I don't think I'd ever get one since I've not yet, but if I ever did, it'd be either a griffin, or the chinese symbol for the Dao

OTW, I am sorry but the marriage is off, I cant stand needles!:D

I have more scars on me than a cadavor who has been autopsied! Only two that I let them do! GRIN!

Some of the Brothers at my chapter have the Coat of Arms on upper arms and thighs! Some have LXA on ankles and some of the Brothers around the sountry have them in teh webbing of the hand!:confused:

Sandy, loved the PIX's but it just started raining ande Hailing like Hell in KC KS! Hell having an Alum Gathering tonite! I will be there I anint going to melt!!!!!

If you look at our Coat Of Arms there are MANY COLORS there!

OOHHH Hurt!

I think I've decided!!!
 

I already have a butterfly tattoo on my mid-lower back, so I was thinking of something small that I could get somewhere else on me. I think I've decided on an ivy leaf. I would get it on my foot, half way between my ankle and pinky toe, sort of where the Dixie Chicks have their tattoos. This wouldn't be a problem while in professional dress, I don't think, because I'd never be wearing shoes that showed that part of my foot.

What do you all think?

BTW, my little sis and I will be getting the same tattoo and since my big sis already has an A-Phi tattoo, she won't be getting any other tattoos. I don't know if my little will get the ivy leaf in the same place, but probably not. My little and I will be getting our tattoos in July some time.

I am thinking about getting tattoo #2. Me and my bestfriend got matching tattoo's over a year ago and we have been talking about getting another one done together. I think it is going to be a 4 leaf clover.

Tatoos are sooooo addictive! I have a celtic spiral on my lower right back. Luckily it's fairly small and only black so it was FAST. I'm saving up to get the 2nd and third ones... probably a Polish falcon and a black and gold kite.

One of my sisters got a pansy with KAO letters on it... it was incredibly pretty but I think it's best to keep your letters non-permanently attached to your body. That way if you're doing something you shouldn't be doing in your letters (not like any of us ever do... *wink*) you don't have to worry about it.

Greekgrrl

I have small sun with crossing rays on the small of my back. It's done in royal blue, it's really cute.

i've been wanting to get a tattoo for some time now... but i want something meaningful, so it has taken me some time to decide on what. i love celtic history and symbols, two of my favorite are the claddagh, which symbolizes love, friendship and loyalty, and the trinity knot which symbolizes neverending love, so i want a tatoo with one of or both of these symbols on my lower back. i was thinking something like this necklace:
http://store1.yimg.com/I/irishop_1690_44372016
or just the knot (top) or the claddagh (bottom) - what do you think?

I say you get both, that would make for an awesome tattoo.

That is pretty cute. Both. :)

K...reading all of these posts is making me want a tatoo! (I've always kind of wanted one...). The problem is that I have a super super low pain threshold (i'm talking 2 year old child here). Is there a place on the body that is less painfull than others?
I've heard tats that are close to the spine kill. But then again, I've heard people who have gotten them across the spine and said it didn't hurt anymore than anywhere else.

Where is the least painfull place to get a tat? if there is such a thing....

Both of my tattoos are on my arms, but one barely reaches up to my shoulder and neither one really hurt much at all. It was just annoying because they are both colored and they took so long to do. It isn't that fact that colored tattoos are more painful, it's the fact of the filling in that can be painful, and I'm talking about an annoying pain. Not the "OMG, I"m going to pass out and die pain," I'm talking about the "would this hurry up, it's getting annoying, scraping pain."

I FINALLY GOT MY A-PHI TATTOO!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll just go ahead and post what I posted in the A-Phi forum.

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I just walked in the door from getting my second tattoo!!! Picture the new member badge. (It is an ivy leaf with the letter A on the left side of the leaf and the letter Phi on the right side of the leaf.) Go to http://www.creighton.edu/AlphaPhi/symbols.html and scroll about half way down. The badge is pictured on the right had side and is silver. Okay, that's what I got, although the ivy leaf is maroon and the A - Phi letters are not colored (they are my skin color). It is prettttttty!!!!!!! Oh yeah, I got it on my foot, about mid-way between my pinky toe and my ankle. It is at a 45 degree angleand is the size of about a quarter, maybe a little bit bigger. I will have to take a picture and post it.

I am super excited about it!!!!!!!!! I called my big on the way to the parlor and she was giving me ideas, but I know she wasn't taking me seriously. I called after it was over with and she was all excited and congratulated me. I LOVE MY BIG!!!!! She is the best big in the whole wide world. I would never, ever wish for another!!! :D

It wasn't really a "spur of the moment" type of deal, per se. Today at work, around 4pm-ish, I was in this hyper mood and called my biological sisiter and told her that when I got out of work I wanted to go and get a tattoo. Fast-forward to tonight. We were going to go out to a club with a whole bunch of people I work with, but we ended up staying home b/c we were all tired. At 1:30am, my sister busted out with, "So let's go and get your tattoo." I got the pictures, and we took off. The rest is history! :D

Ohhhh, I am so excited you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

Congrats SATX!! :)

That sounds awesome! I can't wait to see a picture!!!

Yay, SATX! Tattoos are addictive, aren't they?

I had such a blast with mine. I posted about it on the Kappa forum, but I'll post again here too. I got it over Labour Day weekend when I went down to visit KappaStarGirl. I walked into her basement and she said, "So, do you want to get your tattoo tonight or tomorrow?" I'd only been thinking about it; I hadn't really decided, so I said, "Tomorrow," just to give myself some time to think. So tomorrow rolled around and I decided that yes, I wanted to do it. We spent a while talking about which design I should get and we went after supper to do it. It didn't take very long and it didn't hurt at all. It's our pledge pin with our letters in sky & sea underneath. It's on (not above) my ankle, down near my foot, so shoes & socks cover it up. My parents are still a little curious as to why I wore jeans the last three weeks of break, but they don't know about it, nor will they until I am financially independent.

