Tattoo

You don’t do anything. It’s her body, you shouldn’t expect her to change it for your wedding.

View Quoted Comment 100% this! Totally agree

I don’t think her tattoo is going to ruin your day nor will anyone care.

I understand that you have a specific theme you're going for but I feel like you might overreacting.

Have long hanging big fairy like bouquets that draped over her hand

I really don’t think anyone cares though to be totally honest

Just cause everyone else won’t care or notice doesn’t mean I won’t. I’m not asking her to cover it up for the whole wedding I just want it to to be covered for some of the photos. I didn’t think about using the bouquet to hide the tattoo for the photos so thank you for the idea! I don’t think I’m being overdramatic for wanting it covered for photos. I never had professional photos done and since I’m paying a lot of money for them I at least want some photos that would fit the theme.

View Quoted Comment The photographer could possibly cover them up with photoshop. But the bouquet idea isn’t a bad idea.

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I get it! I had a fight with my mother in law over the color of my flower girls hair...

We get this vision in our heads of how we want our day to look, and it is hard when someone throws a wrench at it.

I think it is okay to ask her to cover, or try to at least not show it in some pictures. They choose to be a piece of our day, and that includes doing things the way we want.

Also, I really hate when other brides try telling us what is and is not acceptable. Essentially we are just asking HOW to go about these conversations, not IF we should.

I think the best chance of hiding it would be bouquets or photoshop, if she won't put a little concealer over it.

My SIL has a large tattoo on her shoulder and another the runs down her spine. I gave my BM's the option to pick their dresses as long as it was a certain color and fabric. She reached out and asked me if I wanted her to find one that covers her tattoos. My reply was "Of course not! You got them for a reason and they are apart of who you are. There is no reason to hide them." While I understand wanting a certain aesthetic, I wouldn't make her cover it. It's her body. PLUS who's going to see it anyway. If she's holding a bouquet, it will be covered in the photos anyway. Just let it go.

I can't see their hands at all Make the bouquets kind of cascade and ask your photographer to discretely adjust the bridesmaids to cover up her hand.

Honestly, I think it's pretty rude to ask anyone to cover any tattoos (or the like) for your wedding. You're literally putting aesthetics before the most important people in your life. Please don't ask her to cover it or shield it. Your wedding motif will remain intact.

Who cares? No one will notice her hand tattoo and if they do, no one will care. I think assuming someone wants to be a "guardian fairy" is kind of crazy for adult women. They are bridesmaids in dresses, not fairies. She will look beautiful and be there to support you on your wedding day, that's all that matters. I didn't care less what shoes/jewelry/hair/makeup my bridesmaids picked, if their tattoos showed or what color their hair was.

I wouldn't do anything. If your bridesmaids are carrying bouquets it might cover her hand a lot in photos anyway. You can also ask mention it to your photographer and they can be really strategic about how they pose your bridesmaids for group shots and do so in ways where her skeleton hand is hidden or minimized.

You shouldn’t do anything. If the way someone looks is bothering you, that’s your problem, not theirs. It’s incredibly rude and mean to tell someone you don’t like something about their appearance so they need to change it for your wedding.
I get what you’re saying because me and all my bridesmaids have long hair that we’re going to wear down and curly and no visible tattoos, and then pretty late in the game, at the request of my fiancé I asked his sister to be a bridesmaid. She has full sleeves and short bright like crayon red hair. I thought for a moment that she wasn’t going to look right in the pictures and then I realized I was being a jerk and super judgemental. I think if you just think about how much you love her and what she means to you as a person you’ll realize the same thing.