Deer henna design

It's magical how things all come together sometimes! The morning before I adorned Leela, I saw a mama and baby deer out in our backyard. I spent quite a bit of time admiring them and attempting to photograph them without scaring them away. They often take refuge here because there aren't any dogs nearby. 

Then I signed on to Facebook and saw Monet's post about the henna design that I created for her in 2016 that included a family of deer. She wrote "The night before Lucy was born we saw a baby deer prancing through a field by our house. I had four deer drawn on my belly as deer symbolize gentleness and intuition, as well as fertility. The lotus flower has long symbolized rebirth and divinity." 

That afternoon Leela arrived for her henna pampering session and told me she wanted a buck to be the focus of her design. She revealed this magnificent story of how she had seen a buck just outside her window at the very beginning of her pregnancy. She went on to tell more of the story of the conception and the deep meaning behind seeing the deer. It was magical to hear! This is a big part of why I love adorning pregnant mamas - they often have incredible stories about how the child came to them, in symbols, in dreams, in the form of animals.  

Leela returned a few days later for more photos with her family and we had a lot of fun! Her daughter clearly enjoyed throwing rose petals. 

This wasn't the first time I met Leela, I actually adorned her for her first pregnancy! Dandelion was featured in that design. 

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