Forgiven tattoo: This was their first tattoo. They grew up in a Christian home, and were not supposed to get tattoos. The first one they got was forgiven. They thought it was fail safe.

Lion and wolf hand tattoos: They got this as a ying and yang or good and evil thing.

Hope and Love tattoos: These were the first visible tattoo they got. It cost them a few a jobs. They thought, “If you don’t want to hire me because I have hope and love on their knuckles, I don’t want to work for you.”

Left hand finger symbols: umbrella, anchor, cross,  diamond.
Right hand finger symbols: tear drop, key hole, lighting bolt, coffee cup.
These tattoos don’t mean much to them. They just needed space filled up.

Squid tattoo: This is a cover up of a tree tattoo. They got the tree tattoo at age 18.

Sinking ship tattoo: This is just a cool American traditional thing.

Diamond Jimi Hendrix tattoo: “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” They were just filling up room on their arm.

18 year old college tattoo: They were 18 years old and all of these things looked like great things to have as tattoos.

Piano tattoo: This is because they play piano.

Spider web tattoo: Because what else were they going to put on their elbow?

Ambigram music breath tattoo: This says music one way and breathe another. This was another cool design they saw.

Cardinal rose lighthouse tattoo: This was for their grandmother who passed away. They had bonded over her rose garden with lighthouses, cardinals and stuff like that.

Butterfly tattoo: They were 18 and wanted a tattoo. It was the most innocent thing they could think of.

Gemini kanji initials tattoo: The tattoo contains the Zodiac Gemini sign. The kanji is the Chinese symbol for love, both their daughter’s initials and a star for each one. The tattoo is to honor their children.

Lab paw print tattoo: This is their 14 1/2-year-old lab’s paw print. They had Leila since she was 3 months old. Leila is like their baby. Leila has been there through divorce, death and birth. They took a cast of Leila’s paw and drew the cast into the tattoo.

Rose tattoo: Honey Bee wanted a tattoo. They went in when they were 24. Honey Bee had a few margarita’s first and picked the rose.

Angel Wings tattoo: They are angel wings for Honey Bee’s memaw. They had a friend design the wings. In the middle of the wings there is a doily for their memaw.

Teddy bear tattoo: Honey Bee calls this their Toddy Bear because when they emailed back and forth, Toddy Bear used the teddy bear emoji. Honey Bee wanted it to look more like Toddy. The artist took a picture of Toddy wearing classes. The artist put the glasses on the emoji bear so that Toddy would always be close to Honey Bee’s heart. The tattoo is located near Honey Bee’s heart.

Honey bee tattoo: Honey Bee is their partner’s nickname. When they would text back and forth, they would use emojis. This is the honey bee out of the app, a tattoo Toddy Bear would not normally get. Toddy Bear’s partner has at tattoo of a teddy bear which represents Toddy Bear.

Bleeding heart tattoo: This was from an old partner that had Cerridwen’s heart. The heart is bleeding out.

Dolphin tattoo: Cerridwen felt like they were extremely lucky because they were happy at the time. Cerridwen likes dolphins.

Wiccan pagan pentagram tattoo: Cerridwen got this to connect to their religion: Wiccan pagan eclectic witch.

Leo tattoo: This is Cerridwen’s astrology sign.

Witches language tattoo: This says “wicked” in the Witches Language. Cerridwen thought this was cool because they are the wicked witch.

Cerridwen, Garden of the Cauldron.

Flower tattoo: This is their only tattoo. They got the tattoo because they wanted a tattoo and they were 19. When they could not decide what they wanted, they drew it on a piece of paper. They put the picture on a copy machine. They then made bigger and smaller copies, until they decide which one they were going to put on their back. They got it, and that was that.

Dragon tattoo: This was their first tattoo. It is a mother dragon with a baby weaved into the dragons back. They got this tattoo when they were 18 years old. They were in a situation were they could not have a child. They got this to signify this.

Snow Owl tattoo: Their grandfather passed in 1997. They called him the wise old owl. They were researching owls and they really liked the snow owl.

King Snake tattoo: They wanted a band around their arm because they saw another hairdresser with a band on their forearm. At the time, arm bands were popular they saw lots of people getting them. They did not want to duplicate an upper arm band. They wanted something lower that could also be exposed during off months. They chose the forearm tattoo so it could be seen more often. This got them to talk about their tattoos, because people would ask about them. They wanted something that went with the theme of the dragon and the owl. They were very into Tolkien at the time. They had just gotten into fantasy. The snake is a king snake. The color has faded.

Astrolux tattoo: Strung Out is the name of their favorite band. They love this tattoo. The Astrolux has five dots, and there are five members in the band, Strung Out.