It's actually a cover up of another tattoo the client had.

It's been a busy day so far, and I've got a few more appointments on my book to go for the evening.

Jim of Jim's Stuff started his own version of the "Pic a Day in May" challenge. So I thought I'd go ahead and give it a shot. It's not like I can really think of anything to blog about these days anyway. So we'll go with my life in pictures. There's that whole "a picture is worth a thousand words" thing anyway, so that just means I need to write less.

Other bloggers that I know of who are playing along:
Jim of Jim's Stuff
Sean of Idle Eyes and a Dormy
Kelly of Rambling along in life...
Sean of Just a Jeep Guy
BuddyBear of One Step at a Time

But on my feet.

And with tattoo pigment.

That I managed to get on the floor of my room while tattooing. And step in. Then track around all over the place.

There will be much cleaning of bio-hazardous materials tonight...

Jim of Jim's Stuff started his own version of the "Pic a Day in May" challenge. So I thought I'd go ahead and give it a shot. It's not like I can really think of anything to blog about these days anyway. So we'll go with my life in pictures. There's that whole "a picture is worth a thousand words" thing anyway, so that just means I need to write less.

Other bloggers that I know of who are playing along:
Jim of Jim's Stuff
Sean of Idle Eyes and a Dormy
Kelly of Rambling along in life...
Sean of Just a Jeep Guy
BuddyBear of One Step at a Time

Yesterday's challenge: "Accept and share out loud a mistake you have committed."

There have been many. How to choose just one?

My most recent mistake I hesitate to share, actually. But it happened last week and it's still fresh on my mind. It's a lesson for me to learn from.

And it involved a tattoo.

A client was getting the word "Princess" tattooed on her back, in pink ink.

Somehow, something happened to the stencil during the process, and the "c" received a line across it that unfortunately made it look like an "e". An unfortunate something I didn't notice.

And that's what I tattooed.

I realized what happened as soon as I did it. At which point I stopped and explained to the client what happened, and what I could do in an attempt to correct it. And that I wouldn't charge her for the tattoo either.

She was surprisingly awesome about the whole thing. I really don't know how I would have reacted had it been me.

I know I felt like crap for my mistake though. A mistake that could potentially be permanent.

So I abraded the area with a salt water mixture to help draw out the ink in the area, which also helped to create a little extra scabbing that could be picked at as it healed to also pull out any excess ink.

The client came in yesterday and we pulled off what scab was there, and the majority of the line was gone. We will repeat the process again next week to pull out what little is left.

I still feel horrible about it.

Ugh.

If you can't see the above embedded video, here's the YouTube link.

Hat tip to Marisa Kakoulas.