Contest Updates!

Congratulations to our reader Amy, who won the Brooklyn Tattoo contest!

Amy gets this cool tee from Brooklyn Tattoo:

You can check out all the shop merchandise here

.And, remember, we are giving away copies of Phil Padwe's Mommy Has a Tattoo and Tattoo Coloring Book #2.

You have until Thursday to enter by leaving a comment on the original post here, or on the Tattoosday Facebook page (here), or by e-mailing tattoosdaycontests@gmail.com.

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Mommy Has a Tattoo! Happy Mother's Day Giveaway!!!

What better way to celebrate Mother's Day here on Tattoosday than by talking about a great book for kids who have tattooed moms?

Check out: Mommy Has A Tattoo by Phil Padwe!

I had the pleasure of meeting Phil last year and have been long overdue in talking about this great book for kids.

It's a simple story that helps kids get understand that people with tattoos are not "scary" and that even moms have ink. For 21st century toddlers, this book is a sweet tale of acceptance and understanding that can help address the differences (and similarities) between people.

You can read more about the book and author on the Mommy has a Tattoo website here.

And although it may be too late to get this as a mother's day gift this year, the book makes a great baby shower present for your tattooed moms-to-be!

Phil was kind enough to donate a couple of copies of Mommy Has a Tattoo for Tattoosday readers, and a couple of copies of his Tattoo Coloring Book #2, as well.

You know the drill! Comment below, or on the Tattoosday Facebook page, or send an email to TattoosdayContests@gmail.com, if you want to be entered to win a copy of one of these cool books. Enter by Thursday, May 16, to win!

You can also visit the Mommy Has a Tattoo Facebook page here.

Thanks to Phil Padwe for creating such great books, and for helping moms and dads everywhere make tattoo acceptance and understanding a little bit easier for kids.

Happy Mother's Day, all!

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I'm Just a Bill, Yes, I'm Only a Bill

Last summer my small birthday gathering was punctuated by an unexpected gift from friends, Ronni and Wayne, and their kids Emma and Eric: a gift certificate for Brooklyn Tattoo, on Smith near Atlantic in downtown Brooklyn.

I was no stranger to the shop, in theory, having passed it many times and featured work by several artists (reviewable here).

Getting new work done is a cerebral process - I tend to think about it on different levels, and I pieced together a concept of a piece and then matched it up to Adam Suerte, based on what I knew of his style. The fact that I had a gift certificate made it easier, but it was this abbreviated exchange of messages that clinched it:

Me: Are you familiar with the "I'm Just a Bill" character from Schoolhouse Rock?

Adam: Oh yes, I am a product of Schoolhouse Rock and Saturday morning cartoons in general! ... Absolutely, i'd be honored to [do that].

That's all I needed to know that Adam was my guy so we met once to discuss layout and earlier today, the eponymous "Bill" was tattooed on my outer left ankle:

Photo by Adam Suerte

This is a raw, fresh shot from Adam's phone, and I must commend him for his excellent work, especially in light of my overactive nerves that sent my foot a-twitching throughout the process. I was a bit embarrassed because I've prided myself on sitting well, but when you don't have control over some reflexes, it can be stressful. However, Adam handled it well and did a great job. I'm extremely pleased.

Lest you not know what "Bill" is all about, he premiered in 1975 as part of the "America Rock" series is Schoolhouse Rock. Please, enjoy:



To celebrate my new tattoo, Adam has donated a t-shirt for Tattoosday readers:

It's a men's large, and if you post a comment below, or on the Tattoosday Facebook Page, or e-mail your name and address to tattoosdaycontests@gmail.com, you can win this awesome shirt.

The shop is also having a Brooklyn Bridge 130th anniversary group show in a couple weeks, which includes the $30 Brooklyn bridge tattoo specials. More on that when we get closer to the event.

In the mean time, be sure to enter to win the t-shirt by leaving comments.

Thanks to Adam for doing such a great job with the design, and to my friends Ronni, Wayne, Emma and Eric for helping make it all happen!

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Congrats to Our freestyleXtreme.com Winners!

As promised, we drew two winners from those of you who entered the giveaway we were running with freestyleXtreme.com!

Congrats to Linda B. and Gina!

Linda chose this shirt:

and Gina chose this one:

Thanks to the good people at freestyleXtreme.com for partnering with us in this promotion!

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Tattoosday Giveaway! Win a Free T-Shirt from freestyleXtreme.com

Occasionally we like to partner with vendors and have a little fun, giving our readers a chance to win some cool prizes.

This week you have a chance to win a t-shirt of your choice, from among thousands of different quality styles and designs.

I recently got a couple of great shirts from freestyleXtreme.com that are way cool. They have a lot of different designs, including Sullen Clothing, Metal Mulisha, Miami Ink, Hart & Huntington, and loads more.

