WHAT A DAY: July 26, 2014

The tattoo obsession continues. I love my ambigram one but wanted to "girly" it up a bit. And what better than flowers. So I chose one of my parents' flowers from their wedding. A yellow daisy. 

The look I was going for was watercolor or rather with not so many hard lines. So we chose one and began. 

Paris Tattoos is so neat (and below one of my fav restaurants Tupelo Honey Cafe). Cody is an amazing artist. He has his watercolor works displayed in his corner. 

Cody took the design and did an amazing job. It went from this...

To this...

And this...

To this...

The coloring and lines will fade a bit in some areas so I'm excited to see the healed result. And who knows what is yet to come. I'd love to add an orange rose as well. I love it!

It reminds me of life coming and growing from the words. Very symbolic to me. 

WHAT A DAY: June 27, 2014

I have always wanted a tattoo. Not sure why but I did. I also knew,once decided, I needed to wait at least a week before committing. Plus fear of needles didn't help. Or my anxiety. But today was the day...

I love the idea of ambigrams. So found a design generator online, since I couldn't find an artist able to create one. The word reads "GITT" one way and "ZEIS" the other.  Both equal parts of who I am. 

I played around with the location. I wanted to be able to see it and be able to read it both ways without having to do a headstand or some funky body movement. 

So after work, I headed to the shop a friend referred...Immortal Images Tattoos in Charlotte, NC. Spoke to the receptionist who convinced me it wasn't "that" painful who grabbed the guy Chris who sized the image for my review. (I didn't want it too big but script has to be a certain size.). Then I just went for it. 

I was shocked it really didn't hurt but a few lines. He definitely had a light hand and was super nice guy. 

Thanks Chris!!

And then it was wrapped for the night. I will post pics of the tat soon. For now, gotta keep the germs out. 

I love it so far!!

 

Update 7/7/14: