henna

i did some henna on myself.

whats up with the henna?

Many of you know that I have been doing henna body art (aka henna tattoos) for many years now. At one point I had a nice online business (through ebay), and when we moved from Bloomington I had to sell ALL my henna stuff (inventory and personal stash). The only thing that was left was a half empty (or half full, depending on how you see it) shoe box with a bit of henna powder, a couple of applicators, some oils. Fortunately, my henna shoe box has grown a bit in the last year (thanks to a bit of volunteering on transating henna books to Spanish in exchange for henna stuff).
So whats up with the henna?
I have been part of the Henna Page forum, and in there I post a “monthly henna challenge” aimed at making artists of all levels try out a new technique or just go outside their comfort zone. I also participated in last year’s Holiday Gift Swap, and this year I am in too! There’s another henna group that I recently joined called Henna Tribe. With them I’ve volunteered to put together a henna design ebook (where people donate pages of designs and I put them together to be distributed). I have been working more with henna, doing a design on me (or gera) almost every weekend! Also in the works is a website about henna (bilingual), but that will not be done until probably next year.
Do you like henna?