star henna

Birthday Party

2010-02-08T21:44:00.000-05:00

It was THE coldest day, but we had some great birthday hennas anyway, keeping our skin warm for good henna!

Another happy belly henna

2010-01-11T08:30:00.001-05:00

This was a wonderful choice for the henna design. She had found it on the internet and loved it. I did most of the design, and then did some of the guests, then finished the belly. Beautiful.

Birthday Again!

2009-10-10T08:33:00.002-04:00

I did henna at a birthday party last year for this girl, and she had me come back again this year for more. This time, less people to henna, but more intricate ones for the birthday girl and two others.

Fun Party

2009-09-20T08:47:00.000-04:00

Another birthday party for a group of girls....

2009-05-30T08:51:00.000-04:00

This wedding henna party was so much fun! Shrim had booked me months in advance for this event. Megan and I hennaed all of these wonderful women in a few hours. Shrim had her hands and feet done. Her mom and sister had both of their hands done as well. It was great to have them all picking out elaborate ones, and one who hadn't been hennaed since her wedding many years ago. I was honored!

Belly Henna for Aliza

2009-05-23T23:33:00.003-04:00

I had the opportunity to henna this beautiful belly this morning. The baby kept moving and I am hoping she is enjoying her new colored view of the world. It looked great and I can't wait to see it in a few days! and will add some glitter to it then.

the Vermont Girls

2009-03-17T18:40:00.000-04:00

I was lucky enough to enjoy a wonderful dinner with these three lovelies. I hennaed them all as a thank you gift!

another sweet sixteen

2009-03-15T17:23:00.000-04:00

Fun party, and the girls had fun deciding their hennas.... and eating things dipped into the chocolate fountain.

the birthday girl's back:

gecko girls, with beautiful designs

2009-03-07T18:48:00.003-05:00

These three were about to go south to a wonderful island in a week, so they chose to each have a gecko on one hand, in addition to their beautiful designs! I added blue glitter to all of the designs. (click on the above photo to see it closer)

the birthday girl.... just before she added the bindi...

her mom's hand on a fabulous pillow

Disney bound...

2009-01-17T16:41:00.000-05:00

This group was off to Disney the next week. I added a little Mickey Mouse head to each of the designs, and if you hunt, you will see them. Try to find the little Mickeys!

dress inspired

2008-10-13T00:11:00.003-04:00

This girl's hands and dress were beautiful. I worked from a part of the design in her dress to create her henna.

This was at a birthday party and there were so many girls getting henna! I think I counted 17 hennas that I did.

surprise sweet 16 henna

2008-09-22T00:27:00.004-04:00

The birthday girl had NO IDEA I was coming. And I did not know that it was a surprise. So when I got out of the car to see several girls outside of the house, and said that I was the henna artist... she was so excited!!!
I was there for hours and had fun doing so much henna on so many girls, many of whom are into gymnastics, so they had fabulous bodies, and wanted beautiful things to flaunt :)

Bollywood birthday party....

2008-08-26T22:37:00.000-04:00

A fabulously themed party by a creative mom for her daughter. She found a woman to buy sarees from for a really good price, got the girls bangles, and bought throw pillows and more. She got great bargains, and the girls all had so much fun. They had a great tent set up with so many beautiful silks.

a great bollywood birthday party:

the birthday girl and her mom

hands together

2008-07-25T23:52:00.000-04:00

I had a great settings in Maine, and a beautiful woman wanted her hands done simply.

women on Vinalhaven

2008-07-22T23:58:00.001-04:00

so much fun, and we will have to be doing it again sometime this fall!
They picked fun things, and really individual.
I did hear though that some of them went swimming in the quarry shortly afterwards though! (completely disregarding the fact that you should, a) leave the henna on for 4-6 hours, and b) that you should avoid water on it for at least that long if not much longer!)
I will just have to go back and henna them all again this fall!

girls afternoon

2008-07-18T07:52:00.004-04:00

Very fun gathering of women! They all had their nails done and then gathered to get henna. The woman in the middle is the bride.

This one was my favorite.....

