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Karen McTavish is sleeved - both arms. She keeps them covered when she teaches/lectures but if you ask, she will show them to you. Beautiful!
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I saw her tatoos in a long arm magazine I borrowed from a friend. She really has a very interestng life story. The tatoos are very pretty and are actually taken from some feathers that she did on a quilt. Fine for her, but not my cup of tea.
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Some of those are cool. I have been thinking of adding another tattoo that was sewing related. I was thinking of a friendship star block on the left side of my chest. I have three others. My Taurus zodiac sign on my left arm, and Egyptian Ankh on my right arm and a dragon on the right side of my back.
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I don't like unnecessary pain. I wonder what all of those tatoos will look like when the skin starts to slide, meaning when you get older around 60 and 70.
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Originally Posted by golfer
I don't like unnecessary pain. I wonder what all of those tatoos will look like when the skin starts to slide, meaning when you get older around 60 and 70.
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Originally Posted by KatFish
Originally Posted by golfer
I don't like unnecessary pain. I wonder what all of those tatoos will look like when the skin starts to slide, meaning when you get older around 60 and 70.
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My DH's have faded, too. The red is completely gone, but the area is still raised, I quess he was allergic to the dyes. The first one he got was kind of pretty, but then he got the ugliest USMC one that I have ever seen. There are tons of nice ones, why he wanted that one is beyond me. Oh well, he did surprise me with that one, LOL.
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I would probably have some if I was not TERRIFIED of needles (and I quilt :roll: )
I cut the top of my finger off earlier this year and I refused to go to the emergency room to get it sewn back on(needles). I put that sucker back on myself and bandaged it up real good and a month later I was good to go!! But a lot of my friends have them including my wife and daughter. My wife is 56 now but she got hers at 45 (a rose on a certain area that shall remain nameless........:mrgreen: ) and my daughter has one on her lower back at her waist line. My daughters is really sweet looking, it is Von Dutch style Pinstripe job (Von Dutch was one of the best pinstrippers in the world!!) and she knew I would not be too upset with her when she showed me. But she promised me that it is the only one she is getting because of the field she is going into (pharmacological). But it seems like it is getting very popular to have tats now. I never judge a book by its cover so it does not change my feelings towards anyone who has them. I always look at whats on the inside first before making any judgments. Billy |
I have 1, but it's not craft related and no one can see it but hubby. I would get another one if only it wasn't so painful (I'd rather have natural childbirth again!!!!) I don't see anything wrong with tats, but maybe because I'm younger.
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My step son has so many he cannot get a job. A huge waste of money and talent, his problem to deal with, I guess. He is a great guy but even though a prospective employer may be able to look underneath the top layer I am sure the "boss" is worried about public perception.
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My DH, one of my DDs and my son all have ink. They have been after me for a long time to get one. Since I am an RN it has to be somewhere not visible and since I can no longer be considered a "young modern" anything it has to be in a place that is not going south. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing025.gif
Both my DH and DS have a 13 in a spade on their wrists. My son was born on the 13th and he was run over on the 13th several years back. He always says 13 is lucky for him. He may be right a couple inches a different way and he would not be here today. The 13 to him symbolizes that he is lucky and what we all went thru during that time. I will probably also get a 13 and my DD will as well. As far as another tat hmmm... maybe. On another note since i am a NICU RN I have to attend all high risk deliveries. I have seen some interesting ink. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...shocked032.gif Here's a bit of advice don't tatoo a word where you may one day need an incision it just doesn't say the same thing after. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-think005.gif |
Originally Posted by pamsmpk
I've been thinking about getting a very small tat to celebrate my 50th birthday in July. I can't decide what to get. I thought a lot of these tattoos were cool but I don't want anything nearly so big. However. it did make me think...hmmmmm....maybe something quilty.....?????
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Originally Posted by Pam
My step son has so many he cannot get a job. A huge waste of money and talent, his problem to deal with, I guess. He is a great guy but even though a prospective employer may be able to look underneath the top layer I am sure the "boss" is worried about public perception.
The VP's and I never knew about it until one time we were out of town and wanted to make a quick weekend run to a car show. It was in the summer and he met us up there and we could not do anything but start laughing when we saw him. He was in a t shirt and shorts like the rest of us and he was covered in tats. Thats when the VP over the commercial end said "I guess you really never know anyone until you see them half necked" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Billy |
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no way no how! First off dh would divorce me..second the only way a needle is going in my skin is if I stick myself quilting! Otherwise you better be ready to hogtie me. Third I just do not find them attractive at all. And last but not least this is what they'll look like one day!
