Sweet 16!!

Today is Chrome Gardens 16th anniversary!!! We'd like to thank all our clients, friends and family who have made this journey with us... we couldn't have done any of this without you. Come in anytime for the rest of this month and say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to receive FREE grab-bag body jewelry!

Visionary Tattoo Arts Festival

Hey Peoples!! Jim and Mandy will be tattooing at the Visionary Tattoo Arts Festival this summer. It will be held at the ever famous convention center on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, NJ from Friday July 30th thru Sunday August 1st. Swing by and show us some love, or even get a tattoo! You can email Jim (jimzig13@yahoo.com) or Mandy (eatabigbadworm@aim.com) for booking information. Hope to see ya there!!!

Guest Artist: Fabio

Fabio, our friend from Italy, will be joining us here at Chrome Gardens for a week long Guest Spot starting April 20th.

Below are a few examples of Fabio's work, and you can find more on his MySpace Page.

Contact the studio or just stop in if you would like to set up and appointment and get a little taste of Italy for yourself!

Congratulations to Stacy and Jim for winning awards at last weekend's Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention during one of the area's worse snow storms in years!

As a couple of feet of snow piled up outside, Stacy took both 1st and 2nd place for Best Female XL Color for her beautiful work on the fabulous Dale and Jim got 2nd place for Most Unusual with Mandy's truly awesome Fetal Chicken Skull tattoo.

The blizzard didn't stop anyone from having a wonderful time. If the snow prevented you from attending this year, you can try to catch us at the Philadelphia show at the end of March.

More info on that convention to follow.

Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention

Jim and Mandy will have a Chrome Gardens booth at the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention Feb 5th-7th 2010. Jim has appointments open for the weekend still, so if you'd like to get tattooed at the convention just contact the studio and we will get you set up!

This convention is close enough to our general area that if you haven't had a chance to attend a Tattoo Convention, this would definitely be one to catch. Tattoo Contests, Suspension Acts and a Burlesque Show... what more could you need for a good time!

This is Chrome Gardens first time at the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention, so stop by and show us some love!!

Closed for the Holidays

Chrome Gardens will be Closed for the Holidays from Thurs Dec 24, 2009 until Tues Jan 5, 2010. We will be checking phone messages and emails over that time, if you need to contact us for any reason. Emails would be checked more frequently then phone messages.

All of us here at Chrome Gardens would like to wish our clients and friends a wonderful holiday season!! Remember that winter months can be very drying to your skin and your tattoo, so moisturize every day to keep your colors bright.

Happy Holidays everyone and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!

Congratulations Jim!

We'd like to congratulate Jim for winning Tattoo of the Day on Sunday at the Meeting of the Marked with his adorable portrait of client Jackie M.'s dog Izzy!

Jim won a tattoo machine from Chris DeWitt @ Amoeba Designs, a Critical Tattoo CX-2 digital power supply and a one year subscription to Tattoo Artist magazine courtesy of TAM.

Jackie won a $100 cash and a hand crafted trophy from Jeff Gogue .

We'd like to give special Kudos to Jackie, who was getting tattooed by Stacy at the same time!!! That's right... 2 huge tattoos by two artists at the same time! Our hats are off to you, Jackie.

Mandy & Stacy showed up in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, you can read that article here: Tattoos Mark Weekend

Thanks to everyone who showed up at the convention to say hi to us and to all the folks who got tattooed. We'll see you all back in Pittsburgh next year!