We bought some online and practiced. I made a much simpler design on my hand. You can see how my daughter likes the more intricate designs. I think with practice, we could become mehendi artists too! So many interests, so little time!
Note that the color darkens after a couple of days from a deep orange to a rustic brown. I got several strange looks at the Marian Eucharistic conference this weekend ... a few people were brave enough to ask me what in the world it was. Strange how people can be afraid of the unknown. I'm like a cat -- curious.
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That's beautiful!
It's funny...I've been doodling on my girls' hands, because something about seeing pretty designs there seems to really help their moods. Little Maddie has made a morning routine of it: she wakes up, gets dressed, and pushes her hands out to me so I can write the word "happy" on them along with some designs. When she was sick with a bad cold last week, I cheered her up by drawing flower vines all the way up to her elbows, and little rings on each finger. Of course I used just a regular pen--red looked pretty at first, but did cause a bit of a panic attack later when she used her arm to wipe her runny nose and made it look like her face was bleeding! I need something a little more permanent than ball point pen. :)
^These are beautiful, and blessedly temporary...
The designs remind me of long sleeves on a lace blouse. Very pretty.
Would this done also on a new store's door? A friend from India made a henna-looking design on the door in a powdery substance. She said it was a blessing on the new store.
Faith, you're too funny ... I am sure your girls will enjoy mehendi. As Mirka says, they're temporary (about 2-3 wks) and for the time the mehendi is drying, the girls ought not to get into trouble :)
Barb, what you describe with the powders is rangoli. It's a blessing, a prayer. Almost all Indian girls learn to make these geometric patterns at the threshold of a home. I love both these art forms.
I've seen the henna designs on ladies hands in some of the places we've lived. So beautiful. I was tempted to get mine done once, but I usually had a newborn/toddler in tow and would never have been able to sit long enough for it to be done. Such lovely artwork and temporary is a plus! Then you can do a new design. :)
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