Tattoo Tea Party Manchester

Way back in March, I took my family to the Manchester Tattoo Tea Party. As an avid convention goer I really wanted my parents to attend and more importantly we had arranged a surprise for my Dad's 60th birthday.

After months of planning the day had come and my Dad was set to have a tattoo done by the talented Adam Caudill of Northern Soul Tattoo in Liverpool, Knotty Ash. At Christmas we enjoyed the odd bottle of Sailor Jerry Rum and it was there we came across a "stars and stripes" inspired pin up poster.

Dad had talked for years about another tattoo and this seemed like the perfect opportunity!!!!! Here is a picture taken on instagram on the Sunday.

As I was there for the whole weekend I had planned a cheeky thigh tattoo..........

This was done by Sharron Caudill also from Northern Soul Tattoo. My brother also got a tattoo but unfortunately, I'm without a photo so this will be in my next blog!!!
I couldn't help but add my friend and also ink addict Jamie.....Here he is getting his knuckles done by Adam!!! More pictures to follow in my next blog :)

To finish off this long awaited blog, I just want to say a massive "thank you" to everyone who reads this. Somewhat stunned to see I have had over 2500 hits since I started this - awesome!!!!!!

Bye for now
Lady Ink x

Rockalily London - one stop shop for lipstick lovers!!

For anyone reading my blog title you are probably wondering what I'm on about??.....Tattoo conventions tend to be my main source of material but as you will see I'm sharing my other love - make up.  However, do not despair with 4 new tattoos planned in and numerous conventions, I will be keeping you all updated with plenty of photo's!!!
Any of my female readers (obviously not limiting this to the men who like to experiment!),  I have to share my love for the best lipstick I have owned and wear daily. I don't like giving away trade secrets but as I'm known as LadyInk and often teased by friends for the reason they are heavily inked, (apparently I like to encourage people to get tattooed!!!???) I just have to stop so many of you struggling to find that perfect lipstick shade.

Having always loved wearing red lipstick I have often purchased from MAC or Chanel and it was several months ago I came across ReeReeRockette and her fabulous company " Rockalily London". ReeRee offers a fantastic range of vibrant reds and I was immediately hooked. Better still don't waste anymore time and go see for yourself and visit http://www.rockalily.com/

Having worn Hot Rod Red on and off for months I was well and truly bowled over when ReeRee launched Mae Hem. Below is a photo of me wearing my fav new colour and sporting my bandanna from Rockalily London.

So what are you waiting for? Check out ReeReeRockette and her fantastic blog, wonderful lipstick shades and I'm loving the fashion updates from the high street for anyone who is a Rockabilly fan and looking for fab new purchases, look no further!!!

Bye for now
LadyInk x

Total Tattoo Janurary 2012

Well, I'm utterly ashamed, I haven't worked on my blog since October.... I can honestly say Christmas came early, and has so taken over my life with work dictating so much of my time.

So here it is, my first blog, in well over a month and I plan on posting one a week from now till Christmas, ooh what a treat!!
Firstly, I had some amazing news, that my friend and tattooist extraordinaire Sharron Caudill of Northern Soul Tattoo was interviewed following the Leamington Convention, check out the link below, she's being all famous and shit.

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150435230259357&set=a.442960539356.246269.81435434356&type=1&theater

....and then to top it off I got to see this today and it totally made me stoked!!!

My sleeve completed at the UK's 1st Female Tattoo Convention is in January's Total Tattoo......So pleased as this piece is awesome, if I do say so myself and more so, I'm ubér chuffed for Sharron!!!!!

Over the weekend my many Christmas presents I ordered online will be eagerly opened and I will be sharing some of my superb purchases with you. So, if you are a Rockabilly girl, an admirer of vintage fashion or just love a perfect red pout and looking for the ideal lipstick and jewellery to boot then I will be giving away top tips for my fav places!!!

Catch you in a few days for more festive fun!!!!

Bye for now

Lady Ink :D

The UK's 1st Female Tattoo Convention - Leamington Spa

Well I'm slowly recovering from an awesome weekend and an absolutely fantastic time with friends, family and new acquaintances. For those who did not make it to the convention, then shame on you! Make sure you save the date for 2012 as this is something not to be missed! Artists, great atmosphere, fabulous entertainment and a beautiful venue.

I'm slowly working through a tonne of photographs which I would like to share with you and hopefully for anyone reading this who made it, leave your feedback it would be great to hear your thoughts on this ground breaking convention.

Having been one of the lucky ones to be tattooed on the day, I have a sneaky photo of my finished sleeve and will be updating more this week when I can keep my eyes open, (seriously, sleep deprived!).

