Hello there my lovelies! Most of you probably hadn't noticed, but I haven't posted anything on here in a long time *slaps hand*. Uni Work and general life was on top of me and I naughtily let this blog take a back seat. But I now have much more time on my hands so will hopefully be back open for business here on Little Grey Fox!
A slightly different post than usual today, as I have had my tattoo for a year and a month! (should have made this post on the year date, would have made much sense but oh well.) The time has flown by and I can't believe that it has been on my body for over a year already. The top image was taken a week after having it done, and the second photo taken today.
So, time for a little back story I guess. My Dad's birthday and mine are 5 days apart and last year we both hit significant numbers, I turned 18 and he turned 50, so we decided to mark the occasion with something we had both wanted and thought about for a long time; getting a tattoo. It was a first for both of us, and I'm so glad that we got to share the experience with each other. My Dad has loved The Lord of the Ring's his whole life, and since a very young age I too have loved the stories, so we thought both getting something inspired by the books would be something we both liked, as well as having a link between the two of us.
'Not all those who wander are lost' is an excerpt of a poem from J.R.R Tolkien's book The Fellowship of the Ring. To me, it means that even though I have no strong plans or goals for the future, it doesn't mean that I will amount to nothing and be a failure. I was originally going to get the whole passage down my ribs, but later decided that it would be far too expensive and far too painful for myself who is a pain-and-needle-phobe! The font is a Tolkien inspired one that I had done a lot of research into, and it came out better than I could have imagined. The session took just over an hour and while it did hurt, I found it bare able, which is saying something as it hurts if someone even pokes me (yes I know I'm a wuss!) The artist was so lovely and very gentle with me as he could tell how scared I was about getting it done, and he, my Dad and I chatted the whole time,which made the whole process much more relaxing. There was no after pain, bleeding our peeling, and my skins recovery time was ridiculously fast.
Over a year on I am still so in love with it, and will be visiting the same tattoo shop soon in order to get a quote for my second tattoo, which will be another line from the same poem that this one is from, I can't wait!
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