Celebrating sisterly love – sister tattoos

Last weekend my sister Olivia moved to Australia. Before she left, we decided to get matching sister tattoos, so that no matter how far we are apart, we will always have something to remind us of each other.

Alice and Olivia Snape
Shoreditch sisters - we were cool from a very young age. Always trend setting...

We chose a design that represents our home – a traditional English rose – and keeping in touch – an envelope. Our appointment was booked with Cassandra Frances for 14th February, not intentionally, but it seemed like the perfect way to spend Valentine’s day…

We travelled up to End Times in Leeds from our hometown in Leicestershire – and we took our dad along for the ride, too.

Pop reading the paper
Here he is chilling with a paper in the tattoo studio.

We both fell in love with the design as soon as we saw it.

Sister tattoo stencil
Sister tattoo stencil - incorporating the rose and the envelope idea.

Getting tattooed at End Times was a lovely experience and we spent the day chatting to Cassandra – who told us some very interesting tales about how she got into tattooing.

Olivia under the needle
Here is Olivia under the needle - she went first.

And here is the final ink. I am so glad we both have a permanent reminder of our sisterly love.

Sister tattoos - rose and envelope
Sister tattoos - rose and envelope
Sister rose and envelope tattoos
The final sister ink
Love you sis
Saying goodbye at the airport last Saturday...
Bye Bye mama
Bye bye mama - a quick pic of us kissing our mama at the airport.

 

Tattooed brides and growing old

How annoying is it when people ask you what you’re going to do about your tattoos when you get old? Or what are you going to do when you get married?

These photos should answer those questions.

Old and tattooed

Beautiful tattooed brides

Rock-n-Roll-Bride
Rock 'n' Roll Bride Kat Williams
Tattooed bride
Why would you want to hide your tattoos on your wedding day? There couldn't be a better day to celebrate them.
"But what will you do on your wedding day?" "Urm, look pretty bloody amazing actually."
Tattooed bride NYC
Tattooed bride in NYC

Photos: David McNeil as on Rock ‘n’ Roll Bride, Offbeat Bride, Flickr, Tattooed Bride

Tattoo artist – Kim-Anh Nguyen

Kim-Anh is a 22-year-old girl, who lives in a little town in Geneva (Switzerland) called Carouge. She loves tattooing, drawing, watercolour painting, books, collecting useless things and travelling.

Kim-Anh Nguyen tattooing
Kim-Anh Nguyen at work

She has created some beautiful, girly tattoos.

Kim-Anh Nguyen kewpie flash sheet
Here is some of her flash - lots of cute kewpie dolls

Kewpie dolls are based on illustrations by Rose O’Neill – they appeared in Ladies’ Home Journal.

Kim-Anh Nguyen kewpie
The kewpie flash on the flesh - come to life
Kim-Anh Nguyen flash
Kim-Anh Nguyen flash - spot the kewpie
Kim-Anh Nguyen flash sheet
More girly flash
Kim-Anh Nguyen tooth tattoo
Quirky little tooth tattoo
Kim-Anh Nguyen tattooed feet
Tattooed feet on blogger - www.oizo2rue.com

She will be guesting at the Jolie Rouge in London from 19-24 March. Might have to book an appointment…

All photos from Kim-Anh’s blog