Make Your Mark Events
Fine Art Painted Guest Canvas - Collaborative painting experience - Live painting entertainment - Guest Book Alternative
wedding guest entertainment
alternative guestbook
creative entertainment
live artist
fully personalised
totally unique
Business details last verified on 15th of May 2026 by Make Your Mark Events.
Prices
Typical Price: £1,000
Price Range: £750 - £1,500
About Make Your Mark Events
Live Painting entertainment - but unlike anything you've seen before. Based in Hampshire, covering Surrey, Wiltshire, Sussex, London and UK. Your guests collaborate with artist Emma on a painting personalised and bespoke to you. Creating unique artwork made with love that's destined to be hung proudly for generations. Art that'll will make your day unique, memorable and leave you with something fabulous to hang that's 100% you.
Elevate the congratulations and say it with paint. Who needs a book anyway.
Each painting is curated just for you. Come to us with ideas and imagery and once you've approved the design and colour - we'll prep a painting off site for your guests. On the day we're on hand to help and encourage everyone to get involved and to look after the paint and canvas. Our motto is Everyone can paint - so everyone can leave their mark for you.
Your painting will create conversations, banter and great photo opportunities on the day.
After it comes back to the studio for edits and enhancements and then delivered to your home to proudly hang.
Years later we still get messages from couples remarking how guests come to their homes and proudly point out their part.
We offer 3 packages and an up to 4 or 6 hour package.
Masterpiece package - The ultimate - up to 6 hours on the day, full range of professional canvas sizes, after-work, framing and photo album guest book.
Signature package - The original - up to 4 or 6 hours on the day, selected professional canvas sizes, after-work and delivery
Artisan package - The DIY - up to 4 or 6 hours on the day,, selected professional canvas sizes, finished on the day, left on site, DIY art pack
Proud to a preferred supplier at Rivervale Barn, Gate St Venue, Winters Barn, Sopley Mill, Bury Manor
The Details
Type
Live Illustrators
Contact & Location
Make Your Mark Events
Haslemere, gu33 6bw, Hampshire, United Kingdom
FAQs
I'm based in Hampshire but happy to travel throughout England and Wales. International or DIY packages are available. Popular areas include Cotswolds, Surrey, New forest, London
from £750
up to 4 hours and up to 6 hours packages are available. Extra hours can be added. I recommend a minimum of 2 hours painting time for your guests.
I take bookings up to 2 years in advance.
You will confirm your design and colour palette for your painting. Then it'll be a surprise for you on the day. Some examples of previous finished work can be seen easily on my website gallery.
It's totally up to you. You come to me with inspiration ideas - and I'll put together design options for you to choose from. Everything is bespoke and personalised.
Our Sustainability Commitments
We make art to keep - not throw away. To be handed down the generations.
Why Couples Recommend Make Your Mark Events
Couples consistently describe this service as a unique, memorable, and phenomenal highlight of their wedding. The experience is praised as a fun and engaging activity for guests, serving as a brilliant form of entertainment that goes far beyond a traditional guest book. Guests are reported to have absolutely loved participating, with the on-site artist being frequently commended for being friendly, helpful, and encouraging, ensuring even the most hesitant felt confident enough to contribute. The collaborative process is highlighted as seamless and creative, with the business expertly translating a couple's personal ideas and inspirations into a perfectly bespoke design for the canvas. The final, professionally finished painting is universally described as incredible, stunning, and a magnificent piece of art. It serves as a deeply personal and treasured keepsake that couples are proud to display in their homes, a constant reminder of the friends and family who all played a part in its creation.
Customer Reviews
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Personal Message
Hi, I'm Emma, lead artist and owner of Make Your Mark Events. I'm a colour and pattern junkie, a professional artist, textile designer and champion of collaborative art! After discovering my niche in the wedding and art world - I've been running collaborative art events since 2019. I love the energy around a canvas - people painting together, the banter, the hidden skills and fun. Everyone really can paint and together we can create masterpieces.
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