Ramadan Joy

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Colorful Eid Cards

Materials

• White Card Stock
• Colorful Paper (3" x 3 1/2")
• Download Colorful Eid Mubarak Card
  
  

Directions

1. Download and print colorful eid mubarak sheet.
2. Trim 1" from both the top and the bottom of the eid sheet.
3. Cut between the text, each of the 3 cards should be 3" high.
4. To create the card place place the white side up. Fold right side of the paper 3 5/8".
5. Fold left side 1". It should now look like a match book.

Options to Finish

Glue an individual colored sheet to the left side of the card. 

Punch a hole in the middle of the left side of the card as well as all of the colorful cards. Attach with a brass tack, embroidery foss or thin ribbon.

Card can be closed with a sticker or a small amount of glue.

Floral Shortbread

Delicate buttery cookie with a slightly sweetened flavor.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (do not use margarine)

• 2 tablespoons egg white
• 1 tea water
• Edible flowers (viola's, scented geraniums, or other edible flowers)
• Sugar

DIrections

1. Mix flour and sugar with a fork, cut in the butter and blend till the mixture begins to gather together. Form into a ball and knead until smooth.
2. Roll dough into a 7-8" circle on an un-greased cookie sheet.
3. With your thumb make a scalloped pattern on the edge of the dough. Partially cut wedges (making 8 or 12 pieces) into the circle.
4. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until bottom just starts to brown.
5. Cut wedges while still warm. Cool before adding flowers.
6. Combine egg whites and water. Brush tops of wedges with egg mixture.
7. Place flowers on top of the shortbread and press in place, add more of the egg white mixture. Sprinkle with sugar. 
8. Bake at 325 degrees for 5 minutes.

Frames, Stars and Peace Tags

We've created a tag sheet that you can download and print. You can print on white or solid card stock or use printed paper. The tags are wonderful for gift packaging and there are even a couple of mini cards.

 Download Stamps with logo 

With this star tag we cut out the star design and applied green tissue paper to the back.

Chocolate Drops

Chocolate Drop Cookies cookies are like a piece of cake in cookie form. 

Cookie Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup cocoa 
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp. soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Cookie Directions:

1. Mix butter, sugar, egg and cocoa 
2. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla
3. In a separate bowl mix together; flour, soda, and salt then blend into the sugar mixture
4. Chill dough 1 hour
5. Heat oven to 400 degrees
6. Drop rounded teaspoons of dough 2" apart on an un-greased cookie sheet.
7. Bake 8 minutes or until no imprint remains when lightly touched.
8. Let cookies cool before icing.

Chocolate Icing Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. softened butter
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 2 tbsp. warm water (possibly more)
• 1 cup sifted powder sugar

Frosting Directions:

1. Blend butter, cocoa and warm water.
2. Mix in powdered sugar until smooth and the consistency, you may need to add additional water if prefer a thinner icing.

Eid Gift Envelopes

Ramadan Cookie Project

Join the Ramadan Cookie Project by sharing your favorite Ramadan cookie recipe with us. All recipes received will be included in a down-loadable PDF which will be available in July.

Guidelines:

• 1 submission per person
• Submissions must be be emailed by June 31, 2012
• Recipes must be in "the english system" for measurements, no metric please
• Use ingredients that are easily available
• If you are sending a traditional cookie recipe, share what country it is from
• Please include a photo of your cookie
• Recipe Project PDF will be published in July

Mail Submissions to:  info@khadija-annette.com

 

Ramadan Joy

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Crafty Eid Party

Crepe wrapped around simple children's toys; ball, rump rope, bubbles and a balloon.

 

We premade all the kids craft packages. The kids made mini books, felt banners and eid cards and put all their handmade in the bags to take home.

Ramadan Mobile

Our 3rd and latest Designer Download is from Zahrah Habibullah-Williams from Australia. Zahrah is an artist and works from her creative platform "Souk Collective"  http://www.soukcollective.com

I've used Zahrah's design to create a mobile but it is quite nice just printed out as is and used as a welcoming sign. 

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Click here to download Zahrah's design

Download Ramadanmobil

 

We've printed two sheets of the design and then pasted the stars and moons back to back. The shapes are hung on a large wooden embroidery hoop.