Showing posts with label tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tattoo. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

On the Side

I would love to dedicate part of this blog to tattoos...I guess if I ever get a big enough following I could do just that but for now I want to show off my Ganesh:

I got this tattoo done at Cyclops Tattoo studio in San Francisco by the amazing Sweet Cicely Daniher.

It was based off this image I found along with some specific changes I wanted.
The changes I made included:
  • Getting rid of the body (ha-ha that sounds so mobster) - I didn't want something overtly religious especially because I'm agnostic
  • Changing the symbol on the forehead to a heart - what can I say I'm a girly girl!
  • Inserting star signs down his trunk to symbolise my family - I also like this because then I can add to it when I have children, the annoying thing is my dad was born on the Pisces Aquarius cusp so he scored 2 signs! The bonus both Hubby and Mum are Aries'.
  • The colours I pretty much left up to SCD to decide on because I knew she'd know what looked best on my skin tone etc...
It was a funny experience especially after my first tattoo which without my knowledge was done by a complete newbie (will never go back there for a tattoo, done by a reputable shop in Perth as well!). So when my back started spasming I completely freaked out that I was going to have a 4 year old's scribbles on my back. Credit to SCD though she just breezed through it and it was done in a little over half an hour (my tiny A - first tattoo took that long!). From then on I've been sold and I crave lots more much to Mum's despair. Hubby loves them though and seeing as he's always the one having to look at them that's all that matters :)

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Another Sunday Post

I always find myself posting on a Sunday. I guess as the day winds down I feel like putting fingers to keys and purging my soul.

Not a lot happened this sunny Father's Day. We had a breakfast with my father-in-law which was great because the SiL (wife of Hubby's brother) wasn't there and I felt like I could just relax. Next weekend will be full on dealing with them because it's our nephew's second birthday but that'll be fine. I'll just drink coffee and take lots of photos and enjoy the day! We got him 2 books and a plastic golf set so hopefully he enjoys all of that. It's hard buying for little kids, especially when they're no longer babies but they're not really 'kids' yet either.

We've been having lots more baby talks because we decided that we'd aim for a November/December 2011 baby. But knowing what babies are like re: arrivals that could be thrown way out of kilter. It's still nice to realise just how close my life-long dream is though. We're not sharing this with anyone though. We went out to a fantastic dinner last night (any Perth people check out Hippo Creek in Subi!) and one of my best uni friends asked if our baby plans had changed. I hope I kept a good poker face when I said 'No!'. I realise everyone is going to think it was an accident and some people will be openly upset about it but I also know that will change when they've had time for it all to sink in. The Hubby and I just really want him to have some time with our first born and figure that the break between finishing uni and starting a new job would be perfect.

I'd be less inclined to do it then if I knew he was the kind of guy who would want to go out and do all the partying the new graduates want to do. But we're both old fuddy-duddies and I know he would hate doing that. Plus he's sort of a mature age student (even if he's under 30) and those graduates would just be too young for him. Although in saying all of that I would still be fine if he went out a couple of nights for after work drinks. After all it's best to get the baby sitting started early especially while the grandparents still view it as a novelty ha-ha.

On a completely non-related baby note I've finally organised time with my little sister to go and get her tattoo. I'm going to get another one on my right foot with a phrase out of one of our wedding readings. It should be fun to share that with her although my Mum got a bit angry when I told her. At least her tattoo won't be visible except when she's wearing a bikini so Mum won't have it in her face constantly.

I'm also considering getting a rib piece with a line of script from our wedding and then things around it that were significant to that day: buttons, owl and pussy-cat, orchids, roses, danish and australian flags etc... But that tattoo will definitely have to wait until I have enough cash. Because we want to have a baby end of next year that's what the savings are going towards. It's funny how easy it is to talk myself out of a pair of shoes now when I think about what I'm saving towards...although not as easy to talk myself out of buying awesome mobiles off etsy! I love that website but it will be the death of my bank account.

Hope everyone has a fantastic week ahead, I'm not looking forward to the mass amounts of job applications I will have on my phone and email tomorrow but them's the breaks :)