Remember HERE when I was having all kinds of anxiety about whether or not to get a tattoo? Well, I finally did it!


I tell you, I am SO pleased with it. It came out just exactly how I wanted it. The size and the shading are exactly what I had in mind. This is my right ankle, if you can't tell. I just got it a couple of hours ago, so it's still a little red and a bit ouchy, but I think he did a marvelous job with it.

The guy who did it is actually my friend's son-in-law. I found him on Facebook - of course! He is setting up a new mobile tattoo studio in a van he has and it showed up in her profile. I contacted him, explained what I wanted and after a few E-mails back and forth and one short planning session, we were all set. Originally, I wanted this:


This is a ring I've had for years and I just love it. It would have made a great tattoo, but in order to get all the detail in it, he would have had to make it about 2" in diameter and that's bigger than I wanted.

So, two weeks ago when I went to the Scottish Games, I found this necklace. Isn't that cool? I thought it would make a great tattoo design. And since it had so much less detail, it could be made a lot smaller and so was only half the price! Plus I liked it because it's kind of unique.


I was so nervous about it, I hardly slept last night. I was so worried that he'd get it crooked, or turn out to be a terrible artist or something, or worse, that it would hurt so much that I wouldn't be able to stand it, but it really wasn't that bad. The lines hurt quite a bit, but it was never that bad and he was really gentle with it. He'd do 5 or 10 seconds and then he'd stop and give me a little breather before he'd start another section of line, so it never got that bad. The shading part wasn't actually bad at all. I sat there and read my book and listened to some music and it was all over in about an hour.

Now I'm wondering what I made all that fuss about. But on the other hand, I'm glad I took my time and really thought it through to make sure that I got exactly what I wanted. After all, I'm going to be living with this baby for a good long time.




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