Tattoo Wednesday!

Today Im going to share with you my David Bruehl tattoo. I completely consider myself a collector of tattoos. I look for artist I want to get tattooed by and try to get a sweet tattoo by them. When I heard David was going to be coming to Tampa and tattooing at Redletter1 in Ybor, I jumped on the chance to get something by him. I have been a big admirer of his work, his color is really awesome. His paintings are always sharp looking. David was kind enough to fit me in and he was a really cool guy too! Very chill, very comfortable to get tattooed by, funny, and did a damn good tattoo on me.

At the time he came, I hadn't thought about the next tattoo I wanted and I was getting tattooed by him fairly quickly. I decided on a rose, because I really liked a lot of the flowers I had seen him do. I love the sharp contrast of black and yellow, so I got a sweet black and yellow rose.


*Photo taken by David Bruehl*

I am very happy with my tattoo, David again did a great job. He is now part of my collection of tattoo artist Ive wanted to get tattooed by.

Tattoo Wednesday!

Today Im going to talk about one of my very special tattoos. Today would be my Uncle John's 41st birthday, but sadly he passed away a few years ago. My Aunt Alicia also passed away a bit before him. So I was just starting to get into tattoos when he passed, I maybe had 2 or 3 at the time. Well I told Lucky I really wanted to get memorial tattoos for my family and after a full day of looking at things, Lucky finally came up with something simple, bold and lovely. Roses with sparrows. In the tattoo world, sailors used to get swallows or sparrows because they carried the souls of their loved ones with them, so I got one for Alicia and John, so I will always have them close to my heart.

This was when it was first done! It was my 3rd or 4th tattoo at the time.


It is one of my favorites and its very special to me. Over the few years my chest has expanded into a great collection of work by Lucky Mathews.

With the spider webs being my latest addition.

I still want to see your tattoos! Send them to me! xoxo!

(Love you Uncle John)

My amazig trip to York, Maine!

Over the weekend, I took a little trip up to York, Maine! Before I get more into that, you should know who I went with. For the last week or so Ive been seeing this gentleman by the name of John, and he is just my cup of tea. A perfect gentleman to the core, he has been a great new addition to my everyday life. We've gone out a couple of times and one night over dinner I had mentioned I wanted to check out York's Wild Kingdom! Well, John being as awesome as he is (and having a car!) said we should go! Saturdays are my full day off, so the date was set and the trip was a go! I took the train out to Lowell and he picked me up, then we drove out to Maine. It was about a 2 hour drive, we had a nice time, I could talk to him for hours, or sit in silence and enjoy his company.

We got to the zoo and lets just say it was adorably goofy. I loved it. I actually couldnt believe I had actually gone either lol.



Lion!


John paid for my ticket, bought lunch, showed me around. It was a really fun time. The zoo itself was a bit small so we finished it pretty quickly. Afterwords, the plan was to go to the coast and check out the beach. That was mega cool! Being from Florida going to the beach is a big deal for me up here. It was awesome!





Knowing that I had a blog, John was oh so kind enough to take my photo, and did a good job of it as well.


*This was his favorite


I snapped this one of him looking dashing against the coast.


After the beach we went and got food then made the ride back home. John ended up staying with me over the night, we hung out, bought a ton of beer and just relaxed for the rest of the time. My first trip to Maine was a huge success! I had great company. I do believe John is a keeper lol. I cant wait to go back, Maine was such a lovely place with tons of antiques and the freshest air ever haha.
Thanks for checkin in my lovely readers! Xoxo!

The secret community garden

So there are two community gardens down my street, and as you all saw I got to go in one... but the other one has always been locked! Well, I was just going to hop the fence, but it was unlocked to my surprise! The lighting was lovely, I had the perfect dress, it was photo time!

You can see my newest tattoo, all healed up!






This garden was way bigger and so much better than the other one. It was well worth the wait to get in and sneak some outfit photos. Didnt I tell you I had the perfect dress? My friend Ashley gave it to me a few years ago, and Ive held on to it for awhile and brought it to Boston with me when I went back for a visit. It shows off my back piece which I hardly ever get to do.








I had a great time taking these photo. Playing with my dress, smelling the flowers, there were even raspberries! I didnt pick any thought, because that is rude, not cool. It was a very humid day so the wind on my back felt really good. I went down to Newbury street in the dress to pick up my necklace from Tiffanys. I had them clean it, no charge! With a forest green color like my dress, brown accents are nice, so I chose to wear my brown leather Coach bag. Ive also been into layering necklaces (length wise) Mary sent me the long sliver chain, that I paired with my rose quartz heart necklace my Aunt Dee bought for me.

I have been working like crazy lately, and been charming boys left and right apparently. I went out on a date for the first time in months with a very charming gentleman Monday night, and it was ever so lovely. After my last attempt to date someone, he was a breath of fresh air. Things went so well we're having dinner again tonight. Im cooking! What shall I wear?!?!!?

Alright my lovely readers, I hope you are staying cool in this heat! Take care everyone! Xoxo!



Outfit details:
Dress: Giving to me from Ashley Dunn.
Purse: Vintage Coach, thrifted at our secret place
Shoes: Mom bought for me at Ross

Tattoo Wednesday! (Its coming back!)

Sooo!!! A very long while ago I started Tattoo Wednesday. Well I got two posts in and I dont know what happened. I think it might have been around the time I moved to Boston and I just lost track of it. Well I have gotten a few more tattoos since I left Florida and now living in the City, I get asked about them even more! My fantastic roommate Sam had suggested I do something with my blog regarding my tattoos, and I was like, "OMG! I started something like that ages ago!" I am happy to say I will be doing tattoo posts every week now. I had originally planned to do them in order, but I honestly cant remember after 5 years what came next. So Im just going to randomly pick a tattoo.

Today's tattoo is my newest one! I finally got an Angelique Houtkamp tattoo. I discovered her a few years ago when my friends Lucky and Ed had showed me some work of hers. I bought her second book Tattoo Mystique and found her "Augusta" picture. LOVED IT! Had to have it.


After a long awaited time, I finally found the artist to do it. Justin Kopec at Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoos in Jamaica Plain. He did an amazing job. (There was a ton of black involved and it was a bit crusty)


It is now finally healed and looks great. None of the black fell out and she looks very sexy next to Panther.


-How long did it take?
About an hour and a half/two hours.

-Did it hurt?
YES. Especially close to my knee.

Im feeling very accomplished with my tattoos, Ive been getting some really good ones lately. This tattoo defiantly put me over the 45 mark.

I want to hear about your tattoos! Share them with me! And Ill share them on my blog! I would love to do this weekly and every post share another blogger's tattoo! So! If you have them, lets see it!!! Xoxo!

The New England Aquarium.

Not to long ago I finally went to the New England Aquarium. Well, lets just call it what it is, it wasnt the most impressive aquarium. The Florida Aquarium is way better. I still had a good time though. I went with Katie and Simon and we had a lovely day out. It was gorgeous outside and wasnt too hot. So when I went back home to Florida in March I bought this amazing swimsuit that I had been dieing to wear for when I finally went to the aquarium. I even threw on my seahorse necklace my mom bought me for Christmas.

When you first walk in , there are penguins, every where.




I love moray eels.


These jelly fish were crazy cool.




So my top was so awesome it was day-glow-rific.






I got a lot of looks at the aquarium, but really when do I not. I tried 3 different pairs of shorts before I settled on my black ones, though high waisted denim worked well with the top as well. The sides of my sunglasses matched well too. So the trip was a success, I finally went to the aquarium. With the 4th of July weekend upon us, I have some awesome American outfits planned. Be safe and stay lovely! Xoxo.