Hi! I'm SarahKate, welcome to my Blog!

My Speciality is honoring motherhood with Henna Tattoos, but I adorn women and their daughters for all kinds of reasons - birthday parties, rites of passage, even weddings. I love to adorn pregnant and breastfeeding women with henna then make beautiful photos for them. I live in Lafayette, CO and travel the front range from Colorado Springs, Denver and as far North as Fort Collins to find my living works or art. I am also the creative director of Artfull Mother magazine - a local magazine devoted to the interests of mothers and the art that empowers them!

Morgan

02 Oct 15 SarahKate 0 Comments

It was great to see Morgan again! I met her in 2010 to celebrate her first pregnancy with her daughter, and again with her 2nd pregnancy with twins this year. Instead of postpartum henna (which is hard to do with twins!) she skipped ahead to breastfeeding henna when the girls were a few months older. For her henna design this beautful mama chose 3 birds. I love how they are each carring an offering! The photo session took place a few days later when the henna was peaking in color, and we started in the studio with lots of pink. I think it's so beautiful, this mama with her 3 amazing daughters, all in pink and purple... It melted my heart to see the bond of love between this mother and her daughters. It was a gorgeous summer day for photos, I love the sun sparkling off the water while she nurses and dear ones. So many blessings on this family ~

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Artfull Mother Magazine

01 Oct 15 SarahKate 0 Comments

I am grateful to be the Creative Director for the magazine Artfull Mother! This issue ~ Fall 2015 ~ is the the Postpartum edition:

In this issue we explore the postpartum time of motherhood, it's what we have all been waiting for, meeting your new! In this Issue we explore Postpartum with beautiful photos of women pregnant and then, as mamas with their brand new babies! We also have a must read interview with The moma'hood's Katie Wise, in her 1 woman effort to remove some of the sigma from Postpartum Depression, in part by candidly discusses her own 'bout, after the birth of her first child, what she did the second time around and how well it worked for her.

We also have some AMAZING guest artists including Amy Haderer, a Denver artist & doula, shares some of her artwork from her latest project, The Mandala Journey. We have a nice birth story and photos from, Monet Nicole, who we are hoping to see lots more of around Artfull Mother's pages. Lets not forget Boulder's own, we have a nice Q & A session with Tarah DeVries Beyer, from a Dimple in Time, brings us some of her extra fine Momma & baby photos.

In the Fall issue of Artfull Mother there are more than 14 beautiful pregnantmothers (to be), brand new mama's with their new babies and women breastfeeding their dear ones!.

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Laura

01 Oct 15 SarahKate 0 Comments

Laura drove from Thornton, Colorado for her breasfeeding session this summer, and requested a henna design that incorporated a fairy, paisleys and water. I love how it came out! Rob photographed me as I was painting Laura, and you can see some henna on my hand and arm (this is my birthday henna!). After adorning her, she let the all natural henna paste sit on her skin for a few hours before she rubbed it off. We met 2 days later, when the henna tattoo was peaking in color. We started in the studio and then went outside - it was a perfect summer day... I love the reflection of the sky in the water.... and Laura is just beautiful as she nurses her baby boy.

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Liz postpartum

23 Sep 15 SarahKate 0 Comments

Liz contacted me after she gave birth to let me know she wanted to schedule some postpartum henna. I was so happy to hear her birth had gone well, and that her extended family had supported her with meals & cleaning. Her sweet newborn slept quietly beside her while I adorned her arm and hands with roses and butterflies. Rob and I returned a few days later to photograph her with her sons, some inside her home, some in her front yard. It was a beautiful warm summer day, and Liz is glowing. I especially love big brother gazing over mama's shoulder at his new little brother. So much love overflowing here... was a privilege it is to visit mamas postpartum and witness this deep bond of love.

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Tara's twins

22 Sep 15 SarahKate 0 Comments

Tara drove in from Denver to participate in my art project all about honoring breastfeeding with henna tattoos. She requested a traditional design, so we looked through my book of traditional Indian henna designs and picked out a few things to incorporate. Each breast is adorned with a mandala with ivy like leaves flowing around her heart. In the photos below you can see henna on my hand and arm as well - I'm wearing my birthday henna. Gorgeous! She returned a couple days later for the photo shoot, and it was such a joy to meet her precious daughters. Tara's husband came along too, to help hold the babies and place them for nursing. We took some photos inside and then headed out to a special spot right by Boulder Creek. It was a perfect summer day, not to hot or cold and thankfully no biting bugs. Sweet girls nursed in the shade of the cottonwood forrest.

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Katie nurses her twin boys

18 Sep 15 SarahKate 0 Comments

Katie responded to my call for breastfeeding mothers of twins and drove all the way from Pine, Colorado to my home studio in Boulder. I loved hearing about life deep in the mountains and as we discused her henna design, one of the reasons she chose an elk was because she actually sees them where she lives. In addition to an elk we have a deer, fox and monkey - one for each member of her family. She make the 3 hour drive (round trip) again a few days later with her twins for an breastfeeding photography session, with some images in my studio and some beside the lakes just a few minutes from our home. Her baby boys are just adorable and I loved witnessing her nursing them. Breastfeeding twins is a serious accomplishment!

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Susan's twin pregnancy honored with henna

18 Sep 15 SarahKate 0 Comments

Ever since our daughter Aleah gave birth to twins, I have really been interested in meeting and adorning as many twin mamas as I can! Susan drove in from Erie, Colorado to be adorned, with a request for a henna belly design with flowers and a butterfly for each baby. We met a few days later at sunset, when the henna tattoo was peaking in color, and photographed her in a wilderness reserve near our home in Boulder, Colorado. Susan is just glowing! We were able to catch her with the moon too.... so beautiful.

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