FUN WITH NEEDLES: How To Give Yours

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FUN WITH NEEDLES: How To Give Yourself A Tattoo (Forreal)

'Cause sometimes you want to adorn yourself, prison style.
HANNAH MARCH 12, 2013
TAGS: DIY, TATTOOS, TUTORIAL, DO IT YOURSELF, STICK AND POKE
[If you miss Hannah, you can read more of her stuff over at our sister site xoVain. --Jane]

I've been planning to get a tattoo done professionally for a while. It will be my grandmother's name in my grandfather's handwriting, copied from one of his WWII letters to her, inked in the crook of my left elbow. Nice, right? But I keep putting it off due to not having the money or the time, and so the plan just sits in the back of my mind, bugging me.

A few weeks ago, I'd been thinking about how badly I wanted a tattoo, though, and I got to thinking about stick-and-pokes. You know -- old school, punk rock, DIY tattoos that involve a sewing needle, some ink and thoroughly washed hands. I knew that, obviously, I couldn't give myself the tattoo above because I knew I'd screw it up, but why not something simpler?556817_10151293574103856_1083222058_n.jpg

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