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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. [...]

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 [...]

Have you decorated your home for Ramadan yet? I have not! I like to set the mood the night before. I plan on using the Ramadan wooden letters and Ramadan decorative pillow from last year, along with the Ramadan canvas art that I made last week. I was surfing Pinterest for ideas on fun and easy [...]

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 [...]

  Did you know that lamps were described in the Quran? (Aya 35 from Surat Al Nur) God is the Light of the heavens and the earth.The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp, the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant [...]

Salam my friends! How are you? I hope these cold winter days are not having as much of a negative effect on your mood as it is having on mine.  We have been experiencing record low temperatures, multiple snow storms, and cloudy days here in the U.S.  that are taking a toll on me. Sometimes I [...]

If you have been following my blog (and facebook page), then you already know that I am fond of the eclectic style of decorating that mixes contemporary  with Islamic design elements. I have mentioned some of those elements in my exploring islamic design post. Arches, Jali screens, mosaics, Islamic calligraphy, lanterns, geometric patterns and arabesque are [...]

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 [...]