Offbeat Bride | Tattooed brides

Perhaps I'm biased because I had visible tattoos at my wedding, but I just can't get enough of the inked wedding shots. I love the ways that offbeat brides not only don't feel the need to hide their tats — they find the most gorgeous ways of showcasing their body adornments.

Read on to see a few of my favorite tattooed brides from the Offbeat Bride photo group and elsewhere on Flickr. And if you're inspired, leave a comment with your photos of beautiful wedding tattoos!

UPDATE: This post was written in January 2007, and since then I've featured so many beautifully tattooed brides that I've started a whole category of posts featuring brides with tattoos!

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On January 17th, 2007 at 4:41 PM
Maya said

HI! Hey! I got my (your…THE) book today, and it is absolutely Beeyouuutiful! Scott asked me why I'm not published. Heh. I also have a cute inked bride – sadly, I didn't get any pictures of the gorgeous (made up with sparkles!) girls with full "sleeve" tats.

PPS You have such nice handwriting…I thought my mum had sent me something at first!

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On January 17th, 2007 at 10:23 PM
imaginary dana said

Those brides tats are AWESOME! Mine was a bit more subtle…

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d.

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On January 18th, 2007 at 8:42 AM
imaginary dana said

Sorry for my last comment sans image… here's what I was talking about (I hope this works…

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On January 18th, 2007 at 8:40 AM
Ariel said

Oops, sorry: I didn't realize that WordPress was stripping out image tags. I've fixed that now. Post away, ladies!!

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On January 18th, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Maya said

Ok, let's try this again:

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On January 18th, 2007 at 3:52 PM
Kelly G. said

Fabulous! I just finished reading your book yesterday and then hopped over to check out the blog and there is a shot I took at a wedding (the first one) right out front. This offbeat wedding photographer is smiling.

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On January 23rd, 2007 at 8:12 AM
Subspace said

I have a slightly bummer version of the visible-tattoo-wedding…

A few years ago I was a bridesmaid to my childhood best friend. She was marrying a very, very well-to-do man with a lot of foreign relatives, all of whom ultimately ended up at some point staring in disgust at my exposed full sleeve tattoos. I became increasingly self-conscious (and angry at myself for feeling that way) over the course of the show, which culminated in the photographer taking great pains to leave me out of the photos.

I pulled a chair up to the table with shrimp on it and ate just about the whole platter, inviting guests to come have a bite with me and shrugging when they turned me down.

Also, it was a seriously fugly bridesmaid's dress that cost me nearly $300. Bitches.

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On February 15th, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Valerie said

Hey Ariel,
I was browsing flickr, and found this great photo of a tattooed bride and her bridesmaids. Might be one of my favorites that I've seen. I had to share it.

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On February 22nd, 2007 at 9:01 PM
Ariel said

And yet another hot inked bride:

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On June 17th, 2007 at 10:53 PM
Needled | Offbeat Bride Rocks said

[...]Ariel Meadow Stallings is a tattooed goddess and author of Offbeat Bride. I only wish she published over a year ago when I got hitched.[...]

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On October 21st, 2007 at 5:31 PM
brandy said

I love these pictures of all the tattooed brides, I was looking for pics of my sister in law and brother, she's all tatted up and she made her own dress, it was beautiful, skulls and roses on it, chains for straps and my brother had a big mohawk, totally cute, I'm gonna find some good shots I can post. You'll love them!!

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On December 31st, 2007 at 10:21 PM
S.R. said

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On February 7th, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Adrienne said

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On January 26th, 2009 at 4:44 PM
jill silva said

I found this on livejournal in a polaroid community. Im not married but so far I have 11 tattoos and if I were to be wed I would NOT hide who I am. Its like lying to myself or who evers there for that day. You got inked, be proud of it. Unless of course, its something you despise and plan on removing..

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On January 21st, 2007 at 11:25 PM
Rockabilly wedding cake | Offbeat Bride said

[...] wedding cake~ rockabilly style Originally uploaded by My House is Cuter Than Yours. After all this talk of tattooed brides, I couldn't resist posting this awesome wedding cake. Apparently this delicacy was inspired by Sailor Jerry tattoo flash. Pretty much the most perfect cake ever for a rockabilly couple. [...]

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On April 10th, 2007 at 4:45 PM
Offbeat Bride | Todays hottie bride said

[...] all know I have a thing for brides with tattoos, therefore Is it any wonder then that I can't stop staring at the pictures from Daniel & [...]

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On April 10th, 2007 at 8:46 PM
offbeat. « urban bride. said

[...] April 11, 2007 at 4:46 am · Filed under pretties, sites i like, fashionista? okay some of these chicks are out there but i love all the tattes brides that are featured it makes me wanna go and ink up my whole back: tatted brides [...]

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