Abstract painting wedding guests

Imagine getting an email from one of your sweetest students saying that they wanted to hire you to come out to Colorado to capture their small, intimate wedding in Aspen.... I was SO EXCITED!!! This was long before COVID or travel bans or quarantine. Haleigh planned her wedding quickly because her dad's health was declining quickly and she wanted nothing more than for him to walk her down the aisle and get to experience an amazing trip with him. Haleigh's dad has been battling cancer with a…

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Love this idea! Instead of guests signing a book or picture at your wedding that you'll keep away in a closet, let each guest contribute a paint splatter on a canvas that the couple can pick out paint colors for and hang as an abstract painting somewhere in their home. This would be so cool to see everyday and know your friends and family made it for you at your wedding