Tatted Thursday (13): literary inspired tattoos

Tatted Thursday is a bi-monthly feature hosted here at Word Spelunking that features literary inspired tattoos .You can easily  participate by grabbing the picture above (or making your own) and posting your tattoo finds.

Sooo, it's been awhile since I've done one of these posts (bad blogger!), but I do love them so and I'm going to try and do more of them. And I thought I'd start off by featuring some tats inspired by some of my fave books and poems...

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Robert Frost's 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

This one's kind of hard to see in this pic, but the woods are really lovely and the quote is perfect!

Marcus Pfister's

The Rainbow Fish

So cute and colorful!

Stephen Chbosky's

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This is one of my favorite quotes and I love how they incorporated the cassette tape (mix tapes!) and everything

Maurice Sendak's

Where the Wild Things Are

This is just so simple and stunning

Kurt Vonnegut's

Breakfast of Champions

Too cool!

J.K. Rowling's

Harry Potter series

This one is awesome because the magic words "I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good" appear under a black light only. How wicked is that?!

Whaddya think of these literary tats?!

I've been dying to get more tattoos inspired by my fave books and quotes!

What kind of book inspired tat would you get?

Tatted Thursday (12): Children's Book Inspired Tats

Tatted Thursday... is a weekly meme hosted here at Word Spelunking that features literary inspired tattoos .You can easily  participate by grabbing the picture above (or making your own) and posting your tattoo finds.

This week's tats are inspired by Children's Books:

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Stuart Little by E.B. White 

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 

Whaddya think of these tats?!

Leave your thoughts or links in the comments :)

Tatted Thursday (11): Fairy Tale Tattoos

Tatted Thursday is a weekly meme hosted here at Word Spelunking that features literary inspired tattoos .You can easily  participate by grabbing the picture above (or making your own) and posting your tattoo finds.

This week I'm looking at fairy tale inspired tats. Now, I know that many fairy tales  have been changed over the years, especially those that have been Disney-ized, but they all started as written stories...

How all fairy tales begin...

Beauty and the Beast

The rose, iconic of the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast, can also be found in the earliest versions of this fairy tale.

Cinderella

There are many versions of Cinderella, but in all the versions, the fairy tale heroine always loses her slipper or shoe.

Little Red Riding Hood

No matter what version of this story you read, the red cape makes an appearance.

Sleeping Beauty

You can't have Sleeping Beauty without her fairy godmothers in some form

Rapunzel

Rapunzel's long hair is important no matter what version you read.

(this is actually painted on a doll and not a real tattoo, but I love it so much I had to show it)

And how all fairy tales (should) end...

Whaddya think of these fairy tale inspired tats?!

Tatted Thursday (10)

Tatted Thursday... is a weekly meme hosted here at Word Spelunking that features literary inspired tattoos .You can easily  participate by grabbing the picture above (or making your own) and posting your tattoo finds.

Here are this week's literary inspired  tats...

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path

Song (Howl) by Allen Ginsberg

The Crocodile's Toothache (Where the Sidewalk Ends)

by Shel Silverstein

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Whaddya think of these literary tattoos?!

Tatted Thursday (8): Old School Books

Tatted Thursday is a weekly meme hosted here at Word Spelunking that features literary inspired tattoos .You can easily  participate by grabbing the picture above (or making your own) and posting your tattoo finds.

This week's tattoo finds are inspired by some older, but beloved books

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The Great Gatsby

Atlas Shrugged

Fahrenheit 451

The Waves

Harriet the Spy

WHADDYA THINK OF THESE TATS?!

Tatted Thursday (7)

Tatted Thursday is a weekly meme hosted here at Word Spelunking that features literary inspired tattoos .You can easily  participate by grabbing the picture above (or making your own) and posting your tattoo finds.

Here are five literary inspired tattoos I found this week...

Ramona Quimby

The Neverending Story

Lord of the Rings

The Lorax

Harry Potter

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE LITERARY TATS?!

Lit Ink: Literary Inspired Tattoos

Happy Friday Cupcakes! It's been a looong week and I wanted to start the weekend off by talking about something fun- Literary Inspired Tattoos!!!

I love books and I love tattoos...so it would make perfect sense that I LOVE tattoos inspired by books and literature. In fact, I love both SO much that I have two literary inspired tats of my own...

Harry Potter Inspired Tattoo

This tattoo is on my inner left forearm and proudly displays my love for all things Harry Potter.  As you can see there are several symbols representing the world of Harry Potter - wand, lighting bolt, snitch, ink & quill- and of course, the infamous "Mischief Managed". To me, mischief managed represents the idea that a little bit of mischief and fun is a daily necessity and accomplishment!

General Fairytale Inspired Tattoo

This tattoo is on my inner right forearm and isn't inspired by one specific book or story, but instead is inspired by all things fantastical and fairytale-ish.  I suppose it kind of symbolizes my imagination and reminds me to never quit believing in magic, fairytales, and make believe.

Here are some pretty awesome literary inspired tattoos I found on the interwebs...

Alice in Wonderland

Lord of the Rings

Where The Wild Things Are

Shel Silverstein Inspired Tattoos

Twilight Saga 

Chronicles of Narnia

More Harry Potter

Now, I wanna see YOUR literary/book inspired tattoos or your favorite book tattoos!

If you have a tattoo inspired by a book/story/character/writer or have come across any awesome book tattoos and want me to share them in future Lit Ink posts just send me an email with the subject "Lit Ink": wordspelunker@gmail.com

What do you think about literary tattoos?!

Leave your thoughts in the comments

**UPDATE**

Hey, Cupcakes! I just wanna say thanks for the comments and interest in this post! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who loves literary tattoos. It seems as though some of you may have gotten design degrees with all of the artistry shown in these tattoos. Since this seems to be a pretty intriguing topic I'm going to try and do a weekly Lit Ink post, every Friday, with pics of literary/book tattoos and maybe weekly themes (book quote tats, classic book tats, YA book tats, etc) AND if enough people are interested perhaps other bloggers will do Lit Ink meme posts of their own! So check back next Friday (really Thursday night) for the first "official" weekly Lit Ink meme post...I'll try to come up with a great theme this week.

***Second Update***

This weekly meme is now called TATTED THURSDAY and will be featured on Thursdays. Click HERE to learn more.