Tattoo?

[neenee]

Okay Mari's post about her new tattoo got me wondering how many around here have one. Sometimes the people you least expect to have one do. So, if you have one and want to share ..... tell us what you have and where.

[heathergw]

I have a rose on my belly... when I'm done having kids I plan on having a coverup done... the rose has no meaning other than I was young and just picked it off the wall... the coverup will be something to represent my lost babies... I also want a mother's knot on my upper back.

[neenee]

I'll start....I have one.

Got it when I was 30. It was a Valentine's Day gift from DH. It is a very large butterfly that goes across the small of my back but, you can't see it from the sides or in front. Is about 10" x 8" probably.....guessing....

I am still just in love with it as I was the day I got it. The only thing I don't like is that I don't get to see it unless I look back into a mirror or there is a very few and far between pic of it.

[neenee]

ha ha...Heather beat me to the start...so ignore that part. :p

[emmasmommy]

i hvae the girls names with cherry blossoms on my foot and a treble clef with ivy running through it on my ankle.

[Paula]

Absolutely no ink here and there won't ever be.

ETA: I don't have anything against getting tattoos, only the pain involved in getting them. LMAO

[carriesmom]

I don't have one. I have never found anything that I would want on my body forever. I have nothing personal against tattoos though, it is a personal choice.

[Milmomma]

Several, and several more to go when we get back :)

[MamaBee]

No tattoos here... I'm afraid of pain. :unsure: and hubby hates tattoos, I think he would leave me if I got one...

[Stacey42]

I have 4. I got my first when I was 30 - a purple mushroom on my ankle, then I got a chinese character that means enjoy youreslf on the other ankle. When I was 32 I had a celtic tree knot done on my left lower back. At 35 I had a wreath of autumn leaves, acorns & pinecones done on my right shoulder. At 38 I had the celtic knot enhanced with a circular wave pattern around it. I'm working on a design now for tree of life, with a crescent moon & my kids' names for my 44th birthday next year (because it will take me that long to save up enough to pay for it)

[iJenny]

When I was in HS I got a small ladybug (the size of a dime) on my right foot above my pinkie and 4th toes.

A few years ago I got two little ladybugs added (for the boys) along with a bunch of leaves, etc. Its now larger than a golfball, but smaller than a tennis ball.

[NeverendingJen]

no ink here, tho I do have a tat planned for when I am completely done having kids...something to represent them, but not certain I will get it.

[Jennilyn]

I don't have any, just because it's too hard of a decision to pick something that will be on me forever (& it's expensive). Hubby got one done last summer that cost $340 just to do the outline! Eventually it'll get some color and shading, whenever we have an extra $500 :unsure:

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/512/NewTattooLOSample1.jpg

[dana]

i have one on my hip - got it in college - it's a sun with a moon and a star inside - something my sister drew/designed for me ... i've always wanted to get another one - but not sure what or where ... and now i'm getting old - LOL - so i doubt i'll really ever do it again ;)

[Tracyfish]

None here...heck I change clothes ten times before leaving the house and you want me to pick something I have to wear everyday HAHAHAHA!!!

You're right though, sometimes it's the people you least expect to have them that do.

[pewtertm]

Absolutely no ink here and there won't ever be.

ETA: I don't have anything against getting tattoos, only the pain involved in getting them. LMAO



What she said. Needles = no way. Proud to be a chicken!!!

[Kat Stokes]

I don't have one but have always wanted one. I just have never decided WHAT I want. And I would have to convince DH to get one... He doesn't like them on women. Of course he has two and plans on getting one more.

[schock77]

I want one, but I'm too chicken. My biggest fear is that they'll start it and it'll hurt, so I'll quit and have a line or something halfway done! :) I did design something I really like- maybe one day... DH wants one BAD- may get it for him as our 9 year anniversary is coming up. He wants one that incorporates our kids names (and since I know we're done, he's cleared to get it!) :)

[Kat Stokes]

When I was in HS I got a small ladybug (the size of a dime) on my right foot above my pinkie and 4th toes.

