Tag: Tattoos

Deanna and I are all about getting people to own up to their ink lately! I was super excited to see her beautiful tattoos, and I'm ready to show you mine too!

Though some people do think tattoos are trashy, to me, they are a way to express myself on my skin. I can keep all of them covered or show a few at a time. I also tend to pick designs that are at least feminine or 'pretty.' And my favorite artist (Cory Hand) usually chooses colors to that "go with" all of my other tattoos.

Here we go:

Triquetra: My 1st tattoo. It is a Celtic knot representing the Holy Trinity. I'm Irish Catholic, so I went for traditional. :)

This tattoo is in memoriam for my mother, who passed away from lung cancer. It is a reminder that when life is hard sometimes all you can do is breathe, and also that my body is a temple. Lungs aren't that easy to replace!

This heart infinity symbol is for my husband. He has an infinity symbol on his arm for me. We got these on our anniversary last year.

I have a skeleton key on my collar bone, to remind me of my childhood. Our house only had skeleton keys, and when I was little I took all of them out of the doors and played with them...We never got them matched back up to their respective locks. All my parents could do was laugh! I loved shiny things. :)

This was my funny tattoo (Several celebrities have it!), but it also has meaning to me. Sometimes I let people walk and talk right over me. Especially in professional settings. I got this at a time when I was feeling disrespected at work by some of the employees, and it helped me to remember that I don't have to sit back and take it! Lindsey Lohan attributed a similar meaning to her's as well.

Okay, that is very hard to see...But it is a star in my ear. My tattoo artist calls it the "baby star tat." I got this on my birthday last year. I just really wanted a little secret tattoo in my ear, lol.

This is a cover up tattoo designed by Cory Hand of By The Book Tattoos in Columbus, MS. He is, without fail, my favorite and most used artist. He designed this for me to cover a bad magnolia tattoo. The meaning of this is "giving love to the world." He "cut a heart-shaped hole" in my back through which my heart bubbles out to everyone. We added "All you need is love" at the bottom, because it is my favorite Beatles song, and it expresses the idea of the tattoo perfectly (to me). This tattoo was featured online by BME News, a body modification website.

I have one more tattoo on the inside of my left pointer finger of a teardrop (Don't have a hand picture). Cory convinced me to do that one, and I must say that when people start whining or when I want to pout, it is VERY useful. It never fails to give people a laugh. I just hold it up under my eye, and they crack up, which is what I'm all about. I love to make people laugh!

Sorry this was so long, but I have a ton of tattoos! lol Hope you enjoyed learning a bit more about me, and I hope you'll fess up too! :) I tag EVERYONE!