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Are you ready for Ramadan? I feel like I have to take a deep breath to gather all my energy and get ready for a whole month of fasting and prayer. Each one of us welcomes Ramadan with their own personal challenges. Some of us work long hours where our work requires us to be [...]

Salaam my friends. Today I’ll be sharing a stencil project idea from one of my creative customers. Huma purchased a large Bismillah stencil to use over an oversized mirror. She was looking to jazz up her living room with a unique piece of accessory. What’s more unique than a piece that you create yourself? Take a look [...]

Salaam my friends. Today I will be sharing a video tutorial to show you easy it is to create your own wall art. Ever since I created this 5 min. Islamic art with a store bought wall art, I decided to replicate the look from scratch. It turned out as good as I had imagined. [...]

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 received this end table as a housewarming gift only a couple of years ago but you would not have guessed it by looking at it. It had scratches, dents and heat marks. I tried using wood finish stain markers to cover up the scratches but that did not work! I even tried ironing the table [...]

There are two forms of Islamic art; Calligraphy and mosaics. Early muslims combined geometric shapes in highly sophisticated patterns to form amazingly complicated mosaics (see examples). They also used mosaics to highlight Islamic calligraphy on architecture in breathtaking designs. I have been thinking about learning the art of mosaics for a long time so after this blog post about [...]

Salaam my friends. How are you? I hope you are taking advantage of these blessed final days of Ramadan. Today’s post is a DIY wall art that has nothing to do with Islamic calligraphy stencils but it could be. Read on. A month ago my youngest daughter (Razann) graduated from preschool. My baby is going [...]

If you love modern style Islamic canvas art but can’t find one with a quote that inspires you or colors that match your decor, then why don’t you try making your own. Its easier than you think…. Supplies you’ll need: Canvas Islamic Calligraphy reusable stencil Acrylic paint (I used folkArt Buttercup, Bright green, Pueblo) Sea sponge or dauber [...]