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Play Pierced Heart

Written by

Shannon Larratt

Joanna writes,

“These are a few pics of an interesting session me and my boyfriend did. With a lot of imagination its supposed to resemble a heart! It has a very interesting story along with it, where we got locked out of the house and had to run over to the landlady to get the spare key, half naked with our backs full of needles in the freezing cold!”

Comments

19 responses to “Play Pierced Heart”

  1. Kyrenna Avatar
    Kyrenna

    That’s so cute 🙂

  2. neek Avatar
    neek

    thats beautiful

  3. liz Avatar
    liz

    Even after going to bme everyday for three years now, if I were the landlord, I would have been a tad alarmed if they showed up sans clothes and with needles ^^

    cute pic

  4. bijou Avatar
    bijou

    awwwww.

  5. zera Avatar
    zera

    wie immer, entzueckend der ruecken 😛

  6. Jimmy Landby Avatar
    Jimmy Landby

    cutest thing ever. 🙂

  7. rachael Avatar
    rachael

    this is so cute. ive been looking at play piercing for ages now and think i mite try it. does anyone know where i can buy safe needles for play? x

  8. rachael Avatar
    rachael

    i mean, in the uk, as bme shop is obviously based in america. and what gauge would anyone recomend for first time play piercing? x

  9. Lilee Avatar
    Lilee

    Haha. Yay for freaking out the landlady.

  10. katie Avatar
    katie

    Hahaha I would have loved to have seen the landlady’s reaction. This is really cute though. I love the uber cute pictures of people with mods, having fun/playing with their mods together. It makes me happy.

  11. FDM Avatar
    FDM

    Is it just me or are they piercing along a scar?

  12. possessed Avatar
    possessed

    Rachael: http://www.medisave.co.uk is where I get my needles. Really reasonably priced and a range of guages. Personally I use 22ga needles, which are very thin. Depends what you’re looking for.

  13. Nathan Avatar
    Nathan

    11 – Thats pulled up skin with a contrast and color filter over it, and lighting.

    I highly doubt they have a huge corresponding set of scars lol.

  14. rachael Avatar
    rachael

    possessed – thanks so much, really appreciated! looks great! xx

  15. eternalsunshine Avatar
    eternalsunshine

    Sweet!
    I need someone to share my life with.

  16. joe Avatar
    joe

    those are 0.8mm needles i think, from a normal pharmacy.
    @ Rachel: my first were 0.6, im not sure what ga that is. No, its not a scar, its a line drawn with pen!!
    😀 the landlady never actually saw! he squeezed into my t-shirt (with all the needles getting caught and poking out) then we had fun taking the t shirt off….

  17. Empress Avatar
    Empress

    awww now thats togetherness, must be love.

  18. Mitsko21 Avatar
    Mitsko21

    Why can’t I find a guy willing to do that? Lucky:(!

  19. aLiNe Avatar
    aLiNe

    hey hammmer^^ voll süß … hab euch lieb viele grüße aline …

    bald kommen bilder von mir rein :p mim erik

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