My new Tattly tattoos

My Tattly tattoos arrived today!

...and they're as delightful as I had hoped!

First, the envelope they came in was adorned with super cute stamps:

I love those little personal details.

Here's my collection:

So far, I'm wearing three of them. Including this scribbly!

Sitting here with the pile of Tattlys, the question became: "How can I store them so that it's easy to find a specific tattoo when I want it?"

My solution... A Tattly Moleskine!

I took an old Moleskine calendar and taped the tattlys onto the pages, comme ca:

(check out the small scribble Tattly on my hand!)

Tattly: The best temporary tattoos ever!

I just (JUST) found out about Tattly!
Designy Temporary tattoos.
Check it: 

My only question right now is around if they will be identifiable on my dark skin, or if they'll just look like weird discolourations.

...only one way to find out!!
(AND they're having a sale right now to commemorate their 1st yr in business!!)

The best 'Call Me Maybe' cover

1:00am
I'm lying in bed
reading an article on my iPad
from Mashable
about covers of the song Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

My favourite (by far) is by Ben Howard:

Summer Playlist - Track 2: Half Moon Run

I'm obsessed with Half Moon Run!

Basically their whole album is on my summer playlist, but if I have to choose two tracks, they are:
1. Full Circle
I love this acoustic version - check out the ukelele!



2. She Wants to Know
My fav song of the album

Garden of your mind

"You can grow ideas in the garden of your mind. It's good to be curious about many things. You can think about things and make-believe. All you have to do is think, and they'll grow." -  Mister Rogers


I love this video.

Summer Playlist

I'm starting to build my playlist for this summer.

The first group on the list is The Cinema.
(I discovered them through the Risk! podcast)

My top two songs are:
Picasso:


Kill It:



There are a bunch of other groups on rotation in my earbuds right now, but they don't represent the sound of summer, as much as The Cinema does.

How to choose a font for a tattoo

I'm in love with literary tattoos.

(I recommend Contrariwise as a great place for literary tattoo eye candy and inspiration!)

I'd say there are two different ways to go approach choosing a font/typeface for your tattoo:

1. If you don't know your quote/words yet, or if you know you want an ampersand, for example, but aren't sure what you want it to look like:

• A good place to start in this scenario would be to investigate the six or so different type categories, and then choose maybe one or two of them that appeal to you.

2. If you have already chosen your words, then perhaps it already lends itself to a certain category already. Or, if not a specific category, then maybe a certain feel (informal vs formal, business-y vs casual, serif vs sans-serif.)

Here's an example:

I've been drawn to the word 'Selah' lately.
It's a term used in the Bible, mostly in Psalms, and from what I understand, the meaning is around taking a moment to pause and reflect on what's just been said.
It's used after statements like:

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us.   Selah

and

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.   Selah

So in this case, I would picture the word 'Selah' to be used in a script. But fairly formal, as in calligraphy, and not an informal handwriting.

Next, I'd consider the size of the tattoo. A large size can allow for more detail in the font, whereas as smaller one would need less detail.

I like the site dafont.com for font exploration.
Here are some options I'd consider for a small Selah tattoo:

#1:

Font: Chopin Script

#2:

Font: Mutlu Ornamental

 This one is too detailed for a small version.

But I couldn't resist including it anyway.

#3:

Font: Selfish

 Interestingly, the more I look at this, the more

I realize it's probably too detailed for a small tattoo as well.

(i.e.the lines in the S requires you to be able to see the 

differences in the thickness of the stroke.)

#4:

Font: Some Weatz

 ps- I love capital S's!!

#5:

Font: Wedding Nightmares

Unless something jumps out at you right away, I'd say it'd be good to have a least 10 options to choose from.
Then maybe stare at them for a while to decide which one you want permanently inked on your body.

If I was choosing one of the above, I think it'd be between #1 & #4.
I also love #2 for something bigger.