Weddingbee boards

I slaved over this map for two days and finally emerged with a draft I like! I used WeddingMapper and then made the map in Publisher and polished it up in PhotoShop. If I could do it all over again (but I'm not crazy, so no thank you...lol) I would have made the map in PhotoShop to begin with. I'm going to take it to the printer next week and see what she says.

@ eggman9091, I  used MapQuest, actually, but you can use it with any map program. Initially, I used the WeddingMapper site, but I liked the MapQuest version better, so I made a fourth map which I liked better since each map I made looked better. It's so easy. WeddingMapper lets you put in as many points of interest as you want and maps them out for you. I used WeddingMapper as a general guide so I knew where to place my icons on my DIY map, but I used MapQuest to do the actual tracing. WeddingMapper is free and gives you excellent instructions that can be used in any map program and is not just limited to theirs, which is fantastic. Honestly, it doesn't take horribly long. I got my last map done in three hours. I could have done in faster, but I was watching Bridezillas on DVR, so I fall into a TV-induced coma from time to time Essentially, you create the map, copy and paste it into PhotoShop or Word, even, and then you trace over it. Then you cut the map away and you are left with the traced lines. Then you spruce it up. I actually had fun with it. Here is a link the the directions on WeddingMapper:

 http://www.weddingmapper.com/diy/wedding_map

Additionally, WeddingMapper has free clip art you can use for your traced map...of course, I discovered this AFTER I finished mine!