A few years ago I got two little ladybugs added (for the boys) along with a bunch of leaves, etc. Its now larger than a golfball, but smaller than a tennis ball.

That sounds CUTE!!!!

[Traci Reed]

I have a butterfly on my back (on the right shoulder) that represents my metamorphasis when I started dating my (now) husband and a pink star on my lower back that I got to represent my new adulthood. When I finally get my bikini body, I have a star/swirl large tattoo drawn out to get on my side, similar to this placement (but not the tattoo)

http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/c/n/1/081907l.jpg

I like that one, but I think I'd want it to be more vertical on only spread to the back a little bit..

[neenee]

I am not going to lie....the one on my lower back hurt more than everyone prepared me for. But, it wasn't anything I couldn't handle. I never cried or anything. It felt like a cigarette burn...

over and over and over

I think it hurt cuz of the fact that the small of the back has very little muscle tissue. But, it was worth every bit of uncomfortableness.

DH has one. An eagle with the US flag flying behind it on his upper arm. He wants two more.

I want one more that I know of right now. I wait forever to get them cuz I know that I have to live with it forever...I want to be happy with it and have meaning for me. I will never get a really big one again though....
and I like the fact that I can hide it easily....it sometimes peeks out when I bend over tho.....ahem...but that's what DH likes! :p

[lauren grier]

my skin is pure.. :p

lol i want two, but they're not exactly priorities at this point in life. they can wait :]

[neenee]

I have a butterfly on my back (on the right shoulder) that represents my metamorphasis when I started dating my (now) husband and a pink star on my lower back that I got to represent my new adulthood. When I finally get my bikini body, I have a star/swirl large tattoo drawn out to get on my side, similar to this placement (but not the tattoo)

I like that one, but I think I'd want it to be more vertical on only spread to the back a little bit..

That is BEAUTIFUL!

Totally the meaning behind my butterfly. Sorta. My symbolizes the metamorphosis of my life. Turning something that really seemed to have little hope, no place in the world into something beautiful and free.

[Jenn Barrette]

I have 2, a small pink heart on my ankle (symbolizes the first time I fell in love), and flower/vine on the inside of my left wrist (got it when I was 18).

[jovi_girl]

i have a lil chinese symbol on the back of my hip that means true/real. My reminder to be true to myself. Got that like the week i turned 18.

Two of my brothers and my sister have memorial tats for my dad who died when we were kids...Im going to get one as well, but i just havent been able to find a design i like enough, or a tattoo artist i trust to do a good job of it.

I will also eventually get one for my son, but im waiting til were done having kids incase i decide to just do the one tatto with all their names on it or something. Would like to get one for DH too, though i always said i would never get a guys name tattoo'ed on me. And eventually id like to get one for the baby we lost.

[HeatherKS]

I have two. Three pawprints on the top of my right foot to represent my kids and a volleyball on my right shoulderblade. I love, love my pawprints on my foot and love seeing them every day. I got the volleyball in college because I wanted one and couldn't decide what else to get. :p I've looked into having it covered up but I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for to put over it. I know I want a cross but I don't know for sure what I want it to look like. And really, dh and I are the only ones that see it so I don't really care right now. lol

Dh has a Nike swoosh on his left shoulder and would like to get one to represent the kids. I designed three interlocking C's for him; he just hasn't gotten around to getting it done yet. :)

[Lauren Reid]

i have one on top of my left foot (a sun).

you can see part of it here...

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1678/lreid-digidare44-noyoudidnt-web.jpg

[scrappurple]

Don't have one and never want one. ;)

[rachaelsscraps]

I DO! And I wanna get more eventually! :)

I have 4- a naked fairy! lol! (doesn't show anything, of course!), stars, a hibiscus flower with some tribal stuff running thru/around it, and a moon with some swirlies.

I want to get my kids names, but I'm not sure if we're going to have more or not, so I'm going to wait until we decide. I also want something to honor my childhood best friend who passed away a couple years ago but I'm not really sure what to do about that one.

