hunting for the red henna..?

fresh from the oven :P

2010-04-17T14:59:00.002+08:00

Tadaaaa!!

Yes, I know, its been, umm...like.....ummm......centuries since I last posted pics.
My bad.

Anyhooot.
Here are some recent pictures.
some on my brides...and some on me.

Bride : Julie

On my own arm

Calling all my brides!!!

2010-03-24T22:57:00.002+08:00

I am truly, truly sorry but I am hoping that my all my brides who have made prior appointments with me could sms me back with all their info/details/dates etc to my new hp number 9247 3753.

I truly, truly am sorry but yes, my hp totally crashed and along with it, all the precious info stored in it. Especially my bridal appointments.

So if you have made a bridal appointment with me scheduled any time from now, please please please kindly sms me again at the above number or email me at hennamomma@gmail.com.

A million thanks!!! :)

me! me! meeeeeee....!!! :P

2009-10-12T21:31:00.003+08:00

And yes, once in a while, (make that very frequent 'whiles') I like to take out a cone, plonk myself in front of the TV and doodle away...

The thing is, once I start (on myself only!!) I can't seem to stop.
What was supposed to be just a simple pattern on the palm/hand will end up all the way to the elbow..and then some :P

First up, let me be frank.
It's fun and easy when I do it on my own self cos let's face it, I get to take my own sweet time, there's no pressure, no time frame to follow, no onlookers and I get to stop at one hand cos err, that's when the fun ends :P

I dont think I would do this for a bride...unless the price is right.
Heh heh.
kiddin'...

I don't know.
Maybe I will, maybe I won't.
Persuade me? ;)

On my palm.

With paste off, the next day.
Please note : Henna stain varies from person to person and in this case, I left the henna on my palms for 1 hour.
(That was all I can tolerate!)

I dont have the 'after' picture for this, tho'...

This has got to be my favourite pattern to draw on my own hand.
Cos the design seems endless and I can just go on and on and on and on....you get the drift ;)

Bride : Huda/Nuridah

2009-10-12T21:19:00.004+08:00

These are originally patterns from Saheli Bridal which these brides requested/chosed and I tried my best to replicate it.

Bride : Huda

Eternity

2009-10-12T21:09:00.003+08:00

I finally, amazingly, found the time/mood/mojo to update this blog.
Like..finally!!! :P

So..

This was done just last Thursday on my bride, Zira :)
It's a variation of the Forever Pattern and I think it's just as sweet.

and another slight variation (the running vines is on her index finger instead) on Suliana.

Hhmm, if the original was called the Forever Pattern, maybe I should just name this Eternity, eh? ;)

apologies

2009-08-09T00:19:00.003+08:00

On another note, my sincerest apologies to all who have posted comments/enquiries in this blog over the past months and have not heard any replies from me.

I dont know whether I've mentioned this before but for some quite some time, I have somewhat 'abandoned' this blog (hence the sorry, neglected state is was in) and was more active in my multiply account.

It was only lately that I decided to somewhat come over and dust this place up a little and it was then that I saw those unreplied comments/enquiries.

Once again, my apologies.

Where I can, I will try to answer the questions, okay?:)
But if I dont get round to it, do leave me a note at hennamomma@gmail.com

Okaayy..I just realised something.
The comment option is not enabled for this skin!!
eeekks!
Lemme go rectify that...

Back for a bit

2009-08-08T20:28:00.001+08:00

I know.
Major neglect here.

But I think I am going to be back here to...I donno, try to revive this old spot here?;)
Well, I'm starting with the new skin so yeah, let's see what's next....:)

I am still slingin' henna and I have loads of pictures to share but umm, currently, I have three bickering kids who are arguing who gets to put whose toys in the tent right smack in the middle of their room.

Yup.
You heard me rite.
A tent.
In the middle of their room.

Whatever keeps them quiet and happy this long weekend, huh?;)

Thank you, please come again :)

2008-09-18T15:13:00.003+08:00

Okaay..where do I start...

