busy days

hello again my friends.. being busy with the month of Ramadan and its not so normal schedule. so the last time I was here I was talking about me starting a craft club. I don't know exactly what will I be doing in it, what I know is that I have a lot of crafting ideas, crafting supplies and new crafts that I would like to try.. And I need like minded ladies to get together with!

like I said, this month is not an ideal month to start anything, we are all busy trying to pray more , read Quraan and fast and cook for our families.. but inshaa Allah next month , after eid and its even busier days, I will be working a plan for my project craft club.

I am currently trying to teach myself Turkish oya, which is needle lace , I watched a lot of videos on youtube and it seemed easy enough.. or is it! not really.. I got really disappointed by how hard it is to master the basics.. But I am not losing hope.. Gonna try until I get it inshallah.

New projects are being worked on now and then, I find it soothing to be always working on something. And these days we are getting busy with Eid gifts, a yearly tradition that not all families here have, mine does though, and it's a bit tiring thinking of new things to give that are useful at the same time. Wish me luck!

مرحبا.. زحمة رمضان والصيام ولخبطة النوم والاستعدادات للعيد وهدايا العيد شاغلة وقتي عن النادي وافكاره وحتى الاعمال اليدوية . باستثناء كم مشروع صغير يشغل الوقت ويسلي .

معظم نشاطي حاليا على الانستجرام, هناك اعرض انتاجاتي ومقتطفات من يومي ومشاريعي, وهناك صادفت صفحات جميلة جدا لسيدات سعوديات وخليجيات وعرب عامة مهتمين بنفس الاشياء اللي انا مهتمة بيهم, وصراحة هاذا الشي اسعدني جدا وحمسني اكتر اني احاول اتعرف على المهتمات بالاعمال الفنية واكون مجتمع حولي للكرافترز. الخطة هي محاولة اللقاء والتجمع على عمل فني او تعليم لحرفة جديدة او لمجرد الدردشة والوناسة!

المهم ان شاء الله بعد العيد وزحمة العيد رح احاول اركز على النادي حتى لو مافيه غير بعض من افراد عائلتي وانا.. لا بد من ان يبدأ الانسان من مكان ما.

زورو انستجرامي , العنوان في التدوينة السابقة..

واترككم مع بعض من آخر انتاجاتي.

من استعدادات رمضان, زينة جدارية , خداديات , كيس للمناديل , وغطا الدلة.. تغيير عن العادة 

craft club

I have decided to start a craft club , and so far I am doing well with myself lol

قصتي مع عالم الفنون قديمة جدا.. نساء العائلة ماشاء الله من محبين الهوايات والاعمال الفنية بمختلف انواعها. واحنا صغار كانو يشغلونا بالفنيات طول فترات الاجازات, اتعلمنا تطريز وتريكو وكروشيه وشوية خياطة على شغل خرز.. وكانو يشجعونا نعمل هدايا وكروت للعيد بنفسنا, ويفخرو بمنتجاتنا البسيطة كانها لوح فنية..

ومع السنين زادت الفنون اللي حبينا نتعلمها, صارت رسم تلوين واوريجامي وشغل صلصال وعجينة ورق وديكوباج و و و .. عالم الهوايات الفنية لا نهائي ولازلنا بنتعلم فن جديد كل فترة.

ولأننا عائلة محبة لتجميع معارف فنية, فنحن ايضا محبين لتجميع المواد الخام لكل فن اتعلمناه.. اذا في يوم قررنا نتعلم رسم عالحرير مثلا فلازم اكيد وطبعا ننزل نشتري كل شي ممكن نحتاجه لتصنيع معرض كامل على الاقل من منتجات مرسومة على الحرير.. لان الرغبة بعمل اي شي يخطر على بالنا موجودة وبالتالي لازم يكون عندنا موادها في وقتها. ولا اخفيكم انه في الغالب لا نشتغل اكتر من شيئين او ثلاثة قبل ما نشعر اننا شبعنا من هادا الشي ونتوجه لشي جديد نتعلمه ونشتري احتياجاتنا منه..

