u/Purple_Car_8765

I'm attending a wedding in November and have a $100–$200 gift budget.

I designed a personalized canvas featuring four meaningful months in the couple's relationship:

- May: Bride's birth flower and birthstone

- June: Groom's birth flower and birthstone

- October: The month they started dating

- November: Their wedding month

I'm considering having it printed on canvas or a transparent acrylic/glass tabletop display.

I've attached a picture of the design.

My questions:

Would you appreciate receiving something like this?
Does the artwork look elegant or too busy?
Would you prefer canvas or a glass/acrylic display?
Is this a thoughtful wedding gift, or would you prefer something from the registry?

I'd appreciate opinions, especially from married couples!

Is it weird to feel empty inside when your birthday is only a few days away? I feel like I have so much emptiness inside me. I try to smile, but it feels like my happiness is locked somewhere deep down, trapped in a place that it can’t escape from.

Sometimes I feel like my life is empty. I feel like I have no one to spend my day with, share moments with, or create memories with—someone who can make me feel loved, cared for, and appreciated.

I know that God loves me, but sometimes I feel like I can’t feel His love at all. Is it wrong for me to say these things? Sometimes I just want to let everything I have inside of me come out so I can finally feel alive, free, and like myself again.

I feel like I’m not making any sense when I talk about this, but these are the feelings I have inside me, and I don’t know how else to explain them.

Would you appreciate receiving this personalized artwork as a wedding gift?

Feeling empty