DD just brought up the mail a few minutes ago, and there was a surprise BFNR from our own Sarajane. Inside were some lovely ivory colored beads and the most amazing Hand of Fatima I've ever seen. It looks so real, with henna mendhi designs, fingernails and everything.
I'll take and post some pictures tomorrow, and in the meantime, Thank you so much Sarajane. You are an incredible artist.
Kathy N-V
that's one thing I love about this group, and the thing I missed about being away...the love of this group, and the wonderful things that pop up in BFNR's...
Mary
I'm glad you like it, Kathy! The vertebrae beads in there are from fish, but are fun as beads...and maybe a little sympathetic magic for ya!!
Sarajane
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I'm working on a brand new batch and will post some next week. Made a bunch of new canes for them as I got a book on mehndi designs.
Hey Sooz, I think I could do the real henna ones---looks very similar to how you apply frosting from a bag with cut tip. The big thing is to sit still while it dries!! Sarajane
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The problem is doing your own---it takes both hands to squeeze and manipulate the bag. But the actual designs are fairly repetitive and not that hard to draw, you are right!! Sarajane
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:01:05 -0400, Dr. Sooz wrote (in message ):
DD has hers done once a year, at the home of a friend who was born in India. The girl's mom does one hand, and the auntie does the other. The girls then sit like little princesses for hours until the mendhi dries. It shows up especially well on DD because she is so fair.
Story Alert: DD's friend lives in a huge home with her parents, siblings and grandparents. They speak Hindi in the house, and DD has been going there regularly since she was about three years old. DD has picked up quite a bit of Hindi, especially since the grandparents speak little/no English.
When DD was about eight, she went to her friend's home and had her hands done. While the mendhi was drying, the girls got hungry and the grandmother fed them like babies, with a spoon, so they wouldn't have to use their hands. I found out about this and chided my daughter, "Hon, you're a big girl! Shame on you for making Ba (the grandmother) feed you, you could have done it yourself!"
Ba was on me like a shot. I don't understand a word of Hindi, but I sure understood this. I got a tongue lashing that went up one side and down the other, something to the effect that my daughter is like a little angel, and that Ba can feed her anytime she wants to. She then picked up up my daughter, and shooting me the Look of Death (tm), brought her into the kitchen to give her some melon. (So the sweet taste would overcome her mother's bitter remarks)
No, I never crossed Ba again. :-) BTW, if the mendhi is left on "long enough," the designs and light fragrance last about three weeks.
Kathy N-V
P.S: my kid is almost unrecognizable when she's wearing a sari and has a bindi on her forehead.
What about your feet!? :-)
Obviously I don't know what went on in Ba's head, to make her snap at you for admonishing her, but I suspect her point might have been that there was a practical reason to wait on her this one time.
And do you spoze Ba enjoyed the opportunity to pamper the girls as part of a special occasion, a ritual of womanhood? Maybe she just wanted them to be left to enjoy the event, to feel their femininity was recognized and honored -- without feeling guilty or as if they weren't worth the attention.
That's the story I make up in my head, anyway, if I want to understand what Ba meant by losing her cool.
Deirdre
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:57:02 -0400, Deirdre S. wrote (in message ):
Nothing that complicated. Ba is the grandmother, and the grandmother always trumps the mother in such matters. There was no offense taken -- Ba told me off, gave DD her candy and all was well. I was more amused than anything that she considers DD to be her grandchild, too. (DD even has her own name to use at their house, they found her real name to be tough to pronounce or close to some Hindi word that wasn't nice -- I don't remember now, but she's Mandabitta when she's there)
In her culture, and mine for that matter, grandparents have rights, and elders don't give up any rights just because their children are grown. To this day, if my Oma sees my mother giving me a hard time, her reaction is much like Ba's. (Except I get Euros instead of candy)
Kathy N-V
OK, I see how it works :-)
And one can never have too many doting grandparents...
Deirdre
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :
]Nothing that complicated. Ba is the grandmother, and the grandmother always ]trumps the mother in such matters.
**grin** exactly. or the father, as the case may be.the day my grandmother died, she looked straight at me and said, "I am NOT afraid of your father."
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
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