As those who may read my blog know that I broke up with Baystate Blue a while back when it went haywire all over some of my other pens. I have not yet been able to get those pens clean but I admit I kind of miss my bright blue. So I have been pondering maybe allowing it back into my rotation. The question is than what pen will I use for it, or should I even bother. Oh yes the troubles of a pen geek ha ha.I know I have not been posting a whole lot lately but I have been very busy. I should have some more art coming soon.

I realized after looking that this post is rather belated. I have had this ink for several weeks now as I got it just about a week and a half after I got my Faithfully ink maybe two weeks. I love it no less of course I have just been a little bit busy with things.

While my Lilium tat was the next one I thought I would get I ended up needing to get a tribute to my lost animals before. So it went on my left arm for some balance on the sides and I have an appointment for my Birthday the exact day even to get Lilium.

Here is the work as I put it on paper:

and here is how it turned out as a fresh ink, I have not taken one yet since it has healed I will soon as well as my other one the Faithfully tat.

Once again Scotty has done a fantastic job on my ink. At the time I also got my ankh retouched he agreed with me that it had faded well. A true artist to the core he did the touch up for free. I have at least five more planned three of them have taken form on paper but the last two haven’t yet I will post at a later date to show the planned ideas.

So anyone who knows me knows I have ink and I am not afraid of ink. I think it is an artistic expression. There are some forms of ink I personally do not care for however. One of them is names, I think putting a name (unless its like your Mom a child or a lost loved one ect) on you is asking for trouble its like your asking for a break up. My Dad had my Mom’s name on his arm and guess what? Divorced. That said I am not against romantic ink for a loved one.

Hubby and I will have our 7th wedding anniversary in October and have been a couple for 9 years total now. That is a goodly long time yes? Almost a decade. He thinks the ink on me is sexy and I wanted to do some ink in honor of him. Of course I do not do the name thing. I also wanted something that would suit both us and my tastes.

This is the design I came up with..a Claddagh with the name of our song under it. Yes our song is Journey’s Faithfully. It is also a nice word in general to go with the Irish piece.

So I set up my appointment and was a very happy camper. I got my design put on Yesterday. I am SO happy with it. The Claddagh ended up being the main piece of a full anklet. The stencil application itself took 20 mins and it was another hour and a half or so of sitting in the chair to have the work done. This was the longest I have sat yet for a tattoo and a new place for me. I will not say it didn’t hurt because it did. However it is so worth it and I am proud of myself for not needing to stop and take a break at all. My Fantastic artist in fact said several times I looked to comfortable Ha ha. The pictures do not do this justice. The beads look real and the flow of the black is stunning the Claddagh itself pops with some white highlights I am SO pleased.

I already have planned my next work and have had it priced with my awesome Artist. It will be for my 30th bday (gads am I going to be 30 already?) It is an ode to my love of writing, to Thomas Jefferson and well..A little Knights Tale.

So there is my little bit of art for the week. I will of course post some ATC’s soon too 😉

I love my baystate blue ink I really do. It is my favorite blue. However I have decided it is evil, not to say I do not love evil things (see post on The Following) but I am at a loss right now. I had to toss out my first platinum preppy due to serious leakage of bay state blue. Whether it did the “corrode” thing that some say it does or if the pen was cracked another way I am not sure. However I am left with a big bay state blue mess. I have kept my pens in a more communal fashion lately because it is easier for me at the moment instead of the velvet wraps.

Well….here is the mess Baystate blue made. Prepare yourself the photo’s are graphic especially on the poor Charleston..

My poor pens. I can only hope I manage to get them clean again, but given how Baystate blue is I am not overly hopeful. So yes I am going to be in mourning for a while. I shall also be kicking myself in the pants firmly for getting away from my velvet wraps. However with the amount of leakage there was I am not sure that would have made a difference. So I am now going to be seeking something better to keep my pens in.

I would like a pen chest like this:

I feel like such a terrible pen girl looking at my poor poor stained pens. Oh however will I recover. Maybe I will have to buy a new baby to love and cherish and cradle. Or maybe I need to swear off baystate blue. I probably won’t do that because I still have a 3/4 full bottle and I love the color. I will have to decide what pen will now become the Baystate blue pen. I wonder if they make Adamantium fountain pens?! There is an idea……