August - 2025
Hello August!
Welcome to another Yokaia Booking post.
except this time the feeling is like one is riding a chariot and I lost the reigns in the initial take off.
I’ve been reading a lot of Greek myth fiction books. Don’t hold it against me. I finished Circe by Madeline Miller and almost finished Medea: A Novel by Eilish Quin.
If you have any other recommendations along this divine lineage heroine genre let me know in the comments.
During August I will be opening up one Saturday to tattoo and that is the 16th. I have 12pm open. So if you want it, please fill out the tattoo request cause it’s likely going to go fast!
Arboretum, headed by our recent grad Mercedes, is fundraising a free coverup tattoo event.
In our pursuit of doing what we can to help our community, who has been so supportive of our small tattoo shop, we have organized a free tattoo event for low-income people in need of scar cover-ups, tattoo cover-ups, and gender-affirming tattoos. We have 21 participants who have applied to get tattooed and are looking to raise funds to cover the supply costs for the 6 tattoo artists who are donating their time, skills, and labor for free during this event.
Being able to meet our goal will mean covering our setup costs so that we aren’t paying for them out of our own pocket on top of tattooing for free all day. Our goal is to try to make this event a success so that we can do it again in the future! Any amount donated above our goal will go towards a future charity tattoo event. We will also be accepting cash donations at our shop and can provide a receipt for cash donations upon request.
Find the Go Fund Me Here
If it’s received well we will be trying to do more of these. Contact Mercedes if you ‘d like to participate in the next event. Just know that we will likely have a lot of entries and each one is vetted and chosen by artists based on skill level. You won’t get to chose your artist.
I only have a couple more days in August open. I will be literally heading to Canada and backpacking otherwise before summer ends!