[lovely1m]

This was #4, but my first one in about 10 years. I got a homemade India ink one when I was 14 on my chest, a tiny cross. I have a butterfly and my name on my shoulder blade and the Japanese word for dream with 2 stars and a moon on my low back. Plus today I got my fall leaves on my shoulder. I am also planning a dove with branches and my son's name was thinking of my foot, but I like this one so much I may get it on my other shoulder. I also want to have this big swirly, star like thing all across my low back and add a bunch of butterflies and branches around the old butterfly, it looks lonely now.

ETA, As far as pain, some places hurt more than others. Bone and fat hurt, a lot. Muscle, not so much. The outlining when it starts, hurts, but then you kind of go numb and it doesn't really hurt after that.

[sarahbhb]

Absolutely no ink here and there won't ever be.

ETA: I don't have anything against getting tattoos, only the pain involved in getting them. LMAO


Ditto!!!

[amandabarugh]

I have 3. I consider one unfinished, as I've always intended to add to it, and I have a 4th planned.

[amandabarugh]

http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/c/n/1/081907l.jpg

I like that one, but I think I'd want it to be more vertical on only spread to the back a little bit..

This is very similar to what I want the one I consider to be unfinished to look like when it's done.

This is the start of mine (trying not to show you boobage ;)). Eventually, it will have more lilies, greenery, all my kiddos' names, and stretch to my hip, if not farther:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/amandabarugh/P2180001.jpg

[~Julie~]

I have an unfinished one around my ankle. Part of it is colored in and part is just the outline. I got it like 12 years ago and I want to get it covered up but I'm broke. Lol

[jessica31876]

I have none. I have three I want to get. When I have a couple hundred extra LOL. I want a vine on my wrist with daisies, a pixie/fairy on my shoulder and something to symbolize my three kids. Have not decided yet on that one. I was thinking three intertwining hearts but not sure yet. Im not so much afraid of the pain as to not liking what I have done. My husband has a panther on his arm and he hates it. He has looked into having it removed now a few times but its so expensive. I like his and told him I think he should get it finished. He is a wimp and said it hurt to much to finish LOL.

[Julie Billingsley]

I have tattoo makeup. My eyeliner is tattooed and my eyebrows were filled in with a tattoo because my eyebrows are really thin in some places. I had it done about 5 years ago and it needs to be recolored because tattoo makeup does fade away eventually. I liked the eyeliner a lot but I do like a thick line so I have to put eyeliner over it anyway. However it's nice to always have eyeliner on because my eyes are so light colored that they blend into my face if I don't have liner. I never was pleased with my brow tattoos because it was darker than I wanted. Now it's faded out enough that it's okay.

I will say that my friend had her brows, eyeliner, and lipstick done and I don't recommend the lipstick AT ALL. It just doesn't take right and always looks blotchy. I'm so sad for her.

[kendallt]

I don't have any, though I did get my bellybutton pierced in college! :p

I think I'm just too indecisive to do something so permanent. I'd be afraid of regretting it later, ya know?

[Brandy]

I have one on my shoulder and it's for Owen because I always tell him he's my shooting star lol (and that I heart Lauren ha!). He loves it lol and always asks to see his name. I got it in 08 and lol I am shocked I got it to be honest. I am TERRIFIED of needles. Seriously if I get blood drawn I am in tears by the time I'm done, but while the tattoo hurt A LOT I was very proud I was able to get it done lol. I'm getting another one in June/July for my grandma and it's going to be the cancer ribbon with Grandma across the middle and stars in the background (I heart stars SOOOO much lol).

ps. I sadly don't have the piercing anymore and YES the base of the tattoo is from a doodle set Lauren did a while ago lol!
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/573/tattoonpiercing.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24312&ppuser=181)

[clearskies]

None for me. No desire.

[heathergw]

I have tattoo makeup. My eyeliner is tattooed and my eyebrows were filled in with a tattoo because my eyebrows are really thin in some places. I had it done about 5 years ago and it needs to be recolored because tattoo makeup does fade away eventually. I liked the eyeliner a lot but I do like a thick line so I have to put eyeliner over it anyway. However it's nice to always have eyeliner on because my eyes are so light colored that they blend into my face if I don't have liner. I never was pleased with my brow tattoos because it was darker than I wanted. Now it's faded out enough that it's okay.

