so far the summer season is off to a slower pace so get in now and beat the rush once school lets out.   I have openings weekly as of today, but that can change fast.  

well i hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season..only a few months left of this winter season to get your tattoos all healed up and ready to display for summer...get in now while im not booked weeks out

So about 10 years ago the shop was huge and i had multiple artists working for me and at that time everyone in the shop was charging $150/hour.   When the economy started to fail I decided then that to stay competitive I would drop the hourly rate to $120/hour.   Its now time to return the higher hourly rate so effective immediately my price will be $150/hour again.   I have been talking about doing this for several years and have been warning many of my good clients and most agree with the decision.

so i havent had much oppurtunity to write up anu new posts this year...the shop has been super busysince last december...i finally am hvaing my first slow down of the year, which is the usual back to school slow down...so if your looking to get some work in i have openings available here and there throughout the week...also i did want to mention again after dropping my hourly rate back to $120 hour about 10 years ago i am raising it to $150/hour starting immediatley

sofor quite some time there was a broken link in the contacts page of my site, i had fixed part of that link awhile back but it turned out there was still a broken link which has been founf and repaired now...i apologize for any emails sent out from the contact page that were never responded too...i do also get quite busy at times and it can take some time for me to get back to emails...if you have not heard frm me within a week you may need to just shoot me call or wait just a bit longer...i do usually get around to answering all my emails eventually

Thanks

Carl

So while it was my shop years ago that intorduced saturday walkins to the state of Minnesota and since switching to a smaller private studio, I pretty much work by appointment only these days.   I can however do the occaisional walkin but only if you happen to be in the shop when I have had a last minute cancellation.   Typicaly calling me to find out if I have walkins available will almost always get a response of No, Im not trying to be rude, its just the nature of the business. Looking at the CALENDAR on the website will give you an idea of my availablity though

so i will be working the tattoo convention april 22-24 at the grand casino hinkley...i have limited spots available and im booking fast...so if you would like to be a  rock star and get tattooed in front of a crowd stop at the shop and book some time with me there...otherwise come hang out and strut your stuff and enter your work in the contests whether its my work or someone elses

one of my biggest pet peeves with not only my shop but others, is not being open during posted hours...in years past this would have never occured at FYT2...but unfortunately when i made the decision to keep FYT to a smaller private studio with me being the only artist and no counter help, it makes it very hard to take care of things that need to be done during my normal hours...so i apologize for everyone that stops at that shop to find it closed during the posted hours of 9am-5pm...  in most cases they are things that cant wait until after hours, like supply shopping, medical/dental visit

So I will be tattooing Chelsea on Sunday in my booth at the  GRAND TATTOO YOU tattoo convention

https://www.facebook.com/events/993911207286435/

I will be attending my first solo tattoo convention this weekend at the Grand Casino Hinkly and while my schedule is pretty full already I may have time for a few small ones in between the big stuff   If you spending the weekend with the special someone dont forget to stop by the booth and get your free LifeStyles condoms while supplies last

See you soon

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