In Miniature

I am fixated on anything in miniature. I love tiny, dainty, minute, subtle. I love perfume samples, sample size toilettries, mini deserts, like La Madeleine's mini tiramisu. I love small pouches, although useless other than for loose change, captivate me. I love very small animals, like mice. I love jewelry so dainty and tiny, it's only a glimmer caught in one's peripheral vision.













1. Studded gold stackers, handmade, $185
2. Sterling pebble ring with purple sapphire, handmade, $35
3. Curved silver ingot ring with navy sapphire, handmade, $38
4. Canary yellow rose-cut diamond ring, handmade, $325
5. Yellow diamond daisy ring, (not crazy about the other one), handmade, $90

This obcession with the minute led to my tattoo inspiration. I wanted an "intimate tattoo". Something that I would have to show someone, for us already to be near for it to be discernable. Something subtle, discreet and mistakable for a birthmark from afar. These were some inspirational ink photos:







All via google. So I got a tiny purple heart on my ribcage. It looks like a birthmark until upon closer inspection...



This was fresh, taken a couple hours after it was done.



It completes a trio of birthmarks...



And I'm absolutely crazy about it and the aesthetic.