🌸 A new chapter in this mother’s story — the next step in a tattoo born from grief, love, and the memories of her son. When we first began this piece, much of that session was filled with shared silence, tears, and moments of remembering. Today felt gentler — a steadier kind of healing — as we finally added the color we’d planned from the start. We brought her son’s favorite shade of purple into the heart at the center, added soft color to the Leaf of Lórien — the Elven leaf worn as a brooch by

This half sleeve has been a long time in the making. The original work wasn’t mine, but I was asked to step in and rework the areas that never quite flowed together. One section in particular just didn’t make sense with the surrounding flowers, so we transformed that awkward sprig into delicate primroses that blend beautifully with the rest of her design. I also added violets, a water lily, and a carnation—now every birth flower she wanted from the beginning is finally in place. Next session, I’