I will say that my friend had her brows, eyeliner, and lipstick done and I don't recommend the lipstick AT ALL. It just doesn't take right and always looks blotchy. I'm so sad for her.

I'd love to get my eyes done since I'm totally allergic to eye makeups.

[mummytothree]

When I was about 18 I got a lone little yellow daisy on my belly!! No real meaning, I was just feeling rebellious and I thought it was so cute!!! I remember the tattoo artist trying to talk me into something bigger cause he told me how sick it made him to "waste" a needle on such a tiny little thing :D :D :D

It's pretty faded now after 18 years and 5 pregnancies. Even though I don't mind my tattoo I'll probably never ever get another cause I still remember that stinging burning feeling and that "phase" of my life is over!!!! :D

You can see it here in these pictures....I'm so freckly that it just actually looks like a really big freckle!!! :D :D :D

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/507/eam-blue-skies-2-web.jpg

Here is a better picture of mine!!!

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/mummytothree/2009-09-13-005.jpg

[Kiki]

If they came up with a painfree method, I'd be so there.

[FireWolf]

I have 1 that is actually two put together on my ankle of a Dolphin jumping out of a wave with a seashell band around.

I want two more, one of my little special needs kitty we lost a few years ago and I want a bat across my loser back...the bat represents my DF.

DF got his first tattoo a few years ago to represent me...any guesses on what that would be...A wolf of course, howling at the moon on his upper arm.

[Zoe Pearn]

http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/c/n/1/081907l.jpg



That's pretty Traci! I'm too scared to have a tattoo (needle-phobic) but I would love to get one some day. I want something about the size of that one, but starting on my hip and coming around to the front, kind of over my rib cabe stopping under my miniscule boobs - LOL! Something with birds. Like the old school bluebirds, maybe a scroll with a message. I love those.

Of course I want a mega tattoo as my first one - I don't do things by halves - LOL! And that's probably why I'll never end up getting one :p

I do/did have a pierced belly button though. But it's closed up now since I had Josh - I took it out when I found out I was pregnant as I saw the scars they can leave if you leave them in - ouch!!

[lovely1m]

Of course I want a mega tattoo as my first one - I don't do things by halves - LOL! And that's probably why I'll never end up getting one :p



And not only a mega tattoo, but a tattoo on a super painful area! lol

[mlrw70]

I have 3. A flower on my lower back, a butterfly on my side and a four-leaf clover with a ladybug right on the front of my hip. And I agree with NeeNee, the tattoo on my back hurt more than I ever anticipated :blink:

[kristine]

I don't have one, I wanted to get one on my belly when I was younger, but never did. I'm glad now, as my belly isn't what it was and it would probably look really stupid now! My SO has one, I hate it as it is really ugly - it is of death (random, much?) on his arm and it's quite big. He got it when he was about 16.

[4noisyboys]

nah...none for me. Reason #1 is that I could never decide on a design. What I like today might not be true next year. kwim? I just don't have anything that would be that important...other than my kids' names.

Reason #2...dh said he's divorce me if I ever got one. (I don't think he really would...he just hates them though and wanted to make sure I didn't)

and last but not least: I don't like pain.

so....there will be no ink.

[kscwgirl]

I want one. I have ALWAYS wanted one. 2 dolphins jumping out of waves forming a heart shape. I'm too chicken to actually get one though. Terrified of needles.

Jeff has a lot of tattoos. Both arms, his calf, his back. He wants a spinal tap next.

[livelys]

I'm too chicken, I change my mind too often and I do kind of worry about how they'll look when I'm 60, 70....

Plus, I aim to lose weight some decade or other, and wouldn't want to be left with a floppy, baggy-looking tat (if you know what I mean).

[hollyxann]

I have 3.
A star on my left wrist.
Wings with cancer ribbons in them on my back. My uncle passed away of lung cancer and to honor him I got wings with the ribbon in them on the 2 yr anniversary. I'm going to add to them too.
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs190.snc1/6373_691705220264_23301641_40346193_5576432_n.jpg
A flower on my hip

[junebug]

none here. kinda always wanted one but scared, lol. i've been watching LA Ink and if i were to get one i'd love to go there; they are sooo talented!!

if i did get one probably something small relating to my kids.

