The Story of the Little Map That Had Nowhere to Go

The Story of the Little Map That Had Nowhere to Go

March 29th, 2010 @ 5:59 pm by Mrs. Hamster
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I was organizing my “Wedding” folder on my laptop, and I found this treasure I had created way back when with my trusty design tool… Microsoft PowerPoint:

It doesn’t look like much, but I had spent an inordinate amount of time on it - due to my general creative ineptitude more than anything else. I was hoping to include them with the invitations, the out-of-town guest welcome bags, or somewhere else.

There were just a few small problems:

They literally did not fit in our invitation suite. The paper I used for our invitations is so thick that the poor envelopes are straining at their seams. There wasn’t room for even a piece of tissue paper in there!
We aren’t having out-of-town guest welcome bags. I was really looking forward to making welcome bags, but it turns out almost all of our out-of-town guests are bunking up with friends and family. Yay for them, boo for my map.

So now this poor map has found itself ousted from the Hammy wedding. Sad! I really like it, in a “pre-schooler beaming with pride at her finger-painted masterpiece” kind of way - it’s a little rudimentary, but I made it.

How, if at all, can I incorporate this map into our wedding? Should I just cut my losses on this one?

Have you had to scrap any DIY creations?

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28 Responses to “The Story of the Little Map That Had Nowhere to Go”

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coco

on your wedding website?

3/29/10 @ 6:07 pm (reply)

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daydreamwanderer (message) 9,017 posts, Bee Keeper

yep, I was also going to suggest the wedding website!

3/29/10 @ 6:23 pm (reply)

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Miss Sewing (message) 2,701 posts, Sugar bee

i love the giraffe and I’m not sure where you should put it, but coco’s idea is pretty good!

3/29/10 @ 6:23 pm (reply)

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katiebug (message) 267 posts, Helper bee

Hand it out at the rehearsal dinner?

3/29/10 @ 6:24 pm (reply)

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Tampamom (message) 284 posts, Helper bee

website, email as an attachment to those coming to your wedding

3/29/10 @ 6:24 pm (reply)

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Miss Slice (message) 173 posts, Blushing bee

looks like everyone beat me to it - I would definitely put it on your website!

3/29/10 @ 6:26 pm (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

We don’t have a wedding website!!! I’m so web illiterate, I think it might take a while to put one together too, even with all the free ready-to-go ones out there. Good suggestion if we had one though! Hmm…

3/29/10 @ 6:27 pm (reply)

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Roux (message) 1,356 posts, Bumble bee

Email it to people who might get lost?

3/29/10 @ 6:35 pm (reply)

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Miss Scarlet (message) 284 posts, Helper bee

Maybe send it as a postcard to people who RSVP yes with a “Can’t wait until you’re here to celebrate with us!” message? It’d be the extra printing/postage cost, but could be a fun touch and a way to show it off!

3/29/10 @ 6:37 pm (reply)

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teaadntoast (message) 2,595 posts, Sugar bee

Are you doing your rehearsal at the Pierre? If you’ll be sending separate rehearsal dinner invites, maybe it could go with them?

3/29/10 @ 6:41 pm (reply)

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trixicatt (message) 96 posts, Worker bee

we are passing out our maps after the ceremony so people will know how to get to the reception venue!

maybe this will work for you? unless you have the entire thing at once place…

3/29/10 @ 6:49 pm (reply)

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eileen marie (message) 1,662 posts, Bumble bee

We put our extra maps (we included ours with our invites) in a basket at the ceremony so people would know where the reception was and how to get to it.

3/29/10 @ 7:02 pm (reply)

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eileen marie (message) 1,662 posts, Bumble bee

Btw, such a cute map-a shame to waste!

3/29/10 @ 7:02 pm (reply)

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Miss Frozen Yogurt (message) 2,685 posts, Sugar bee

Oh, I really like the post card idea from Miss Scarlet, not sure if you want to send out something else, but it’s so cute, it deserves to be seen!

3/29/10 @ 7:16 pm (reply)

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Miss Starfish (message) 1,926 posts, Buzzing bee

We attempted a map too, and it just wasn’t working, ours looks pitiful compared to yours

3/29/10 @ 7:35 pm (reply)

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Kay

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3/29/10 @ 7:37 pm (reply)

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Champagne Wishes (message) 1,187 posts, Bumble bee

We are having ours resting on the pews at the church and it’s a “Place To Go and Things to Do” with our favorite spots for shopping, grabbing a drink, siteseeing, etc. Could you do something like that?
We thought about putting them in the programs but I didn’t want to take away from the purpose of it.

3/29/10 @ 8:44 pm (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Thanks for all the suggestions! Way more creative than anything I could think of (which was…nothing). The ceremony and reception will be held at the same place, but I like Miss Scarlett’s idea - I’ll have to look into it!

3/29/10 @ 9:42 pm (reply)

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