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to the uber talented Sharron Caudill of Northern Soul Tattoo for a rocking sleeve and making Ladyink extremely happy!! And for everyone else who experienced the buzz of being inked at a convention, I hopefully will have some snap shots that will be placed on the blog...watch this space :)

Check out the link at the top of my blog for the convention and many of the artists I admire and I will be posting another blog very soon!!!

Bye for now
Ladyink :)

The UK's 1st Female Tattoo Convention

Firstly, apologises for a long overdue entry....shame on me, for the poor show.

Only 2 weeks till the Leamington Convention and plans are underway for an awesome weekend!
With the completion of my sleeve from Sharron Caudill at Northern Soul Tattoo, I'm counting down the days and looking forward to the competition.......me and Sharron are hoping for a win!

Check out of the website http://www.femaletattooshow.co.uk/ and facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Uks-1st-Annual-Female-Tattoo-Artist-Show/212251892134100

I will be writing a review on the convention with plenty of photograph's of friends, (they've been warned!!) and hopefully some great tattoos for you to enjoy.

Hope you can make it and for those who don't I will hopefully give you enough snip it's to keep you updated.

Toodles

LadyInk
xx

Thank you!!!!

Just a huge shout out to everyone who has been reading the blog, smashed my target I had set by end of August and with 1,017 views, which means I'm in the throws of writing my next blog :)))

With 2 weeks off work I will be devoting time to finally get my studio reviews of Sacred Art in Chorlton and Northern Soul Tattoo, which will give you insight to my good friends and the amazing work created in the studios...watch this space!!

For now I'm en-route to Manchester after another week in London and looking forward to Bank Holiday weekend and drunken debauchery!!

What are your plans this weekend???

Bye for now peeps,

Ladyink ;))

Tattoo Jam 2011..Floral sleeve update!!!

Having woke with convention blues today and back to work Tuesday, the only way I will get through today is to review Tattoo Jam and show you my, 'William Morris' inspired sleeve!!!!

Lazy start to Saturday, as we really didn't feel the weather...Yuk! Once we had checked into the hotel it was a quick taxi ride to the race course due to the torrential rain, again UK weather really is shite!!!! Once in, slightly disappointed with the lack of atmosphere, surely some music on in the background would of created a better environment as it lacked the umph I have found at other conventions?!?!

However, once into the main area where artists were at work the distinct noise of the tattoo guns made it worth while. Straight away artists such as Jeff Gogue and Nikko Hurtado had crowds building and who could blame them, just gutted that I never got close enough to admire the amazing work!!!!

Got our floor plans and off we headed to find Northern Soul Tattoo. Sharron and Adam hard at work and creating what I know best, "shit hot tattoos". Once I have Adam's photo's for the work done at TJ then I will be adding these to the blog, in the meantime check out the website, Northern Soul Tattoo at the top of the page.
We bumped into the lovely Zoe and Wayne of Fyrefly Gems and Zoe was proudly showing her new tattoo...a fabulous creation from Sharron Caudhill, a beautiful owl :))

Here's the first stage, more colour to be added so watch this space for updated photo's!!!!

The rest of Saturday was spent mooching around, several trips to the bar and reacquainting with friends! Awesome people at the convention, and it certainly proved to be a chilled event with everyone sharing stories and ink....to all those I spoke to, thank you!!

Judging at the convention was hilarious thanks to the talented and very funny Paul Sweeney. Described in the show guide as razor sharp, and he did not disappoint! Great to see Sion Smith of Skin Deep, gutted I didn't get chance to catch up with him and thank him for the fab write up of my psychedelic peacock tattoo following the South Pier convention in April.

So moving onto the Sunday, a queue quickly formed and people waited patiently for the doors to open...me, not so patient knowing I was getting inked!! Sharron soon took to shading my arm and straight away I saw the Floral masterpiece take on another dimension. 3.5hrs and stage 3 was complete, allowing Sharron and Adam to hit the bar for a well deserved pint or 9!??  So the picture below is how it looked following the Liverpool convention, then....

A cheeky little stint in the studio to complete this flower on the inner arm....

and finally, stage 3...

My next convention is the much awaited UK's 1st Female Tattoo Artist show in Leamington Spa, so for those of you unaware of this event, check out the facebook page!!! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?cropsuccess&id=583319383#!/pages/Uks-1st-Annual-Female-Tattoo-Artist-Show/212251892134100
Before leaving TJ I couldn't resist a trip to the stalls to make a couple of purchases in particular, Tattooaftercare, for those looking for some good treatment then check this out!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002311977090

I'm currently sorting out my photo's from the weekend so I will no doubt update this blog with my shutterfly album!

Hope you enjoy the post and back soon!
OOoohh before I forget, got some seriously awesome comments about my red/ black mendhi shoulder and couldn't resist another blatant advert for my friend Sandy Green at Sacred Art Chorlton!

Currently having more work on this piece so I will get some new photo's up as soon as I get the rest of the work done!
Ladyink :)