The minute they said yes, framed.

Some proposals here are private and planned for months: a dinner on a yacht leaving Dubai Marina, a table at a restaurant high in Downtown, a desert camp with lanterns. Others are family occasions, with the groom's family visiting the bride's home. Both have a time and a place, and both make a good moment to frame.

Engagement gifts are often small: chocolates, flowers, a bottle of perfume. A framed artwork of the galaxy above the proposal is a larger gesture, usually from close family or the best friend who helped plan it. It also gives the couple their first piece for the home they will share.

Some people order it in advance with the planned time and place, and present it after the question is asked. If you do, choose a time you are sure of; the artwork will show it. Others wait and use the real minute, which the photographer's files will confirm.

Couples sometimes ask for two pieces over two years: the engagement first, the wedding night later, hung side by side. Each galaxy is different, and together they tell the story in order.