[Artemisia] Henna IDs?

[Angela Zentz]

The only problem I would see with this idea is the ease that it could come off and set down. We would have people returning our beautiful sashes without the child in them.  
  I think the older kids would have better sucess with the sashes.  That may also appeal to the sense of style that our pre teens have...
  Allegretza

Xplex at aol.com wrote:
  In further discussion on the Arrows' Flight forum, I most recently suggested 
sashes (among other things less practical :-) ). 

After sleeping on it, here are my current thoughts:

(1) Sashes would be smaller and less complicated to make than tabards, but
(2) They'd still allow for a larger, easily identifiable swath of Shire 
color (maybe with a couple of color choices) than favors, wristbands, etc. 
(3) If they're *not* sewn into a circle (as regular scout sashes are), they 
could perhaps be worn in a few different ways, to coexist better with 
individual garb choices -- as a belt sash, or crossing over from shoulder to waist, 
like a scout sash does, or, for older kids, just draped over the shoulder, 
like a dupatta -- see link below -- and even younger kids might be able to do 
something similar if the faux dupatta attached to the garb somehow. This could 
add to their fashion appeal, for the kids who focus on that aspect.
(4) If they're designed in an interesting way, the kids might actually find 
them fun, along similar lines to the sort of "team spirit" face painting we 
did last fall at Crown Tourney at the Castle.
(5) They'd be less hot in summer than a tabard, when we hit 104 degrees, or 
whatever the heck it was last summer at Barons' War in Springville! :-P

Dupatta:
_http://www.pardesifashions.com/SalwarKameez/DupattaTutorial1.aspx_ 
(http://www.pardesifashions.com/SalwarKameez/DupattaTutorial1.aspx) 

Here's what I originally posted on Arrows' Flight, for context:
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Would some form of sash (like the over-the-shoulder kind) work, if there 
were a few colors to choose from?

Though Madelin already regularly ditches her over-the-shoulder water-bottle 
bag thingy... "Here, Mom!" (...running off while item is still in mid-air 
transport, in Mom's general direction...)

[...back to pondering, again...] ;-)

Though, actually, if they were nifty-looking enough... they might have a 
chance -- the kids actually participating in the flag thing at the closing 
ceremony at one of the Girl Scouts day camps got to temporarily wear some kind of 
special sash around either their waist or shoulder-to-waist, and even the 
little kids (including Madelin) thought it was Really Cool...

Hmmm.... 
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So, I'm curious: Has anyone tried sashes already, elsewhere, or have any 
further insights/thoughts on them?


[And a totally unrelated question: How do you get your name to show up 
associated with your post, instead of just your email address. Does that happen 
via the "name" setting on the mailing list, or in one's email software?]


CJ



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