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I did see a picture a couple of years ago with a woman who had literally every inch of her body covered from the neck down, INCLUDING parts only her child would see on his way to be born! I like ink but that just made me tighten up all over!!
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My DD is an executive and has 3/4 sleeves. She always covers them while working. She told me never get your hands, neck or face done or you will have a hard time getting a job. My SIL is a top web designer in NYC. He has a full sleeve. In his job they only want results and don't care if you have them or not. I know many kids now days have them and couldn't be nicer. I think it's us old folks that have the hang ups.
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wow, I sure would not bear it all to show a tatoo. God bless. Penny
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My eldest son has two....shoulder to elbow. He designed them both. One is a dragon, (he has loved dragons since he was a small child), the second one is a Celtic cross for his Irish heritage. His next one he wants to have done is a phoenix done on his head...he is bald. While I am trying hard to convince him not to do that one, he is trying to convince me to get a small one on my back to cover a very ugly scar that I was left with after having a cebaceous cyst removed. I am considering a hummingbird...but am waiting until the last of the "dissolving" stitches works its' way out. (Note sarcasm on dissolving. ;) ) I had this removed 5 years ago, and am still having stitches work their way out!!!!
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Originally Posted by Pzazz
My eldest son has two....shoulder to elbow. He designed them both. One is a dragon, (he has loved dragons since he was a small child), the second one is a Celtic cross for his Irish heritage. His next one he wants to have done is a phoenix done on his head...he is bald. While I am trying hard to convince him not to do that one, he is trying to convince me to get a small one on my back to cover a very ugly scar that I was left with after having a cebaceous cyst removed. I am considering a hummingbird...but am waiting until the last of the "dissolving" stitches works its' way out. (Note sarcasm on dissolving. ;) ) I had this removed 5 years ago, and am still having stitches work their way out!!!!
Patti- Ask a whole lot of questions before tattooing a scar. I have a 14 inch scar down my spine from a spinal surgery and thought of having it tattooed- something like a vine or something. I was told that the scarring was too deep- The layers of skin healing in the scar are too disorganized, and the tattoo could go very wrong- with ink going where you don't want it. If its like a little bullet scar, I would think you can tattoo around it successfully, but I would go with someone very experienced and ask a lot of questions. I do think that getting a tattoo to celebrate triumph over illness is a very healing thing. A celebration of life. good luck. Patti |
I also had thought of covering a scar with a tattoo and was told by nurse whose husband is tattoo artist that was often a bad idea. depends on depth of scar. the texture of the skin is difficult. but it can be worked around the scar by a good artist though. good luck from me as well.
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Hazeljane and anima57...
Thanks for that info. I had no idea!!! I will definitely ask lots of questions before making a final decision...and if I wind up leaving it as is, so be it. :) Patti |
some of them are really very cool. My three kids and hubby all have some. But for me not yet and as old as I
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
I hope I never suffer from alzheimers but if a doctor ever tells me I have it, the first thing I'm gonna do is get a tat of my name and home phone number along with my DH and kids names so they can identify and who I belong too. I'm not joking I am seriuos. After watching my DGM I am terrified of getting it and already have made plans. Told my hubby if I wonder into the woods to leave me there.
My MIL got a shamrock (my suggestion since her b'day is St. Pats) on her hip for her 70th birthday! She said everything that was gonna sag already was! She's a hoot. Elizabeth Spannring has a feathered heart tat on the inside of her wrist. I liked that one, but will probably never get one myself. I so don't do pain! |
Pam that was a good one, I'll have to remember that one when my grandchildren try to get me to get one.
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What a great thread....love the creativity, artistry and stories tattoos relate, but their permananence would be a problem for me. Hazeljane your tattoo is beautiful, and to so many of you, your tattoos are deeply meaningful and are marks of your life journey.
It is unfortunate, but true, most workplaces are intolerant of tattoos, and many talented and lovely people are denied work, relationships and community, based on the ink on their skin. Will I ever get one....well, never say never....but highly unlikely....too wrinkled and scarred by life's journey to ever be a suitable canvas. |
You sound like such a lovely person.
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