Bahrain trip

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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