A very different pre wedding event than the one in Greenwich... very low key, with margaritas and great munchies!

punjabi wedding

2008-07-05T07:43:00.003-04:00

I was lucky enough to do henna at a pre-wedding event in Greenwich for about 500 guests. It was beautiful with so many incredible sarees, fabulous music and dance performances. I hennaed with Carrie and Kayan for 3 1/2 hours.

(these were taken before the event started, as they were setting up. The bride is the one in the gorgeous red saree)

always popular

2008-07-01T13:51:00.000-04:00

This has been popular lately. I was inspired by the work of Carrie, as I will be working with her at a large indian wedding event. Her designs are beautiful.

This I did on a friend, and embellished it with glitter paste. She loved it!

birthday party

2008-07-01T00:42:00.001-04:00

These girls had so much fun picking out their henna designs for Ana's sleep-over birthday party!

Multi- cultural event

2008-06-23T10:47:00.000-04:00

Star Henna was able to do 2 events in the last few weeks at ESPN! We had 2 artists at each event, and henna'ed about 40 people an hour during the busier of the two events. It is always fun to work there.

EGGSTOCK

2008-05-29T22:53:00.002-04:00

Come to Eggstock!!! It is at Flamig Farm in Simsbury... a great music festival, in the tradition of Woodstock.... in a pasture of a farm, great music, lots of people, lots of fun... and HENNA!

Last year we had so much fun doing henna there. We hope to see many of you there again on Saturday the 7th of June.

trees...

2008-05-28T22:57:00.002-04:00

These two girls wanted beautiful things on their backs. I loved creating these!

better backgrounds

2008-05-16T22:47:00.000-04:00

Again, I am inspired by another artist to work on taking photos of my henna work with better backgrounds. It makes such a difference. I am working on creating another photobook of my work too. I feel the old one, which I had been so proud of, is not nearly up to what I can do now! I love finding work that is inspiring and challenging myself to duplicate it.

fun henna party

2008-04-26T13:34:00.001-04:00

I did a fun party and hennaed about a dozen women. They chose really diverse patterns, and it was fun to be there for 3 1/2 hours.

Inspired...

2008-04-12T16:09:00.005-04:00

I was asked to join another henna artist at an event in a few weeks. I checked out her gallery and loved her work! I am inspired to practice some of the designs she has done. I also love that she photographs her work so well, and that I need to work on this aspect. She has beautiful backgrounds to set off her work. I would love to indulge in more silks and things to use as backdrops for photographing my work.

trailing flowers

2008-03-12T20:47:00.001-04:00

these flowers just seemed nice and delicate....
this is 4 days after the paste came off.

Florida bound

2008-03-08T18:27:00.001-05:00

My friend and her daughter were off to Florida for a week, and wanted something to flaunt in the warm weather......

beautiful belly

2008-02-09T22:16:00.001-05:00

This woman was wonderfully expectant and I was invited to henna her belly at her baby shower. She incorporated all sorts of things to pamper herself, and to celebrate the baby. She had chosen a few designs for me to work from, and I thought the finished product was beautiful!

I continued hennaing most of the guests as well, and spent about 2 hours there. Her sister wanted something on her neck, and I created this to enhance her beautiful lines.

if you have to lose your hair...

2008-01-25T20:52:00.003-05:00

I had hennaed Lindsay's hands before she had lost her hair from chemo....
After she lost her beautiful locks, we hennaed her head for an event. We spent a few hours, and incorporated quite a few designs that she wanted. I tried to make them all work together. This was the first time I had done something like this. We had a fun afternoon together!

hands

2008-01-13T14:07:00.000-05:00

I loved how this one came out on my friend Meg's hand.... I started it as one design, and kind of morphed it into another....

I thought it came out great... and it lasted for a while too.

then I did this one on my hand, as I wanted something under my ski mittens :)

a fun surprise birthday party

2007-12-07T23:30:00.000-05:00

what a great and fun evening..... a 'girls night in' birthday party where they surprised the birthday girl with henna!

for the party

2007-12-01T07:37:00.000-05:00

I hennaed both of Lindsay's hands... left....and right....
(this pattern was inspired by a great little metal case that Lindsay had brought with her)

her mom's first henna....

