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Salam my friends! I am very excited to share my latest project with you today. As I have mentioned in the new home synchronize announcement post, I have been experimenting with large Islamic calligraphy stencils for my Etsy shop. For those of you not familiar with Islamic calligraphy stencils, I will tell you that they [...]

Salam my dear readers! I know I have been missing in action lately! And for that, I sincerely apologize. The last time I checked in was to let you know that I was taking a trip for Hajj (more about that below). After returning from Hajj, it took me some time to recover and get [...]

Salam my wonderful readers! I have great news to share with you today. Inshallah my husband and I will be going for Hajj this year.  We have planned for it for years, and we are so excited that Allah has blessed us to visit his house this year. For my non muslim friends who follow me, [...]

Clear glass vases come in a variety of elegant shapes that add style to any room. While I love to decorate with colored glass vases, the advantage of clear vases is the variety of options for fillers. Vase fillers add interest through color and texture to any room design. Changing the filler from time to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Salam everyone! If you have been following my blog, then you would know about my fascination with Islamic patterns, especially the Islamic star pattern [see how I stenciled it on my end table  here ]. For today’s post, I thought it would be fun to see how ancient Islamic patterns are reinterpreted into modern home decor. [...]

Remember this framed fabric art grouping that I made from a throw pillow with Palestinian embroidery?  Well, I found a way to turn them into a religious inspiration. Can you guess how? Yep! with my Islamic calligraphy decals. I chose the following Islamic quotes; Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah), Alhamdulilah (Thank God), La Illaha [...]

No I am not talking about the Nook tablet (I don’t think they come in styles!). I am talking about these nooks…. Palais Namaskar Hotel Lulu DeKwaitkowski Houzz The Glamourai According to McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & construction, a nook is An alcove opening off a room to provide additional or more intimate  space (…) The [...]