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2011 Already!!!!!
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HOLY COW!!! 2010 went by so fast!!! It was an awesome year but I know 2011 is gonna be 10000000 times better!!!! I hope to add to my blog a lot more this year!! I am so excited about recently being published in Savage magazine and an upcoming artist of the month feature this february!!! Not a lot of time to write today but i hope to be back soon!!!! keep checking the website for new artwork and a few tottally awesome announcements!!! Come see me!!
GET A GRIP!! LOL!!
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JUST NEEDED TO GET THIS OFF MY MIND!!! THEN I PROMISE I WILL GET OFF MY SOAP BOX!! LOL!!! THIS IS FOR ALL THE SELFISH PEOPLE WHO COME IN MY SHOP WITH AN ATTITUDE SAYING " YOU ARE NEVER HERE!!" AND "I'M SURPRISED YOU ARE STILL BUSINESS, EVERYTIME I COME BY YOUR CLOSED" !!!!!!
GET A GRIP PEOPLE AND READ THE THE SIGN ON THE FRONT DOOR!!!! WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION I AM CLOSED FROM 2 - 6. I HAVE CHILDREN AND THIS IS THE ONLY, I REPEAT THE ONLY TIME I GET WITH THEM!!! I WORK FROM 11 - 2 THEN 6 - 8 OR LATER !!!! SATURDAYS I AM THERE FROM 11 - 8!!!
SO, TO ALL OF YOU WHO THINK I AM NEVER THERE , YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO READ AND COME BY THE SHOP WHEN I'M OPEN!!!! THE PHONES ARE ALWAYS FOREWARDED TO ME SO MAKE A PHONE CALL OR SOMETHING. I AM NOT GOING TO ABANDON THE WAY I DO THINGS FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN WHEN I'M HOME I AM WORKING!!!! I HAVE TO BE A MOM ONCE IN A WHILE OR MY KIDS WILL END UP BEING, SELFISH JERKS WHO DON'T READ POSTED SIGNS, JUST LIKE YOU. LMAO!!!!
IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY HOURS OF OPERATION PLEASE DO ME A FAVOR AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!! OTHER WISE COME BACK AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET YOU AN APPOINTMENT!!!
LOL!!! OK I'M DONE!!!!! I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!!!
JO SWIGART
2010 WOW!!!
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WOW!!!!!! I really can't believe its already the year 2010!! We are suppose to be driving flying cars and wearing funky jumpsuits in metallic colors. These 3 years of having the shop open have flown by at warp speed!! I am really excited about the new year and cannot wait to see what's to come. I have quite a few awesome projects in the works and i can't wait to share them with the world. This year I am going to concentrate on getting some of my work in print for the world to see. I have been published a few times but it's really exciting and uplifting to see your work in one of your favorite magazines. Life is amazing in my world. All the new people and opportunities that come before me will be met with open arms!! My shop will continue to treat people as they deserve to be treated with respect and honesty. I can't wait to see what the year brings me to create!!! Hopefully I get the chance to work on a few paintings as well as getting a jewelry line launched. Well, as usual , I have a lot to do and limited time so work is calling.
I Can't wait to meet you or to see you once again!!!!!!!
JO Swigart
Confidence
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I just want to say a few words about why i haven't hired any more artists at my shop. I really don't think i am ready to be a boss to anyone!!! I have found in my tattooing venture that a lot of the people I meet are awesome artists but for some reason they are not very personable. I have sent clients who are in a hurry for artwork to a few people who I know are great artists only to have the client return willing to book an appointment 2 months down the road because they were not treated very well. I guess i need a little schooling on the attitudes of tattoo artists. Maybe I am just doing something wrong. Is there something in this industry that i'm missing? like maybe the a silent code of arrogance that you must go by to be a good artist. I dunno but I haven't met a tattoo artist that i could get along with long enough to work with them let alone be their boss. I enjoy watching arrogance turn in to ignorance while artists try to make their clients feel inferior. I know I've never enjoyed some jerk trying to make me feel stupid. I run a one person shop for this reason and i probably will always choose to work in a place without the ignorance of arrogance and GAWD complexes.
Quote of the Century
" There is a thin line dividing Confidence and Arrogance. Once the line is crossed your ignorance starts showing." jo swigart
I will always try to keep myself in check so that i don't cross the line. My friends and clients deserve more than an ARROGANT ASS placing marks on their lives that will last forever.
Thanks to all of my really awesome friends and clients for all you have done for me and my shop!!!!
Jo Swigart
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