Henna..

Henna is used since antiquity to dye skin, hair, fingernails, leather and wool. The English name "henna" comes from the Arabic حِنَّاء, pronounced [ħɪnˈnæːʔ] or colloquially حنا...

Henna has been used since the Bronze Age to dye skin (including body art), hair, fingernails, leather, silk and wool. In several parts of the world it is traditionally used in various festivals and celebrations. Especially in my country and  the surrounded Arab Gulf Countries. it's used widely in the special occasions and celebrations. 

For more information please visit wikipedia.

Preperation of Henna

Mixing the Henna powder with water. sometimes it's mixed with different herbals and seeds to get different kind of colors such as tea, coffee and lemon.

Filling the paste in plastic bags

Different Henna designs

Enjoy ^_^

Recycling date palm trees.

The date palm trees is a very known tree in my country and region (Arab countries). It is a medium-sized plant, 15–25 m tall, growing singly or forming a clump with several stems from a single root system.The leaves are 3–5 m long, with spines on the petiole, and pinnate, with about 150 leaflets; the leaflets are 30 cm long and 2 cm wide. The full span of the crown ranges from 6 to 10 m.

you will find the date palm trees almost at every home, road, park, garden or in summary every where in my country and the gulf countries. people in the past used to get benefit of every part of it. it's sweet date is considered as the main dish in all our meal. the dates is a very healthy fruit. and the it's leaves is never thrown. it's widely used to create different kind of items. 

One of the ways to use the leaves is leaves knitting as shown in below

Drying the leaves 

Dying the leaves

knitting the leaves

 

Here are some samples of recycling the leaves after knitting

Home decor

Ropes

Al Aresh (home of date palm leaves)

inside al Aresh

Small Bowls 

Baskets