Sit Still!!!

   Saturday night I worked a prom after~party at Dundee High School.   Although it was 12:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., I still had a good time. (albeit weary and bloodshot eyed!)  However, the following bears repeating.  Henna paste, when wet, smudges and makes a horrific MESS!!!!!  Hello, teenage boys!!  I'm not using a needle and this won't hurt, but it is not basketball, best buddy, wrestling, rampaging down the halls of the school, proof!!!
  There was a very nice, polite, young man, who wanted to get his great grand dads name on his wrist, with flames running up the forearm.  After much warning and instruction, he left the cafeteria in search of some buddies in the gym.  Twenty minutes later he reappeared with muddy goop smeared all across his arm.  This smudgy, muddy, looking mess will grace his arm for the next two weeks, making him look as if he were in a life or death battle with a half crazed, meth addicted, spray tan airbrush artist.  "Can you fix it?" He asked.  REALLY?!?!?
  There is very little you can do.  I've applied a design and left it on for as little as a minute, and have had a stain that lasts 3-4 days.  If it is a fresh smudge, I will take a cotton swab and alcohol or witch hazel, and wipe the area clean.  That can take care of the worst of it.  (although you can still see a faint trace of light orange.)  But if it's been on for as long as 10 minutes...forget about it!

  So, although I love to do senior all night parties, and after prom parties, I feel it necessary to say it again... SIT STILL UNTIL IT DRIES!!!!

Bridal Shower!

Last night I spent the evening at a bridal shower.  The job was a referral, and what fun!  Really, I love what I do!!  I had the opportunity to introduce the art and history or henna to a great group of ladies!  Good conversation, good food, good friends.  It's just what bridal henna should be.  A time to relax and socialize, with just the girls!  Spending a little time panpering themselves.

Above is the brides henna.  She wanted something small but traditional.  The grooms initials are hidden within.  Can you spot them?

Lena will make a beautiful bride!

The group photo.  What a special memory!

                          Thanks too, for introducing me to "cake balls"!  Ohhh, the chocolate!!!

Henna and Yoga!

  I love how things come together.  While driving home from my sons piano lesson, I spotted  "Taylor Yoga".  Hmm.  That's new.  So I stopped in.  I love doing henna at Yoga studios.  It's just a great fit!  I had the pleasure of chatting with Connie, the owner, and it looks like we will be having a henna party there come July!!  If you are in the area, you really should stop in.  Loved Connie.  Great personality,  Great outlook!

http://tayloryoga.com/

Unexpected Beautiful!

We spent the week before Easter "Up North".  My son asked why we go north for spring break while everyone else goes south?  For one, to avoid Tornadoes!!  I must admit, I was hoping for warmer weather, but I did enjoy seeing the pines thinly covered in a blanket of fresh snow.  The following were taken at one of our favorite swimming spots, Ocqueoc Falls. 

 I am fascinated by this tub every time we pass it!  It sits next to an old logging trail, behind gates and "No Trespassing" signs.  Someone went to a lot of effort to get it here.  It's hard to imagine it being more work to bring it to the dump, than to bring it here!  We've been hiking and riding these trails for seven years now, and it's been there as long as we have.  I wonder when they dumped it?  Part of me is aggravated that people would use these woods as a dump, the other part finds beauty in the unexpected sight of a tub sitting in the middle of the woods!  The longer it sits there, the more it looks as if it belongs.  It would be a shock to the system if I were to ride by and not see it.  Now I think how wonderful it would be to take a bath in the middle of the woods!