Bring on JAPAN!!

How cute are the puppies? I left the shop for a minute and so they are sitting at the window, watching to see when I was coming back! It's a shame we can't really bring them into the shop these days, we are just too busy now and too many people coming in and out and they just love everyone too much (aka jump all over everyone walking through the door).

Well as the title suggests we are getting pretty damn excited for our Japan trip! Count down is 4 weeks and 4 days (but who is counting):P.

So we are in oraganisation mode that's for sure. Lot's to organise and lot of work to get through before we go. Anyone wanting to get tattooed by Matt will have to wait till next year now, he is overbooked as it is. But hopefully in the new year he will be taking on some new work (that list is starting to grow rapidly now too), so be quick if your keen on getting something started in the new year.

I took some photo's of the shop the other day. The big room has changed a lot since we have Simone and Jamie in there now. So thought it was appropriate to have a photo update. Loving the new look, the shop is really looking lived in these days.

So we have some exciting news, we will be featured in a story that is going into the Advertiser in the next 4 weeks or so. They are doing a story on tattooing and wanted to interview Matt, I think the basic gist is about how tattoo's are so mainstream now and how popular the industry is these days. Sorry I am so bad, can't remember what the actual magazine is- but apparently it will be going in Saturdays paper at some point- so keep watch! Hopefully we don't sound like tools, like the last time we put ourselves in the paper:P

We are also currently updating Matt's portfolio and so we should have new work up on the facebook and myspace really soon. We are having a photo day soon to take a bunch of shots of stuff that has recently been finished. Matt has just had so much large ongoing stuff that it has been a while since he has had new stuff to show. We are just coming up to when a few of his really large pieces are going to be finished, so stay tuned for that one too.

Any who, that's it for this installment, riveting I know. Cheerio!