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08/26/2026

Hey Creative Cousin 👋🏾

These post-COVID tattoo streets are wild AF.
Tattoo and these general creative streets ain't nevah felt so much like the wild, Wild West. Chiiiilllle ~

Across creative & beauty industries, clients are spending differently.
Artists are working harder. Social media keeps changing the rules. And for Black tattoo artists and creatives especially, building something sustainable inside an industry that wasn't built with us in mind requires more than how-to and process knowledge.

That’s part of why we built
Black Tattoo Culture Con + the Ògè Ṣíṣẹ Artist Residency

Not to escape what’s happening in tattoo culture—but to give us Black folk somewhere to gather, remember, sharpen our practices build, commune and engage tattoo differently.

Because sometimes the answer isn't more tattoos (giving or receiving them).

Sometimes you need to go deeper.

**CULTURE · SPIRIT · CRAFT**
Fortify your foundation.

**IP · BRAND · MONEY**
Build + monetize what you own.

**LEGACY**
Document it. Preserve it. Leave something behind.

That’s what we’re gathering to do.

And whether you come as an
Artist Resident, Tastemaker or part of the community,
we want you in a room where Black tattoo culture isn't something being observed from the outside.

We're the authors. We're the archive. And we're building what comes next.

Black Tattoo Culture Con 2026 is coming.

**6 Tattoo Artist Residency spots are available.**
Community passes are available now.

Come gather with us. 🖤

More soon,

Imani K. Brown® (Iyá Ọ̀ṣunyọyin) | The Tattoo Priestess
Founder + Lead Researcher, Black Tattoo Anthology® Research Collective

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at Little INKPLAY Shop®

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LET'S CREATE MAGIC TOGETHER!

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08/20/2026

Hey Creative Cousin 👋🏾

Some of y’all have been here for a minute. (shout out Little INKPLAY Shop® fam!) Some of you just found us.

Either way, it feels like time for a proper beyond the chair introduction.

Yokoso. Ekaabo. Welcome!

I’m Imani K. Brown®, founder + lead researcher of Black Tattoo Anthology® Research Collective—a grassroots, matriarch-led 501(C)3 working to decolonize diaspora ink, art + culture.

If you don't know my story, I am part of an older generation of Black women tattoo artists, standing in the lineage of elders like Valeria Ann Watson and Jacci Gresham, with more than two decades of tattooing, remembering and building from inside this culture.

And we are in a very special moment.

Our elders are still here. Still creating. Still remembering. Still tattooing.
Yet so much of the essence of Black tattoo still lives in people, not books.

That’s where BTA non-profit comes in.

We’re building what many of us once needed: a place to gather our stories, preserve what we’ve inherited, strengthen our own philosophies and cultivate Black tattoo artists as living libraries of Black tattoo culture.

Because innovation without memory can be dangerous.

We remember. We reclaim. Then we build.
Sankofa first. Innovation after.

And Creative Cousin, you’re already part of the community we’re building.

Now we need your help finding the rest of us.

Share Black Tattoo Anthology® with an artist, elder, researcher, collector, culture worker or curious cousin who should know this work exists.

This is grassroots.

We’re building it relationship by relationship, story by story, artist by artist.

And we’re glad you’re here.

Now come see what we’re laying the groundwork for in 2026—and bring a Creative Cousin with you. 🖤

With love,
Imani K Brown (Osunyoyin)
The Tattoo Priestess
Founder | Little INKPLAY Shop®

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08/11/2026

A YEAR LATER… AND BOO IS FINALLY IN THE CHAIR. 🥹💖

From consultation → payment plan → tattoo chair.

She knew what she wanted, stayed transparent about what she needed, and together we made a plan that worked for her.

That’s the point of the consultation.

You don’t have to have everything figured out. Tell me what you want, where you are now, and we’ll figure out how to get you there.

You stay dedicated to the plan, and boo, we stay dedicated to YOU. 💅🏾💖

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Ready for your tattoo?

Start with a consultation at Little INKPLAY Shop.

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08/05/2026

Let’s play game. How many adinkra and other Black culture iconography can you identify?

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07/15/2026

We’re on her arm now but have to pause for the cause to tell you that handscripted lettuce is a personal fav!

