Eid rocks!

I did this post a few years ago, about how I made decoupaged rocks,

but I keep running into them on Pinterest,

so I thought a revisit for my blog readers would be good,

since the timing is just right - 

we are once again at the end of Ramadan.

Here it is:

I'm always sorry to see Ramadan go, but Eid is a wonderful way to say goodbye to this month of blessings.  It's great to make your own decorations and gifts - handmade rules! - and I wanted something that would do double duty, since I already have two shows in a few days that I need to prepare for as well...

If you remember, some of the beautiful rocks I collected last summer
I turned into this:

It took me a LOT of time!

(so much time that I never got past doing these two)

I had more rocks left over that were so inspiring in their lovely, soft shapes, but I did not have the hours to cover them up in fabric.  
I still wanted to use them for an Eid decoration idea. 

So I decoupaged them with used gift tissue (hey, I love the three R's!) and then remembered my white pens, with which I'd had a lot of fun 
until I forgot about them.

Remember these?

So this is what I did:

The layers of tissue paper created a wonderful, subtle leathery texture, and the varnish gives them a very lacquered look, with their 
deep, deep, shiny, shiny red.  

I'm also making some in my favorite, black and white!

They look great as Eid decorations, 
but will also make wonderful gifts, InshaAllah.

If you are celebrating it, have a wonderful Eid!

An Enchanting Eid

Post by Azra Momin.

Eid!

I'm always sorry to see Ramadan go, but Eid is a wonderful way to say goodbye to this month of blessings.  It's great to make your own decorations and gifts - handmade rules! - and I wanted something that would do double duty, since I already have two shows in a few days that I need to prepare for as well...

If you remember, some of the beautiful rocks I collected last summer
I turned into this:

It took me a LOT of time!

I had more rocks left over that were so inspiring in their lovely, soft shapes, but I did not have the hours to cover them up in fabric. 
I still wanted to use them for an Eid decoration idea.

So I decoupaged them with used gift tissue (hey, I love the three R's!) and then remembered my white pens, with which I'd had a lot of fun
until I forgot about them.

Remember these?

So this is what I did:

The layers of tissue paper created a wonderful, subtle leathery texture, and the varnish gives them a very lacquered look, with their
deep, deep, shiny, shiny red. 

I'm also making some in my favorite, black and white!

They look great as Eid decorations,
but will also make wonderful gifts, InshaAllah.

If you are celebrating it, have a wonderful Eid!

A New Day

And not ordinary, by any means!

Ramadan is over, and we are celebrating Eid.  The end of Ramadan is always bittersweet for me.  I feel good about having had one more year with this wonderful month in it, but I also wonder if I did justice to it.  Could I have spent it in a better way?  The answer to that is invariably yes, but it comes with the hope that next year I'll have one more opportunity to live it, Inshallah.  Meanwhile, it's important to hold on to the values of patience and generosity for the rest of the year and build on them.

So today is Eid, and we will meet a whole bunch of friends this evening - should be fun!  I'm also hoping I'll overcome my shyness about my shop and hand out some business cards already.  *shaking my head in disgust here*

And new listings in my shop!

Do check them out!