WR : Monday's Exitment

2 days only !
Yes, only 2 days are left for the wedding ! Can't believe many months have gone ! It's been over a year !
Almost everything is ready , and I'm done with my last minutes shopping this morning , I even got the hijabs for my outfits , which was the hard part alhamdulilah !

I know its late , but still , I'd like to wish you all a blessed Eid , and may it bring happiness and barakah on you and your loved ones inshAllah (*^_^*)

Just after Eid , exactly the 3rd day of Eid, weddings started all around , and almost everyone I know attended one or more .
We ourselves, had another wedding this past week end , however it took place in another city where it got SO hot these days ( over 47°C ) so we didnt go, instead we took a family week end away from all the preparations and wedding stress, and headed to the mall for a relax and shoping day , and yesterday we went to the beach to freshen up !

My aunts and mom are making the last appetizers and sweets , and alhamdulilah only very few things are left!

We made this appetizers before Eid , they are soo yummy ! :

I'm just too exited and can't wait inshAllah ! Attending my cousin's wedding , which appears to be like my elder sister, has always been a dream for me ever since I was young , and I just can't believe it's about to become true inshAllah !!!

Goign through the net I  foudn this AMAZING video from Film Style Weddings  . Check it out , I'm sure it will make you eager to go to a wedding or simply in love with such event ! 

               

Let me know what You are upto ! 

Isolde Salad

Salaam . 

This holy month has almost came to an end , and it is with sadness that we will say good bye Ramadan in few hours ! 

As I mentioned before , its during Ramadan that I cook the most , and lately , I've been coming up with creative new dishes for mostly dinner . Thanks to fasting , my family and I , don't like eating something heavy ( which is contrary to our culture ) for dinner , in order to later have Suhur and feel good the following day .

I just simply love salads ! We never invent in this cooking fiel though lol , but still this Ramadan a couple of times I made some truly unique , yet delicious ones ! 

For yesterday's dinner , I made this wonderful salad , that I inspired from a cooking book ( didn't follow the exact recipe however ) . Therefore , I named it Isolde Salad ! 
You might wonder why such name . Indeed , before making this salad, I was watching that movie ; " Tristan & Isolde" , and I simply loved both the name , and the character of Isolde . 
My salad includes  fresh and natural ingredients which is perfectly the characteristics of Isolde ; the character.

Here is the recipe :

Ps : There are no specific quantities , the ingredients depend on how much you'd like to eat , and/or how many people you'll be serving :) 

Cut the lettuce , tomatoes into small pieces , and mix them with corn kernels and mayonnaise , and put them on a plate in the form of a cercle ( just like in the pic ) ( the circle form was inspired from Isolde's hair style :D)
Cook some shrimps in a pan with some butter , salt and pepper . 
Add the shrimp to some pieces of avocado and some pasta ( its better to mix them in the same bowl where you mixed the lettuce and tomatoes) , add a tinny table spoon of mayonnaise , 2 table spoons of olive oil and  1 tbs. of vinegar .
Mix gently , and put inside of the circle and voilà ! 

Optional : You can add some grated cheese on the top .

Enjoy this extremly rich and delicious salad ! 

WR : Things She Shall Take Along

Salaam To you Ladies !

I hope you're doing fine , and having a nice time during this Holy month .
As for me, things has been taking me from one to another , so I've completly left out blogging for several days.

Today I'll be updating you about my cousin's wedding preparations . Time is running out , and it's been unbelievable how it flies ! I'm still realizing that a whole year has come to an end , and that the wedding is in only a couple of weeks !

By now, almost everything is ready , alhamdulilah . There are only the small logistics - I'd like to call - things to take care of .
The food for both the two days is being chosen and ordered this days , the flowers are being selected and the relatives are helping !

My mom and aunt proposed to help and to make some of the appetizers that will be served on the wedding reception , and they will start making those this next days inshAllah.

The other day , my auncle's wife - the bride's mom - invited us to see the jahiz - shwar ( how we call it ) .
You might be wondering what that would be , I'll gladely reply that that is a set of all the things the bride will take home with her !

This seemed soo exiting to see all the new things bought especially for this special occasion !

Me , my other cousin , mom and aunts , went together to see the shwar .

It consisted of :

Traditional table cloths ; about 3 or 4 sets in different colors , accomapgnied by other modern table cloths. The matching ply towels were among the sets

Towel : a wide range of towels of all the sizes and in multi colors .

A bridal duvet : this is a very important element that the bride usually selects with high taste and caution . Now , this is usually all white with pearls and designs , but my cousin bought a grey one , also with pearls and designs .

Caftans : a set of traditional clothing that she'd be wearing either at home when guests will come to visit , or for small event and dinner parties ( if you're a bride or a bride - to -be , then you'll know that after the wedding you'll be invited to many social and family dinner ! )

Bridal outfits : yaay ! I was so happy to Finally see what they look like ! unfortunately they were folded lol . We didnt completly open them , but they are absolutely magnificent ! its the 3 outfits to be worn at the wedding reception : a white-gold one , a pink and a blue one . They consisted of two pieces of fabric . Later on I'll post pics and show you inshAllah !

Intimates : ( I give the credit to shaza for this calling lol ) consists of lingerie , underwears and pjs . We didnt see this part of the shwar , as my cousin the bride thought if wasnt truly appropriate to show this part , eve to us :p

Presents for the groom and his family . This is not done by many peope in our country , but it's a family tradition and we decided to keep it . It included for tissue fabrics for the mother and sister in law ( later on they can make traditional dresses out of these fabrics ) , shirts for the groom's brothers , pjs and home wear for the groom himself , a traditional gandoura for the groom , and other things I can't recall .

There were a widre range of things , as a whole room was filled with suitcases containing these things , and what I quoted was the main things I could remember .

Npow unfortunately I didn't take my phone with me as it was left in my handbag that stayed in the living room down stairs , so I did not take any pictures .
However ,  here some pictures showing similar things I spoke about in this post , that I found online .

 

If you or someone close to you is getting married , I hope this was useful to you , and please do let me know ! Also if you're blog is about anything similar I'd love to check it out ! 

Have a lovely Tuesday !