one of the gifts i made for aaron’s birthday was a framed his & hers map set. i had vintage maps of indiana & idaho that i picked up when i was antique shopping with amanda a few months ago. i had seen a lot of things pinterest, like here, here, & here, but i came up with a little something different.
supplies:
- cardstock to make heart & banners
- scissors
- colored cardstock for background
- maps – vintage optional
- ruler
- gluestick
- letter stamps or pen
- pencil
first i cut out two 5 x 7 inch pieces to fit into my frames. then i cut out a heart that was just a 1/2 inch or so smaller on each side than the 5 inch width. {sidenote: i find that when cutting out hearts, it is easier to fold the paper in half & draw & cut one side of the heart out. this way you have a perfectly symmetrical heart. think elementary school.} i opened up my maps & found the towns that aaron & i are from on each – alexandria for aaron & meridian/eagle for me. then i centered the heart on the town, traced around it, & cut out the heart.
to make the little banners, i cut out two strips of white cardstock that were 3 inches by 3/4 inches. i stamped “him” & “her” on each strip {being the stamping novice that i am, i got some ink on the edge of the stamp that showed up. i thought it looked sort of vintage-y so i left it}. then i cut out little triangles on each end of the strip. i glued one heart on one background & the other heart on the other background, & then glued on the banners to each piece.
have you made anything with {vintage} maps?
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I love a good map craft! Well done!
Representin’ x town! Woo hoo!! I need vintage maps! Where do you find such a thing?
I guess there are a bunch of towns on this map that don’t exist anymore – it is from the 70s so that makes sense I guess. I picked up these maps from an antique store.