{"id":697,"date":"2026-06-23T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/?p=697"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:18:14","slug":"60-summer-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/60-summer-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"60 – Summer is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking Our Time to Do It Right<\/h2>\n

I took my family to see a Frisco RoughRiders<\/a> baseball game over the weekend. We had a great time and got to catch up on what I missed over the last 5 years while I was in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Summer always feels like a season<\/a> for new starts\u2014and for a lot of people, that means finally getting the tattoo they\u2019ve been thinking about.<\/p>\n

For me, this season is starting a little different.<\/p>\n

Right now, I\u2019m still getting settled, staying with a friend temporarily, and living out of suitcases while the shop comes together. Progress may not always look fast from the outside, but every step is moving Honor and Ink\u2122 closer to becoming what it was always meant to be.<\/p>\n

The goal<\/a> hasn\u2019t changed: to build a place known for safe, clean, high-quality tattoos and artwork\u2014done with care, professionalism, and purpose.<\/p>\n

I could rush it. I won\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Good things take time<\/a>, and I want to make sure every detail is right before opening the doors.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone following along, supporting the journey, and believing in what Honor and Ink\u2122 is becoming.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re getting there. I will continue to keep everyone updated with our progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Progress may not always look fast from the outside, but every step is moving Honor and Ink\u2122 closer to becoming what it was always meant to be.<\/p>\n

The goal hasn\u2019t changed: to build a place known for safe, clean, high-quality tattoos and artwork\u2014done with care, professionalism, and purpose.<\/p>\n

I could rush it. I won\u2019t. Good things take time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[13,4],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","tag-tattoo-artist-journey","tag-tattoos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honorandink.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}