Hi guys as promised I'm treating you to the sequel to my 2013 My Tattoos - A Spotter's Guide blog. The original blog covered my first set of tattoos so I won't go into them here but here's a quick recap.
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| In 2007 I declared that I was freezable for up to 3 months |
In 2012 I got my Sugar Skull and 30 Seconds To Mars Triad (The skull turns 10 at the end of the month hence the recap blog). |
I still love this despite the world and his wife now all having Sugar Skull tattoos, and yes those are the 30 Seconds To Mars glyphs.
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Le Triad
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In 2013 I got my birds and then bunny tattoos -
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| A Kingfisher for my Grandma |
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| Some Rockabilly vibes with my Swallow and Cherries |
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The Bunny is a combination of my girls Estelle & Esme and the symbol is my Chinese Zodiac sign Rabbit.
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My next set of tattoos were done in 2015 also on my upper left arm. They were a Butterfly, White Feather and Ladybird.
| | A better view of the feather |
 | The Ladybird and Feather represent two very special ladies. Ladybird is the nickname of my best friend Helen which was given to her by Kay many years ago. The white feather is for Kay as she always believed that if you saw a white feather then someone was watching over you. Since Kay passed away in 2016 I've seen so many white feathers so I know she's still with me 💖
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 | The Butterfly has no deep meaning as such but I just think they're such beautiful creatures and remind me of summer.
 | Not the clearest picture but you can see how they all fit together, the rabbit symbol can just be seen between the swallow and the butterfly
In 2016 Kay made the incredibly brave decision to cease her palliative cancer treatment so that the time she had left was of better quality. One consequence of her ending her treatment was that she was allowed to have tattoos done again so we ended up with matching ones. Kay always used to tell me "I love you to the moon and back" so a rabbit perched on the moon seemed like the perfect design. Kay was as bunny mad as I am and we actually met because she followed Estelle & Esme on Twitter.
I miss you
For my 30th birthday the next year I went into Alice In Wonderland overdrive with an Alice In Wonderland Themed Party and got a big Alice tattoo on my leg just above the bunny. It's based on the 1865 illustrations by John Tenniel which I love. I think it was a pretty good birthday present to myself in my humble opinion.....
In the same session I got a couple of small tattoos, one is a music note behind my ear (the least painful one I've had) so that I always have music near my ears.
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I also got an arrow inspired by a quote that my Dad once sent me "An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming." to remind me when times are tough.
I got another music related tattoo in 2018 inspired by Lady GaGa's song Born This Way which is all about loving yourself and being proud of who you are. It's under the arrow to reinforce the message of staying strong.
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Last year I finally took the plunge and got a tattoo related to my plane geeking. The moment that the Red Arrows shoot over the crowd at Eastbourne's Airbourne airshow is always the highlight of my year. I plan to add other aircraft to the sleeve hopefully based on some photos I've taken, watch this space ......
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| First sitting |
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| Second sitting |
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| Finished! |
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At Bournemouth airshow showing the design off during the Red Arrows display
I got a couple of other tattoos in 2021.
 | I don't normally do 'spur of the moment' tattoos but for Fri 13th Aug the studio did a special range of 13 inspired tattoos and since 13 is our family's lucky number I indulged.
The Greek symbol for Eos
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 | This Eye Of Horus tattoo was for Helen's 50th birthday as she loves Ancient Egypt
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 | My final tattoo in of the year was this Halloween Bunny tattoo, you can read about it in my blog here
I hope you guys have enjoyed my blog. I have some ideas for new tattoos; I want something navy related for both my Grandads as they served on aircraft carriers during World War 2. I'd also like something to represent my friends and also some witchy symbols.
I'll keep you posted!
Love Jen XxxX |
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