Love List #17

This week has been amazing. On Monday I flew up to Auckland to attend a few lectures by Yasmin Mogahed, a speaker from the US. It was such an uplifting experience! She speaks with so much beauty and wisdom. I took pages and pages of notes, and I'm looking forward to reflecting on everything.

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LINKS

+ Why you should write daily. I really want to create a habit out of this. Writing allows me to reflect so much more on life and it really brings clarity.

+ I'm interested in so many different things and I have a hard time figuring out what I want to do. I enjoyed this post from Moorea Seal on how she became a jewelry designer

+ Lisa always has brilliant and cohesive graphics on her blog - here's her guide to creating your own

+ How to make cheap clothes look nice (or at least not cheap)

+ There are some seriously chic hijabis out there!

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What are your plans for this weekend? I'm going to be spending my time studying for my final Arabic test next week. Wish me luck!

Love List #16

1. Cutting fabric swatches for my sewing assignment  2. Thift shopping goodies  3. Searching for the perfect fabric  4. Blueberries, everyday. A lot of them!

LINKS //

// What Ali Wore - "He walks past my work every morning wearing great clothes". A Facebook friend shared this tumblr - Ali is an older Turkish man living in Berlin who seriously has awesome style.

// I loved Lisa's post about aiming for at least one healthy meal a day

// Living with less. A lot less. "My space is small. My life is big." (via Allison from Be Up & Doing)

// Sabrina shares a tip on how to avoid hijab hair, which is similar to hat hair. This idea is kinda life-changing (or hair changing, heh)

// I've never made falafels before, and it's my mission to do so. Here's a recipe!

THREE THINGS //

Allison from Be Up & Doing has a monthly Three New Things column, where she shares 3 things she wants to accomplish. I love that idea, and I'm planning on introducing a similar concept to my own weekends, and this Love List column.

My weekends seem to fly by so fast, and I never seem to get any of the fun stuff done! It's always chores and errands or just being lazy. So I thought it would be fun to choose three things to do each weekend and share them here! They have to be enjoyable things however, and not chores. Something that's going to make me feel inspired and motivated when Monday rolls around!

Here's my three things for this weekend:

1. Go for an early morning walk. Done! My sister-in-law dragged me out of bed this morning, and I'm so glad she did! Fresh air and watching the sunrise was a great way to start the weekend
2. Bake Anzac biscuits. This has been on my list for about a week now, and I'm finally going to get it done!
3. Get in some quality reading time. I've been reading The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People on the bus in the mornings and I wanna work on drafting out my own personal mission statement.

Do you have any plans for this weekend?

Love List #15

My Week //

1 Catching up with a friend at a colourful cafe // 2 French toast with caramelised apples and maple syrup // 3 Quranic caliigraphy in sequins // 4 Neutral colours in clashing patterns // 5 Working on the toile for my skirt in pattern making // 6 Smoked salmon pizza with cream cheese, capers, and baby spinach // 7 Finally unpacking! // 8 A rock that I gave my husband years ago. He keeps it in his tool belt :) // 9 DIY arabic keyboard letters!

Links //

// Young prodigies dazzle the art world - thanks Shahirah!

// I love this idea of little monthly resolutions. I always make New Year's resolutions, but a few months into the year I'm not really interested in them any more. I think with monthly ones I'll be more focused!

// DIY embellished sunglasses are such an awesome idea. 

// I always enjoy reading behind-the-scenes pieces from people with small businesses - Tania from Tdesign writes about being brave.

// These posts just make me wanna travel to Paris! Paris Photo Diary: The Eiffel Tower from Shauna Haider and An Apartment in Paris from Gala Darling.

// Such a sweet post from Camille Iman about things that make her happy

Thanks for reading, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Love List #14

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01  Practicing my Arabic handwriting  02 Comfy clothes for class  03 I finished painting our bedroom! That wall used to be bright yellow...  04 Chocolate ice cream with banana and frozen bluberries on a sunny afternoon  05 A new snake print maxi skirt that I'm exited to wear  06 Blueberry chocolate brownies that were eaten very quickly

LINKS

// A cute DIY for geometric flats

// I'm excited about doing this creative cleanse

// As an introvert, I can totally relate to this

// Feta & tomato sandwich on a baguette.... yummm

// Could you go completely without Facebook?

// Baked french toast sticks. Yum, again.

// I'm loving this reminder on the positive use of free time.

// Put a timer on, and get it done quicker!

// I loved this GSD interview with Hitha Palepu on getting things done.

// Beautiful experimentation with water droplets on paper. 

MY WEEK

// I'm in my second week of my course, which I still absolutely love! So far I've done seam, hem, zip and pocket samples, and on Monday I start pattern-making.

// I've noticed that studying full time again has made me way more productive, and I've actually decided to increase the blog posts that I'm doing a week. Weekends are a good time for me to get things done and I'm dedicating Saturdays now to photographing, writing, and scheduling my upcoming posts for the week. I hope you all like what I've got planned!

// It's also my sister's birthday today! She turned 22. I wish I could be there with her, but virtual love and hugs will have to do. Happy birthday Leni!

// As a treat to myself (for finally redesigning and relaunching this blog) I signed up for fashion illustration classes with Katie Rodgers from PaperFashion. I've been wanting to improve my illustrating skills for a while and her work is always so beautiful, so I'm really excited to start these classes.

Do you have any favourite links from other sites, or even your own blogs? Put them in the links below, I'd love to read! Let me know a highlight from your week as well :)

Thanks for reading!