Ramadan in our house

I was planning to put this post earlier in Ramadan. What stopped me was the sad news that happened with Naysan made everything seems worthless to talk about.  May Allah be on your side Naysan. My heart and prayers are with you dear!!

I found these lights in a store here in Fayetteville a long with the lantern. I used to do a lot more when we first came to the states and my oldest girls were young. I went above and beyond to create that special atmosphere about Ramadan. Now that they are old enough to have had some background about the holy month and are able to fast for few years now, I stopped paying attention.

This year and since Zayna and Kareem still need to pick up that habit, I decided to bring back the old traditions to our household. So here I am sharing with you what I did :)

What do you guys think!!

Before and After

Since my husband is away, I had to fix many things around the house. I am a handy person, I will fix small thing. But I never thought that I will be Nilly the handy man ;) I fixed our house mail box by replacing the lock and installing a new one. I also repaired Kareem's bike wheel. I retrieved two dead birds from my dryer. Notice that all these project require assemble and dissemble but il 7amdellah, I did it :D
Last week one of my colleagues wanted to sell two chairs, Louise style. The chairs were very pretty, and in excellent condition. The only problem was that the upholstery doesn’t match my furniture. I ended up buying the chairs, and guess what I did!! I changed the fabric all by myself. So now with all the things that I learned to do, I can also change upholstery. Anyone needs a handy woman!! :)
I have two quotes relevant to this:
The best man for the job is a woman.
Women can do anything men can and while they are wearing heels.
I will leave you with the pictures.

Before

After

 What do you think!!

Creativity

I like to decorate and do interior design, in my house of course!! Did I tell you that? Well, now you know ;)
Last week I was stroked by an idea of adding some distinction to my leather cushions that I have in my living room. I was thinking some crystal buttons in black and maroon red but I couldn’t find that type of accent buttons in Hobby Lobby. However, I found leather buttons with the same colors that I was looking for. I know that I am not making any sense, so I will leave with pictures and you will understand what I am talking about.



Before :(




After :)

What do you think? I am happy with the outcome :)
Love you all, have a wonderful weekend :)