Paintings

I don't usually enjoy paintings , but these I liked a lot, they are all by the same artist Magritte.

This one is called the son of man I think, but I like to call it an apple a day keeps the doctor away, referring to the man in the painting..
This picture reminds me of the movie "the Thomas crown affair" which I love, it also reminds me of my husband since he liked this picture so much after watching the same movie and wanting to buy a print of it.



This one is the wife of the doctor, you have to eat grapes to keep her away.. Just kidding I have no idea what it's called but I just like the way she is dressed and the fact that her face doesn't show.



I think Magritte likes green apples don't you think? I know I do.



Hope you enjoyed my art gallery, visit again soon.

Another day , another bag..!

Well I'm still working on the bags for Eid, this year's theme is felt .
So this is my other bag..



I still have to make two more, this is one of the other two waiting for sewing..



For those of you who asked about the ribbons, it's no secret, just go to any of the sewing supplies shops in the street behind swaiket and you will find them. Some I got from Al jeel too, they have the lovely two sizes of the many different colors.

And just a cute picture I thought of taking while preparing to download my pictures..



Have a nice day.

Addiction

I'm addicted to buying lovely things, in all colors available..!
This time it is ribbons , polka dot ones to be exact (plus a few rik raks).

And here is the story behind this picture



So I looked for polka dot ribbons in many places here and couldn't find, so I looked online and I finally found a place that looked good and the ribbons looked yummy, so I asked my husband to order it for me, and he said maybe until he saw the ribbons.. "This is what you want?? " he said "you can find this any where here..!!"
So I was furious and told him, no you can't and if you think so please show me the places where I can get them right now..!

So it was the after noon and we were supposed to go break our fast with some friends so we had a few hours with nothing to do and he agreed to take me to downtown Khobar.

I was prepared to just tell him "see we didn't find them any where what do you know..!" when to my amazement I found seven different colors, two different shapes, all polka dotted...!
Of course I was to happy to be ashamed of challenging him and losing, after all I just got all I wanted the minute I wanted it and he was just so happy to take me if only to prove himself right..! But he is a darling mashallah, he got me what I was wishing for.
did I mention that I saved me a lot of money not ordering through the net? thanx sweety, I'll get you your Eid gift with the extra money I have now..

So this is a close up look to some of them..



I just love polka dot on everything, and I just love ribbons.

Productive day

Today while my little princess was at school (I like the sound of this) , I managed to finish my three projects that I prepared for yesterday.



These are so easy to make and fast too, I liked the idea of them and enjoyed picking fabrics for all three pieces.
They are pencil rolls.. You put the pencils in them and roll them to take every where.



The finished product wasn't exactly what I expected, because I think I've been away from the sewing machine for quite some time, it felt like it was a first time in the beginnings. But over all I think they are good.
The only thing I didn't like about them is that pencils fall sometimes from them while I move the rolls.. I don't know how this problem can be fixed.. Maybe a smaller slots?

Anyways, yesterday we broke our fasting in mom's house, and I enjoyed some yummy food only mom can make this good for my taste (I just love everything mom does) and our little girl enjoyed playing with the growing Aneesa the cat, But this time the cat wasn't as calm as she always was, she was running all over playing with yarn and tissues and jumping all over , even when my girl wanted a quiet time coloring, Aneesa wanted to join in, they looked so cute mashallah.



So, have a nice day, tonight inshallah moonface will be visiting so we can have a card making evening, I have a feeling we will have fun. c u.

Going somewhere

Finally I started moving, and have something crafty to share, I just finished two felt bags as part of the long list of my things to do before Eid.

So like I said I made two of these ones that I made before for my summer class , I liked the shapes of them and added more circles and a button for the bag's face.



Here it is being modeled by my assistant..



Plus I had three projects cut and waiting for the assembling which inshallah won't take long.. So pictures soon inshallah.

I'm still here

Daily life is taking over, you know how is it in Ramadan, cooking in the afternoon, sleeping very late (or very early since we sleep just before sunrise) and starting school with waking up early and earlier bed time for the little girl.

So we just started her going without me to school in the mornings, my mom picks her up and drops her there on her way to work ( both are very close) . and then depending on how it goes, I might pick her up three hours later. It was going very well with the minimum crying, and I have some free time.. What did I do with it? I spent it catching up with the house work.. And boy do I feel better knowing I'm slowly but surely doing all my chores and having a clean house. (again, slowwwwwly)



My girl didn't go to school today, she was having a start of a cold and I couldn't send her like that, but then I felt terribly and guilty like I used to always feel if I have to skip school for some reason. Her teacher called and said it was better to continue with her daily going to school so she doesn't again feel like she doesn't want to go. I felt more guilty, since all her day at home she looked reasonably good drawing and watching tv.. Maybe tomorrow inshallah I will send her there..



So nothing yet is done regarding Eid gifts, and I have a feeling that I will be going empty handed, not that my family would mind they keep telling me stop bringing gifts to everyone you don't have your own income.. But I can't they all bring pretty things. We'll see inshallah I can manage in the coming 20 days.

So hopefully the next post will contain better things to share, wish all of you happy creative days.

The clock is ticking (or so my husband says)

Nothing to say.. I just feel that I have a snow ball running behind me, soon to catch me and I can't do anything about it. Million things to think of, and more to do but I feel paralyzed in my place.
I just hope I can move soon or I will be eaten by the snowball..!

My little girl is still crying every time i attempt to leave her in the classroom, but then after some time she acts like I never was there. So I'm seriously thinking of making her go without me tomorrow to see how it goes, as long as she sees me she is a baby again, she grows up some when she is on her own, and she needs to do that. Wish me luck.

The house is a mess and I have tons of laundry, we had water trouble for the past week, with most of the days without water. Very bad.

And I still haven't figure anything for the coming Eid, no gifts, no clothes nothing.. With only 24 days before we travel I have to work hard and fast.

Did I say I have nothing to say..?? Hmmm I don't know myself well.

Happy Ramadan

Fourth day of school

And the first with the uniform, she's sooo cute mashallah, my tiny little baby is now a school girl (kg2 girl to be exact) so I took pictures of her in the house, out the house, getting in the car, in the car, in the school and even on the way to the restaurant were we had lunch.. I'm just a proud mama mashallah ..





And to be consistent, here's the fourth day picture ..



( I can never get her hair strait, it's always crooked one side bigger than the other dunno why )

And today also was a special day for me, my very first mother-teacher meetings, I was kind of tense and scared I've always been the student never the mother, but it went well and I felt all grown up.. Sorry no pictures, it was an all women thingy ;)

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