STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

D wrote:

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I don't have any tattoos, because I cant think of anything I would want to commit to having on my body for the rest of my life. 

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Same here, and this is why I don't have any!

I have a gecko on my right shoulderblade. It's a pretty crappy tattoo and has absolutely no meaning to me. I was just being stupid and getting one because I could (I was 18 at the time, this was 9 years ago).

I desperately want to have it removed or covered up with something that I like. I don't wear tank tops because I don't like people seeing it and God forbid, asking me about it. It's actually pretty embarassing to have to tell someone that the permanent mark on you body has no significance.

I'd post a pic but there is no picture of it that exists, lol. I keep it well hidden.

I'd love to get a tattoo right smack in the middle of my bicep. I think it would be seriously cool. Unfortunately, I can't commit. I don't know what to get and I'm pretty sure a 60 year-old woman with a biker tattoo would not blend in well. Plus I figure it's better to regret not getting one than getting one, ya know?

I've got the good luck bear from care bears on my lower back...it means many things. I got it right before I went of to college where I knew no one it was a good luck to the rest of my life thing. My dad calls me care bear. My family is part irish. I have always loved the care bears (dumb reason, but whatever), and I love the color green. Its been three years and I still don't regret it. I like the location because once I have business pants and a shirt tucked in its like it doesn't exist to my employers, but if I want to show it off I can do so.

I have a few
3 that mean alot to me and 1 I wonder WTF was I thinking and 1 I've since had removed
The one removed was vampire bites on my chest. Seriously, I was 15 and way into Goth at the time.
1 I think WTF is a Led Zepplin winged man on my stomach. I hate Led Zepplin but I got it during my drug days so I blame that
2 that mean alot I have Warrior in Japanese on my lower abs I got it in the Army I also have Fear No man in Japanese down my hip when i was in jump school a group in my platoon got Fear tattooed before our first jump. Those of us who completed Jump School finished our tattooos however we wanted. Those who fell out are stuck with Fear on them.

I'm currently working on another one I'll likely be getting this Friday. I'll be combining wings on my back with a pi up girl in army fatiques. I sort of want her to be part pin up girl and part comic book hero looking. I have a friend drawing something for me so we'll see how it goes! I'll post phots when I get it done! It should take up a good portion of my back!

-- Edited by Collette at 17:14, 2007-08-13
Edited because I actually forgot about my back piece I already have! lol I have a dream catcher on my back that I love. It's beautiful and on my lower back. When I was just getting clean I went through a phase where I wasn't sleeping much at all. Wasn't used to sleeping without the help of drugs of some sort so bad insomnia set in and terrible dreams/nighmares/nighterrors when I did sleep. So the dream catcher was just my way of trying to put that behind me. Hence it being on my back.


-- Edited by Collette at 17:17, 2007-08-13

ttara123 wrote:

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Collette - I think your "fear" tattoo is one of the coolest things I have ever heard.

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I think so too.

I long to get a guardian angel on my hip, but I'm way too chicken. My grandmother --my favorite person in the world-- was absolutely obsessed with her guardian angel pins. She had to wear one everyday on her blouse, no matter what. They were her thing; she had collected several over the years as gifts. She gave one to each of the grandkids before she passed and was buried with the rest. My grandma is now my guardian angel and I want a tattoo to symbolize both that and her. Maybe someday...

My boyfriend designed the tattoo he got on his right bicep four years ago. It's a Celtic-ish cross with his father's (and his own) last name above and his mother's last name below it. It's really cool... simple, strong, bold, beautiful, just like him . When his little brother turned 18, our gift to him was to buy his first tattoo. He designed his own twist on my boyfriend's tattoo -- it's a cross with the two names above and below, but the cross is different -- and had it drawn on the same spot as my boyfriend's. I think it's really sweet that he wanted to be like his brother.

-- Edited by Sandy at 18:37, 2007-08-13

I got mine about 2 months ago...it took me several years to finally decide to get one. It's a blue dove...it reminds me of my MeMaw...everything she gave me was blue or had blue birds on it, and everything she gave my sister was red or had redbirds...so...my sister is getting a matching tattoo in red.

I like it because it's totally hidden under all of my swimsuits...my parents are very anti-tattoo, so i keep it concealed out of respect for them.

So here's the picture...it was taken the morning after I had it done,so it was still a littel tender. Sorry about the crotch shot...D: you can remove it if it's too much skin

By the way...that's my BF's hand...I don't have manhands...

I've been tattooed 4 times, one was covered up by a larger, prettier one ;)  I don't regret any of them, but I'm not really one for regrets anyway. 

My first one is a smalll turtle on my lower stomach.  When I was 9 months old my family traveled back east to visit.  On the way there my mom picked up a desert tortoise (yes, illegally) in the Mojave Desert.  He was my favorite-est pet until he died when I was 17. So I got a tattoo of him.

My second  is a toadstool on my ankle and I used to get so sick of "shrooms" comments from people.  I got it because I thought it was cute, but I had really wanted another turtle.  My friends were giving me a hard time because I already had one.  So, every time I look at it I think..."Do what YOU want, not what someone else wants."  It's a nice reminder.

My third is a turtle on my lower back which was covered up by my fourth, another turtle.  I have a thing for turtles

I'm currently working on my fifth.  In between my shoulder blades I would like to get every (what I consider) momentous year of my life written in roman numerals.  I'm trying to figure out a way to have the numerals mixed with my ancestry.  How does one mix Rome and Poland?

Hubby hates tattoos so we'll see how this goes down.  I told him I had tattoos before we married and he raced before we married.  Even-steven.

OT:  A couple of the coolest tattoos I've seen:
From the Madeleine L'Engle book, A Wrinkle in Time.  A girl (from another forum) had Time (a straight line) and then a Wrinkle in Time (a line w/ squiggles).  Simple, yet amazing.
Another was a girl I saw when shopping on Melrose.  I really wanted to ask her if I could take a picture but I chickened out.  She had tools that corresponded with the bones of her body.  Down her spine was a huge vice and the backs of her calves had drafting compasses. 

Wow, some of your girls tattoos sound so cool! I dont have one. I have thought about getting one, but I dont think I would like it as i age. I would also be terrified of the needle!

My brother has two that I think are great. His first one is on the top of his left arm. Its the Alpha and Omega. It kinda looks like it was carved from a rock, or just really shaded...it symbolizes his faith.

His second one is awesome. Its on his right arm and partially on his back. It mixes his mexican and portuguese heritage and parts from our moms and dads sides. In the middle is the Olivas family shield, red and yellow stripes (moms side). On top of the shield is a portuguese crown. Underneath the shield is his last name Brazil in script (dads side). Wrapped around the bottom is a snake looking up fighting an eagle which is above the shield and crown. The eagles wings are spanned out across his arm to the top of his back by his shoulder blade. its pretty hard to describe....I wish I had pictures.