Umm, it's been quite some time since I last updated huh?;P
tsst..tsst.

Thing is, I've been focusing more on my multiply site than I do my blogspot here so that's where most of my updates are.
Most.
hee.

Well, go on over to http://hennamomma.multiply.com/ to view my works okay?:)

The other thing is, umm, I'm not sure whether it's prominently indicated where I'm from but yeah, I gotta clarify this once and for all.

I'm here in sunny SINGAPORE! :)

Reason is, I get a lot of henna requests from brides across the causeway in Malaysia and I just wanted to let them know first up that umm, unless they are willing to pay for my flight tickets, hotel accomodation,expenses on top of the bridal rates, heh heh, then nope, I cant cross over to henna them in Malaysia :)

I feel bad when they email me, requesting for rates and available slots etc only to be told that, err, I'm from Singapore and I wont be able to henna them at the end of it all..

Thank you very much for visiting my blog, though and thank you for the lovely comments but yeah, I'm staying put here in Singapore and I am able to only henna the brides here :)

All the same, thank you:)

That said, no, it's not that I wont be updating this blog here anymore...it's just that it's going to get a lil' neglected for a lil' bit more (think Raya preparations, Raya itself = 1 month of visiting, whoohoo...the kids' exams...sigh!)

So till my next update, here's belatedly wishing you a blessed Ramadhan and Salam Lebaran to all the Muslim readers out there :)

First draft

2008-05-21T21:28:00.005+08:00

Ooohh....2 posts in 1 day??
That's like.....Christmas!! :P

Anyways, here's something I came up with.

Let's just say this is the first draft.
You know how it is with 'first drafts'...there's always room for change and lots of amendments to make! :)

And you know how things get done perfectly when there's mojo, rite??
Well...I sooo am having lotsa mojo now but aarrk, no models!! :P

Baah..

The worse thing ever!!

2008-05-21T21:05:00.005+08:00

You know, the unthinkable, unimaginable, unwanted *ever* happened to me on the 1st week of May, right smack 2 days before I had a bride.

I had the worse neck cramps, ever!!!
Like...ever!!

I had never had neck cramps that bad and trust me, it was that bad.

It was so bad and so painful that I actually thought (I know, how drama) that I was having a stroke!!
I was like "Oh nooo!! Nooo!!! this cant be happening!! I'm only 34!!! :P

The pain crept up to me slowly but oh-so-surely.
It was really like a creepy crawly slowly making its way thru my veins and before I knew it, I cant move my entire neck and the most part of my shoulders!

So I thought I'd like..you know, let it be and calm myself down, in the fervent hope that it'd go away...
Ouh.
Did I tell you?
I got hit by the fever bug riiiight after that.
Like...perfect, rite?
*rolls eyes*

So I downed panadol after panadol after panadol but neither went away.
Both the fever and the cramps were to accompany me for the next 3 days :(

And I had to 'give away' my bride to my dearest trusted henna kaki ;)
Cos I just couldnt even move!
(Yanti, once again, so sorry for that, ya?)

Well.
The cramp and the fever did go away after that (or I wouldnt be here tap tapping away now, would I?;)
But it sure did give me the scare of my life.
For this year, at least.
Hee.

I dont know how to make sure it wont happen again cos trust me, it's not fun not being able to move your upper torso.
And I sure dread for it to happen again.

I'm not sure what are the preventive measures but I just wanted you guys to know that there are certain things beyond my control which renders me helpless and hopeless.

I've been a bride before (a looooong, looooooong time ago in a galaxy faaaar, faaaaaar away!!) so I know what it must feel like to have one of your 'service providers' bow out on you just days before your big day!!

I sure am not hoping it's going to happen again but if it did and I told you it's neck cramps, I hope you'd understand why I really am not able to henna you as promised :)

Ouh.

And the hubby wasnt helping when he said "it's an ageing thing lah..."

