You Are My Jackson

A couple of weeks ago I finally got a beautiful new addition to my leg tattoo collection!
Some way somehow it'd been almost eight years prior to this appointment since I'd been tattooed, so I was excited, nervous, and more excited to get it underway.

Since he was born I've wanted a tattoo for Jackson. Not all of my tattoos have meaning, and I'm very much an advocate for getting what you fancy simply because it looks good, but there's been a desire to have a Jackson-specific piece for many years.
For as long as I can remember I’ve sang ‘You Are My Jackson’ to him, a song that is – obviously – ‘You Are My Sunshine’with a few words changed for him. I have voice notes on my phone of him singing it with me as far back as 2020, it’s our song, and I'm sure I’ll still be embarrassingly singing it to him when he’s 30. 

Fresh - Healed

I chose to go to Chloe Farrell at Empire Tattoos and Piercings in Blackpool (she has since moved to her own beautiful little studio in St Anne's - Inky Greens), having been a fan of her work and following her Instagram for years, and she made the process so comfortable and welcoming that all nerves dissipated crazy quick!

Prior to the appointment I’d sent Chloe a very terrible rough sketch to illustrate how I’d like the tattoo to look; the words ‘you are my Jackson’ inside two Love Hearts sweets surrounded by a starry, bubbly, cloudy backing. Colour-wise I asked for red and orange, as instructed by Jackson himself when I asked him which two colours he likes the best.

The tattoo took less than two hours and, three weeks on, has healed impeccably. The experience has fully reignited my love of getting tattooed and I’m booked back in for another piece in November…there is something of a danger in having frivolous money of my own to spend and nobody to answer to!

If you’re in the market for a new tattoo I implore you to consider Chloe! You can check out her work on Instagram at: chlofazztattoos

K x