Wedding Design Tutorial
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I've finally gotten around to working on our wedding website.
Since we're having a destination wedding with guests coming from all over the country and world, and we chose not to include printed maps with our invitations, I wanted to post area maps at our website (along with printable versions).
Before I moved to California, I remember not knowing where ANY of the cities were located, much less where they were relative to one another.
So the map above attempts to orient visitors. I marked our wedding location with a heart. I also labelled cities our guests will be flying into or visiting during their trips.
I followed this Weddingbee tutorial to create pretty maps using google maps, powerpoint, and a Wacom tablet (thank you fiancé). The original tutorial was from 2007 and used Yahoo maps.
Read on for a short tutorial.
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DIY Wedding Maps
Ingredients
Protocol
Happy Map Making!
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I've finally gotten around to working on our wedding website.
Since we're having a destination wedding with guests coming from all over the country and world, and we chose not to include printed maps with our invitations, I wanted to post area maps at our website (along with printable versions).
Before I moved to California, I remember not knowing where ANY of the cities were located, much less where they were relative to one another.
So the map above attempts to orient visitors. I marked our wedding location with a heart. I also labelled cities our guests will be flying into or visiting during their trips.
I followed this Weddingbee tutorial to create pretty maps using google maps, powerpoint, and a Wacom tablet (thank you fiancé). The original tutorial was from 2007 and used Yahoo maps.
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Read on for a short tutorial.
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DIY Wedding Maps
Ingredients
- Google Maps
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Wacom Tablet & Pen (optional)
- Photoshop (optional)
Protocol
Update: I used "American Typewriter" font for all the maps.
Happy Map Making!
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Very clever! And I'm totally into the idea of destination weddings these days, it makes me wish I'd done it myself when I got married :) Thanks for sharing and linking up at my *Get Creative* party again this week!
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Thanks so much for the inspiration! I just pinned this and I am your newest linky follower.
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karianne
Great tute! Thanks for walking me through it!
ReplyDeleteReally cute idea. I'm sure all your guests will be very impressed!
ReplyDeleteStopping by from WhipperBerry. I'm getting married in May so we are prepping our invitations now. I saw your post at just the right time. These are too perfect! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCute idea! Thanks for dropping by Moose Mouse Creations. I'm happily following you back!
ReplyDeleteI love this so much that I am featuring it today! Thanks for sharing! ~Tonia
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Thanks for following and congrats on your upcoming graduation! I'm only in my first year! These are so cute and clever!
ReplyDeleteReally cool idea! What font did you use?
ReplyDeleteThanks Katie! I used "American Typewriter"
DeleteReally cute ideas... love it! Visiting back from the bloghop!
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ReplyDeletethis is such a GREAT idea...and an awesome tutorial!! Thanks so much for sharing at "20 Below Thursday" (PS - I'm your newest Linky Follower!) :)
ReplyDeletethis is such a cute idea. i love it.
ReplyDeleteUm, I love this! I think I may need to re-post it ;-)
ReplyDeleteCaroline, I handle the social media for a company called Psi Bands. This spring we're putting some emphasis on weddings, so I'm going to share a link to your post on the Psi Bands Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your creativity and talent on “A Little Birdie Told Me…” Tuesday at Rook No. 17! This week’s party is already in full swing. Hope you’ll join us!
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Jenn
Nice!!! That's really creative! Good for you on figuring out how to use Google Maps to make it work too! :) Thanks for sharing this on Fancy This Fridays this last week!!! ~Kassi @ Truly Lovely
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