*ggrrrr*

Well, I've a bride tomorrow so I'm off to do some neckxercise, k? ;)

It's April already, I know.......:)

2008-04-09T16:37:00.003+08:00

Tsst..tssst.

My last post was in January??!!!
January was like.......................months back :P

Nope, I did not fall off the face of this Earth.
I merely got caught up with my other everday life thingythang.
The kids, the housework, the kids, the housework....the kids, the housework, you get the drift :P

Oh.
And my camera died on me.
Bah.

So now, I'm very much camera-less.
I do have my 'temporary-camera-ownership' options but it's not the same.
No worries, I do intend to get a new replacement for that very soon.
Otherwise, how do I go around henna-ing brides and capturing 'evidence' of my work, yes?;)

Anyways.
Here are random pictures of my brides before the camera took a ~~wall~~ nosedive.
(yup, that's what my daughter did. She, ummm, slammed it against a wall..grrr)

ETA : bah.
Photobucket is pms-ing today so I'll upload the pics later, k?;)

on my own

2008-01-10T15:59:00.000+08:00

something I did on my arm....on another boring Friday nite.
(yes, when you have three kids and they need to be up and early the next morning for their religious class, you're pretty much grounded on Friday nites!!)

it started with just this....

and then I figured, why not...it's my shot at HennaMomma Ink..;)

Dec Brides

2008-01-10T15:45:00.000+08:00

Bride : Jannah

Ooohh..I loved, loved, loved being in her room that day.
It was ready, set, good to get married in!!
It was cosy and cool and gorgeous and reminded me of my bridal chamber 12 years back;)

Bride : Lily

The reasons why.....

2008-01-10T14:49:00.000+08:00

Okaaaaayyyy......

We're in 2008 already, so it seems..;P

I do have real good, ahem, reasons for the hiatus.
It was the year-end which translates to yes, lotsa brides but it also meant the school hols and last I checked, I've got these three things that are my kids :D

And I tell ya, having them 3 years apart somehow didnt help in the I-thought-they're-gonna-be-able-to-help-each-other department.

It was 3 different sets of whining,3 different sets of arguments, 3 different sets of problems and sometimes, it meant 3 different sets of solutions.
Sometimes.
Most of the times it's a very simple, universal solution.
I believe in the One Rotan Fits All rule.
Heh.

And add to that, I've always been kept busy with this other hobby of mine.
It's scrapbooking.

How do I explain what's scrapbooking eh?
Hhmm....

Err, tell you what, why don't you take a lookie here ...
The 1st 2 are what's called LO (Lay Outs) and the others are altered projects that I either make for friends or was commissioned to make for my friend's friends...

so yeah, these are what's been taking up whatever time I have left...

It's kinda hard juggling mommy stuffs, henna work, scrapbooking and whatever-remains-of-my-free-time-left while trying my darndest to remain sane :P

But I'll try, ok...?

Yes, I have had lotsa brides but most of them ended up chosing the same ol' patterns most of the time and I dont think you'd wanna see the same ol' thing again and again, yes?;)

So lemme go rummage thru and see what are the patterns that I havent uploaded here yet and I'll come back soon...pwomise ;)

I tried...

2007-12-07T11:09:00.000+08:00

I had a bride last week who wanted a pattern and it happened to be one from Darcy's :)

I was a lil' nervous, of coz, considering I had to replicate a work from Darcy's but I somehow managed..

There were some slight modifications and here's the results.
I hope I did the pattern justice :)

Bride : Syarah

The whole set

Her feet

Sides

Top of hands

and sometbing different for her palms

Before, After and err, the Morning-After

2007-12-07T11:01:00.000+08:00

Heh.

I have a wedding to attend to this weekend and I figured, yah, I'm entitled to be vain once in a while, aye?;)

Nah.
Actually, I was plain bored waiting for the hubby and kids to get ready and start our DVD nite together so I whipped out a cone and started doodling, inspired by pattern I saw from Darcy's,a very great henna artist from San Francisco ;)
she da man!!

