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Recipe: Pinwheel Sugar Cookies

Posted on 28 July, 201315 May, 2014 by Ikhlas

Hi guys. Sorry about the lack of updates and the lack of recipes on the blog! It’s been a crazy month, ever since my cousin’s wedding finished, especially with Ramadan. I want to post stuff, but with work and family gatherings and fasting, I don’t get as much done as I want to. Originally, I…

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Growing Up

Posted on 24 July, 201330 July, 2013 by Ikhlas

Growing up… it’s realising that you’re not as amazing as your first-grade teacher told you’d be. it’s knowing that the monsters under your bed and in your closet are out in the real world, hidden and deadly. it’s wanting to go back to that innocent, wide-eyed kid who only wanted to grow up. it’s finding…

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Review: Hidden

Posted on 20 July, 201320 July, 2013 by Ikhlas

Jeff Manning has no idea that the day he fires a co-worker will be his last. Killed in a car accident, two women in his life fall to pieces when they hear the news: his wife, Claire, and his co-worker, Tish. When Tish volunteers to attend Jeff’s funeral, on behalf of the company they both…

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Arranged

Posted on 17 July, 201317 July, 2013 by Ikhlas

You and your parents are late. I tear a Kleenex to bits in my hands as I wait, my stomach a sea of unease, as sea monsters claw at my insides. My dad paces by the door, mumbling under his breath. As far as first impressions go, it isn’t a good one. Finally the doorbell…

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DIY: Homemade Envelopes 2 Ways

Posted on 16 July, 2013 by Ikhlas

So some of you might know that I love making homemade crafts. Birthdays, weddings, and baby showers hardly pass by without a homemade card from me to my friends and family. When I first started making cards, I used the plain white envelopes that I’d gotten from a card-making kit to put them in. But…

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