MemberHelp! I am becoming the DIY queen with little or no expense in almost everything I’ve created for my big day. Now I’m stumped on maps, is there a fab program out there for little $$ that will let you add cute icons and landmarks? Insistent on doing myself, call me a control freak if you will, but we (both Fiance and I) are truly enjoying all the work we are putting into our celebration. Any suggestions?
MemberIf you just mean an online map, use weddingmapper.com
If you mean a map insert you’re making to put in your invitations, try google images.
MemberTry Photoshop elements, AppleWorks (on a Mac) or even Word. I used PhotoShop, but it’s pricey.
Memberhere is mapbio on theknot. it’s been useful to a few brides i know.
http://community.theknot.com/cs/ks/user/page.aspx?username=MapBio
MemberI used Illustrator and traced over a screenshot of a map from Google Images. You can get a free trial for 30 days from http://www.adobe.com.
MemberWeddingmapper.com also has a DIY guide for printing after you make a map on their site.
MemberMrs. Hibiscus did a whole DIY tutorial post on this: http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/05/04/diy-invitation-map/. Seems easy enough
If you have powerpoint, then it’s free!
MemberI used the weddingmapper.com step by step directions and it turned out great! It was really easy to use too!
MemberNot sure if you are good at drawing, but FI drew our map with cute little pictures and landmarks. Then he scanned it into photoshop to clean it up and added wording. It turned out great and its very personalized to us.
MemberWow, thank you all for the useful information. I think I’ll try the do it yourself and into photoshop OR powerpoint, hadn’t thought of that one. Will let you all know… and thanks again, what a fab support group.
MemberI am by no means a pro DIYer, but I found the Knot link listed by reilabird to be pretty easy to follow. I was able to make a simple map in Word relatively painlessly.
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