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PHOTOS: BG gets tatted for Sorry Mom Tattoo’s grand opening

Jacob Sebastian and Sam Huffman
September 21, 2025
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Sorry Mom Tattoo owner Sara Strange tattoos Dilan Payne’s shin on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 during Sorry Mom Tattoo’s new location grand opening on Pedigo Way. Payne reached for his wife, April Payne’s leg to distract him from the pain of the tattooing process. (Sam Huffman)
Sara Strange pulls the stencil off of Dilan Payne’s leg before giving him a fresh tattoo on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)
Sorry Mom Tattoo Owner Sara Strange tattoos a cactus and rising sun on customer Dilan Payne on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. Strange previously worked at a one room studio before upgrading to her current location. (Jacob Sebastian)
Josh Caudill, guest artist from the Crawling Panther Tattoo Company, works on a customer during the opening flash sale at Sorry Mom Tattoo on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. Caudill came to support the shop and help ease the workload of opening day. (Jacob Sebastian)
Dilan Payne, middle, talks to Sara Strange before having his leg shaved for a mermaid tattoo at the newly opened Sorry Mom Tattoo on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)
Bottles of colored tattoo ink line the shelves of Sorry Mom Tattoo on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)
The Crawling Panther Tattoo Company Artist, Josh Caudill, tattoos customer April Payne’s arm on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 during Sorry Mom Tattoo’s Grand Opening of their new location on Pedigo Way. Caudill assisted Sorry Mom Tattoo Owner, Sara Strange, with tattooing customers due to the large number of customers that showed up for the grand opening. (Sam Huffman)
Sorry Mom Tattoo Owner, Sara Strange, applies a “second skin” seal to customer Alexis Noyce’s arm after giving her a tattoo on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 during Sorry Mom Tattoo’s new location Grand Opening on Pedigo Way. (Sam Huffman)
Sorry Mom Tattoo held the grand opening for its new location on Pedigo way on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Sam Huffman)
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Jacob Sebastian
Jacob Sebastian, Staff Photographer
Jacob Sebastian is a photographer for the Herald. Sebastian is a sophomore double majoring in Photojournalism and Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies. Originally from Cub Run, Kentucky, this is his first year on Herald staff.  
Sam Huffman
Sam Huffman, Staff Photographer