More Mehndi, Henna designs - fun with the family -

Henna, Mehndi Designs
Last night I just wanted to chill. While at the Indian store this week my daughter picked up a couple cones of henna, so we decided to have some fun with it last night. While this wasn't our first time, it has been a pretty long while since we last had this done, so we were both pretty excited.

With the help of my dear friend Khadija over at Creative Mind. and all her wonderful henna designs I had no problem getting inspired. So I got to work trying to recreate a beautiful design myself. While I always use a picture as inspiration because I'm just not good at coming up with designs myself, I can never duplicate it exactly. I always start doing my own thing, and I guess thats what makes it so much fun. It's like taking a pen to paper and you just keep going. Our hands were the canvas, and I had an entire cone to use up :)

The smaller hand and foot are my little princess, and the Japanese writing was my oldest sons. He tried to do the top of my hand, but said it was too hard, lol. It is hard holding a henna cone. You really need to get used to it. I am such a beginner, but hopefully both of us can work on it, and get better. I really need someone to help do my right hand, he he. (Big B that would be you), not to mention he is an amazing artist. That would be so fun, and maybe one day I'll let the princess do it too.

Do you want to check out our previous Henna designs? Go HERE to see!!

Was that fun or what? Have you ever tried doing henna, or mehndi?

Before I go just wanted to remind you all that there is only 4 more days until I pick a winner.

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Quickie~~~ Pizza Style & more henna with the girls

I have to make this short and sweet, because I have a ton of stuff to finish up today. So here goes, without much talk from me, as usual, I took tons of pics, so you can see most steps really clearly. No recipe for the dough this time, I didn't have time to write it, and I don't use a recipe anyway, he he.

Reminding you all of my PARTIES QUICKIE STYLE!

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This party is open until Halloween, and is open to ALL things Halloween and Spooky. So show me what you got, because I have a SPECIAL PARTY to plan, and I need ideas, he he. 

For the rest of your Projects, or RECIPES, you can always link up to my regular weekly party, starting every Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing what you got, I know it will be AMAZING!!

AMAZE ME AUGUST

Just look and drool, cuz it was quick and GOOD!!!!

Isn't she the CUTEST, yes I know :) They were cracking me up, dressing like little old ladies, and walking like them, and talking like them. The girls, had a blast, another sleep over, and my oldest was crashing at his friends house. They had pizza too, only it was LITTLE CEASERS, so sad, lol. My poor hubby and Dino D were outnumbered by girly girls this night, it was FUN. 


I also had ONE pizza ball left over and made another pizza the following night, hopefully I can post that pic soon, with some small comments, or directions on what I did for this fun pizza party. 


Until then, enjoy trying to figure it all out thru the pics. 

Linking up to the following SUPER parties:
Whatever goes Wednesday@ Someday Crafts
Whatver goes Wednesdays@ It's so VERY Cheri
A brand Spankin NEW party @ Olivia Renn




As always ENJOY!

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Dinner, and Mehndi with Princess M and her friends.

Ok so time for a little fun. We went to the zoo yesterday, forgot my camera at home, darn, but if you only knew how many zoo pictures I have already. Oh well. Next time I will get more.

Here at Zoo Atlanta they have an awesome family membership, my neighbor actually got one, for $99. For $30 more she added me and now either one of us can go anytime, bring a guest for free, and up to 4 kids ANYTIME for a year. Hello, check out your local zoos, and see if they have any great deals. This has got to be the best deal in town, and that's exactly what they advertise. :0

After the zoo, I made my trip to Trader Joes, bought a few yummy things, mostly Sauces, bread, chips, and a few other non perishable items. Its a good hour from my house especially with traffic.

I promised my little Princess she could have a few friends sleep over before school starts, and do Mehndi n their hands. We were supposed to watch Twilight, but I forgot to get it, so we watched AMADEUS on Netflix instead. LOL. I love that movie.

We started the night with dinner. The girls all helped make a pasta dish, salad, and garlic bread. Who doesn't like Italian right? After pigging out, we put on our jammies, and went to do Henna.

The girls, had fun, I was pleased with my first attempt at doing Mehndi. I think I am hooked. It was great fun, and once I got into it, I just started doing my own design, rather that trying to perfectly copy pics.

Here's some before and after pics.

Enjoy!

Before pic, I try to cook with as much organic food
as possible. Once you get used to the added cost
you learn to budget for it. Cut out all other junk food, and
you may even save money. :)

My Princess M, one carrot, 2 ribs celery, 5 cloves garlic,
one onion, finely processed. Now nobody sees it, but
eats it anyway. Forgot my mushrooms, and bell peppers.
No biggie, just as good without. 

Princess chopping salad. 

This sauce is so yummy, and at only $2.29 a great DEAL.

Dinner, on my not so lovely plastic plates. I want to
replace these with metal ones, like in the Indian
food joints. I do have ceramic, but with kids never
use them. Too bad. 

Princess M and her design choice.

Friend #1

Friend #2

Girls together, posing on my dirty ottoman. My kids
have spilled everything possible on this thing. 

My hand, lol.

My son Big B just HAD to have something too. Manly
or course, but I don't know how to do skulls, and such, so
he settled on chinese writing for COURAGE.

Hope you guys like it, and if you ever want to try doing this yourself, its not that hard. Find yourself an Indian store, they are likely to carry the mehndi cones, or shop online, there are tons of sites. Always use 100% natural henna, never the ones that have black in them. Henna should be reddish orange when dry on the skin, never black.

Bella

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