{"id":44,"date":"2026-08-26T02:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/2026\/08\/26\/what-the-first-fourteen-days-actually-look-like\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T03:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T03:38:40","slug":"what-the-first-fourteen-days-actually-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/2026\/08\/26\/what-the-first-fourteen-days-actually-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What the First Fourteen Days Actually Look Like"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44\" class=\"elementor elementor-44\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d0ccf9 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30d0ccf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bf7475 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16bf7475\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32626d42 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32626d42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7702da19 e-flex e-con-full e-transform e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7702da19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-1.6,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ad6afc elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"74ad6afc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">Aftercare<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3acb0c65 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_heading\" data-id=\"3acb0c65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gum-widget-title\"><h1 class=\"section-main-title size-default\">What the First Fourteen Days Actually Look Like<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ccb8ff elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71ccb8ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Plasma, flaking, and the itch at day six. A day by day account of a normal heal, so you can tell it apart from one that needs a phone call.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1814a1 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1814a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e1fcdf e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e1fcdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c5d25 e-flex e-con-full e-transform e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c2c5d25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:45,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad2e21c e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ad2e21c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7921386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7921386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6 min<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1007bc42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1007bc42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reading time<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72458655 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72458655\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e0a2ab e-flex e-con-full e-transform e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e0a2ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:45,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9724d28 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9724d28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b0691d elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"14b0691d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">admin<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a13e153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a13e153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Written by<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b348ce8 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b348ce8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0708c0 e-flex e-con-full e-transform e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e0708c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:45,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76041e11 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76041e11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bcea375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"1bcea375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">August 26, 2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da6f005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1da6f005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Published<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255728a9 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"255728a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1614dc0f e-flex e-con-full e-transform e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1614dc0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:45,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae24b7e e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ae24b7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ac0b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"57ac0b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/category\/aftercare\/\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">Aftercare<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a499720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a499720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Filed under<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5cf320 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c5cf320\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782ea104 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"782ea104\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae47dce e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae47dce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6b48e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_image\" data-id=\"3b6b48e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-featureimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/post-1-1.jpg)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/post-1-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23956a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23956a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Almost every worried message we get lands between day four and day eight, and almost every one of them describes something completely normal. So here is the whole fortnight, written down, including the parts that look alarming.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ddf84e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62ddf84e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hours zero to four: leave it alone<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d629e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49d629e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You will walk out under a transparent film. Fluid collects under it within the hour, somewhere between clear and pinkish, and it pools. This is plasma and ink, it is supposed to happen, and it is the single most common reason people message us on the first evening.<\/p><p>Keep the film on until you are somewhere clean with hot water and unscented soap. That might be four hours or it might be eight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed3d748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed3d748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Day one: the first wash<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bcc0c7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bcc0c7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wash your hands first. Peel the film off slowly under lukewarm running water, going with the direction it wants to come rather than pulling against the skin. Then clean the tattoo itself with your fingers, no cloth, no sponge, thirty seconds.<\/p><ul><li>Lukewarm water, never hot<\/li><li>Unscented soap, nothing with grit or exfoliant in it<\/li><li>Pat dry with kitchen paper, not a bath towel<\/li><li>A thin film of balm, thin enough that the skin still looks matt<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf942eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cf942eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Days two to five: tight and dull<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53cbe76c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53cbe76c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wash twice a day and moisturise thinly after each wash. The area feels tight, looks slightly dull, and may crust lightly along the heaviest line work. All normal.<\/p><p>What you are trying to avoid is a thick scab, which is what happens if you over moisturise. A heavy layer of balm traps moisture, softens the surface, and pulls ink out when it eventually comes away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a36e5c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a36e5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Days six to ten: the itch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4f7b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c4f7b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is the hard part. It itches, it flakes, and the flakes are coloured, which convinces people they are losing the tattoo. They are not. Flakes come off in the shower on their own schedule.<\/p><p>Do not scratch and do not help it. Anything you pull off early takes ink with it, and that is what a patchy heal actually is.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76289f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76289f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Days eleven to fourteen: the milky stage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e151bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19e151bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A cloudy, slightly shiny layer settles over the whole piece and everything looks faded and blurry underneath. This is new skin, it is thin, and it clears on its own over the following week or two.<\/p><p>Judge nothing here. We have had people book a touch up at day twelve and cancel it at day twenty five because the piece came back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-542ffa63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"542ffa63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When to actually call<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a8dd2a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a8dd2a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Heat coming off the tattoo, redness spreading outward past the edges, yellow or green discharge, or a fever. Any of those, phone the studio on (503) 555 0177 and then phone a doctor. Everything else on this page is a tattoo healing normally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bf9bc4 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4bf9bc4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd2c9cb e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cd2c9cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd9de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd9de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The short version<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff054f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ff054f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Wash twice a day, lukewarm, unscented<\/li><li>Moisturise thinly, not thickly<\/li><li>No soaking for fourteen days<\/li><li>No sun for a month, sunscreen forever<\/li><li>Do not pick anything, ever<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d243ed e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18d243ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3cd371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c3cd371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Written by<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fcd1483 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"6fcd1483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><div class=\"author-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69a93fddae9cc65958be1cde8478978a696f013c496a685a565721edfafc0c87?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\" \/><\/div><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">admin<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f22f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67f22f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founding resident, blackwork and ornamental.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7282dbde elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7282dbde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/artist-detail\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See her work<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e0704 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14e0704\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1578f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be1578f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Full instructions<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de54929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2de54929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The complete day by day sheet, including what we send you home with.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-503ca78c elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"503ca78c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/aftercare\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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We will draw the rest.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc9a804 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1dc9a804\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6725ed22 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6725ed22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Consults run forty minutes and cost nothing. Come with references, a rough placement, and a budget range. 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