Can’t wait to put this in LIPS 2027 tattoo archive 😻

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NOW BOOKING for our last pieces before retirement in 2026.

Tattoo will look drastically different as I return to travel & research and set out on my 2026-27 Afro Kawaii TATTOUR with communions happening in Japan & Nigeria.

So get in. Book your consultation and let’s make your dream timeless tattoo come true.

Visit me at
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07/14/2026

3 New Floral Tattoo Hoodoo ritual bouqets available | littleinkplayshop.com

1. Ancestral Road Opener, a bouquet for ancestral veneration

2. Sweet Crown Rising, a bouquet for self love

3. Velvet Magnetism, a bouquet for attraction

Once teach of these bouquets are claimed, das it!

You can also make a custom bouquet based in your desired intention. Just book a consultation.

Everything is available to you at
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07/14/2026

Hey Family!

I hope you're finding small moments of beauty wherever this email meets you.

Lately, I've been thinking about flowers and botanical things -
probably from the excitement of the last tattoo pop-up event, hanging out in Inez's Garden - 3rd floor balcony garden, and basking in the beauty of flowering purselane and pink morning glory (I harvested seeds last year and they are giving!)

And as I watch our local mimosa tree start to blend in more with all the other green, I been enjoying the fleeting moments of flowers.
Not because they're delicate—but because they're temporary.

They bloom.
They nourish.
They remind us that every season asks something different of us.

That's exactly why I'm dropping the
Ritual Bouquet Tattoo Collection (https://www.littleinkplayshop.com/s/stories/ritual-bouquet-tattoo) .

Instead of giving someone flowers that wilt in a week, what if you gave yourself a bouquet that marked the season you're stepping into?

A bouquet that reminds you of your healing.

Your abundance.
Your softness.
Your courage.
Your becoming.

Each Ritual Bouquet is designed to be more than a tattoo.
It's a wearable ritual. And because rituals are personal, only three bouquet designs are available.

Once someone claims a bouquet, that design is retired forever.
There will never be another person wearing that exact arrangement.

Here's how to claim yours:
🌸 Choose one of the three available bouquets.
🌸 Reserve it with a $150 deposit.
🌸 Your tattoo appointment has a $600 minimum, with the deposit applied toward your final balance.
🌸 Once a bouquet is claimed, it's gone for good.

I love creating tattoos this way.
It allows every piece to belong to one person, one story, one season.
No duplicates. No reproductions.

Just a beautiful collaboration between artist, ritual, and the person receiving it.

If one of these bouquets has been calling your name, don't wait too long.

There are only three.

And once they're spoken for, this collection closes.

With love,
Imani K Brown (Osunyoyin)
The Tattoo Priestess
Founder | Little INKPLAY Shop®

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LET'S CREATE MAGIC TOGETHER!

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06/10/2026

Hey Family!

CONSIDER THIS YOUR INVITE!

Hoodoo n' HENNA Birthday Celebration | June 12, 4-7P
at Oja Aje Botanica
Can you believe it?! This Friday - June 12, we turn 10!

This milestone is a huge thanks to you all - patrons, collectors, investors - our FAMILY!

Without you, we wouldn't be here.

On my personal socials, I'm taking folks on a tour of what's to come next for us.
Everyone who's subscribed to see what's next (https://www.inkandosun.com/) , is being served intimate stories of

OTHER WAYS TO CELEBRATE

The most vexing question from frequenting clients has been what I'd want for my birthday as the human behind the brand. So I put together a very short burfday list. to share with you.

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LET'S CREATE MAGIC TOGETHER!

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05/27/2026

A now … a mesaage from our partner,
Book your Orisa sacred art tattoo with Little INKPLAY Shop, today!

The DMV’s Afro Kawaii Tattoo Wellness Sanctuary
📍 Little INKPLAY Shop — Historic Hyattsville, MD 👇🏾

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05/20/2026

To say the fact is not the Western world did not bring us a word called tattoo. It has been in existence before the arrival.

Have a look at all 10 featured Orisa for this inaugural collection.

Head over to👇🏾
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To claim 1 of 10 Orisa tattoos by
and get in the chair at the DMV’s Afro Kawaii Tattoo Wellness Sanctuary
📍 Little INKPLAY Shop — Historic Hyattsville, MD

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