I hennaed hands last night for a beautiful girl. Her name is Lindsay, she is in her 20's, and she recently was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I have had the priviledge of meeting this young woman, who is taking on her disease with a fabulous attitude and she is determined to beat it, as I can imagine she will.

She is going to a wonderful place in Bloomfield (IMG) and she is doing all sorts of things to be proactive about helping her body rid itself of the disease. And she is the healthiest "sick" person I have ever seen.

When I met her a few weeks ago, we had talked aboout hennaing her head when/ if she lost her hair. She hasn't. So I hennaed her hands for a big party tonight that they are having for her. I am pleased to do henna for her.

pretty hand

2007-11-22T07:15:00.000-05:00

this pattern was inspired by one I saw on Kenzi's website..... lacy and beautiful..... I loved creating it.

Inspirations

2007-10-11T00:04:00.000-04:00

I bought this box of Yogi tea since there were some great henna designs on the box. I immediately went home and created the design from the corner of it, onto my hand. Loved it, and got great compliments on it.

belly henna

2007-10-03T23:45:00.000-04:00

I was honored to create this on a wonderfully busy baby. He was incredibly active throughout the whole time I was painting. The mom wanted something kind of intricate in the middle, then branching out on the sides. I had a paisley on my hand at the time, and she loved it, and wanted it to be the center. I did the paisley and then grew it from there.

henna rock

2007-09-03T14:24:00.001-04:00

I just spent a week on a small island in Maine. It was peaceful and we had beautiful weather.
We spent time painting rocks, which I love doing.

This one I painted and left for our friends who own the boathouse we stayed in.

ESPN- raffle winner

2007-08-18T08:41:00.000-04:00

The raffle winner from the ESPN event is Jennifer Altarriba.
She has won a one hour appointment with me to use however she wishes, for a private appointment, or to share with some friends.

ESPN event

2007-08-16T20:44:00.000-04:00

We had a fabulous time doing henna at an event for ESPN today. It was incredibly busy, and we had a line, and painted for 3 1/2 hours. It was a great venue and a fun day, with tons of music and dancing and good food, and luckily great weather too.

People were asking for some creative things, and it was great trying to accommodate for everyones wishes. We painted as fast as we could and I think we hennaed about 200 people. They would like us to come back again, which we will happily do.

We were so busy doing henna, that I hardly took any photos. Here are some of the few I did take:
(I will have to email my contact at ESPN and see if we can get some of the photos from their photographers, as we didn't even take any pictures of our tent, or anything)

We will be announcing a raffle winner in the next few days. Check back here to find out who won!

Beach Henna

2007-08-11T21:46:00.000-04:00

Did this while waiting for Eli at his camp....

the latest....

2007-07-29T19:08:00.001-04:00

These were done in the last week. Unfortunately I couldn't do the farmer's market as planned for this weekend, but I hope to be back there at some point. In the meantime, I have been busy with some private appointments.

footwork

2007-07-21T14:37:00.000-04:00

wanted to try something on my foot, as I will be going to Maine tomorrow and wanted to have something cool for the beach. It is hard to get the line where I want it, when I do it on myself. This one wrapped all the way around the back of my foot and ended at my big toe. I love it.
(the flower is left over from last weekend's farmer's market)

sunny lately

2007-07-21T13:57:00.000-04:00

Two different clients, two versions of a sun.

This woman wanted the idea of a sun, but seemed drawn to this type of design.

The second was my brother-in-law and he wanted a sun, with the initials of his wife and two kids inside the circle. (this photo is taken from above, looking down on his shoulder)

market day

2007-07-16T14:21:00.000-04:00

had a slow but good day at the farmer's market. We will be back there in two weeks.

This girl wanted the vine and flowers to wrap around her arm....

This woman wanted something that looked 'kind of like' scrolled ironwork, but she wouldn't stop moving, so it was kind of hard to have straight lines. Luckily she loved it!

The view from the Star Henna booth...... a fabulous local organic farm and all of their goods are displayed so nicely- just beautiful!

Raffle winner

2007-07-14T21:17:00.000-04:00

This was an appointment that was from a woman who won a free appointment with me that I raffled off at EGGStock in June.

