Birthday Party

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

the Vermont Girls

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

surprise sweet 16 henna

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 :)

women on Vinalhaven

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!

always popular

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!

fun henna party

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.

ESPN event

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!

sunny lately

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

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!

floral arm band

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

many cousins

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!

graduation night

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

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

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!