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  • It was a rather exciting bridal appointment. First of all, because of babysitter issues and the fact that my best assistant is still in the feeding-baby-every-45-minutes stage of motherhood, I had to do a bride, 7 bridesmaids, 2 moms, a sister and an auntie in 4 hours! I warned the poor girl in advance that I couldn’t do my best work in this amount of time, but she was still happy to have me. To make things even more exciting a wicked storm blew through complete with a tornado! Don’t worry, the tornado didn’t get close, but we did lose power for a few worried minutes. Anyway, I did end up staying over an hour late despite my hopes of getting home at midnight for the sitter, and I suppose I did a decent job considering how fast I had to work. I ended up telling the last few bridesmaids not to pick patterns. Just show me a style you like because I can wing-it much faster than copying a pattern.

    The bride:

    …and the bridesmaids:

    …and the Moms and 2 bridesmaids:

    I had a lovely time. Everyone was very kind and appreciative and the aunties were unusually hands-off! Then I headed off to chase the storm home for two hours! I was home by 1 am, in bed by 2 and up again to get the munchkins to school by 6:30. I think I’m getting a little too old for that kind of crap!

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  • On Friday I had the opportunity to do henna at an event to raise awareness about Darfur. It included a traveling enactment of a refugee camp put on by stopgenocidenow.org.

    The event included many ways to help including petitions and the opportunity to sponsor a solar cooker for a family in Darfur. What’s a solar cooker? Check it out:

    Of course I did some henna. The students organizing the event encouraged people to get henna on the inside of their left forearm symbolizing the ID tattoos the Jews were forced to were there during the holocaust. The people I met had creative requests and I didn’t have to resort to using a design book at all! Of course the better pieces I did were while I was busy so I don’t have pictures, but here are a few:

    I was really impressed with the students that I met At IPFW. I go to colleges quite a bit, and I have to say, for the most part, young college students are fairly self involved and haven’t really learned to empathize and participate in the world beyond their own. The kids the met last week were thoughtful, interested in each other’s life experiences, and just bursting with positive energy. They were creative, involved, and a pleasure to spend the day with!

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  • Yesterday I met Natalie. She knew that she wanted henna on her wedding day since her grandmother from Lebanon, rest her soul, taught her about henna when she was a child. She was in a panic, knowing she couldn’t do her own right hand. She couldn’t find anyone near her to help. Her fiance found me on the Internet!

    Natalie wanted thin-lined, floral, graceful designs that reminded her of the Lebanese patterns that her grandmother had taught her.

    The palms are one of my favorite patterns ever from “Love Mehndi.”

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  • I thought I was going to get to do 2 bellies this weekend, but I only got to one. The other was my best friend, so I’ll make sure to get her next time I visit. She’s due August 20th, so I figure if I time it right I might be able to henna her belly 2 more times before the baby comes.

    But anyway! here’s the one I did get to. It was inspired by a piece done by Darcy of Henna Lounge.

    The hearts should have been thicker, and there needs to be more flow in the leaves and vines. I’m not exactly comfortable doing bellies yet. I still struggle with positioning so that we can both be comfortable AND I have a good spot to anchor my arm. Tags: , , , , ,

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    This is my best friend’s baby belly!!

    I wish I had the chance to do this more often. I’m sure I’d be much better at bellies if I could get my hands on more of  ’em! So many women are shy about their baby-bellies. What’s that about? Be proud, stick it out, and let me paint it!!!

    It’s importatnt with pregnent women to make sure they get a doc’s permission. There’s nothing dangerous about it all. But when under a doctor’s care you should discuss with them anything you plan to do with your body! Lavender essential oil is the best choice in a paste mix for pregnent women and children. This is because it is the mildest oil that will have any impact on stain quality.

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    So, I do occasionally do fun stuff at the salon! Here’s what I did Saturday.

    The Goddess

    The moon with flowers

    …and from the front

    These ladies were wonderful and I really hope they come back to see me again!

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