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Tattoo Tour: 9-15

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Thistle

I had really good intentions with this series to do individual posts for each tattoo, but it turns out my blog time is limited, so I’m going to wrap up all of 2024’s tattoos in one! This doesn’t include the … Continue reading →

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2025 in Review

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Thistle

You know, when I started trying to blog again in January, I didn’t realize I would be going through an insanely pivotal year of many changes that would make it nearly impossible to keep up. Hm… Well, I guess here’s … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Tour: Witchy Cat (8)

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Thistle

When I first went tattoo-crazy in 2023, I followed a bunch of artists on Insta. One of them was Devony from Thieves of Virtue. Her artwork was incredible and I was so intimidated about reaching out to her originally. But … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Tour: Starry Night Batty Bat (7)

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Thistle

For my seventh tattoo, I booked with a woman named Kristin who does fine line ink at Twisted Tattoo in San Antonio. (Notably, this is also where Keith, who did my Dead Cute tattoo, has his studio.) I’d wanted to … Continue reading →

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Mediterranean Cruise 2023 + Tattoo Tour: Snake Arm (6)

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Thistle

This is another catch-up post. I’m going to try to do some of these as I spend two months in Europe! Since my partner is working during the day, I might as well split my time into different priorities – … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Tour: Dead Cute (5)

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Thistle

When I closed The Zen Leaf in 2023, I had four tattoos. There were the original two I got back in 2013/2014, the second of which was such a bad experience that it took me nine years to try again. … Continue reading →

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because some tattoos are just silly

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Thistle

I waited so long after my last horrific tattoo experience in 2014 to finally get the one I got last month. It was like a dam burst. All these ideas that I’d had swimming in the back of my mind … Continue reading →

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The Kitty Tattoo

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Thistle

Back in 2015, I decided that I wanted to get a tattoo across a particular part of my back – sort of between my shoulder blades but slightly lower, at a spot where I tend to hold a lot of … Continue reading →

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Over the last decade…

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Thistle

I wasn’t going to do this. I’ve had so many wrap-ups and round-ups over the last two weeks…but dammit it’s the end of a decade and my 2010 to 2019 was INSANITY at times, so I’ve just gotta. 2010 When … Continue reading →

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On My Skin, These Words I Write

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Thistle

Note: Originally posted on Boston Blooming. I got my first tattoo on 7/12/13. It’s an infinity sign on my wrist, modeled after the halo on the STRENGTH card in the Rider-Waite tarot deck. The tattoo was triply significant to me. First, I’d … Continue reading →

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