[LibbysMommy]

No tattoos for me please. :) I have absolutely nothing against them, I just can't think of anything that I want permanently on my body. That and I realllly don't want to deal with the pain of getting one!! I'm definitely a wimp when it comes to needles!!

[amandabarugh]

That's pretty Traci! I'm too scared to have a tattoo (needle-phobic) but I would love to get one some day. I want something about the size of that one, but starting on my hip and coming around to the front, kind of over my rib cabe stopping under my miniscule boobs - LOL! Something with birds. Like the old school bluebirds, maybe a scroll with a message. I love those.

Of course I want a mega tattoo as my first one - I don't do things by halves - LOL! And that's probably why I'll never end up getting one :p

I do/did have a pierced belly button though. But it's closed up now since I had Josh - I took it out when I found out I was pregnant as I saw the scars they can leave if you leave them in - ouch!!

Rib tats are the worst! If mine had been my first, I never would have gotten another. My first was on my lower back, but not in the "tramp stamp" spot. It's the United Methodist cross and flame, btw. My second is on my sternum, right underneath my boobs. This one is a tribal-like butterfly. It will need some serious attention when I'm done having kids. Pain-wise, it was my easiest, I think. The lily on my ribs though, hurt, and it hurt BADLY! I'm not looking forward to the outlining that will need to be done to finish it up, as the outline always seems to be the worst.

For my fourth, I want to get a mother's knot behind some version of the international breastfeeding symbol with the words "life" and "love" somehow worked in. I would like for this to be black and grey with a touch of blue and at the base of my neck. :)

[amandabarugh]

none here. kinda always wanted one but scared, lol. i've been watching LA Ink and if i were to get one i'd love to go there; they are sooo talented!!

if i did get one probably something small relating to my kids.

They are flippin' amazing! Seriously. I had NO idea the stuff they were putting out until I started watching some reruns of it. I'm hooked now. Corey's work and Dan's work are fantabulous! Kat's not shabby either, but I really enjoy Corey's stuff.

[MadiLove918]

Oh I wanna play! :p

I have a small tattoo just above the small of my back, dead center where my spine "dips". It's a star with swirls and four tiny stars dancing around it. It's 6 years old now (I got it when I was 18), so it definitely need to be touched up, but I still adore it. I agree with with someone else said -- I don't get to enjoy it much because I hardly ever see it. Now that I still have a post-pregnancy body in need of quite a bit of work, I barely ever see it. :thumbdown:

It's in memory of my great grandmother!

[Sharon Kay]

None here...heck I change clothes ten times before leaving the house and you want me to pick something I have to wear everyday HAHAHAHA!!!

You're right though, sometimes it's the people you least expect to have them that do.

DITTO! Just this morning before leaving to go to sis' house (an hour away) to watch my nieces in a basketball tournament... I changed my shirts like 5 times ... then ran out of time to change to any others. dh just laid there in bed and laughed at each change ... which made me want to change again! :p

Never plan on having one ... and each of the boys have been told "any piercings or tattoos and you're out on your butt" ... so everyone in the house is "pure". Don't ever expect to see any on my boys ... but told them just in case they ever had a thought about it.

My mom has one ... and she is one you would never expect ... but it was after all the kids had left the house ... never told the story of getting one ... but 99.9% sure it was after the divorce and out drinking with her bff (who has I am guessing a couple of them "under cover"). :p

[LenaGardner]

I'm coming in way late on this because I've been outta town.

I have seven. No one would really expect that of me either. I could rummage up pictures of them but I'm lazy at the moment. My favorite one is on my foot, my least favorite one is on my side. They all represent a moment in my life but I'm done getting them, or at least I think I am.

[MandaT]

I have one. lower back, it's double horseshoes with some vines running through it. Got it when I was 18, on my first adventure (I flew from CA to Missouri for a week). I don't hardly see it, but still love it, sometimes forget its there, no one else sees it very often either.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa6/mandamosphotos/IMG_4839copy.jpg

I want to get one symbolizing my children/marriage, but have yet to decide what/where/when.

