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My family and I just spent 2 bliss filled weeks on the coast of California. We go every year. It's our family vacation spot. We have a big green bus we stay in most of the time - cheap motels part of the time. We always have a wonderful time together - away from phones and work and distractions outside of our little family unit. We would probably enjoy this time together no matter where we chose to spend it. But we all do really love the ocean.
And every year we are re-energized and ready to come back home. Home to our pets and our beds and our work and our lives with friends and school...For me and Greg it is work. We are blessed to have jobs we love.
But this year is different. This year it is very hard to leave the sounds and smells of the ocean.
Why? That is an open question for me still. Maybe this too shall pass or maybe we'll be headed back sooner rather than later. But maybe there has been a fundamental change in our perspective this time. Maybe our work lives are changing. We have for a very long time defined ourselves by our work and our work ethic. It is easy to be a workaholic when you get to tattoo for a living.
But maybe we are learning that we can love what we do for a living without it consuming us?

The stars have it!

I know I've said it before...but I really do love tattooing feet! Bring 'em on!
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Some little tattoos I've done recently

This was a fun little graphic hibiscus.

That little black Kanji.

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Grant Road Improvement Project

KVOA news story. Maggie Maye's made the news this week. Of course lots of what I said was left out in editing. A more complete story would have included that I am looking forward to the new Grant Road with all the transit improvements it brings with it. And of course, selfishly, I am also looking forward to increased property values on Grant Rd. Yes, the widening of Grant Rd. is going to be NO FUN while it's happening. But we'll get through it with the right planning and we'll all be better off in the end.

Eyeliner Special for the New Year

Through January 15....Eyeliner is 250.00!! That includes tops and bottoms. This is a great way to ring in the New Year.
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2005 Maggie Maye's Commercial

Love this old commercial featuring Greg as Santa! lol
Hector played Santa the day that the public was invited to come and see him. They came with their little ones just to have pictures made. It was lots of fun. I took digital pictures and gave them out on disk. Still have them on my external.

Cookie Knows how to Chill

Do you think Cookie reads Little Buddha?

40 Ways to Let Go and Feel Less Pain

40 Ways to Let Go and Feel Less Pain

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Tattooed Feet

Yesterday I did this little elephant on Melanie's foot. Thanks for the skin, Melanie!

Maggie Maye's Tucson Tattoo Store Front

I've finished painting the store front of Maggie Maye's. The shop has always had a desert themed mural with the sun, mountains and cactus but I thought it needed to be jazzed up a bit. The mountains and cactus are popped out and plastered over for a bit of a 3-D effect. I actually enjoy doing this sort of thing and will be jumping into painting the east strip of our complex soon and starting a larger moon mural.

I've been busy working on the new mural for the front of Maggie Maye's. Of course I've had help. George is plastering in the mountains. They need one more coat and in the meantime I will finish painting the sun. Last but not least the "Maggie Maye's" lettering will go on top of the sun. I love the new and more dynamic mural. It's a nice way to celebrate the next 10 years at Maggie Mayes Tucson Tattoo Studio.

Fixing up old Tattoos at Maggie Mayes

Just some fix up work I was privileged to do. The first picture is the orchid before the fix up.

Big Day at Maggie Mayes Tattoo

I spent today scraping and patching the front exterior at Maggie Mayes. It hasn't been repainted in 10 years and it sure is time! I love doing this sort of thing and love it even more that I am prepping the wall at Maggie Mayes Tattoo. I'll try to remember to take before and after pictures of the progress. We are going to reconstruct the mountains, sun and cactus mural but with a lot more color and punch. The next 10 years are going to be even better!

Meanings of the Symbols in the Tattoo for Religious Tolerance

The symbols of fourteen religions are shown. Counterclockwise from the North Pole, they are Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Wicca, Zoroastrianism, and Druidism.

Religious Tolerance

I had a wonderful time today tattooing this piece on Gilbert. It symbolizes religious tolerance. I learned that although Gilbert is Catholic he "wanted to be covered".

Maggie Maye's Tattoo Grand ReOpening

Maggie Maye's has a new website.
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We have officially reopened the store front of Maggie Maye's Tucson Tattoo. Of course Greg and I have been busily tattooing in the back private studios all along, but now we have opened the store front again. It is and exciting time for us! We love the seclusion of the private courtyard studios and we aren't giving those up. But now I get to have that front room interaction with the public that I have sorely missed the last few months.
We are being joined by Jeff Scrivner and Mark Fowler. Both are experienced, mature tattoo artists.
Watch Cox Cable to see our new commercial (coming soon) commemorating our 10 Years in Tucson.
We will also celebrate our Grand ReOpening - 10 Year Anniversary with weekly giveaways that will include 50 Dollar Gift Cards and Maggie Maye's T-Shirts. Come share in the fun.

Black Widow Tattoo

Don't smash it! This was a fun tattoo. We are over run in our yard at home with these creepy crawlies.
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New Tattoos I've Done

These tattoos were done recently and I had so much fun doing them. I think I've said it before - but I love tattooing feet. I hadn't done a bracelet in a long time and this one was challenging with all the s curves. Kept me holding my breath and smiling :-)

Thanks for the Article

Recently, Charles Spillar wrote an article about the Tucson Artist Colony for the online Tucson Citizen. Charlie writes a weekly art blog called Artistic Tucson. It was a wonderful surprise to find that others view our little piece of Tucson as we do.
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