Even with a search engine, it's sometimes hard to find what you're looking for these days. I wander across random things all the time and bookmark them. Here's a list of some things I either thought were nifty or useful or just worth reading. If you have something you'd like to see added, please feel free to email me.

Henna Artist, suppliers, etc.

The Reverend Bunny's Secret Henna Diary Catherine Cartwright-Jones - a must for anyone interested in henna.

The Henna Page - The most complete henna information resource!

Artist in Phoenix, AZ area - Go down to foot and leg work and look at the koi and the japanese lady! WOW

Castle Art & Import - Artist and supplier based in Green Bay, WI

Mehndi Mama - Artist Carrin based in Santa Cruz, Ca

Henna Lounge - Artist and supplier Darcy based in San Francisco, CA

Henna Caravan - Artist and supplier Jessica McQueen based in Camarillo, CA

Mehandi - The Art of Henna A Squidoo lens about henna with links to pictures and misc. sites

Black Cat Red Cat henna importers

Rennies, costumes, bellydance and piratey stuff

Renaissance Festival Dot-Com - Check out the Faire Directory to find one near you!

Port Washington Pirate Festival Port Washington, WI

Stronghold's Olde English Faire Oregon, IL

How to Belly Dance Blog - Costuming for your body type

Worldwide Renaissance Faire Meetup Message Board - Message board with information about upcoming events

How to make yarn 'dred falls' for belly dancing no photos, but useful instructions for those interested in making these nifty costume additions

From Head to Toe: Tribal Belly Dance Costumers

Etsy - search for belly dance This site is for the handmade. If you're looking for costume items, jewelry, etc, this is a great place to go. Many of the artisans do custom work!

Tribal Attitude Bellydance Troupe This is the troupe that has performed at the Janesville Rennaissance Faire for the last two years. They come up all the way from Central Illinois.

Bellydance CD - Music of the turkish gypsies!

Blue Lotus Tribe of Chicago

Beachcombers eBay Store - They have the most fabulous shoes! and glass bangles!

Defacto - This is a great informational site about the Rom people. They are the real people behind the Gypsy myths

Romani Projekt - You can find an overview of the Rom here and the classifications.

Wikipedia - page about the Kalderash Rom

Astrology, fengshui, kabbalah, spirituality stuff

Wu Lou at Feng Shui Best Buy - We can all use something to asborb bad chi!

Feng Shui design tips - A guide to some basic tips for reorienting your space according to the ancient chinese science of Feng Shui

Vastu Shastra - The Indian version of feng shui, complete with a comparison to the chinese science.

Channeling as Method for Self Discovery and Healing - When your horoscope is too vague and you can't find a fortune cookie, you can always try channeling guidance from a higher plane!

Opening the Third Eye - Who couldn't use an extra eye? Site also offers lots of other articles.

Rumi - A nice site with the poetry and information about the Persian 13th century poet/philosopher Rumi

Tarot.com Tarot, Astrology, Numerology and Iching Sign up here and you get a daily page with not just your horoscope, but daily number, AND tarot card! You can get the gadget for this for your iGoogle page too!

DailyOM - I get this emailed every day. It's one of the first things I read every morning for a bit of wisdom to go with my coffee. It also has a link to a daily horoscope!

The Kabbalah Centre International - Whatever your feelings about kabbalah, subscribe to the daily tune-up for a week and see what happens.

BuddhaNet Educational resource on Buddha Dharma with an extensive reading area.

The Hindu Universe - A really nice resource for information about hinduism

Yoga - 3HO Foundation - Women Information about Kundalini Yoga, tantric numerology, and Yogi Bhajan

Witches' Voice - NewPagan News and Networking site that's been online for more than a decade now. I've been a member since 2002 and it's a great place to advertise yourself and network for events. Check out the Witches of the World area for your location.

Lettering, Languages, and Symbols

I love you in many languages - Because, as that famous bug guy said, "Love is all you need"

Chinese caligraphy worksheets

A Guide to learning the Pali language

Learn Tibetan - Beautiful script that resembles hindi and pali.

Learn Turkish Free I happen to be fascinated with all things Turkish/Persian/Ottoman/Mughal so for anyone interested. sag olun for visiting

TattooSymbols.com - This link will take you to Kanji for Happiness, a symbol i've also seen as prosperity, guess they're interchangable enough. It's got a nice thing about names in Kanji and the differences between the three difference Japanese symbol types.

tattoos in Arabic - This person lives in Spain and does some really beautiful things with Arabic lettering. Ordering your own is a little tricky so read careful, but well worth it if you're interested.

1001 Free Fonts - My favorite free font site. It shows you the fonts on the page without you having to click them and click back...

Rune Meanings - The Elder Futhark - In case you've ever wondered what they mean or want to include the proper rune into a henna design

Symbols.com - A good place to look for symbols based on meaning or shape.

Flower Meanings - There is a huge list here, good for anyone interested in the symbolism of specific flowers.

Jewelry and other baubles

Moon Weaver Creations - Marlis created a custom daisy necklace and bracelet to compliment the colors of my sari. I met her at the first Janesville Rennaissance Faire and just love her stuff! She's also got links to other Rennie artisans that are worth checking out

Maple House Arts - Really nice gemstone and natural crystal jewelry. They also do custom pieces that are worth the wait.

DharmShop - Featuring Tibetan script jewelry!

Yoga Jewelry and Om Jewelry - Om and Lotus jewelry and Water Blessing Tags. If you've seen What the Bleep you know you need this. If you haven't, you should!

Things That Matter

The ONE Campaign - Make Poverty History - Something easy you can do to make a difference.

SOS Movement for a Climate in Crisis - Lots of ideas for ways to be a little more green.

Zaadz: Connect. Grow. Inspire. Empower. - A really fabulous inspiring site that invites you to be the change and surrounds you with others on the same page. If you decide to join I'd love to have you as a friend! (look for edanlayne)

Network for Good - Great way to donate either time or money to something you care about.

(RED) - We all shop, why not make an impact on how we shop and what happens to the profits.

iGive - Change Online Shopping for Good - Again, we all shop online, why not do a little good while you're at it?

Inspiration

Alliance for a New Humanity - Deepak Chopra's organization for actively participating in personal and social transformation

Wisdomology: Reveal Your Inner Wisdom. - Inspiring articles and discussions

Yogichocolate - downloadable yoga classes by donation. We don't have a studio where I live, so what a very cool site for people who can't find a class! They also sell positive message tshirts!

Stuart Wilde.com - Site for the author of Infinite Self, one of the strangest but most wonderful books ever written about changing your perspective. It's hard to find books with Taoist ideas but this is my personal favorite.

Odds and Ends

Slide.com - Nifty place to play with your photos.

Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health - On my list of places to visit.

Great Pictures - Photographer who does some really fabulous things with photos and canvas. Does custom work!

Hidden Universe HD Podcasts - Incredible video from the Spitzer Space Telescope.

Cheap Eats - A really great way to be inspired to cook. I love this blog. It reminds me to be imaginative

i m a g i n a t i v e . a clique for creative souls - Speaking of imaginative, there are some really impressive designers on this page. Autumn's fish diary had me completely entranced

thinkArete - liveArete! - Site of Brian Johnson, creater of Zaadz