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ART | GIFT | WEDDING GIFT
Creating A Wedding Gift With Meaning
An original painting from the heart
My partner’s youngest sister got married on September 13th. She has been with her husband for over 12 years, so I guess it’s been a long time coming.
We knew about the wedding back in 2024 and committed to attending then. Two important events had us coming back to Canada this past summer. One was my dad’s 80th birthday in May, the other was this wedding.
We knew that with weddings come gifts, but what on earth do you buy for a couple that has already lived together for over 10 years? I kicked myself for not thinking to get them something unique during our European winter last year, but that was useless. We needed to figure out something now.
I texted my partner's mom to ask what they were doing. ‘Nothing, we are just giving them money.’ Ugh.
We had no problem tucking some money into a card and giving it to them, but it seemed so impersonal. I felt like we could do better.
Then it dawned on me. As we had been moving around Western Canada, I had been carting a tote of art supplies with us. In it was a relatively blank canvas board that measured 16"x20" (41x51cm).
