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I am so excited to share this super easy project with you today. The inspiration for this came from my sister-in-law (NourZibdeh.com) who asked me to add modern style Islamic calligraphy paintings to my shop. As much as I would love to be able to paint art like a painting artist, I don’t feel I am at [...]

After doing the research for the Arabian luxury living blog post, I was inspired to inject some gold color into my home color scheme. Since I like to surround myself with fresh flowers during the winter months (check out How to decorate your home for winter for tips on beating winter blues), a gold vase would be the perfect [...]

Its not too early to celebrate Eid. That’s what I told my son when he remarked that Ramadan is only ten days in and I am already preparing for Eid! Why not? The days are going fast and before we know it, this blessed month of Ramadan will be over. May Allah accept it from us. [...]

Salam my friends! Please forgive my absence from blogging. I have been under a lot of pressure these couple of months that blogging had to take a back seat for a while. Now that everything is under control again (inshallah), I have been able to create a couple of craft projects to share with you. I [...]

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 [...]

Salam everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Muslims will soon be celebrating Eid Al Adha (Festival of sacrifice) that marks the end of Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). During this Eid, financially able muslims are required to sacrifice a sheep and share the meat with the poor in remembrance of prophet Ibrahim’s trial to [...]

Salam my friends! How are you? Life is back to its normal routine here in the Nayfeh household now that summer break is over, and school is back in session.  We did not travel to Jordan this year, but we managed to take 2 car trips during this summer. For the fourth of July, we [...]

Salam my friends! How are you? I hope you had a good weekend. On Sunday, I was invited to a sisters tea party at our local Masjid . We have a new building now so I thought it would be nice to decorate it with Islamic Art. I chose a Dua’ (prayer) that one should [...]

A while back I revealed my updated mudroom. You see that decorative mirror over the washer and dryer? Today I will show you how I turned a cheap framed art into a simple decorative mirror. I bought this framed art during my trip to the antique mall in down town Ellicott city last year. I did [...]