Tattoo club.

Tattoos, not to everyones taste and amongst some, still hold the reputation of being 'soo white trash'. Well with Chanels fake tattoo's last season and more and more 'classy' celebrities getting inked think Lily Cole, Jen An (not Lindsay Lohan et al). Hell, even Barbie had a butterfly on her stomach!

I myself, have just the one tattoo which I had done two years ago whilst my family were living in Beijing (risky getting it done it China, I know!) In the run up to my wanting one i had many people telling me I'd regret it in a couple of years when I'd 'matured a little'.. namely my parents (actually after my dad found out about mine he gave me a long lecture about how people will assume i'm a slut and bad news because of it- I didn't have the guts to tell him that it was actually his colleague and good friend maggie who put me in touch with her tattoo artist!)

The picture quality is pants i'm afraid but it's a delightful peacock feather with more detailing than my pain thresh hold could bear! It doesn't have any meaning to me per-say but it was pretty and uh.. i guess you could say (as my mother always does) that a peacock represents how bloody vain i am!

Anyways, I promised myself that after one that would be it. No more.... but oh, after spending another lethargic morning trawling t'internet and stumbling across the blog Tattoologist I became inspired by all the beautiful, creative body art I saw on there.

I am madly in love with the paper crane tattoo, it's simple, graphic style and bold outline and just subtle enough to sit on the back of my neck..

Or how about two lovely little hearts on my otherwise ugly pair of elbows?

This one actually reminds me of the adorable illustrations by the talented Caitlin

 

I got the design of my tattoo from a rubber stamp website, you may laugh but they have some of the most intricate and beautiful designs and I'm now considering this delicate birdcage 

Or... if i'm feeling REALLY bonkers...

I know, it's a toy plane... but i just love the illustration and the shading, is that reason enough to have a plane tattooed on to myself, permanently... forever?

Or perhaps a more sensible option (no, not the merry christmas or the candy kane sillys!) a lovely little teapot. 

Well, I'm going to mull it over for a while and probably chicken out like i have done for the last two years!

Da End.