New mannequin! 12/28/2011
 
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Alhamdulillah, I got a new mannequin! Now I can make my dresses more easily now
: D

"She" even has a new name: Sasha >.>
My sister gave her this random name  (she does with everything).

Anyone looking for a mannequin?
If anyone is looking for one, Gumtree is the place to look! This is a size 10 (UK) mannequin and I got it for £12 O: It's totally worth it to look on Gumtree or eBay than going and buying a new one. "Sasha" looks like she's been used quite a bit because there are dents in the polystyrene foams but the cover is removable so I just took it off, popped it in the washing machine and now she looks as good as new!

You have to keep looking all the time because one will pop up randomly. They're light so don't worry about having to go on the bus or anything.
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Assalam Alaikum!

So I made these dried orange decorations by cutting 1/4 inch slices of an orange.
I'm just putting up the video here with a written description

- Cut 1/4 inch slices
- Dry the slices by soaking up the moisture using a towel - do not rub though!
- Heat the slices - Now this is my way: Put it on the grill/in the oven for about 20 mins. Keep watching it though just incase it starts going brown. Take it off, leave it on the heater for a few days. Our heater is on right now because it's the middle of December and it's cold here in England!
-If your heater is not on, use the oven method which is leaving the slices in the oven for about an hr n half at about 180°C. Keep an eye on the orange slices though!

You can use these as decorations, potpourri, or use them in homemade soap bars. If you want to use them as decorations,  put them near a window because they look great in sunlight! For potpourri, put a few of these together, maybe slice a few up
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Assalam Alaikum!
Recently, I made a recipe video for wheatflour and oats
cookies! They're a healthy alternative and quite easy to make really. By the
way, wheat flour is atta to all you asians so you already got nearly all the
ingredients at home. xD

I wanted to post a blog
about it because I thought it would be easier to list all the ingredients here
if you don't want to go through the whole video, so here they are
below!

Dry ingredients:
225
grams oats
150 grams wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Add whichever dry fruits you like and however much you want, a handful should be an

Wet
ingredients:
3 tablespoons of mollasses (I used Golden
Syrup)
3 tablespoons of honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
extract
3 tablespoons milk

Get making and get experimenting. By that I mean you don't have to strictly stick to this recipe.
You can use alternative mollasses by substituting Golden Syrup for something like data mollasses which can be found at asian food stores (at least here in the UK that's where you're likely yo find them).

Because this recipe is not that sweet, you can add more sugar by adding a couple of spoonfuls of white sugar to the dry ingredients to sweeten it up!

By adding milk, the cookies become more soft and have a slight cake like texture to them. To make them less soft, only put it about 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk.

The reason why wheatflour is used here is because it retains the natural fibre and other nutrients of wheat which is taken out when you get plain white flour.

And here's the video recipe below!
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Henna videos! 12/21/2011
 
Assalam Alaikum!
I havn't posted anything lately, but I just wanted to collectively most my lastest henna videos here since I've been making loads nowadays. This first one I've posted below, is a nice simple design, one that beginners can try out : )
Jazakallah khair to Owais for the tripod!

I still have a bridal henna video to upload, so look out for that!
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