Post by reginaphalange72 on Mar 30, 2018 12:06:02 GMT -5
Sounds like there are a lot of awesome tattoos on this board. Share yours here! (curious about size/placement/meaning too)
Mine is about 4" x 3", right between my shoulder blades, in maroon ink that looks like henna when in the skin. I got it in memory of one of my BFFs who passed away in June 2013. The tree of life and hamsa (upside down hand) were here two favorite symbols so I had another super talented artist BFF combine them into one.
For some reason this rotated weird. Anybody know how to fix it?
I have a few on my back which make no damn sense together. I'll see if I can find a pic of that but I have access to a pic of one on my stomach.
I got all my tatts between the ages of 18 and 26. I would love to get one under my boob to represent my current life but havne't pulled the trigger. I would also like a back piece to cover or tie in my random back tattoos.
ETA: You can see two of them in the mirror in the back. Tramp stamp and an upper back.
I don't have any, but I sometimes think about the one I wanted back in my early 20s. I was an ocean lifeguard for 4 summers, and as you all know, an avid open water swimmer. I wanted an ocean wave on the arch of my foot, like this:
Everyone told me it would be a problem though, with my lack of (dry) down time, sweating, etc., so I never made/found time to get it. I worked 6 days a week on the beach, and was training as it was my college swimming off season.
I feel like it would be weird to do now, as a 30something mom/lawyer/H&F try-hard-when-I-can, so I haven't. But I often wish I'd done it then.
Post by reginaphalange72 on Mar 30, 2018 13:29:35 GMT -5
itsme - What is that one of on your hip? It looks neat!
Susie - Love that wave idea! It's simple but really pretty. I've struggled with the foot idea too for the same reasons. I love the idea of that placement, but it seems like a difficult spot to maintain given that it's usually in shoes, getting rubbed, etc. Also I've heard it hurts like a BITCH.
I have 3. Flowers on my inner arm (these were my wedding flowers), a landscape on my upper arm (drawn up from photos taken on my favorite hike), and a globe above my elbow (got it after my around the world trip)
I currently have small roman numerals for my wedding date on my ankle. Boring and no pictures.
The sage plant is shrunken really small on my wrist, but now that I had it shrunk so small it no longer looks like a sage leaf and just kind of looks like a fern. So I am having it covered up with a leaf and stem from this:
Lastly, this summer my sister and I are getting matching tattoos. I will get the smallest and I will get it on my shoulder:
I don't have pictures handy...I've got a simple blue crescent moon below my left collarbone, about the size of a quarter, and a snake around my left thigh.
the moon placement I got from a really cheesy teen witch novel, but the idea of the blue moon is...like, my blue moon. as in once in a... a reminder that even if something is hard and rare and unlikely, it can happen.
The snake meaning can be boiled down to nothing more complicated than I like snakes. I wanted a tattoo, I like snakes. Somebody suggested it when we were talking about tattoo ideas (I had a pet snake at the time) and I liked the idea. It's really purely ornamental.
I still love both of them, and would like more, but haven't had the right idea yet.
I'd like something to commemorate my adult transformation into the sporty person I never thought I'd be, but I've yet to find something that speaks to me enough. something simple like susie's wave... I'd also like something for the kids, but again, I've yet to run across an idea pretty enough that I'd want it on me.
Post by reginaphalange72 on Mar 30, 2018 14:52:16 GMT -5
shauni27 - Those are adorable! Also, semi related, J and I have been keeping a short list of kid names we like for future baby phalange (does not exist yet), and Sage has long been our #1 for either gender.
itsme - What is that one of on your hip? It looks neat!
Susie - Love that wave idea! It's simple but really pretty. I've struggled with the foot idea too for the same reasons. I love the idea of that placement, but it seems like a difficult spot to maintain given that it's usually in shoes, getting rubbed, etc. Also I've heard it hurts like a BITCH.
It’s a heart with wings, devil horns, and a halo. I was a party girl so it represented my deviousness. Not something I would get now but it’s there.
I'd like something to commemorate my adult transformation into the sporty person I never thought I'd be, but I've yet to find something that speaks to me enough. something simple like susie's wave... I'd also like something for the kids, but again, I've yet to run across an idea pretty enough that I'd want it on me.
This is one of my ones I've had on deck for several years (actually the first tattoo I considered getting). It started as an Ironman thing but ended up with double meaning because I got divorced around the same time as doing my first IM. It's curly ornamental script that says"Alis Volat Propriis," which is latin for "she flies with her own wings."
What's the most meaningful part of your H&F evolution?
shauni27 - Those are adorable! Also, semi related, J and I have been keeping a short list of kid names we like for future baby phalange (does not exist yet), and Sage has long been our #1 for either gender.
We know a couple of girl Sages but no boy sages. One of our future "mother's helpers" is a Sage and we call her girl sage and ours boy sage lol.
I did not agree to the name of Sage throughout the entire pregnancy. It was on our short list but we wanted to meet him first. The minute he came out I knew he was Sage.
Now I am tearing up at my desk because I am a loser and still get sentimental thinking of that moment, lol.
Can I be an AW and add a picture of him??? (sorry it's so huge. and sorry I am obsessed...)
Post by reginaphalange72 on Mar 30, 2018 15:25:18 GMT -5
shauni27 - Your kiddo is so stinking cute! What a face! How old is he now??
We're pretty in love with the name for either a boy or a girl, so unless there's a radical change between now and whenever hypothetical kid arrives, that will be the one we go with. I totally get the wanting to meet them and see what feels right. At this point I feel like that's the only way we would deviate from Sage. Also on our short list: Aspen and Hunter (there's a bit of a theme here...)
Yay for all the pretty ink! My new one is in the other thread, i have ockhams razor on the side of my back, and words on the side of my left rib cage. There are a few more i want, but theyre just general ideas so ill do it when im inspired. Theyre super addictive and if i didnt have a fairly conservative corporate job id have way more in other places.
al320 - How bad was the ribcage experience for you?
Well, its too small lines, the lower line which isnt so much over bone was fine, the upper line, which is over bone, hurt a little more but was totally manageable. I have it on my IG (since i suddenly lost my whole cloud):
Post by lilypad1126 on Mar 30, 2018 15:36:23 GMT -5
I have 4. One on each shoulder blade and one on my neck. And then once on my butt/hip (I was young and thought this was a good spot. Lol). My left shoulder is a peace sign with flowers, my right shoulder is a flamingo with my wedding date under it, and my neck is a peacock feather. Let’s see if I can attach pics. The peace sign isn’t exactly what I have but it’s close.
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id love to get another one, maybe on my thigh that represents all the running I’ve done/the marathons I’ve run but I don’t have any great ideas for it yet.
I have 4. One on each shoulder blade and one on my neck. And then once on my butt/hip (I was young and thought this was a good spot. Lol). My left shoulder is a peace sign with flowers, my right shoulder is a flamingo with my wedding date under it, and my neck is a peacock feather. Let’s see if I can attach pics. The peace sign isn’t exactly what I have but it’s close.
id love to get another one, maybe on my thigh that represents all the running I’ve done/the marathons I’ve run but I don’t have any great ideas for it yet.
When I was 18 and in college in CA I got the kanji symbol for rain on the inside of my ankle because I was super homesick. Now I kind of want to cover it up with a Douglas for tree (still a representation of Oregon)