Valkyrie, did you go to Jade Dragon? That's where KappaStarGirl took me, and I thought it was great.

My parents have known about both my tattoos, before I went to get them. My piercings, on the other hand... they didn't find out about those till later. But then again, tattoos are permanent, and piercings you can take out.

I definitley would be squeamish about getting anything sorority related tattooed on me.

The week before Thanksgiving break, one of my roommates and I skipped chapter because we had been running errands and wouldn't make it to the house on time, so I spur-of-the-moment got a tattoo. It's a little pink rose on my hip. And now my parents can never see me in a bathing suit ever again! :D

I personally like tattoos if they're somewhere that you can hide them when you need to. Now getting letters tattoo on me, that's something I would never do. Not that I'm not proud of them, I would just want a little more symbolize in my tattoo. One of my brothers who transfered from another chapter: he, his big, and his big's other little got three stars tattooed on them (I think on their bicept but not real sure) to represent the three of them. That I think is cool and still represent the fraternity.

Not, exactly a fraternity thing, but I want etoiasia on my foot, it means readiness.

Thanks everyone!!

And KappaKittyCat, yes, they are addictive! I won't ever get any more. I was the girl who always said she would NEVER, EVER get a tattoo! Now I have two! You can read the first post of this thread to read about my first tattoo.

Kappa, do you just have one tattoo?

At the moment I have just the one, but I might get another the next time I go to Chicago. After seeing some of the sketchy places around here, I'm not going anywhere other than Jade Dragon. I think I know what I want-- a small set of eighth notes on the inside of my other ankle. But the other problem is that I'm currently quite poor. I think I'm going to get my nose done before I get another tattoo.

Yeah I was the same way. I thought I would never get a tattoo, but I also have 2. I really like them and don't regret it at all. I'm planning on getting another one...as soon as I get some money.

Ahhh! That's where I got mine, and I love them!!! I have two now but am already starting to want two more. Someone here posted (it might even be on this thread but I'm too lazy to go look) about having a tattoo on her second toe, sort of like a toe ring. I think that is an AWESOME idea. I also want to get one on my lower back, but I've never been able to think of what to get. My boy had the BEST idea last night -- a lotus flower...so as soon as I have some extra $$$, I might be making another trip out there. That is going to hurt, though...

Although it doesn't "hurt," it's true what they say, "No pain, no gain." :D ;) :p

Sometime in the future(not for a while though) I want to get a tattoo of either a:
-a lion (sorority mascot and my astro sign)
-violets (sorority flower)
-a dolphin (my fave ocean species)
-the chinese symbol meaning sisterhood (about 7 of my sisters have it)
I would prolly get it on the small of my back, or around that region.

ADPi~Ally, I really like that idea! I thought about the whole Chinese letter sisterhood deal, but that really didn't appeal to me, since I pretty much knew I wanted a tattoo on my foot. I really like it though!

As my artist says, "Short is the pain, long is the ornament".

lolz at all the people who get tatoos of dolphins and flowers.

you figure if someone was gonna fuck up their body with tats, it would at least be of something meaningful.

I agree that if you are going to get a tattoo it should be something meaningful. But just because a flower or dolphin isn't meaningful to you doesn't mean it isn't to them.

I don't get it...how is a dolphin meaningful?

Sure, they are "cute" and they can even talk in that Yahoo commercial...but really why would you do that...?

I must have missed that commercial...

Anyway, both my tattoos are of white's tree frogs. Those are meaningful to me. I thought about getting a pair of lips on my ass and the words "Plant lips here" next to it, but I figured its not worth the money.

Well if you read the girls post you would know why it was meaningful to her. The flower was her sorority's flower and obviously her sorority means somthing to her. She also said the Dolphins were her favourite ocean species. Again, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not important to someone else.

Yeah I guess you're right. I forgot to read the rest of her post! My bad....

Anyhow, the commercial is of this guy taking a trip to some island and he starts swimming and a dolphin pops up and asks him..."How did you find this place?" and the man goes..."Yahoo".

I love it :). After thinking about the commercial, I will prolly go out and get a dolphin tat too.

I haven't seen that commercial but I'm sure it's funny.

I've got one tattoo that i put a lot of thought into when i was desigining it, and it has a lot of meaning for me.I really don't see myself getting another one.

I think tatts on girls are sexy, as long as they aren't on their biceps or breasts(to me that screams white trash). Just my personal opinion.

I was also one of those people that i thought would never have one. My buddies in HS used to always talk about the tatts they were gonna get when they turned 18, and i could never picture putting anything on my body that was permanent. After my experiences in my fraternity i came to feel that i wanted everyone to know not only that i was a Sigma Nu, but i was proud as hell of Sigma Nu, A&M, and Texas.

Kitso
KS 361

after forever thinking about it and wanting to get one, i finally got my tattoo :) It's a Trinity knot (also know as a love knot) of celtic tradition. It symbolizes a person's spiritual growth, eternal life and never ending love. It's black, pretty small, very simple and it's on the small of my back right above my butt :)

here's what it look like for those who don't know what a trinity knot is:


http://www.mostlyirish.com/jewelry/images/s3733.JPEG

Ooooh, that's sooo cute! :) I love it!

Thank you Lady Pi Phi :)

satx- tattoos are super fun :)
kitso- i love a man with a tattoo ;) ;)

quote jay z: "f*ck, all ya'll hatas blow d*ick"...

:D
(i'm mildly drunk. very abrasive, apparantly. hehe)