DIY Wedding Map Invitations & Congrats Little One!
So here’s to hoping my little sis Holly, (aka one of the “Little Ones”- she has a twin), doesn’t kill me for putting her on blast (in a sombrero at that!) in this post, but in case I haven’t already mentioned, this pretty little face was proposed to by her long time boyfriend while on vacation in Mexico for our wedding!
Yes, yes people before you get your panties twisted in a wad and say “wait, he proposed during your wedding weekend? No, he shouldn’t have done that!” Ummm…sure he could, and he did! Mr. Oceanside and I live in a world of sharing, of celebrating others celebrations and if that made our wedding weekend end on another high note, we welcomed it with open arms! And the boy did good too. =) Took her on a horse ride along the Sea of Cortez with the breathtaking Cabo mountains in the distance and ended the night with a romantic dinner on the beach, bringing one very important question to the table, and of course a little bling!
Super duper excited for her and of course you know what this means? I get to extend my craftiness towards whatever little wedding projects she wants to swing my way! Woohoo!
So last night I got off the phone with my sis after chatting about wedding to-dos, dates, timelines, and yada yada. She is about 90% sure they will be getting married in their new city of Charleston. So since most of their family and friends live outside the state of South Carolina, she’s considering introducing them to their wedding weekend with a Save the Date map. And I LOVE this idea!
These maps work really for any wedding, any where in the world of course, but I especially love the “map” idea for destination weddings or weddings where most of your guests will be traveling to somewhere new.
Check out these DIY wedding invitation maps…(so fun!)
via Wedding Bee
There are lots free resources out there such as the map creating site like Wedding Mapper and Google of course. Other software that could be useful in DIYing your own maps would be Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or PowerPoint. I may actually give it whirl and take a shot at creating one for her. We’ll see!
And just in case you’d rather focus on the other bagillion other details for your wedding instead and want to leave the map making to a professional, I found these two very talented designers: Couture Maps and custom wedding maps by Laura Hooper!
But if that little crafty and DIY go-getter side of you can’t help but be intrigued by the idea of creating your own, here’s a quick map video tutorial that can help get you started…
Did you use maps as invitations or include them in the suite? If you made your own and have tips, I’d love to hear them!
Happy Wedding Wednesday everyone!
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