[ditzyscrap]

I don't have one, so I had to vote "no"...but I'm currently designing mine... :)

[ColleenSwerb]

I was gone all weekend and want to join in too :)

I have 2, and I want more. I had the first designed for almost 2 years before I finally went and got it done. It's on my inner left hip and it's a shooting star with starbursts. The shooting star represents me, and the starbursts are those that I have lost, watching over me. I need to add another starburst to represent my grandfather.

My second is on the outer part of my left ankle. It says "Girl" in old english writing, and the "i" is a 4 leaf clover. I'm very attached to my irish heritage, and Colleen literally means girl in Irish (or celtic, or whatever).

Jordan HATES tattoo's, and would probably not be happy if I got another. But it's my body, and I know he won't love me any less if I get one. So once I decide on a design, and a placement, I do want to get another one.

[DawnMarch]

No way, no how! Sometimes I see ones on other people that I like, but I wouldn't want something permanently on me. Plus, I would never trust someone to put a design on me -- what if they did a bad job or I ended up not liking it? Nope, not for me.

[BrattyMeg]

I'm late to the party too..but anyways I have 4 :p
I'm proud of my "tramp stamp"..it's a pretty butterfly

I have a sun/moon/stars on my shoulder/upper back

I have a chinese symbol on my hipbone..bikini line

and I have a flower on my foot...I think of all of them the foot hurt the worst

[xboxmom]

I don't have any but I have been thinking about getting one since I turned 21...now I am almost 33!!! hmmmmm

[SonieCAT]

So far I have one. It's on the inside of my left ankle - I wanted it somewhere I could see it all the time. It's a celtic/knotted heart design. I LOVE it. I may get it colored some day. I want to get another one on my back/left shoulder of a butterfly on a branch with a cocoon, but I need to find an awesome tattoo artist to design it for me.

[rochelle789]

None for me. No desire.

This is me too.

[amandabarugh]

I don't have any but I have been thinking about getting one since I turned 21...now I am almost 33!!! hmmmmm

We are totally going to LA at some point. :) Just need to decide what I want done there because I'm afraid of how much the one on my ribs will cost. I know who I want to do the work, though.

[xboxmom]

We are totally going to LA at some point. :) Just need to decide what I want done there because I'm afraid of how much the one on my ribs will cost. I know who I want to do the work, though.

Hahah yeah it would be fun to go together and get it done. I still want to do the vine with my kids initials in it. I just need someone really talented to draw it up.

[laurabobaura]

yes'm :) unfortunately, i don't have the cash flow that i did years back when i first started having my tattoos done...so i haven't had one in over a year

i'll see if i can dig up some pics :)

[laurabobaura]

okay- this isn't working out so well :P

1. red lotus on upper back with ohm symbol in the center
2. purple rose on left shoulder with grandpa's initials
3. ankh on left wrist
4. 'Aidan' (my youngest) on left forearm
5. 'RJ' in hearts and viney thing (lol) on right forearm
6. 3 (mario-ish) stars behind left ear
7. 3 cherry blossoms on what used to be my left hip hehe
8. 'T' (initial) on back of neck

i *think* that's it.

[lliella]

i have one on the back of my left shoulder. got it when i was 20, during my senior year in college. it's a stylized soaring bird (i got off a Japanese graphic art book) my friend's friend did it and i had to buy my own needles LOL it wasn't particularly painful.
I sometimes regret having it, as i have to make sure it doesn't show when i go to formal parties.

[MandaBean]

I have one for now. I got it just after Mama died. It says "Love, Mom" in her handwriting and it's on my back left shoulder. I wanted to start with something small because I was afraid I would pass it. It hurt like hell.

Also, for anyone who is interested in going to High Voltage Tattoo (LA Ink), they do have a $200 minimum, so it's not the best place to go for a small piece. We went to the shoppe when we were in LA last year and it was rad, but yeah..couldn't get a small something done because of that.