This is of coz, not an exact replica of her work...I had to modify and do this in a jiffy (which was almost impossible) cos our DVD was about to start..!:)

BEFORE

AFTER (immediately after!)

AND THE MORNING-AFTER-THE-NITE-BEFORE. heh

Mebbe I should also include 'later' eh?? :P

Btw, do email me (hennamomma@gmail.com) if you wish to take the full set for this cos the rates differ :)

Nov Brides Part Two

2007-11-13T12:47:00.000+08:00

And we have Part Two ;)

Bride : Juliana

Bride : Imah

Bride : Fatimah

Bride : AidaShikin

Bride : Fajar

And something new I tried on Diana :)
which we both loved..
and which I'm naming the Diana Pattern cos she was the 1st to choose it! yayy:)

a lil' something different for her palms

There you go...end of Part Two.
Part Three coming soon........when, I donno but soon, I hope;)

The season has begun..!!!

2007-11-13T12:36:00.000+08:00

Omigodddd....
it's been donkey years since I last updated eh?
Tsstt...tssst..

Well, the henna season has begun (since last 2 weeks actually) and I've been busy, huffing and puffing away :P
But it was all good..;)

I get to meet new brides all over again, do some new designs, some hardly-chosen ones and some ol favourites (the Forever Pattern, but of coz..;)

These are from my November Part One brides :)

Bride : Jaja
(This is one bride I've been dying to meet cos we've been corresponding with each other since last year!And she's just as fun, sweet and bubbly online as well as in person!)

her hands

feet

sides

bride : Norwati

Bride : Yann
(she is so cute and petite, I thought she was the bride's youngest sister or somethin'!!)

henna by the beach...?;)

2007-08-03T16:18:00.000+08:00

I did these during a picnic with some buddies...and of coz, they were my more-than-willing henna victims..;)

and then some...:)

2007-08-03T16:04:00.000+08:00

This is from Nurhanna..:)

something new

2007-08-03T16:02:00.000+08:00

Here's from Aien's bridal henna...
Something I've never done before ;)

Wyn, Lose or Draw...:)

2007-08-03T11:50:00.000+08:00

Yes, another Forever Pattern...;)
But I just love the stain on her palms...it's such a deep, gorgeous stain!

The lovely bride, Wyn..:)

this was only from some of her relatives/guests...
there were more but I didnt have time to take piccies..

I forgot..

2007-07-30T18:20:00.000+08:00

where this came from....;)

I mean, I forgot who it was for..
I know it's not the bride...I think it was one of her bridesmaid/friends...

..but I do envy her slim, elegant, sexy fingers and fingernails...;)

Sweet vines of mine...;)

2007-07-30T18:03:00.000+08:00

I never got round to uploading these..but here they are.
One of the sweetest patterns for one of my sweetest bride, Eron :)

On a boring Friday nite...

2007-07-30T17:20:00.000+08:00

I had empty hands, which simply means there were no henna on them *gasp!!* and I was dead bored anyway so I took out my lil' lovelies and went on to doodle some stuffs...

I think I got dead bored with some of the ol' designs so here's my attempt at revamping and duplicating what I know/see :)

This is my take on a revamped version of the Forever Pattern...;)
now, now..who here doesnt know the Forever Pattern, huh?:)

on my feet (sorry for the funny angle..I took this shot myself)

from a slightly different angle..

something I thought I'd modify..

Darn..I think I need more skin :P
Henna model, anyone?;)

The Julie Pattern :)

2007-07-24T15:06:00.000+08:00

I had the pleasure of doing this simple but oh-so-sweet pattern on Julie just last Friday evening..

She was undecided between designs and since she wanted something simple, I suggested this which always gets lotsa oohs and aahs from the bridesmaids cos they seemed to be ones always choosing it and never the bride;)

And since she's the first bride ever to have this design, I shall refer to it henceforth as the Julie Pattern...;)

A Morrocan challenge..

