chicks and tattoos. would you??

soo today i want to talk about the ladies and those with permanent body art :)

First Tat! 

i myself have over 10 tattoos well hidden over my body... sadly, it is hard for me to put tattoos in certain places because I am a nursing major. and, well you know, people are so judgmental! i would think that if I am saving your life then my skin art should have no impact on your feelings about me! I got my first tattoo at, yes, 18 like the law says you should... my mom was of course mortified. i'm a christian so of course I wanted a cross! I got this tattoo at a place called Ink Link in Charlotte, NC. I remember he had to tape my hair on the top of my head... that was the most painful part of the whole freaking experience! Anyways... after this first experience of meeting needles with skin, I was hooked! A couple months later I came back with another idea!!

The funny part of this experience was my sweet little mama thought she could talk me out of getting another one if she threatened to get one. Of course, that was NOT going to stop me, so she got the tattoo... and I still got mine. Then my mother was left with a tattoo she never really wanted and I still got the one she didn't want me to have! Toooo funny... anyways, I wanted a bible verse added underneath the cross in memory of my Granny who died a few years ago... It says Psalm 46:10 which means: "Be still and know that I am God". (It looks crooked in this picture but it's not!)

Tat #2! Hours after getting it done...

Tat #3! So boring I know...

Now... of course.. I was already bored with these 2 tattoos and was already planning on a third but I had soo many ideas and had no way to choose
which one I wanted next. I was actually at the tattoo place with a friend of mine who was getting her first and I decided I would get a little chinese symbol on my ankle. (Yes, some of you may think this is stupid, but remember, i simply do no care!) I looked through a chinese symbol book and liked one that stood for "love of family and relatives"... I got this one on my outer left ankle.

Tat #4! Ribsssss ouchie!

After this tattoo, I took a few months off before getting another one. What got me wanting even more was this amazing man I met in my freshman year of college. His name was Zach. He was covered in them, he was so cute and they all had these amazing meanings behind them. Of course... we fell in love and started dating, and the next tat I got was one he paid for as an early Christmas present in early December 2008! This next one was on my upper left ribs. It was latin script saying, "Vincere Vel Mori". This translates to "Conquer or Die". I know, deep right? It is actually the motto of my Scottish family crest. Google it if you careeee. I was so nervous about getting my ribs done, but honestly, it just tickled. I am so weird! Now on to the next tatooooo!

In the process of tat #5!

A few months after we started dating, Zach purposed to me :) He is an amazing man and I am beyond lucky to have him!! A few weeks after we were engaged I wanted to get something really big on me. I decided I wanted a back piece. I decided to do one kind of in honor of where I was born and raised.... I wanted it to say "Queen City", which is the nickname for Charlotte, NC. I wanted a really pretty crown underneath those words. And then under the crown the words, "Est. 1990". For the year  I was born! I loved this idea. So I went to Cape Fear Tattoo in Greenville, NC where I go to school, and got it done!!


Next tattoo (#6!) I wanted something kind of in honor of my fiance... and yes some people may say that is a jinx... but the way I see it, he is not just some boyfriend... he is the man i am GOING to spend the rest of my iife with! My fiance's nickname is Z-Willy because his name is Zach Williams... so I decided to get a cute tattoo on my left hip saying Z-Willy with a heart as the dot for the i. On a side note... my nickname is A-Willy since my future name is Austin Williams... gosh that sounds like such a boy name!
But oh well... what can ya do?!

Excuse the lines on my side... freaking pajamas!! 

I also wanted to get an even bigger tattoo (#7) for Zach. So I decided to put one underneath the one I already had on my ribs. It is a rose with a banner draped in the petals saying, "Dedicated to the One I Love". Under the rose I wanted the date that we first got together. It was 12-08-08! I loved this idea!! Also, that same day Zach decided to get one for me too. His was going on his inner right arm saying, "True Love" with my lips and the same date, 12-08-08! This was a fun day and it made us closer as a couple. I love him so much!!

                                        

Zach's tattoo for me :)

I am sure you are tired of hearing about tattoos by now... but I have a few more!!! After this one I wanted to get one on my wrists!! Zach and me both decided to get heart tattoos on our wrists to symbolize that we wear our hearts on our sleeves :)

Tattoo #8 !

My next tattoo I decided to get on my other wrist to sort of even out my arms. On St. Patrick's Day I decided to get a four leaf clover! 

Inner wrist tattoos! Love and Luck!

And here we are.. at tattoo #10!! This was the MOST painful freaking tattoo I have ever gotten!! I wanted one on my foot to represent another favorite bible verse of mine. It is Revelation 22:13 - "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." I decided to get this tattoo on my left foot. OUCHIES! See if you can understand my tattoo from the picture!

Tattoo #10 !!!

That is all of my tattoos!! I am currently in the process of fixing the huge one I have on my back because I wanted more added to it and I want it to be more detailed and even bigger! Pictures of that will come when it is done!!! Give me your feedback and tell me about your tattoos!! Any questions?? Just ask!!


These tattoos are reflections of my feelings and opinions about life!! For the purpose of the title of my blog, we will call them "razor sharp" tattoo opinions? Yes.... I like that idea! Until the next blog

                         remember...
      tattoos, tattoos and MORE tattoos! you can never have enough!!

xoxo austin