By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-22 08:56:37 | Updated at 2025-01-24 19:46:16
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Everyone loves a quirky wedding trend - but as one couple found out, even the best laid plans can go awry.
A luxury wedding destination The Lofton posted a video to TikTok, which showed a couple's arty idea quickly turning into a canvas of doodles - much to the chagrin of the newlyweds.
A sign at the wedding reception instructed guests to 'grab a brush', calling the activity a 'stroke of love.'
'Help us remember our wedding day with a painting created by all of our guests,' it instructed.
The bride and groom had included some examples of what they envisioned, which was abstract paint strokes on a canvas.
They provided a selection of muted colors, in shades of green and beige, but unfortunately it didn't go as smoothly as they thought.
Rather than guests artfully stroking the canvas to create some modern art, it ended up looking like a child had taken to the canvas.
Instead of the chic, modern, brush-stroke art, the canvas was covered in random squiggles, trees, love hearts, XOs, people's names, and even a rabbit and horse head.
A sign at the wedding reception instructed guests to 'grab a brush', calling the activity a 'stroke of love'
The disgruntled bride took one look at the canvas and decided to fix it.
She took the brush and started to completely paint over the artwork, using the shades of green and white to furiously paint up and down strokes on the canvas.
'When the guests didn't UNDERSTAND the assignment,' the Southern Texas venue wrote on the video.
'Let’s be honest, guest never read! You can plan for your wedding all day long, leave tons of custom signs, and the guests are still going to do what they want,' the venue captioned the clip.
While the clip was meant to take a swipe at the guests, many commenters didn't blame the guests for running amok with the paintbrush.
'Why are the examples abstract stock paintings you’d find on clearance at TJ Maxx,' one user wrote.
'This is exactly how I’d expect that to go actually,' laughed another.
'Nothing more sentimental than covering your actual guests' paintings so it matches your aesthetic,' chimed in another.
Rather than guests artfully stroking the canvas to create some modern art, it ended up looking like a child had taken to the canvas, with the bride painting over it
'No those instructions are so unclear,' another person wrote.
'I would be so sad to see the bride covering up all that work left with love,' complained another.
They added: 'The point was the sentiment behind it, if you want a painting that you can buy from Home Goods just do that girl.'
In a comment The Lofton added the bride was in 'the best spirit about this.'
'And it was fun to paint it and the guests had fun messing around with her by going back and painting it again after she painted over. It fit them!' they wrote.