2007-07-23T18:56:00.000+08:00

I had a pretty busy week last week but I'm not here to post pictures from that week..
Yet.

I'm here to post these pictures I've been hoarding for so long but never got round to downloading from my camera and uploading to photobucket...all cos I misplaced my digi camera's cable..
tsst..tsst..

When the bride, Hafizah, asked me for this design right on the spot, I must admit, I was taken aback.
As much as I luuurve Moroccan designs, I hardly get requests for it = I'm not familiar with it = I can be quite slow doing it..!:P

But I persevered and tried my best..

I hope she liked it..

If you must know, I've been practicising this design over and over again since then till I've somewhat memorised it by now...and I'd appreciate it if a new bride, someday, choses it for me to draw it again!;)

Otherwise, I'll keep drawing it on my hands over and over and over again.....;P

sorry for the wonky picture quality...
I'm hoping Hafizah will email me the 'after' pictures soon cos I cant wait to see how these turn out;)

Oopss..

2007-06-28T13:51:00.000+08:00

I forgot..
one more shot.

I love these!

2007-06-28T13:45:00.000+08:00

One of my lovely brides emailed me her after pictures this morning and I must say, these are one of the well-taken pictures I've seen.
Her photographer sure was good :)

Doncha just love those lil' blings on her palms and hands?
Neat, aye?

I know it's the same ol Forever pattern but I just love the cream colours of her outfit against the red henna...:)

Thank you, Shahira!
I love the 2nd picture so much, I'm using it as my avatar :)

I'm back..

2007-06-26T17:32:00.000+08:00

to sling henna, why of coz...;)

The holiday's ended, school's started and I just finished mixing a fresh pot of henna.
Ok, not exactly a pot but enuff for 3 or 4 brides:)

So........

(Now what smart, witty thing can I say now...hhmmm :P)

So, yeah.
I'm back, keep those emails coming and I'll see you girls when I see you girls :)

Taking a break...

2007-06-14T13:23:00.000+08:00

Ladies...

Just to let you know I won't be in town from today till next Wednesday.
Yes, the Henna Momma needs her break too, y'all;)

I shall be back to serve the brides-to-be next week...I hope:)

So if you have emailed me, please wait patiently for my homecoming, ok?
I shall attend to your emails and queries as soon as I come back..:)
Pwomise.

Meantime, have a good weekend and may the Henna be with you ;P

Pretty in blue

2007-06-14T13:21:00.000+08:00

Here's Rita's after pictures.

I was privy to some of her wedding pictures and migod, she looks like a doll!;)

Tks Rita :)

Gorgeous stuff

2007-06-14T13:17:00.000+08:00

I just love these after pix from Fadila.
She was gorgeous, her henna stains were also as gorgeous...

Doncha just love that stain?;)

Thanks Fadila...:)

A break in the spell!

2007-06-07T12:18:00.000+08:00

Hehhe...
Yes, finally a bride broke the spell of that pattern I did which I think I can now do with my eyes closed, no kidding ;)

(methinks me shall call that pattern the Forever Pattern cos I was forever doing it, forever..hehhe)

The bubbly Tuty decided to choose this and I was actually grateful for it!
She was the first to ever choose this so perhaps I shall call this the Tuty Pattern,eh?;)

She was so cute cos she was so worried about the henna stain.
Apparently she did try some henna on her nails and fingers a coupla days before but there was no stain and she was worried that that's how it's gonna be for her henna session with me.

Well, the reason the henna she tried didnt stain AT ALL on her (I didnt even see any orangeish stain!) was becos that henna had been dead many times over! hehee..

I just asked her this morning (cos I henna-ed her yesterday) how did her henna turn out and she gave me a very relieved "Red!!" :D
to quote her sms "I've never seen my nails and palms stain so well" !!

