Oh, blog reader. You are really going to love me. Well, if you love knowing about who the most amazing tattoo artists are in the Philadelphia area are, and getting an in-depth look at them, their art, and hearing it straight from the artist’s mouth, that is. Interested yet? Keep reading.

I’ve been bubbling over with excitement about a new feature that I am going to have here. I’ll be interviewing some of the most talented artists in Philly, showing you photos of them doing what they do best (tattooing, silly! what else would I be talking about?!), and showing off some of their work, too. I cannot wait to interview my first artist on Thursday night. I don’t want to spoil the fun and tell you who he is, yet, but his work is amazing. One of my first clients had some artwork from this guy. I loved it so much that I convinced my husband to use him for his first tattoo. (It didn’t actually take much convincing once we looked through his work.)

I’ll be in the Olde City on Thursday. (hint, hint)

Check back here for the goods in a few days!

Just one for now of the darling second son of the B Family. I have been on vacation until today and the B Family has been incredibly patient waiting for their sneak peek. I wanted to edit at least one for you guys to see when I got home tonight! More to come, soon. And, you, dear readers, will hear the story of how I met the B Family and of the very cool, earth friendly and good smelling product made by the company owned by Mama B. Full story at 11. Oh wait, it’s after 11. Let me just show you the cute baby instead.

I am so excited about this new product that I am going to start offering that I just had to show you!  It’s not like anything I’ve ever seen before.  This item is a thick, substantial piece of wood with a photo overlay in a very luxe gel type of material, with the photo printed inside of the gel.  I know, it didn’t make any sense to me when I heard about it either, so I had to order it and see.  It currently only comes in a 10″ x 20″ size, which was perfect for a storyboard I’d just made.

You can see, it comes ready to hang either direction.  No framing needed!

This one gives you an idea of just how glossy and pretty the surface is, but doesn’t really do it justice.

The sides are black.  You can see how thick the sides are.  It’s a gorgeous display piece, whether on a wall or on a stand.

They’re available right now for $170, for the 10″ x 20″ size.  It’s a steal at this price and may not last long!

I’ve known M for as long as I can remember.  And for as long as I can remember, she has loved horses.  When I was a kid, she would drive me to the barn in her orange sports car to babysit for her adorable daughter while she got her riding fix.

Today, she runs a farm with horses, an emu, chickens, pigs, two dogs and a very cute chinchilla.  She is an amazing, gentle soul.  She is incredibly kind and incredibly strong, she is beautiful, and is someone I admire and enjoy talking to.

I had the pleasure of watching her with the animals and photographing her with them.  You can see how much she loves these animals, and how beautiful they are.  She says that they are like her babies, and you can tell that they know it!

Last weekend, I had the honor of participating in my friend Mindy’s holiday party.  She has vendors whose work she enjoys there, and she asked me to come with some of my work and a slideshow.  It was a great time!  She had an incredibly delicious lunch set out, an awesome bluegrass band in her barn, and lots of great friends and family around.  She also has a 12 acre horse farm which houses five or six horses, two pigs, a chicken named Lemon and a rooster, a mini horse, and, my son’s favorite, the emu.  I was admittedly a little scared of the horses, but the emu was a okay in my book.  She tried to peck my lens a few times, THANK GOODNESS she missed, but I got a great shot of her.

Close enough to kiss!

Thanks for a great day, Mindy!