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DIY Wedding Maps {My Rock, Paper, Scissors Tutorial}

Danielle — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:33:56 +0000

Have you seen those gorgeous maps on the wedding invites of your friends and family? Did you get a quote on what it'd cost to have one designed and just can't afford it? Why not make one yourself! That's what I did back when I got married and I loved the way it turned out. This tutorial from My Rock, Paper, Scissors is not only simple to use but it's exactly what I did in 2007 when I designed my own map. In 10 easy steps you will have designed a map that's perfect for any occasion.

DIY Wedding Maps Tutorial

1. Google Map the area around your event site(s). 2. Determine the scale and the level of details you want to include in your map. In my case, the wedding couple only wanted to show the ceremony and reception sites. So I zoomed close enough in the map to include just these 2 locations. 3. Once you are at the right scale, do a print screen. (There should be a PrtScn or PrtSc button on your keyboard. If you only want to capture the window with the map, but not the junk on your deskstop, click on the map to make it the current active window, then press Alt-PrtScn.) 4. Open up a blank presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint. 5. Paste (Ctrl-v) the screen capture on the blank presentation. 6. Crop and size the image to approximately how you want the final product to look. Don’t worry if some of the scaling is off. No one has to know. 7. You should now have an idea of how detailed you want the map to be. For a wedding map, you probably just want to highlight the major highways or main streets, plus a few finer details (e.g. parking) around the wedding sites. There are 2 ways to add highways and main streets:

If they’re straight, use a Line;
If they’re curvy, use Autoshape –> Lines –> Curve. To create curves that follow the turns on the roads, try click on the vertex on each turn. This will create a series of pivot points (Fig. 1) that will help curve the line as you trace the rest of the road. Double click to end the tracing.

8. After the highways/main streets are done, you can start to add more details (eg. street names, ceremony and reception location, etc.). If you have out of town guests, consider adding one or two landmarks close-by to help them navigate. But don’t clutter the map with information irrelevant to the occasion. They will distract guests from finding their way to your event (Fig. 2).

9. To make key event sites stand out, try to highlight them with interesting icons or clip arts. In case you’re wondering, PowerPoint actually does an adequate job on searching for suitable clip arts when provided with the right keyword (ie. birthday, wedding, party, parking, etc.)

If parking is separated from the event site, you may want to include it in the map too (Fig. 3)

10. To match the map to your party colors/theme, try formatting selected drawn objects on the slide. You can do so by right-clicking on the object and going to the Format menu.

11. Once you’re done detailing the map, remove the Google map backdrop. Group all drawings together (i.e. Select them all, right-click, Grouping –> Group) before saving the picture. Now you’re ready to insert a homemade map in your party invitation!

Don't have the time to do it yourself?

While Cherish Paperie is designing your invitations, we'd be more than happy to design a custom map for you as well! And remember these important tips when creating your map. Check out weddingmapper.com and have their software do it for you! Or create your map on mapfling.com and just publish the URL of your map on your invite for others to view on their own.

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Kid-Friendly Stamped Cards {Maureen Cracknell Handmade DIY Tutorial}

Danielle — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:32:00 +0000

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When I stumbled upon the pictures for these adorable rose cards on Maureen Cracknell Handmade's blog I knew we had to try them out. They were beautiful and unique. Plus they used up the end of a vegetable that I might have just thrown away when I was done using it. This tutorial is simple, easy and almost not needed. Just look at the pictures to get an idea of what you're supposed to do.

You can also get creative! Try playing with colors or painting each celery stalk a different color to make a rainbow rose. Or add a rose garden onto canvas. I've also read that you can do this with lettuce as well. Maybe have a whole flower scape with different vegetable stamps.

What You'll Need:

Celery bunches
Paint
Glitter
Cardstock

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1. Cut the celery leaving only about 2 inches of in tact stalks.

2. Pour paint onto a small dish or paper plate.

3. Press the celery (cut side) into the paint and then stamp on paper.

4. Sprinkle with glitter while still wet.

5. Add a leaf or two if you'd like and personalize the card.

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Pirate Booty Popcorn Holders {DIY Party Stationery and Decor}

Danielle — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:23:00 +0000

For our super cool pirate's booty holders we used a simple DIY tutorial from Hostess with the Mostess. Instead of using gift wrap we customized the popcorn holders to match the theme of the party and add the birthday girl's name and age. These were fun and easy to make and the kids loved them. Even the adults were talking about how cute and practical they were.

These customizable cones are the perfect addition to any party and the best part is that after the first set of cones are gone you just need to pop a few more cones on the sticks to refill the tray. Convenient and cute! If you would like Cherish Paperie to customize some popcorn cones for your next event contact us today!

You’ll Need:

gift wrap, decorative or customized paper
lollipop sticks or small wooden dowels (we used small wooden skewers from Smart&Final - meant for corn on the cob)
craft styrofoam sheets – approx 1″ thick
shallow tray or vase/container (we used a photo box from Michaels)
candy/treats for the cones
candy/treats to cover the styrofoam
tape, glue stick & scissors

Directions

For the Paper Cones:

Download or create a template for the cones. (You can download the one we used here. It makes 5″ cones.)
Trace the cone template onto the paper, then trim out. Repeat as many times as you need.
Roll the trimmed paper into a cone shape, making sure there’s enough of a hole left in the bottom of the cone for the lollipop stick. Secure the cone shape with a piece of tape on the inside, and use the glue stick to make the outer edge lie flat.

For the Party Display:

Cut a piece of the styrofoam sheet to fit securely within your tray or vase/container.
Place the styrofoam in the container, then insert the lollipop sticks into the foam, leaving a few inches in between the sticks to make room for the cones. (You can insert the sticks in neat rows or in a random configuration – whichever you prefer!)
Pour candy or popcorn on top of the styrofoam until it is completely covered (we used Good & Plenty's)
Fill each paper cone with candy, popcorn, or another treat, then slide them onto the lollipop sticks.

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