Random Pictures in the form of gifts

WIP crochet

I have not been doing as much crochet just lately as I would like too. Since starting University my time is divided even more alhamduilah.
Here is a little look at what I am working on right now,


I decided to buy some of the sturdy looking yarn recommended, Debbie Bliss Eco Cotton but then i was knocked back by the price of these yarns. I wanted to make the trio but could not manage the cost of 8 balls of 50g Eco Cotton so i purchased 2 from ebay , still much more than i would normally spend on yarn. I am making the medium sized one.


I made a grey rose brooch for a friend

I sewed some beads onto it , can you see them?


This was an experiment using multi colours to see if the layers of petals showed better?

The pattern for this rose can be found here

Lemon Meringue Tarts

I have always wanted to try to make meringues and lemon tart as I know my dh is a great fan of tarts (the edible type that is!). So when I saw this and knowing I had lemons in my fruit bowl I headed for the kitchen.

I have never really been a fan off lemon tart or pie as it is always to citrus and tangy. Now once I had made mine and it was hot out of the oven I had two naughty slices right away. What a delight to my taste buds, tantalizingly tangy but not over bearing. You have got to try it inshaAllah!


I did not have the mini tart cases for baking so I made a big one and my meringue needs some work................it really took ages to whisk but it looks like it needed more but this didn't effect the taste at all.

‘Chrik Constantinois’

A very interesting , bursting of flavour kinda treat. I saw this first here which lead me to here

Which then lead me to produce these



The only thing I did different was to add orange essence as I did not have any fresh oranges at home.

Thank you Heni and Umm Ibrahim for these delights!