Well, I'm just as happy for you, Tuty!
And dont forget...after pictures, ok?;)

The complete picture

2007-06-07T12:10:00.000+08:00

Here's Faridah's complete henna.
I did a partial one for her nikah and came by a week later to touch up and complete the whole design.

For the first time everrrr...

2007-06-07T11:44:00.000+08:00

I have a bride who gave me 'after' pictures BEFORE the wedding!!!

I had the pleasure of henna-ing Lynn who was one of my sweetest and thoughtful bride.
She was very accomodative and very considerate and very cute.

And I must say, her house has got to be in the rarest condition I've ever seen.
It was pristinely neat!
In spite of going thru wedding preparations, it was still pristinely clean and neat.
I thought I had stepped into the wrong house;)

I suppose that's why she managed to give me these after pictures before her wedding.
Everything in her house was proper and very orderly and I'm still wow-ed.
My house is only like that for the first THREE days of Hari Raya and then it's back to my kindergarten-mode!:D

Ok, enuff blabbering.
Here comes the bride..;)

oh yeah, at my last count, she was my 6th bride to choose that design :)

One after the other..

2007-05-28T21:48:00.000+08:00

This is cute but really, my brides, all 5 of them, in a row, had been asking for the same design consecutively!

See?;)

The very sweet Noraina :)

The warm and friendly Fadilah :)

The Siti Nurhaliza-look-alike Rita;)

The fun and vivacious Suhana :)
(ok, mebbe only her palms is alike..heh)

The cute and sweet Ida :)

The pretty and friendly Faridah :)
(btw, hers is partially done as her nikah was one week earlier and she wanted only the frame of this pattern...I completed the rest of the design the following week for her sanding)

See?
Told you...all 5, in a row...
But Momma ain't complainin' :)

And ladies, remember ok?
'AFTER' pictures...'AFTER' pictures!;)
you ladies owe me AFTER pictures....;)

found!:)

2007-04-20T21:03:00.000+08:00

Ah, the hazards of having too many pictures in too many albums.
I forgot that I actually have some stored in another album, one that I dont normally upload my henna pictures to.
And so I found these :

Bride : Syamsidah Dec '06

Feb brides

2007-04-18T17:08:00.000+08:00

Pardon the dust here..
With 3 kids in school and my scrapbooking taking up my time, this place has been a lil' bit quiet eh?
But it has been a pretty quiet season for me..for now.
At least.

But come next week,hahh kauu, the bride season has begun and according to my calendar, I can only take a breather in August!!
Eeekkss...but Alhamdulillah.
Who am I to complain, rite?;)

I got these lovely 'after' pix from who must be one of my favourite brides.
In the 2+ hours I henna-ed her, I felt like an old friend and we were so comfortable talking and chatting and laughing, I felt kinda sad to leave.
Yeah, it was that fun!

Thank you Mimie....:)

And if you find the designs pretty much the same and similiar, it's cos the brides asked for it..
Apparently, they all seem to have the same tastes.

And this is from one of the sweetest and gentlest bride I've ever met..

Thank you, Siti :)

belated pix

2007-03-01T00:34:00.000+08:00

I know they're a lil' bit belated but I think it was a case of me forgetting to bring my camera and I had to depend on the bride's and wait for her to email me the pix..

And you know how all the brides get all syiok-ed with married life after that and of coz, kinda forget about me along the way? hehe..

So here's one set of pix from one of the most interesting brides I've ever met...
p/s : thank you so very much Jules..!;)

on her palms

on the top of her hands

on her feet

for her bridesmaids

After pix part ii

2007-02-27T15:20:00.000+08:00

Another 'after' pix from one of my gorgeous Nov brides..
heck, all the brides are gorgeous, I tell ya..!;)

Hello 2007

2007-01-23T11:16:00.000+08:00

Hohoho...it's new year already eh??

