a true california day

hi peaches! hope everyone had a great weekend <3 as always ours went by way to fast but what can you do. i got a lot of things done on thursday and was very happy with myself too :) i will be updating my shop with a small hand full of cute day of the dead pins & hair clips that i made a while back with kelly-anne, i'm really happy with them.

in other news friday was an awesome day! the weather here has been SUPER nice and the indian summer has been lingering longer then expected to my happiness. my tattoo appointment was later in the day so we look our time and got to the appointment early to enjoy a nice cup of joe. sam, my tattoo artist wasn't ready so we walked around our old stomping grounds.

the most AWESOME surf shop EVER!!!

days like this in the city make tom and i want to move back. the sunset district is one of my favorite areas in sf, it feels distant from the city, a bit more quiet but still has the city vibe. you forget that days like this in the sunset though are far and few. 99% of the time the sunset is foggy but that has its advantages too...

succulents grow like weeds here! they LOVE the sunset and rightfully so. we headed out to the beach to watch the waves, it was beautiful! we headed back and got down to inking. sam is really the best tattooist EVER. something about her makes getting inked so painless, really. they have never really hurt and i have know a few people who have been tattooed by her and say the same thing. it isn't extremely fun to be poked by a needle but somehow she makes it feel like a walk in the park. i think she is a wizard or something...

so i didn't get the poppies, just the quail and i couldn't be more in love with him!!!  i absolutley just LOVE LOVE him! he is perfectly plump!!! i just need to figure out a proper name for him. i am trying to think of a "california name" if that is a such thing but i also want it to go with harvey, my jay.

 oh and he got touched up too! since my little fatty quail was so heavy textured i wanted to balance both my arms out so we added a bit of black to his head. i think i might add a bit more to even him out but i like the result so far!

since the poppies were too big and i didn't want to reduce the size, i need to design a smaller flower to fill in the blank spots. i also want to add a mushroom some where. i have a native california flower in mind and will for sure be calling sam to get another tattoo in about 6 months...so far that has been the trend, every six months... and i like it that way :) well, time to start planning for the next bit!!

xo,
cb

going solo

yay, its wednesday! which means it is my friday :D

i couldn't wait to wear my new dress so i wore it sunday to work & an appt. after. i paired it with red, grey & yellow accessories. such a fun summery dress just wish the weather would corporate more. but i can definitely where this with some colored tights!

after work i road out to the sunset district to my tattoo artist to go over my idea and get her opinion on placement as i wasn't sure where i wanted it was gonna work. i had the pleasure of riding through golden gate park, i love this ride. here are some things i spotted along the way....

a fleet of segways. yes, sf offers segway tours of golden gate park..we are fancy like that!

BISON!!! yes we have bison in our park

me & the bison

i was so excited to show sam, my tattoo artist, my drawing and she loved it! she is a HUGE bird lover and she just adores quails so she can't wait to get my all inked up and i can't either. i had to change my appt. to oct. 21st as my co-worker is going out of town for a week i made my appt. while she was gonna be gone. bummer but it is just 2 weeks from my original appt. so no biggie, it will make it all the sweeter :) it was so nice seeing her and she gave me a fresh loaf of bread when i left, which was soo awesome of her!

the view on my way home of the civic center. such a great ride home :D

xo,
cb

a beautiful day for a tattoo filled with love

hi :) hope everyone had a great weekend! it was fantastic to say the least! the weather was amazing and of course i got my tattoo! saturday morning we hopped on gilbert and rode to the farmers market and then made our way out to tattoo tuesday in the outer sunset of san francisco. we drove the bug and we decided to take the scenic route through golden gate park...while we were driving we both really really missed living in the city...the one thing we truly regret is going to the park e.v.e.r.y. weekend. we would lay out our mexican blanket by the garfield statue (the american president not the cat..hehehe) and just hang out and people watch or throw the baseball around...truly one of the best things about san francisco is golden gate park...so i wanted to show you some of the pictures i snapped while we purred through golden gate park in gladys...(if you have ever rode in an old vw bug purring is  the perfect adjective to describe the sound they make!)

in the window of the tattoo shop they have a seal dressed in a sweater which has become the mascot of the neighborhood...it is just so cute! i never like bringing my camera while tattooing...just something i have never really liked so here are some shots the next day of my tattoo after the dressing came off and was cleaned. we ended up using my original art...sam played with the images as we thought we would combine two of the designs but the first and more simpler one looked best with the rest of my designs.

i am very very happy with them. they are so happy and they are something that represents the mister to me without being so literal..he is born in november and his birth flower is a daisy so this is my rendition of a daisy! we added some more of my flowers on my left shoulder as i really liked how my dogwood is hugging the daisy. too see more of my tattoos here is my last post on my other tattoos

now my mind is turning on what and where to get the next one! oh i can't wait!!!

xo,
cb

tattoo tuesday!

just wanted to let you all know i am featured on danielles blog sometimes sweet for her tattoo tuesday post! yayayayayay i am so excited and doing a little wiggle in my chair as i type this!!! i had soo much fun writing and glad to share it with everyone!

xoxoxo,
cb

so fresh...

saturday was excellent! rode our bikes out to the outer sunset for my 12 noon tattoo appt. with sam @ tattoo tuesday. i am always so happy to walk through those doors and give sam a huge hug. she is the sweetest person and i love talking up a storm with her while she works away at my skin :D she is excellent to work with and she always has great ideas. i went in to the shop with the intent to just add more of the flowers i already had on my shoulder up my neck but came out with much more and i couldn't be MORE happy!

 i brought in a pattern that i have been working on and really liked a pair of flowers i have been staring at for the past month. typically before i get a tattoo the mister draws it on me so that i know before hand that i am ready to get it on me permanently but this time around it wasn't successful and i was stumped on how to change it... i showed her the flowers and she got down to work. went to the printer and made larger versions of the flowers and made temporary tattoos to stick on my body...she did her thing and one glance in the mirror i fell in love! she touched up the tattoo on my arm and 2 1/2 hours later i was finished...we said our good byes and told her i would be back very soon...christmas present maybe?? we had a great ride through the park and went to the fly bar to eat a shroom pizza and a couple beers...snooped around the local thrift store and then rode home...a great saturday in my eyes...hope you had a fabulous saturday and a rest of your sunday!

xo,
cb