I did it! After a little over a year and a half of wanting a memorial tattoo for Claire... here it is!
Originally I wanted to get her name,
birth date, and handprint but after speaking to a couple of artists, I
was told that her hand was too small and that the print, in a couple of
years, would not look very nice so back to the drawing board... aka the
internet... I went.
I have always loved filigree designs
and after searching through many sites online I noticed that most could
convert quite beautifully into a “C” as they are very curly. I found a
random filigree design that I liked however I was told that to get the
same detail as in the pic it would have to be much bigger than I was
willing to go. So, the artist (Sheila from At Needlepoint Inc.) based it on that and modified it to fit what I wanted.
~The “C” is for Claire (obviously!)
~4 dots because she was our 4th baby
~3 leaves because she was the third baby I gave birth to and she was born in the fall
~and my friend pointed out that the
design at the top looks like 2 overlapping hearts! Totally unintentional
but totally cool! (Thanks, Antoinette, for making it even more
perfect!)
I am so pleased!! It is pretty,
feminine, so full meaning and perfect from top to bottom, side to side.
It was well worth the wait!