Aahh, the end of last year saw me busy, busy, busy with brides, which was all good:)

I hope to be as busy, if not more, this year, Insya Allah;)

This January is pretty quiet for me but come February, whooaa..I think I'll be pretty tired most weeks;)

Here's an awesome after pix I got from an awesome bride from Nov'06.
Jaz, I still remember all your aunties' farny and lepak jokes:P

check baby, check baby 1,2,3,4...

2006-12-29T21:27:00.000+08:00

Hhmm..is it me or is it blogger?
I cant seem to even see anything on my blog hence this 'test' entry...

after pix!

2006-12-15T12:08:00.000+08:00

Yay!! I got some more 'after' pix...

This is from one of my sweetest brides, Sity Haidah.

On a Monday nite..

2006-12-12T19:06:00.000+08:00

I had a bride yesterday.
Yeah, pretty unusual, eh?

But she's from Bandung, Indonesia and they're going to get nikah-ed tomorrow..hence the dates..

I should be getting the 'after' pix tomorrow for I have left some pretty clear 'instructions' to my photographer ;P

deep red..

2006-12-09T12:52:00.001+08:00

One of my rare few brides who gave me 'after' pix!!:)
Thank you, Suhaini;)

I think the rest are still busy with, errr, ahem..their honeymoon..;P

it's been quite some time since...

2006-12-09T12:45:00.000+08:00

I miss doing Indian designs..;)

I donno, there's something theurapetic about doing intricate lines over and over and over again....:)
weird, huh?

dec bride 1

2006-12-09T12:38:00.000+08:00

Another bride from yesterday..

Bride : Rosma

lil' hands

2006-12-04T14:17:00.000+08:00

My lil' one, as usual, loves getting henna-ed.
Loves it.

So she's always my willing volunteer for new stuffs I may otherwise have no other 'victims' to try it on;)

simple stuffs part ii

2006-12-04T14:05:00.000+08:00

Ol' skool

2006-12-04T13:54:00.000+08:00

I had an unusual request to henna a bride the ol' skool style last week ;)

The bride's mom was insistent on doing it the ol' skool way and hey, who was I to argue..?;)
To each his own...
And I must say, it's quite a refreshing change from what I've been doing all this while..:)

I don't know about you but I haven't seen such henna on brides nowadays since my own wedding TEN YEARS back!!:)

simple stuffs

2006-12-04T13:50:00.000+08:00

For one of the bride's lil' cuzin...:)

the hand just went on and on and on...

2006-12-03T12:12:00.000+08:00

Here was something new I had wanted to try...

..but the itch to doodle didn't stop and I continued some more...

For all those times I didn't update...:)

2006-12-03T11:59:00.000+08:00

I know, I know..
it has been dinosaur years since I last updated..

So here we go..pix from all the sweet, lovely brides I've henna-ed over the past couple weeks...

I'm still waiting for their 'after' pix so in the meantime, here's all the 'before' ones..

Bride : Siti Haidah

Bride : Siti Raudah

Bride : Jaz Aleya

Bride : Zawiah

Left on right

2006-10-06T07:04:00.001+08:00

Again, I just had to do one on my right palm using my left hand..

Since I havent been doing it for quite some time, the lines might be a lil' jittery so pardon 'em senget lines ok?:P
Posa lah katakan....:P

Ramadhan Mubarak..!

2006-09-24T01:31:00.000+08:00

Yes darlings...

Ramadhan is here !!
Here's wishing all my readers Ramadhan Mubarak...may this year be better than previous years and may it be full of barakah for all of us, Insya Allah..:)

So yes..I won't be having any brides this holy month (if you do meet of anyone who DOES get married during this time, please tell me..I'd like to find out how they really really can....tahan??such great self-restraint...hehee) but boy, I think I will be a busy momma after that...but that's all good, the HennaMomma lurves it:)

Twice I was asked to do henna at the Ramadhan bazaars along Geylang this year but I think with 3 kids (one of which is sitting for her exams during the period) and a pretty reluctant-to-let-me-leave-him-with-all-the-3-kids hubby, I'd say that's just not feasible..

