Am back

Our happy little unit was back home for christmas

New Year - new life! Baby in hand and lots of craft projects in my head, am looking forward to this year.

I am in love with my little girl.

One main objective is to get my Etsy account up and running.

See you soon friends

Bird Illustration

I'm feeling very inspired by nature lately, even if it's the desert around me. Counting the days, 4 weeks to go!!

1 hour of fun

One hour of fun with Petit Collage via Martha Stewart Craft

Keeping busy

My favourite brother from Canada (F.Y.I I have only one brother) gave us a box of Hartiatoys Polar Animals . It's meant for kids from 6 to 12, but we can't possibly wait for baby to be 6 to start enjoying it, can we :)! So the dear husband and I started folding, cutting n sticking' last night. We had great fun! It was very relaxing. We gonna put it up in a mobile for our little one. While cutting the animals, I was just thinking Damn! you must be a really skillful 6 years old to be able to do all this cutting and folding but it's a great learning toy!


Another project I did, which am not sure if I will have it framed. This lovely lady offers a free template every Tuesday from her blog Scherenschnitte , which means paper cutting. I did this one because it represented mother and child - and also because it was one of the easiest lol!


On another note, it is now Ramadan in Bahrain. For those of Muslim faith, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is one of the fifth pilar of Islam. It is my second Ramadan in Bahrain. All restaurants, food outlets are basically closed during the day, life comes back to town after Iftar which starts around 6 p.m and this is when the Muslims break the fast. For my part, I am staying at home the whole day, which is good because I am entering the nesting mode, where all I want to do is clean up before baby comes.

Etsy buy for my baby

A solid maple grasping and teething Hippo from Little Sapling Toys Etsy shop. Made with non toxic wood,I reckon it's better than the plastic ones + there was no shipping fees + I love Hippos xxx

Nice nice...

I heart this haircomb from Etsy seller whichgoose. It can be a nice addition to a simple dress for a wedding or a garden party :)

Projects

under way - widly inspired by Charley Harper's illustration

Botanical paintings to fill up the wallspace

I am feeling very creative these days. Since am not working I have been busy painting, sewing, twisting and turning wire for my jewellery.

Staying at home is such a new thing for me that I need to keep myself busy to prove that I have done something worthwhile...