Holiday gift ideas under $20

Think of SaraCura for your last minute holiday shopping.

We have a wide variety of gift for under $20.

Here’s a sample of some of our fun gift potentials…

Putumayo CDs

Egyptian gifts

Fun Guatemalan Zipper Bags

Decorated Photo Frames

Colorful Wooden Boxes

Smelly Candles

Empoword Mugs

And Holiday Cards for everyone….


- Also -

Art prints

Japanese fabrics

Tons of decorative scarves and winter hats

Lots of beautiful jewelry!

And much more…

Help support the local arts community
through these challenging times.

We can make it if we stick together!

Reminder –


SaraCura is open

Sundays
from noon to 5pm

through the holiday season.


Our hours on December 24th and 31st will be 10am to 4pm.


We will be closed

Christmas

and New Year’s Day.

www.saracura.com

saracura.luno.org

SaraCura
1411 SE 4th St
Minneapolis, Dinkytown
612-253-7272

Couture and costuming

Just now a young lady from the U dropped into the shop to pick up a jingling bracelet for her odalisque costume for a Halloween party.

She tipped me off that our coin jewelry is going to be fast-moving this season due at least in part to a steamy fashion spread in W magazine, featuring Kate Moss in a Turkish bath and dancing costume. (Go Kate! We may not look much alike, but she's nearly my age, anyway.)

This morning a statuesque sorority sister came by for a beaded headdress, to portray Cleopatra, and yet another told me she's going to be Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, and needed a gold scarf.

I do love this season of costumes!

Here are a couple of photos that my best friend snapped of me trying on shiny things from the store. Please pay no attention to my Superman blue hair. What's the point of owning one's own business if one can't also make the dress code otherwise?

In the first picture, a copper colored satin skirt with a trumpet flounce, and a stretch velvet overskirt with metallic palette spangles. The overskirt is made by Nancy Fetzek here in town, and features an adjustible velcroed waistband.

The second shows that same lovely satin underskirt and a top skirt of black stretch velvet and chiffon with silver sequins. There's only one of each of these items, the black skirt is a size small.

The choli top you see in these pictures was made by Candace Davis of Calista Designs, also in town here. We have a selection of styles, colors and sizes of her work.

And this beaded collar and earring set is by Spindler's Web. I love the way it hangs, and the vintage feel of the violet and chocolate color scheme!

It was such a gorgeous afternoon for showing off! You're welcome to come in and try them on too.

-- Alice

Go, Obama, Go!!

Come to SaraCura to get items to show your support of Obama.

We have t-shirts!

We have many kinds of bumper stickers!

We have buttons and magnets!

We also have voter registrations cards if you need them. Thankfully, it's very easy to register to vote in MN. If you have any questions, please go to: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=204

Let's make a difference this election!

Products now on-line!

We have been working hard to get products on-line.

Now you are order
hip scarves,
DVDs,
CDs,
Finger Cymbals,
books
and henna products
from the comfort of your keyboard.

http://saracura.luno.org

More products and photos coming all the time.

Thanks for checking us out!

Sarah

SaraCura

New Podcast–SaraCura Belly Dance Retail Store

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Anniversary Party this Saturday July 26th - All Day

The Many Healing Aspects of Henna

I have been amazed lately at the diversity of meaningful hennas that I have been doing lately. I feel so blessed to be asked to participate through mehndi design.

A few weeks ago I had a spontaneous request for a henna workshop. Turns out it was for a group of women who were gathering for a therapy meeting. The organizer was looking for a body positive activity for these young ladies. We all had so much fun learning about henna and drawing on each other. Looks like I will be doing more of those meetings in the future.

Last week, I had a request from a new friend to apply a henna on his forearm down his first two fingers. His idea was to watch his cravings for cigarettes fade as he watched the henna fade. What an awesome idea! I hope it was helpful to him in his journey to quit smoking.

As always, I am so honored to be allowed to decorate big pregnant bellies. A woman came into the store to get her belly henna-ed. She was more than ready to pop. I had a huge canvas to work with. She was hoping to have her baby in the next couple days so the henna would be a part of a film that she was going to participate in about natural childbirth. Unfortunately, she came into the store 3 weeks later to purchase a henna kit for herself so she could touch up her design. Two weeks overdue and looking miserable, she was hoping to have her baby before the deadline that her doctor set. I wish the henna could have helped sped here delivery in that case, but I did love her idea of having my henna in her film about birth. Maybe next time...

About a month ago, I got a special request from a woman to decorate her torso as a surprise for her husband for their 30th wedding anniversary. I went to her house to meet her. It took a lot of nerve for her to unrobe for me so that I could decorate her breast and belly with beautiful blossoming flowers for their special day. The design turned out so well. I didn't get a photo due to the explicit nature, but I will surely remember that one in my mind's eye. I hope her husband was plesantly surprised!

I am excited to see what will be the next request I get for a special henna design. Got a henna question or challenge for me? Want to make an event a little more special? Let's see what beautiful creation we can design together.

Thank you to everyone who allows me to decorate them with henna!

I hope you enjoy the experience as much as I do.