fuckyeahtattoos:

Tattoo done by Liz James of Skull and Dagger Tattoo Company in Carlsbad, CA.
Original art work by Tim Shumate.

I got this tattoo because of what Snow White’s mother had said in the story, “One winter day, the queen was doing needle work while gazing out her ebony window at the new fallen snow. A bird flew by the window startling the queen and she pricked her finger. A single drop of blood fell on the snow outside her window. As she looked at the blood on the snow she said to herself, ‘Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony.’

Soon after that, the kind queen got her wish when she gave birth to a baby girl who had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony. They named the baby princess Snow White…”

I always said how my baby girl reminded me so much of Snow White because of her super light skin (she’s a halfer; white-filipina) and her dark hair. I added a bit of my own personalization to the tattoo to make it fit me more by changing the original quote and replacing it with a different quote from the story. I also added my daughter’s name, and my husband’s initial (B for Brian). Liz did so freakin awesome! I couldn’t be any happier<3