not me, her dad is not mine and her situation is unlike what I lived through.. So I can't predict what she will be like as a grown up, or how much this will effect her personality.. But I keep wishing for the best inshallah.

So in the middle of all these feelings I have no energy left in me to create.. I try to busy myself with some entertaining things , like reading and playing games on the net ( yes imagine that! me , play games :P) But like always , I keep hearing the pleading of creativity inside of me wanting to be out.. Soon my dear..

Ok for someone who doesn't want to share I sure talked a lot..lol
But hey, that was only one of the things on my mind, the biggest , most prominent thought, but only one of them..

Next time inshallah I might have something crafty to share.. till then wish everyone a sweet life..
And hey, watch Wolverine, it is a great movie with a capital G !!

A gift voucher card

2009-05-24T23:50:00.003+03:00

I had a gift voucher that I wanted to give to my friend for her birthday, it's too late to give it in a normal birthday card, so I got this idea of making her a card with a turtle on it to show that I know the gift got to her late..

Problem is I didn't have any turtle paper, sticker or embellishment.. So I turned to the net for pictures. When I found the right one I printed 3 of them and cut and glued them together to give it a 3D effect.. ( sorry for then unfocused picture I need to start using my camera again instead of my mobile )

I did the same for a cake picture, again in 3D, then used some papers and and a plain white card to get this gift voucher holder..

I loved it so much that I am thinking of using the net more often to get clip art and cartoons to use on cards.

And what do you think of my new pink stuff? I got them from Daiso.. ( yes , again :P )

The pink sticky tape dispenser has a cutter in it for easy use, very nice idea but poorly made since every time I cut the tape I had to struggle to find the end of it to use it again. And the scissors aren't very comfy on the fingers when used for a long time . But pink is cute.. ;)