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If you love your tattoos, show 'em. One of my criteria for my wedding dress was actually that it MUST show the tattoo on my back. I don't give a damn what my gram says. Sorry gram!
I think you should show them! I have 5 tattoo's and I love all of them and I didn't cover any of them for my wedding. One of mine on the inside of my foot says "LOVE" in script and I have a couple pics leanig back sitting back showing off my shoes and you can see that tattoo in the pics and I love it!
DH has a full sleeve+ and we did have some pretty old school people at our wedding that had never seen all the tattoos before, surprisingly nobody said anything, and for the most part our family likes our tattoos.
I have one on my forearm, my wrist, and behind my ear that will all be showing. I initially thought I should maybe cover them up, but then it would be like hiding who I really am. I love my tattoos and I know my whole family doesn't agree with them, but it's who I am. I wouldn't cover them up if you aren't 100% ok with it.. in my opinion, they are your family, and should be/will be proud of you and happy for you regardless :)
I think its up to you personally. :)
PS love your name beccanmatt- so funny seeing that because those our my brother and my name! lol
I would tell your grandparents in advance and show them off. It's your wedding day and your tattoos are part of you. Show them off!
Definitely a personal choice, but I have two that will be showing and that will be in photos and I'm not going to cover them. I also have a grandparent who isn't happy about them but she's seen them and I'm sure she'll bitch about it afterwards but I don't care. Do what feels best for you!
Don't cover them, just tell the Grands. My Grandma saw mine and only slightly freaked out.
Show them off! This is my largest one at the moment, but I have 14 of them. 10 of them are visable and I have no intention of covering them up. I don't want to feel like I have to be the "normal" bride. Heck! I'm hoping my left arm sleeve will be designed and done before the wedding!
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I think its a personal choice, I'm not into tattoos so I guess I cant fully relate. A friend of mine has a tattoo on her upper arm and she didnt cover it for her wedding.. IMO it clashed with the soft look she was going for, but she was happy with it and thats what matters. Moral of the story: If you feel good about the way the tattoo looks with your wedding outfit then show it with pride even if others dont like it.
I would DEFINATELY not cover it up! I have a small A on my wrist and my mother is MAKING me cover it up. I'm pissed. There is literally nothing I can do unfortunately. She's being a big biatch saying "im paying for your wedding then you have to cover it up" so the day of the wedding shes going to cover it up with make-up and then I'll conveniently and "accidentally" wash it off when I'm washing my hands. oops :) If I were you I wouldnt say anything to my grandparents and at your wedding if they say anything I'd be like "You didnt know I had those?? Ive had them forever!" If you act like it's no big deal they're more likely to act like it too.
No way! Tattoos are part of you. I would never cover them up.
I feel it's a personal choice. However, I have 4 and two will be visible in my dress but I will not be hiding either of them. They are a part of me and I am not ashamed that I have them.
Do what feels right for you but I say who cares what anyone else thinks, it's your day!
If they are part of who you are, then don't cover them up! Obviously you've gotten them so they can be shown off, right? :) I always suggest this just because my sister did it: Dress up your visible tattoos for the wedding! She had a lizard on her shoulder that was visible with her dress - instead of cover it, she lined it in rhinestones and put some in its eyes so it sparkled when she moved. :)
Depends. If you love them and are proud of them and want to rock them: rock them. Maybe take a pic of yourself in your dress showing them and see how it looks?
Although I don't have any tats, I do love them (I'm actually the only one in my family without any!), so please don't take this the wrong way but sometimes when you're at a really fancy wedding and the bride looks so beautiful in her super classy dress, a huge ol tat showing can sort of take away from the whole "look," you know? So test it out and see how you feel.
To me, covering up a tattoo is like covering up freckles - hiding a part of you that is simply there. Be proud of your tats!
Obviously I'm partial because I do have so many tattoos, BUT I will tell you what I have told everyone who is asking me the same question, my fiance is marrying me for ME, tattoos and all. & that is all that matters!
When I was planning on doing a church wedding I was going to cover my tatoo for church, kind of. I was going to leave part of my hair down to cover it, no make up, no bandages, just make it a little less noticeable (its between my shoulder blades) . I was going to then get a hair do over and put it all up for the reception.
My reasoning is that all the pictures in church would be of my back, although I love my tatoo I didn't want it sticking out that much.
I had thrown that idea away with my idea of a church wedding, but in writing this I suddenly realize that all the pictures of the ceremony will still be of my back. (duh).
dont change ANYTHING just because its your wedding day!!! he is marying you for you(: you have no need to cover anything!! (:
Well I have tats but the dress covered them. It just worked out that way.
I have a tattoo on my forearm that I had covered up professionally. It was not easy to find someone who could do the cover in such a way that was not cakey and very obvious. I did not like the way I looked in my bridal outfit (the tattoo just didn't seem to fit to me) and I decided to have it covered. I was paranoid that the makeup would rub all over my dress and on people when I hugged them, but I had no problems.
