My first tattoo is a ........................................................... (Update)
@royal52gens (5488)
United States
May 11, 2009 8:00am CST
I am over 50 years of age. I waited a long time to get a tattoo. I did not want to make a rash decision and then regret it. Patience has paid off.
I saw a beautiful graphic of a butterfly recently on the Lot. I captured it, changed the colors and the size and then printed it. That became the pattern for my first tattoo. Saturday night that pattern became a tattoo that is a little bigger than a half-dollar.
Yes, I now have a royal blue butterfly tattoo. This was my gift to myself for Mother's Day. I am waiting for the pictures to be emailed to me. Then I will post the picture of it. For now, I am posting the graphic image after I changed the colors. I hope you like it.
Do you have any tattoo's? How many? What do they look like? How old were you when you got your first tattoo?
Update: I now have two more tattoos and my belly button is pierced. One tat is a vine of 7 ivy leaves with four butterflies. One tat is a butterfly talking to a dragon.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
12 May 09
WOOHOO! I love it!!
I have a blue butterfly on my shoulder. It's landing on a rose that has mt kids initials in the leaves. My first is the word tat on my ankle lol I was 23 when I got it I think. and an ex has the other half of it.
I want to get another one but haven't found what I want yet. I found a pic the other day that was inspiring and I saved it.I will TRY to post it here. 
I also like yours...I saved it too but would NEVER get a tat that anyone else has. It is a great inspiration to what I want though.
Where did yu have yours put? you didn't say...
I also like yours...I saved it too but would NEVER get a tat that anyone else has. It is a great inspiration to what I want though.
Where did yu have yours put? you didn't say...1 person likes this
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
12 May 09
Hey! We can be twin-zies since we both have blue butterflies. I have not added the rose to mine yet. I have not found a rose graphic I like.....yet. Someday, I will. You can take my butterfly and change the colors and size to get what you want. I will be honored to have you get a tattoo with a design similar to mine. That would be too cool.
Two of the boys that hang out with my daughter got matching tribal tattoos. It looks good on both of them.
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
12 May 09
I have a butterfly tattoo on my left upper arm, it's a monarch butterfly and it's of course purple! Well, purple and black to be exact! So am I now a "butterfly sister" too?
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
26 Jul 09
You have to get at least one butterfly so you can be a member of our butterfly club. Let me know when you get your tatt. I am enjoying the fact that a lot of us girls think alike.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
7 Oct 09
Wow, that is very pretty! Does it really have that glowing effect as a tattoo?
I don't have any tattoos. And the ones that I do get are the temporary kind. LOL What can I say, I don't want to have something so permanent on me. Plus, the pain of getting one scares the hell out of me! 
LOL
Happy mylotting!
LOL
Happy mylotting!1 person likes this
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
7 Oct 09
Yes, at first it did have that glowing effect. I need to go have the touch-ups done. I want to have the white and pink colors touched up a bit. I love that shirt you have on in your pic. I want it. Please send that shirt to me. It will show off my tat real nice. LOL (like that will ever happen) I bet you love that shirt. :)
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
8 Oct 09
It's not a shirt. It's a teddy! 
LOL
(If you really like it I'll be more than happy to PM you the link. 
)
LOL
(If you really like it I'll be more than happy to PM you the link. ) @PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
12 May 09
Congrats on your first tattoo! I have quite a few so I am going to warn you now they are very addicting! Not many people can stop at just one! I will post a photo of my most recent tattoo! My best friend and I have the exact same tattoo in the exact same spot too, as it symbolizes our friendship! I love her dearly! In the photo you can see both mine and her tattoo!
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
13 May 09
The two boys who hang out with my daughter got matching tribal tats. It is their friendship/blood brother connection with each other.
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@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
13 May 09
Thanks tammy! We will definitely have to fix not being friends! I really like my best friend and I's tattoo as well! I never went as far as to put her name or initials or anything in it ... that is bad luck!
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@dreamleaper17 (702)
• Philippines
11 May 09
hi there, royal52gens..
i am yet to get my first tattoo..
my 32nd birthday is on the 17th of this month and i want a tattoo as a birthday gift to myself. i'm still waiting for God's go signal. if He gives me the money for it - around $50 - and the time to go to the tattoo artist, then it means He is allowing me to get it. if not, then, i'd consider He's saying either NOT THIS YEAR or NO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A TATTOO EVER.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
12 May 09
If things do not work out for you to get your tattoo, there is a third conclusion you may not have considered. That would be that God is telling you "not yet". You might need to be patient. Your day will come.
I hope things do work out in your favor so you can have your tattoo for your birthday. What design or pattern are you planning on getting?
@dreamleaper17 (702)
• Philippines
29 May 09
hi there, again...
i haven't got my tattoo... yet. yeah, i guess you're right. perhaps it's NOT YET time for me.. maybe i would also have to wait until i'm 50. (if God allows me to live to that age)..
i have this 1-inch scar i got not quite long ago, it's at the center of my upper back and i'm thinking of a gothic style of a cross..
see you around!
(if God allows me to live to that age)..
i have this 1-inch scar i got not quite long ago, it's at the center of my upper back and i'm thinking of a gothic style of a cross..
see you around!1 person likes this
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
26 Jul 09
Be very careful about tattooing a scar. Scar tissue is not always a good thing to mess with. Tattoo's damage the skin in a way.
@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
13 May 09
Very cool.... I love it! Can't wait to see the pictures.
My first was a claddagh (spelled wrong but an Irish symbol) with the words Harm None, was a divorce gift from my sister when I was 26 - ish. And last year for my birthday my hubby got me a moon (him) with 3 butterflies (my girls) and 3 stars (my boys) and off the moon's tip is two tear drops for my two babies that aren't here any more.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
21 May 09
TLChimes, That is so cool that you have your family symbolized the way you do. Awesome.
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
15 May 09
Very pretty blue butterfly! I have 3 so far . My first was flowers and vine on my tummy when I was 40 years old . Second one was a whale tale by my ankle .
Third was a dragonfly with womans body at my middle lower back .
I still want to get a few small paw prints and would also like a seashell .
I took both of my kids to get their first tattoo when they turned 21 .
Don't be surprised if in a year or so you want another ...
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@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
13 May 09
Hi hun,
I'm glad that you got something that you liked. I have 3 tattos and I still want more. My very first tatto is of a small butterfly with purple and blue and pink and white in it and tribal sign on either sid eof it.My second tattoo is of a butterfly over a daisy in the middle of my back up towards the base of my neck. My third one is of a kitty with wings and paw prints coming from one side to the other. LOL!! I still want one of a kitty with gargoule wings and asleep on a cloud with a half eaten butterly in his paw and part in his mouth. I guess I have a thing of tieing in my tattos all together LOL!!
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
21 May 09
Your tattoos sound interesting. There does seem to be a theme there with wings. That must mean something special to you.
@mommamusic (882)
• United States
21 May 09
Beautiful i was 55 when i got my forst tat now i have 5 just turned 60 and plan on getting another one,not sure yet what i want.My last one is a evolution ta figure 8 style and i says live,love,and die.it really scares a lot of people of what it means.
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
21 May 09
Wow. That is nice to know I am not the only one who waited to get a tattoo. I am happy with the one for now. As I get older, we will see what happens.
@kennishababy (193)
• United States
31 Jul 09
I don't have any tattoos myself but my cousin and one of my good friends has a tatoo, they both got them when they were 16. my cousin has a tattoo on her arm. I t is three stars of different size. My friend has a heart on her foot.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
2 Aug 09
I have heard that tattoos on the foot hurt. I suppose that is because the skin is so thin there.
