Side Project

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

السلام عليكم

I made a picture book for Ramlah and her friend some time ago - 24 pages, sort of illustrated, (trashily, of course) and just thought I'd put it here because there's nothing else I could think of to write.

Of course, I couldn't really write a long post if I wanted to, because I accidentally got liquid in my keyboard, which makes the 'h' become h7 and the 'g' g4. So yes, every two sentences, I'm actually editing out the numbers and wishing I hadn't tried to clean my keyboard. 

The backspace doesn't work properly either, which is why I have to go back and delete them. Normally I backspace whenever a typo appears on the screen, you see. 

Anyway enough about the keyboard.

I chose a very basic title for the book, for some reason. I probably could have done a better one, but that's what I chose. Oh, I just realized, the letter 'k' is working again.

The book is illustrated much like a drawing on skribbl.io, which, by the way, is great for playing with friends. I use it a lot with my best friend.

This is hard. I keep stopping to edit out the numbers and I don't think I can type for much longer, so I suppose I'll just dump it all down here. Enjoy!

(The exclamation mark apparently opens Task Manager, for some reason.)

Maybe if you're an early reader of my blog you might remember a post I made about Al Khor Park about four years ago. The book is sort of based on the experience. Well, I didn't think the noise was a crying bear, more like an explosive, but yes, it was mostly inspired by that and a few other incidents.

Anyway, I will post later - I just need subjects to talk about, and I need to finish some projects and take pictures, I suppose.

Alhamdulillaah I had a nice Eid - and I hope you did too, we got plenty of gifts too.

(Ramlah got elbow pads and knee pads and a helmet - and skates. She also uses the gear for her scooter.) Ramlah recently had an obsession with gel pens - much of her gifts were gel pens or just some kinds of pens. I made a fabric pen case and put in some pens for her a few weeks ago. 

I got a bunch of art items like compressed graphite sticks and charcoal and a large sketchbook. 

And, of course, a bunch of books - Scarlet and Ivy Book 2, A Place Called Perfect and Agent Without License. 

Some friends also gave me stationery - stickers and cute erasers and a few colouring books that look so familiar. I love the watercolour set too - that was my favourite gift!

I'm going to go now. I really have run out of things to say.

Maimoonah

P.S: The keyboard seems to be working now, and I don't have to edit anything. I think it'll be back to its broken self soon though, so I'd better not get my hopes up.

Completed Cross-Stitch Piece

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

 السلام عليكم

I completed the cross-stitch piece around 6-7 months ago alhamdulillaah.

That's how it looks framed (or stretched??) and hung. Bit blurry, I know!

For the frame (not quite the frame), I used a chocolate box. It's now lidless, because I used the lid, not the actual box. 

Then I folded the Aida cloth and pressed it firmly, it's quite easy to crease. After that, I glued the cloth sides down. 

Then I used a (binder?) clip to clamp the sides while they dried. It wasn't long though, only about seven minutes. I love UHU glue!

I also glued down the ends of the cloth. Then, I removed the clips and hung it on the wall! Yes, I know, the picture below isn't of it hanging on the wall, and it still has clips on. But it's the only (vaguely) good picture I have of the piece.

I'm working on another, different piece at the moment, it's for my friend on Eid, Inshaa Allaah. I've already done half, and all I have to do now are the top leaves and a few flowers that kinda resemble carnations.

I know I haven't posted anything for like, a year and four months, but I didn't really feel like writing. However, my brain has gotten refinetuned again, if that even makes sense. 

I need to find topics to talk about, though. It's hard to find stuff that is interesting for people, because maybe what I like is what you find weird or just not your taste. I understand that people apparently like to hear about Ramlah and what she does/is doing. Well, that kind of stuff got more views for some reason! 

I find her incredibly annoying and frazzling, since she's five in April, she might calm down a bit. She likes talking to herself and pretending she's about seven or eight people at the same time. Seven or eight siblings would be much less work to handle, honestly.

I'm glad locks were invented. I wish someone would invent mouth-locks, though.

Anyway, I have to go, I'll work on the Ramlah post even though I would rather not lol

Assalaamu Alaikum