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Tattoo suggestions...

I am thinking of getting a tattoo for my Grandparents.
I won't be getting it for a while, I am just playing around with some ideas.

I would like it to be something fairly original but I don't mind if it is a common tattoo as long as it has meaning behind it.

For placement I want it on my shoulder blade like this
http://www.flowerpictures1.com/r-sho...attoo-1261.htm
I also don't want anything huge, so about that size too.

I want something simple and nothing too crazy or busy.

Here are some things about my grandparents that may help with ideas...

-Both of their birthdays are in November. Their star sign is Scorpio, birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is a chrysanthemum.

-My Nan's name means peace and my Grandad's name means Graceful.

-My Grandad has Multiple Myeloma (type of cancer)

Over the past few years I have had a few ideas. One of my favourites so far has been a dove to represent peace but that is more for my Nan. I would really like a way to incorporate both of them into 1 tattoo because I don't really want 2.
So far for me the most difficult bit is finding on to represent both of them.

So yeah I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas. I have searched tattoos so much now my brain has give up :)

Re: Tattoo suggestions...

how about a dove intertwined with or carrying a chrysanthemum? I quite like the carrying idea because it kind of symbols an end to troubles/worries (noah's ark?). Or with an emerald or something. Why not just take a load of ideas to a tattoo parlor and get them to do some sketches for you?

Re: Tattoo suggestions...

I'm thinking 2 doves carrying a chrysanthemum, like a dove on each side of the flower?
Or they could be carrying a banner and you could have something written in the banner

Re: Tattoo suggestions...

See I thought about the chrysanthemum idea once before but this is what one looks like....
http://www.teleflora.com/images/vend...ysanthemum.jpg

and this is what the tattoos look like...
http://tattoo.about.com/library/graphics/watermum.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/p/j/1/jbiswell19.jpg

and I just don't like how they look as tattoos. Also I would have to be big to get the detail of the flower and the 2 doves would have to be bigger to be able to carry it.
Then I don't think this will fit on my shoulder blade.

Same with the 2 carrying a banner, that would probably have to go across my whole back with a dove on each shoulder blade.

Another memorial idea I have is to get a ring with topaz stones and get it engraved or something. I like the idea of a tattoo more, it is permanent and would never got lost or stolen.