This series of blog posts features weddings from 2012. Stay tuned every Monday and Thursday to see what we have
been up to this year with weddings.
Usually, in the summer, we focus primarily on summer parties
and private events, with an occasional festival or fair. This year, we decided to pay a little more
attention to the wedding season, considering some of the horror stories we
heard last year.
Last year, while doing a few weddings, we had the
opportunity to hear brides, and families and friends, all talk about things
ranging from bra straps to hors d'oeuvre to the best vodka and so much
more. One of the common stories we heard
was about weddings from the past… a friend or cousin’s wedding, or weddings
that would always be memorable. And of
course, among those stories were horror stories of a failed henna night, or
stainless mehndi, or even the “blobs of green paste on the skin in lines.”
As if it wasn’t enough stress for the bride to go through a
wedding with 400 of her and husband-to-be’s closest family and friends, the
bride now had the stress to worry about her henna. And it didn’t just stop there! There were henna failures and horrors with
the family celebrations.
Traditionally, as you know, henna has been used during time
of celebration, so of course, there is always a henna party with the family and
friends. But what happens when your
henna night as turned into a nightmare? Some
of the stories we heard included stories of artists not showing up on time, or
not at all! In other circumstances, the
artist would show up, but would work so slowly that nearly half of the guests
could not get the henna done during the evening.
Another story, and common one with weddings, was about how
an artist was hired by the groom’s side of the family. They saw an online ad the artist had posted
and saw the amazing henna photos that she put on there, and with low rates,
they hired her immediately! Little did
they know… the henna designs were just stolen images (the first few that come
up in a google search) of henna work from popular artists. Not only was the artist unable to apply the
designs as shown in the photos she posted, but she was also inefficient in
application techniques and lacked professionalism. At the end of the evening, the artist would
leave with her payment for her so called services and a bad reputation, while
the family was bitter, angry and gossipy about the artist. And that would leave us with another story to
add to our book of horrors.
After hearing one horror story after another, our team made
the decision and commitment to provide the best professional henna services for
the bride and families in 2012. Our commitment
and promise of service and professionalism gave us plenty of fruit. To date, Henna Art (Edmonton team) has
provided henna and bridal services for over 25 weddings this year, and we are
looking forward to more next year!