لكن الفائدة من هادا الموضوع ان مخزوننا من المواد الاولية يسمحلنا بتنفيذ اي فكرة في اي وقت ونكون متأكدين ان اللي نحتاج له متوفر, وكمان صاير عندنا معرفة عامة بكل الفنون وعلى الاغلب نفذنا منها مشروع على الاقل في حياتنا. في بعض الاحيان كانت صاحباتي يتسوقو للمواد من عندي هههه مجانا اكيد

المهم, مع حب الفنون بالشكل العظيم اللي اصبح عندي صارت الانتاجات الفنية والشغل بالورق والخيوط والخرز الملون مصدر سعادة كبير جدا.. كثير من الاوقات اكون فيها مزاجي سيء وغير قابل للنقاش, ولما احاول وابدا في الشغل في اي شيء حتى لو صغير كان مزاجيء يتحسن بشكل ملحوظ. المشكلة كانت عندي دائما اني كنت افتقد للمجتمع المماثل حولي. اعرف ان البلد فيها نساء كثير ماشاء الله عندهم نفس العشق الفني واكيد نفس الرغبة في العمل الفني والتسوق له , لكن انا تفاعلي مع المجتمعات قليل, كثيرا ما كنت اكتفي باهلي وصديقاتي وهواياتي عن الخروج والتفاعل مع الناس.. 

لذلك كان دائما حلمي اني افتح مكان يتجمع فيه كل من لديه نفس الحب للهوايات الفنية , او حب للتعلم.. نجتمع نتناقش نتبادل خبرات ونعلم ونتعلم.. وفكرت ان نادي للهوايات الفنية حيكون شيء جميل. 

وفي يوم قررت افتح النادي.. مع نفسي هههه

نزلت اعلان عالانستقرام اني فتحت النادي ومن تحب الانضمام حياها الله.. الى الآن 5 اشخاص رغبو بالانضمام ومنهم بنتي , لكني مش رح ايأس من الفكرة, وانا مستمرة في العمل على النادي حتى لو لوحدي, الى ان يوصل صوتي لكل الفنانات المبدعات اللي حابين يتفاعلو مع غيرهم في النادي.. مع اني اكيدة من وجود تجمعات مماثلة لكن ما اعرف فين بالضبط.. يمكن نتواصل مع نوادي اخرى ونستفيد..

الى ان يتم الموضوع, لا زلنا نستقبل الراغبات بالانضمام في اي وقت .. زورو انستقرامي : rosypinkdreams 

او على هاشتاق  #خيط_ورقة_مقص   اسم النادي 

واتمنى للجميع انتاجات فنية سعيدة  

an update of looks

which was needed a long time ago..
so a few changes must happen here , first I need to write in arabic language as well, since most of my viewers are probably from here lol
and.. I need to post more often!

my news?
still in the same house trying to "finish" decorating it..
i hit 40!!! I don't feel it though :P
I got remarried !! yes I am so happy now hamdillah :)

and I am an instagram addict hehe

sooo.. many projects are being planned, worked on and showed there, but I will try to post the new stuff here as well, maybe in more detail and step by step how to when needed.

it feels good to be back home !

مرحبا..

من الواضح جدا من التاريخ الطويل للمدونة اني صرلي فترة طويلة وانا اكتب فيها, ودائما باللغة الانجليزية, طبعا السبب ماكان اني مش حابة لغتي العربية بالعكس, انا افتخر فيها جدا ( يا ريت نتغاضى عن حقيقة اني باكتب بالعامية في الوقت الراهن!) لكن من بداية مدونتي كان عندي هدف ورغبة اني ادخل باشغالي وهواياتي واحداث يومي لشريحة كبيرة من العالم , جزء كبير منهم غير المسلمين, وكان تخيلي اني اظهر امور وحقائق عن النساء المسلمات العربيات انهم مواكبين الامور الحديثة في الحياة عامة والاعمال الفنية وتقنياتها خاصة.

لكن اتوقع خلاص عرفو الناس ههههه ( لاحظو الثقة )

المهم العودة الآن الى مدونتي بحلتها الجديدة , حيث اتمنى اني استمر في التدوين افضل من السابق مع محاولة الكتابة للجميع, انا احب الكتابة على فكرة, لكني للاسف لغويا مش ضليعة. وعندي رهبة من الفصحى على عكس عمتي ماشاء الله المؤلفة الاديبة الكاتبة ... زوروها في مدونتها جميلة ماشاء الله : تراقيم

وأخيرا لاني ما احب المواضيع الخالية من الصور, اترككم مع كم صورة من السنتين اللي فاتو بدون تدوين..

again... long time no see!

this is a test, since i cannot access my blog!


update: I figured it out! thank god it drove me crazy for a while now.. something to do with out of date gadgets and stuff, but I did it on my own and I feel accomplished yaay !

so back to being away for a loooong time again : I have no excuse, I might do it again
Ramadan mubarak

OMG..!

It has been a very long time since I last posted.. and billions of things has happened since my last post, but actualy I am not in a very good mood to post anything yet, hopefuly soon inshallah I will find my posting strength again, and my crafting one too..
I just came to say I am still alive (barely) and I miss crafting and blogging about that..

wishing everyone a great day-week-month-year.. :P

travel book detail

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

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..

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

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

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.