For example, I got this sick Sullen "Caleb Badge" shirt:

as well as this sweet tee from Metal Mulisha:

They also sell a lot of other great accessories, like this cool New Era cap by Sullen:

So, here's how to win a t-shirt from freestyleXtreme:

1) Head over to their website and browse through their seemingly endless supply of apparel.
2) Find the t-shirt you want - you can search by brand name or design styles pretty easily
3) Leave a comment on this post, on the Tattoosday Facebook wall, or e-mail TattoosdayContests@gmail.com, saying which t-shirt design you want (no caps, sorry).
4) On Friday morning, we will select two random winners and they will get a free shirt.

This is easy folks! It doesn't cost you anything but your time, and you can get a really cool t-shirt out of the deal.

Good luck and have fun browsing!

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My Anatomical Heart Dog Tag from Eddystone Designs!

Just got my Anatomical Heart Dog Tag in the mail from Eddystone Designs and thought I'd share:

They even personally engraved it for me!

We here at Tattoosday and the good folks at Eddsytone wanted to thank everyone again for entering the giveaway we ran last week.

As a token of thanks to Tattoosday readers, Eddystone is offering a discount for anyone buying their products (including these cool color-laser-engraved titanium pendants and dog tags).

If you enter "Tat00Sday" in the cart stage of the checkout you will receive a 20% off discount for all purchases.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

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Eddystone Design Winners Announced!

Thanks to everyone for their participation in the Eddystone Designs contest!

We plugged everyone's names into Randomized.com and the winners are:

Winners will be contacted so we can arrange for the prizes to be shipped.

Thanks again!

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Remember: Enter to Win the Eddystone Designs Contest!

As if you needed an extra incentive to enter to win one of the cool pieces of colorful laser-engraved pendants from Eddystone Designs, check this out - the prizes are personalized with Tattoosday's name:

Remember, all you need to do to enter is post a comment on this or the original post (here).

Or "like" the status on Tattoosday's Facebook page and get an extra entry by liking the Eddystone Designs page.

Thanks for everyone's interest and participation!

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Tattoosday Giveaway! Eddystone Designs' Tattoo-Engraved Charms!

Occasionally, we here at Tattoosday like to partner up with folks and give away goodies, just to keep things interesting.

We've been working with the good folks over at Eddystone Designs and we've come up with a contest to promote their new products that have a tattoo-like theme, using these really cool laser-engraved colors on titanium jewelry.

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, these are some groovy gift ideas, whether it be their anatomical heart dog tags

 Or their heart pendants:

As they say over on their blog, they "don't think of [their] laser printed titanium tats as a replacement to traditional ink, but rather an accessory to supplement your body art."

They continue:

"We love the art of tattoos but also realize that Valentine's Day inspired tattoos can result in regret.

As a result we've designed two two 'ink' inspired designs, Real Love, Anatomical Heart and Winged Love, that we tattoo with lasers on titanium heart charms. This allows you to show your real love with an anatomical heart bursting through your rib cage or a whimsical heart spreading its wings to take flight, without the having to worry about the impending laser removal or coverup if the relationship doesn't work out."

To help promote these cool new products, we're partnering with Eddystone to give away four (!) of their products:

1) Their Real Love, Anatomical Heart Dog Tag:

 2) Their Real Love, Anatomical Heart, Circular Charm:

3) Their Real Love, Anatomical Heart, Heart Charm:

and 4) Their Winged Love, Heart Charm:

So, how do you win?

Either comment below, allowing time for the comment to be approved and published OR
comment on the Tattoosday Facebook page.

Plus, you can increase your chances of winning by "liking" Eddystone Designs on their Facebook Page.

You can also enter via email by sending your name to TattoosdayContests@gmail.com.

The deadline to enter is Thursday, February 7 at 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time. We'll determine the four winners on Friday, so we can send the prizes out the week of February 11th.

In the mean time, if you want to get these as gifts, you can visit the Eddsytone online shop here and even add personal engraving.

Good Luck to all and thanks to Eddystone Designs for working with us on this promotion!

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Congratulations to our Pantera Giveaway Winners!

One small administrative matter: we never formally announced the contest winners for our Pantera giveaway.

These Tattoosday readers

1. Ryan Loomis
2. William Carter
3. Terry Payne
4. Sandy Tran

were our lucky winners, each receiving copies of Pantera's 20th anniversary CD/DVD of Vulgar Display of Power.

Congrats to all!

Tattoosday Giveaway! Ed Hardy - Tattoo the World

[This Contest is Now Closed]

We here at Tattoosday have in our hot little hands, a brand-spanking new DVD copy of Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World.

It's yours for the taking. All you need to do to win is leave a comment on this post, or on the post on the Tattoosday Facebook page, sometime this week and a winner will be selected from among those entries.



The winner will be announced Saturday along with my review of the movie.

More information about the film, including additional clips, can be found on its website here.

Negative comments will disqualify entries. You are certainly entitled to your opinions, but we want to keep things positive, folks!

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