Sunny Saturday

The rain has stopped! The sun came out! Hooray. I spent the day thrifting with the lovely Annette. She very sweetly took lots of pictures of me eating, trying things on and generally being an idiot, but I promise that, although there is no photographic evidence, she was there too! And playing chauffeur, driving us both around Christchurch to the best thrift stores. I found some great things, which I'm sure will make appearances soon, and had a wonderful day - topped off by lunch at New Brighton Pier. There's nothing better than a day spent thrifting with a friend. And I had a hilarious exchange with a woman in Tasman Traders, prompted by the fact that I was wearing shorts with tights.

Her: "You should go to Australia."
Me: "?"
Her: "They all dress like that there. It's the latest fashion. You'd fit right in."
Me: "Oh - thanks."
Her: "Yes, I just got back from there and they were all dressed like that. It was awful. I couldn't believe it."


Wearing sunglasses indoors is really only cool when the Blues Brothers do it, but it was really bright by the window!

Pumpkin and maple syrup soup. Delicious combination!


Op-shopping in Tasman Traders! I found a gorgeous vintage beaded cardigan here, and Annette found some great dresses.

I'm off out for a lovely Thai meal with friends - have a wonderful Saturday, everyone, and don't forget to enter the giveaway if you haven't already!

Temporary Tattoo - Best Choice Before Getting Ink Tattoo

Temporary tattoo designs offer a great way to test out a tattoo design before getting permanently inked. When you have finally decided to get a tattoo, often the hardest part is deciding on what kind of design to get.

Temporary Tattoo Designs

There are so many different kinds of Temporary Tattoo Designs that you can have put on all parts of your body, that it can take months or even years to narrow it down. It is too bad that there isn't a way to "try on" a tattoo, and see how it looks on you.

Dragon and Phoenix Temporary Tattoo

But, there is! You can get temporary tattoo designs put on your body and see what your friends and family think before you ever walk into a tattoo parlor to have the real one done. Temporary tattoo designs are a step above of the rub-on tattoos that you might get at a novelty store. These are full-sized, life-like temporary ones that look just like the real thing.

Rose Temporary Tattoo

In fact, most people will think that the Temporary Tattoo Designs is real and that is part of why they are such a good idea. It gives you a real opportunity to gauge the reaction of people before you have ink injected under your skin.

Butterfly Temporary Tattoo

When you are thinking of getting a tattoo, temporary tattoo designs are perhaps the best way to try on a tattoo and see how it looks and where you want it on your body.

Popular Japanese Kanji Tattoo

Kanji tattoo designs come from a Japanese script, originating within Chinese characters. Kanji tattoos in essence, are ideograms depicting abstract ideas such as spirit, belief, love, loyalty, trust or the conveyance of any individual significance. In the ongoing spirit of competition, some tattoo bearers and artists alike, envelope their characters with various pictures to round out the tattoo.

Whether looking to write a special name or to revere particular scenery, Kanji tattoos have one intention - to make a statement even if shrouded in mystery. The objective is to gain attention and ask questions, perhaps an icebreaker in conversation with strangers.

The script of Kanji has given rise to prominence to both Japanese and Chinese linguistics among admirers of tattoo art. However, those who engrave their bodies with the script, at times lack real reverence for such complex language and culture. It is worth understanding a thing or two about the script and the culture before inking your body with characters that mean something far different from what you intended.

Kanji tattoo designs rely on the characters being correctly oriented to convey specific meaning, and it is worth noting that Kanji is not a proper interpretation of script for writing foreign names. Translating an English name to Kanji may yield a translation, but the translation will be superficial, rather than accurate.

You should also keep in mind that in Japan, the culture is such that the typical Japanese do not share the same fondness for tattoos. Tattoos are usually associated with a shadowy group of characters known as the Yakuza, or Japanese mafia. If you ever visit Japan, you will notice that most bath houses forbid entrance by those showing tattoos. This is the polite, non-confrontational way of conveying that the Yakuza are not welcome on the premises.