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Happy Eid my friends! May Allah accept your prayers, supplications and best of deeds. Today I will be sharing a video tutorial to show you how to etch on glass using an Arabic calligraphy stencil. I used a vinyl stencil of the Arabic greeting for Eid (birthdays and a new year) that says; “Kol Aam Wa Antom [...]

I’m sorry I’ve been away from my blog for so long. It has been a very busy time with my parents visiting from Jordan and I was finding it a challenge to juggle the demands of my business and my family. Seven months ago my siblings and I convinced our parents to move to the U.S. because they have [...]

I recently shared an article where we took a closer look at Arabic calligraphy and how it evolved through the Islamic dynasties. Today I will explore the original Islamic calligraphy style from which all the calligraphy styles evolved. Can you guess which one it was? Here are some hints: It was named after a city in Iraq. The [...]

When I ask my customers which calligraphy style they prefer for their stencil custom order, most of them have no idea about the different styles of Arabic calligraphy. I briefly mentioned them in this article but today I would like you to join me as I take a closer look at Arabic calligraphy as it evolved during the Islamic civilization. It is an [...]

This past Saturday, ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America) reserved Six Flags America exclusively for muslims to enjoy rides, halal food, and a huge Bazaar, which Home Synchronize was a part of. I have been working behind the scenes running this business online for a little over a year now. So it was exciting to step out of [...]

Take a look at this beautiful work by CakeStory in Kuwait… Mashallah, I love the idea of Arabic calligraphy on cakes as a unique alternative to the English celebratory sayings. So guess what? For the past couple of months I have been working hard to create food safe stencils with Arabic celebratory sayings to make [...]

I finally did it! I stenciled a lampshade. I wanted for a loooonng time to transform a lampshade either with stencils or fabric (I have seen several of these on Pinterest). But after researching the many sides of Islamic lamps & lanterns, I decided to include Arabic calligraphy in my design. Which meant that I had [...]

As I was organizing the basement the other day, I found a box filled with white small tile leftover from the previous owners . I remember seeing examples of tile coasters on Pinterest a while back, so I thought that this tile would be perfect for that. The first idea that came to mind was [...]

I am familiar with Calligraphy. I am familiar with Graffiti. But I was not familiar with Calligraffiti, until it was brought up to my attention recently by one of my Etsy shop customers. I have seen the art before, but did not recognize it as calligraffiti. So, what is calligraffiti?  Basically, it is…  Traditional handwriting with [...]