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 😉