She had her daughter there, a friend, and her daughter too. It was a fun appointment to do.

floral arm band

2007-07-13T14:34:00.000-04:00

this looked so nice on my neighbor. She loves getting hennaed!

Farmer's market

2007-07-11T20:50:00.000-04:00

This Sunday, July 15th, I will have a tent at the Farmer's Market in Collinsville. It is open from 10-2 and I will be there promptly ready to henna before 10.

I look forward to seeing any returning clients and to trying some new patterns.

many cousins

2007-07-11T20:30:00.000-04:00

I did a 2 1/2 hour appointment today where I hennaed about 10 people. It was fun and they chose very diverse things some of which they drew for me to copy. It was quite a mix of genders/ ages/ personalities.
The teenage boys chose some gross things that they drew for me to copy: bloody knife in an eye, snake tongued skull, etc. Luckily the women and girls picked some more things that were a bit more 'normal' and that I enjoyed creating!

listed on Henna Page

2007-07-11T20:00:00.000-04:00

Adam created a banner ad for me to put onto the Henna Page in the artist's directory. It has only been there for about 48 hours, and my 'Star Henna' website has had plenty of traffic just from there! Visitors have clicked on it from far and wide: Dubai, Hungary, Singapore, Saudi, Connecticut, California, Australia, Tapei, and more!

negative space

2007-07-10T11:46:00.000-04:00

I loved the negative space in this design.

toes

2007-07-09T11:44:00.000-04:00

did these the other night....
simple and fun to have on!

back garden

2007-07-04T15:47:00.000-04:00

This was chosen to compliment a dress for a bridal shower. The flowers were part of the pattern of the dress, so she chose to have them on her back. It came out well and looked pretty.

graduation night

2007-06-28T11:52:00.000-04:00

I finished my comprehensive small business course from University of Hartford. We had a 'business showcase' where people could have a table and display their business. I chose to offer free henna to everyone, and had the most popular table! yeah! I was even spotlighted for it in the address later by the keynote speaker, Rob Simmons.

It was fun, and I had the opportunity to do many people with dark skin, which I hadn't had the opportunity to do before. Everyone seemed to have a good time.

EGGStock - a music festival

2007-06-24T14:30:00.000-04:00

Flamig Farm holds a great music festival. Their logo is a big EGGS (written backwards- long story...) so, since they have a music festival similar to woodstock... they call it EGGStock.

I had a booth there and got to enjoy great music while henna-ing!

A friend helped me out being my front person, taking in the cash, helping with design choices, and organizing the line. There were 16 in line at one point! For my first festival/ outdoor event- this was fabulous!

We will definitely do this festival again. It was a fun event, and I love going to these.

one of the staff from the farm wanted to display her love for the logo

a boy and his dad.... dad had a tattoo that he wanted copied for his son
(need to figure out how to rotate this photo!)

Music & Arts .... & Sonic Fire

2007-06-24T13:56:00.000-04:00

At a great event, prior to a Sonic Fire show in Collinsville, there was music all day long and I hennaed in the sun. It was windy like crazy, so alas, no tent. The day started slowly, but ended up with many happy clients.

look how red my hennaed hair looks in the sun!

fun dixieland jazz playing next to my henna booth!

great palm

2007-06-22T14:22:00.000-04:00

I loved the cover of a Mehndi book I have, and wanted to try doing some of it on my palm. It was intricate and repetitive and beautiful. It was a bit hard through the crease near the thumb, but successful nonetheless. I got many comments on it.
I loved it and even redid it a few weeks later!

shell-like

2007-06-17T14:26:00.000-04:00

pretty back

2007-05-31T14:48:00.000-04:00

this came out very pretty and apparently, even the teller at the drive-thru asked this client for my card!

flowery foot

2007-05-26T15:43:00.000-04:00

My neighbor chose a pretty vine and flowers for her foot and ankle......

Baby belly

2007-05-11T00:16:00.000-04:00

Gina is about 5 months pregnant and she loved having the henna on her belly! The baby only kicked a few times while I was painting, so not sure if he liked it... but she loved it. I liked how balanced the design came out, and how beautifully it echoed her belly. She immediately showed it off to the neighbor.