Happiness

And were on to the next part of my crazy tattoo.

Now I love to bake when I'm not being pushed to do it. I brings happiness to my life and not to mention I love food.

So what could be better to represent happiness that a cute little cupcake?

Wisdom

So for the next part of my tattoo project I felt that Wisdom is something I need to get through life.

Without it I would probably make alot of mistakes and more than likely be stupid and maybe even jobless.

Id like to think common sense fits into the category of Wisdom.

Now for Wisdom I had a pretty hard time coming up with a good symbol. Yes I thought about an owl but that didn't really seem to fit who I am. So after some intense planning I came up with a stack of books.

If you couldn't tell from previous blogs I love to read.So naturally this idea seemed to fit.

Strength

So for my next tattoo I wasn't sure what to get. I thought for close to a year about the next tattoo because all my tattoo have meaning for me.

I then decided I wanted something to symbolize me.

Then it turned into a project with several tattoos involved. But I wanted to be original in my designs. Something nobody else would have.

This project involved things I thought I need to get through life. First and foremost I think I need strength to get through life and its many obstacles.

For me it meant I had to fight my way through life to make it. I came up with a pair of boxing gloves to symbolize strength in my opinion.

Sisterly Love!

For my second tattoo I wanted to get something with my sister. I had drawn up ideas for some other tattoos that I was thinking about getting. One day my sister, Mikey, saw one of the ones I had drawn, on a marker board no less.

She went ahead and got the design she liked on her wrist.

About a year later I decided we needed something to connect us.

I got the same tattoo, only pink instead of blue and on my hip instead of my wrist.

I love having something I am sharing with my sister and it makes it even better that it was my design.

Its been about a year and we've talked about adding on to it. I guess well have to wait and see what happens.

My First Tattoo.

I'm not new to the world of tattoos. No Ive been around them since I was probably about 15.

Now I didn't get my first one til I was 18. This was a matter of I wanted to make sure of what I wanted and I wanted a professional to do it for me.

My first tattoo came a few days after my 18Th birthday. I had thought about what I wanted for a couple years and had even drawn up a few designs.

The day came and my sister, Mikey, and one of her friends came with me. Mikey's rule with all her friends is that she'll hold your hand for the first one and maybe the second but your on your own after that. Now I'm a very independent person and Mikey didn't hold my hand for my first one. I was to interested in gripping the bar that I was holding on to.

When that needle hit my skin I thought I was going to pass out or throw up or something from the adrenaline rush. But I stayed awake and didn't puke the entire time. And as the tattoo went on the pain became easier to handle. However, my first mistake was that I got it on my upper back right over my spine.

What can I say no one really gave me advice in that area.

All the tattoos I have mean something to me in some way or another. And I know that alot of people Mikey included get alot of their tattoos just because.

This first one is a cross with wings. I wanted the cross because I am a religious person and to me it was the right choice for my first tattoo.