Don’t you hate it when you have to play catch up? The ICNA Baltimore event took place on Easter weekend so this blog post is just a tad overdue but you don’t mind, right? 🙂 Better late than never so let’s get to today’s post to discuss why some promises are meant to be broken. After […]
Arabic Eid Greeting On Glass! {A video tutorial}
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 […]
Calling All Bakers And Non Bakers. Exciting News For Both!
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 […]
New Home Synchronize! (…and reflections on my Hajj trip)
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 […]
DIY Stenciled Mug & Saucer with Arabic Alphabets
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. Â 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 […]