DIY: Map .. update!!

You may recall my post a while back talking about attempting my DIY wedding map. Well, after talking about my frustrations with this task with one of my frugal bride friends, I started from scratch this morning based on tips from her.

I took the general idea from Wedding Mapper and the stunning maps created by Snappymap and here's what I came up with.



The key: I used MS Visio which was WAY better than MS word or powerpoint. Since visio is used for technical drawings etc, they have a feature for creating maps. This was a tip from my friend.

Chances are this isn't the final product (as the boy was suppose to make this) but I think it rocks.

Productive weekend! I RULE!

DIY maps

So after some thought, boy wonder and I decided to toss in a map detailing the hotels and venue with the invitations. As much as I'd love to go the lick and stick method from google.maps, I decided I'm going to be crafty and attempt and a do it yourself (DIY) map.

The place, Wedding Mapper . They tell you that this is what you can do ...



sample:

BEFORE:











AFTER:





Looks nice huh? So I started to work on mine, when I realised how much fun it WASN'T!! Those who know me know I have 0, zilch, notta patience for anything that requires such detail.









So, here's a sample of what my guests should expect:




Sure it's not as "wow, did they do that themselves?" as the hand drawn one, but come on!! Do my guests really care that much?