Here's a photo pf the cover up at a trial:
Just sharing. I am all about proudly showing off your tattoos. Any of my bridesmaids that have tattoos are welcome to put them on display! My big tattoo, on my left shoulder blade, is in memory of my mother and my favorite writer. I do think it has meaning and I like it, but I feel like it needs a lot of work. Parts of it seem to have faded to near invisibility over the years, so people often don't see what the tattoo even is. (There's no black ink in it.) I saw pictures of the back of the dress with my tattoo and I just don't like how it looks. Not only does it not look "bridal," it just ruins my vision of my dress for me. I would need to spend the money for a major rework and then it would be very darkened, and could possibly get screwed up! I have an idea of how I'd like to update/change it, but I know it would be almost impossible to cover up if I intended to "fix it" and something went awry. I'm not embarrassed by the fact that I have tattoos - I just am not happy with the look. I think this makes me superficial, but I kinda want to cover it up for the big day! Terrible, I know.
I have 13 tattoos and all but 3 will be showing on my wedding day. Those who know me which is everyone at the wedding already knows I have tattoos so no biggie. Plus it's who I am and i'm not going to change that just because I have a white dress on for a day.
I agree! Show them off! I have huge angel wings on my back (they take up almost my entire back) and three other tattoos. I think the tattoos are part of who you are and you should definitely tell your grandparents and show them off. :) You might regret it if you look back on the pics of your wedding day and realize something's just missing... I'm lucky enough that my family accepts all my tattoos (not that they all like them, but they accept them). Also, my mom told me recently that she doesn't want me wearing a longer veil and she'd prefer a birdcage veil because she wants my wings to be shown off! That surprised me.
if you like them show them off! I hide mine but i am in a different situation. good l uck! i am sure you will look beautiful on your day!
My dress originally had a keyhole back. I had lace added to fill it in. I didnt want to completely hide my tattoo but it is very brightly colored so I wanted it to be more subtle. You could still see it through the lace. I have one on my upper arm that was completely visible. It a flowery design and I liked the way it looked with my dress.
Off Beat Bride has pics of lots of supercute tattooed brides!
Mine's on my foot, and while my dress will be covering it, I'm sure I'll hike the dress up a bit for some pictures :). I'm with the PPs who say it depends on your bridal style and your tattoos. If you want to look like a princess and you have a skull tattoo, that might be a good time to cover it. :)
Sorry you can't see it too well, I think this is the best pic I have of it. It's the mask from Phantom of the Opera and a rose :).
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i don't think you should cover them up at all! it's your body/tattoo so be proud of it.
ONly if its like your ex-boyfriends name.... I know I have a few Ex's who will be getting laser therapy before they walk their future brides down the aisle LOL
WOW that was a pretty good cover up... What an awesome makeup artist!
I have 6 tattoos, but only 2 will be visible on my big day. My family knows that I have them, FH's immediate family knows I have them. I love them. But, we do have some guests who have certain religious views on tattoos. I don't plan to exactly cover them, I'm wearing my hair down and I will be wearing a veil. I'm not ashamed of them, I just want to be respectful of their religion without completely covering them with make up.
i'm in the minority here, but i'm covering mine. i have 2 small tattoos on my upper back, and i don't want them to distract from my dress. i don't buy into the view that covering my tattoos for my wedding is "covering up who i am" or whatever...i love them in everyday life but just don't want them showing at my wedding, just like i would never show them at work.
I have 5 tattoos and 2 of them will be visible on the wedding day. I plan on wearing a bolero during the ceremony to cover the large tat on my shoulder.
I'm in the minority here: I say cover them, at least for the ceremony. I have five tattoos - both wrists, behind the ear, left breast and a fairly large one on my upper back.
I'm wearing an orange bolero for the ceremony to cover the one on my back & will either style my hair to hide the one behind my ear or invest in some cover-up (it's my least favourite tattoo, so it's not a big deal).
Reasons:
1) I don't want it distracting from my overall look,
2) my mom & family are fairly anti-tattoo (my mom actually told me that I'd "never find a job" when she saw that I had a back tattoo).
3) I don't want them staring at it the entire time and going "ugh, that's so distracting".
4) I don't want there to be photos floating around that I have no control over, like when Uncle Joe snaps one of me at the front of the aisle.
5) Gma does NOT need to see that!
HOWEVER, for the photo session after I will definitely be getting some pictures with my back tattoo showing!! I love it - it's gorgeous & it was done in memory of my FI's mother (we both got elephant tattoos to remember her) plus a quote from e.e. cummings. Those pictures will be private and only seen by other people if I decide to share them, you know?
I just want to point out that one of my bridesmaids has tattoos all over her body (leg, neck, half sleeve, back, other arm, wrist, stomach, etc). A lot of them will be showing on the day, and I couldn't care less. It's a personal decision!
Bottom line: I chose my tattoo locations carefully so that they wouldn't show when I'm at work; why should a wedding be any different?
I have 8 tattoos and I would never think of covering them. I'm grown and I think they are sexy...plus, its a part of me....I will post pics of them later....
here's my tatts.....
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I have three tattoos all together one on my hip, one on my ankle and one between my shoulder blades. The tattoo on my back is angel wings anf it says "Ryan forever in my heart" For a friend who passed away. I love my tattoos and dont regret them. My FI has tattoos too and loves all of mine. My soon to be MIL and moh say i should cover the one on my back because it would take away from my dress. Also, My grandparents are very old fashion and dont know about my tattoos. so if i did show it of course i would tell them months before the wedding so i wouldnt cause them to have a heart attackon my weddign day. Im afraid they might disown me beacause of them! Im leaning toward showing it off because it is apart of me and it is my wedding day! I love tattoos and am planning on getting more. Has anyone had this problem before and what did you do?? Cover it or show it off?? And how should i tell my grandparents?? Please show pictures if you have them! Thank you guys!