Category Archives: Personal

Ibteda ‘The Beginning’

  Beginning of a Beautiful Life – Photography Mustafa Zafar Ibteda, in Urdu, (my language) means the beginning. Its the name given to my SALA 09 exhibition, by my husband, Mustafa Zafar. I am truly grateful to him because he’s the only reason, I shifted to Australia, and is responsible for our beautiful life here. [...]

Body Art for SALA 09

I started painting the models for my opening of, ‘IBTEDA, The Beginning’, last night. This exhibition is part of SALA 09 and you can find out the details of the show on – http://www.diyastudio.com/newsletter/09/ibteda/ I will be posting the pictures of the people I will be painting and a little about the experience I share [...]

Radha’s Birthday, Blessed with Henna

I got to spend some lovely time with these 5 girls on the weekend. They visited the studio to celebrate Radha’s 8th birthday all dressed up fancy, in the indian clothes, looking extremely gorgeous. I felt so special sharing the Henna experience with each one of them. They reminded me of my childhood when all [...]

Henna