We are all walking Sticker Albums!

Unicorn & Hello Kitty! 

Aaaah!!! For my 8th birthday I received the BEST GIFT EVA!!!

My very own sticker album :))))

Receiving a brand spanking new sticker album is a Big Deal! Bc now you have to FILL the pages with Your super duper, totally awesome, out of this world, one of a kind, COOL STICKERS!!!!

Lots of pressure...but all FUN bc now you get to fill the book up with everything YOU like!

Everywhere else in the world as a kid was designed & controlled by adults.

My sticker album was MY DOMAIN!

I was the gatekeeper to my super duper, totally awesome, out of this world, one of a kind Sticker Album!

I said what went where & I was the ONLY one who had control over it's pages!

I was very organized & precise in my lay out. There was a science to the sticker showcase: Start off with the scratch & sniff stickers, food stickers, alphabet stickers, then came the flower stickers, girl stickers, animal stickers, googlie eyes stickers, next was the glittery stickers, star stickers, puffy stickers, UNICORN stickers, & finally the Finale was my Liquid Stickers!

My Liquid Stickers with Giz in them, were my Show Pieces! Bc we never could figure out How the Giz got in there so thats why They were the Finale!

Their backing was NEVER TO BE TAKEN OFF. The Liquid Stickers would be in the sticker album on the page under the cellophane. I would cut around the sticker sheet to make sure there was always a backing between the goo of the album & the sticker goo! Bc everyone knows that taking the backing off lessens the gooines off the sticker! & I couldn't have that happen to my prize Liquid Stickers!!!

Very much Unlike the sacrificial stickers that I would take off the backing & stick them directly on my sticker album page under the cellophane & not care if their goo dried up!

These were the stickers that I traded bc they were boring & looked too realistic. My aunts always bought them for me bc I'm sure a realistic cat is interesting to adults but when you are a kid you want a Ginormous larger than life cartoon kitty cat with glasses on!

Besides, they didn't even smell...

My sticker album became like my portable room to show my friends ALL of the stuff I was into! I kept my sticker album in Pristine shape! Bc it was all that would go with me to friends' sleepovers.

We would stay up all night talking about our stickers. Where we got them. Who gave them to us. How much they cost, the artist, & sometimes we would trade stickers!

I no longer carry my Sticker Album :(

But...

I have something better...

My Tattoos!

People's tattoos nowadays are like how we were with our STICKERS!!!

We display them. We tell the story of how we got our tattoos. Who gave them to us, how much they cost, how long it took, the artist that gave em to us...

And most tattoos LOOK like Stickers!!!

We are all walking Sticker Albums!

HOW FUN IS THAT!!!!

The same way we wanted to bring our "portable bedroom" aka our Sticker Album to show our friends what we were into; is the same thing that we do with our Tattoos! Our tattoos are an expression of US :)

You are the gatekeeper to your super duper, totally awesome, out of this world, one of a kind Body!

Your body is your DOMAIN!
You are the ultimate designer!
YOU GET TO PICK & CHOOSE WHAT GOES ON IT :)
Lots of pressure...but all FUN bc now you get to fill the "sleeves" of your book with everything YOU like!

Today, think of your tattoos. How you got them? What's the story? Do you have any spiritually based tattoos? Is there a meaning behind why you chose your tattoo? Do you have a showcase tattoo that you LOVE? & Do you have a tattoo that is like a "sacrificial sticker" that you wish you could trade to a friend?

If you dont have one, would you ever get one? & if you did, what would it look like?

Pick a fun tattoo that you would never get but would enjoy designing!

Mine would be a neck tattoo bc I think they are so elegant yet rugged but I am a total puss & am too scared to have needles in my neck!!!!

A girl can dream :)
& I don't care if it is the word WIMP tattooed in block letters, a neck tattoo no matter what the word or image always makes the person look Bad Ass TOUGH! Lol.

So today, imagine yourself with the most FUN Tattoo ever! & if you personally aren't into tattoos, then think of a really cool sticker you like :)


Xo