Today is 10/10/11 and I know more than a couple of folks who have a birthday today. So I thought that I would use that as my inspiration for today's blog. The temporary tattoo you see above was the beginning of Oaktopia Deign. Even though we had all discussed doing a web page to show off our creations it was Kevin who plucked up the courage to show off his designs first.
Kevin has been making these tattoos for some time, but they were mostly for friends, and for personal use. They glow in black light and it seems that every club in the area has some black light in the room. I know personally every time I wore my tattoos that he made for me, I got tons of complements and everyone wanted to know where to get one. But the best thing about these little buggers is that they are reusable. That's right you can wear them out, peel them off and store them for future use. I have had mine for over 3 years, and I even wore them at Burning Man. They came home quite dusty, but a little bit of soapy water cleaned them right up.
A couple of months ago Kev wore his first tattoo out to the art murmur in Downtown Oakland, and people were astonished at how long he had held on to his tattoo and how great it looked after several years, and many trips to Burning Man. The trick he said was to keep it clean, use spirit gum to place it and mineral spirits to remove it. They seemingly last forever if you follow his advice and take are of them. So it was only natural for these fun little guys to make it to the site first. They come with a bottle of spirit gum and sell for $26.00 which is more than fair for an item that you can wear over and over again. After 3 years of use mine still look as good as the day he gave them to me. So go check them out at our ETSY store at
www.etsy.com/shops/Oaktopia Design If the link doesn't work, then copy and paste the site in your browser and that will get you there. Have a great Monday and I'll see you next week.
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