But of coz, in the meantime, should you need any henna lovin', you know where to reach me rite?

Fasting still can henna, you know...:)

To all my readers and brides, Selamat Berpuasa and Jgn lupa bangon sahor later, hokay...:)

Henna-ed hands to welcome the holy month...:)

Before

After

It's quiet here..

2006-09-17T20:00:00.000+08:00

Been quite lately eh?;)

Well, for one, I've ran out of 'skin space' to draw on (yes, err, almost all parts of my body is henna-ed..you name it, hands, feet, thighs, arms..dasyat eh?;P) and for another, I am hooked on a new love...SCRAPBOOKING!!!

But since this is not a scrapbooking blog, I shall not delve into that.

But I so do miss my henna..:)
hhmm, lemme see....the stains on my palms and hands are fading away so mebbe we're gonna get some henna lovin' tonite, aye?;P

In the meantime, we w.a.i.t...

Even when I'm tired..

2006-09-05T19:53:00.000+08:00

..I still henna!! :P

I told you, it's one helluva addiction!!;P

Sweets for my sweet

2006-09-05T19:20:00.000+08:00

I met one of the sweetest brides last Thursday..;)

She was sweet and shy yet warm and friendly, just as her entire family was..

on her feet

top of hands

on her palms.

meantime, we shall wait for her pix to show the 'after' stains of the henna, alright?;)

Turn left, turn right

2006-08-23T11:01:00.000+08:00

I did this pattern on my RIGHT hand using my LEFT hand.
I am NOT left-handed..;)

With the paste on.

Immediately after paste off. Still a lil' orange-ish

The next morning.

Still on an Indian high..

2006-08-21T12:11:00.000+08:00

I cant seem to get over the Indian designs..
Lately, it seems that it's all I wanna draw...;)

Before....

After...

And one more but I don't have the 'after' pic for this one. Heh, forgotlah..:P

And then I itched some more....;)

2006-08-08T17:37:00.000+08:00

on my lil' one...cos she's as mentel as the momma..;)

and on the momma..who's just plain mentel...;P

Indian summer

2006-08-07T12:12:00.000+08:00

I find that I'm very intrigued with Indian henna designs lately...and have been drawing some...

as usual, my lil' one will willingly offer her hands..:P

and her feet too..:)

and her sister wanted some of the action too..:)

on my own hand. just love this pattern

and this

My random work

2006-07-13T15:13:00.000+08:00

Here are some of my previous work..
Henna doodling is very theurapetic for me (haven't I mentioned that already?:)

Henna Hues

2006-07-13T14:40:00.000+08:00

I'm always on the lookout for henna 'victims' and I had plenty last Sunday at a World Cup lepak session!!;)
There were the mommies and there were the littlies who were more than willing to become victims...:)

Littlies 1 - Khalisha's hand

Littlies 2 - Nadhrah's hand

Littlies 3 - Sabrina's hand

Mommy 1 - Roslinda's hand

Mommy 2 - Linda's hand

Girls just wanna have henna fun

2006-07-13T12:52:00.000+08:00

Prior to doing the henna for my sister-in-law, I did my own hands and that of my 2 girls.
Hey, we have to get into the mood too, you know...;)

on my own hands, with the paste on

my eldest wanted some too.
she rarely gets to have henna as she's already in primary school and even though the school allows it, I'd rather she dont have it often.
Yah, we moms are funny sometimes..
But since it's her own aunty's wedding, I figured, why not..

ohh..and there's my youngest.
She's my no.1 fan and my no.1 ever so ready henna model.
Too bad her hands (and every other part, for that matter) are too tiny so I dont really have much space to draw but still, she insists..

2nd July

2006-07-13T09:21:00.000+08:00

This was my last bride on 2nd July, my own sister-in-law.

The bride's hands

on her feet, with the paste on.

one of the bride's girlfriends..

and another one