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Hiya,
I hope everyone’s February’s were as warm and cozy as possible.
We’ve had two big snow storms in Toronto this last month, so I’ve been doing a lot of ‘watching the pretty snow fall from inside my lovely warm apartment’, buuut I did drag myself outside a couple of times. There’s been some iceskating, a visit to the AGO to see the hip-hop exhibit, and going to see the Winter Station’s, an art installation exhibition that happens every year in Toronto on the beach. I love that the Toronto has free art events, even in the winter.
Something kind of big did happen in February and I finally got my Canadian passport!!! Getting my citizenship has been a huge goal of mine for sooo long, and it’s kind of surreal that It’s finally done. I’m also super stoked that my first trip with this passport will be to see one of my best friends down in Houston (he’s from the UK too, but we’ve somehow both ended up on this continent). We’re going to see Post Malone at the Houston Rodeo in March and I CANNOT wait.
My other big news of the months is that I bought a TV. Lol, exciting right 😂. Buuut the thing is, I haven’t owned a TV since leaving the UK 8.5 years ago, so it’s a big change. A couple weeks ago I finally got fed up of watching everything on my ipad, and because it’s February in Toronto there’s been a lot of watching, so I spontaneously bought a TV.
TBH I’m not 100% sure how I feel about it, but Malone is OBSESSED. We’ve mostly been watching bird videos on Youtube. And she loves to try to kill the buffering circle. Good job she’s gentle or the TV would already be dead. Imagine having to explain that one to Best Buy.
Tattoo Time
It’s been a fantastic month of tattooing 🥰. I’ve had so many super fun projects to do, and I’ve been lucky enough to have a bunch of my clients travel to me this month. I think the furthest was Jay, who came all the way from Texas 🤯. And travelling to Toronto in February is no easy feat, so I’m super grateful.
BTW my books will next open on 3rd-4th May is you want to pop it into your calendar.
Now let’s take a look at this month’s projects!…
Daria
Daria has the most amazing tattoo collection, and she asked me to add to it!! Seriously some of my favourite artists are on her arm 🫣. We added the rosemary, lavender and wheat bundle as a tribute to her three aunts, a peony for herself, a pepper for her lovely little cat Pepper, and a snowdrop 🥰🌿. To see them all check out my IG post.
On her arm she has work by:
@veenom_bleunoir
@paingardens
@suflanda
@erikavendett
@lmariera
@baroquebabetattoos
Lindsay
Lindsay came in to add this special piece to her collection, dedicated to her two cats, Peach and Poppy 🥹. This tattoo is the latest addition to a garden of blackwork florals we’ve been building together since 2023. It’s always so much fun hanging out with her.
Katherine
Katherine travelled from Rochester, NY, to get this peony and acanthus piece, and I absolutely love how it turned out! We designed this piece in advance, and it fitted her arm exactly as I envisioned it!
