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Need help with DIY projects- Maps/Agendas

HilareyLHilareyL member
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Hi ladies-
I've avoided anything DIY so far for the wedding b/c I seem to always mess it up.  However, I am committing myself to making the maps and agendas.  Since we have a lot of out of town guests, we're doing gift bags at the hotel when they check in and want to include a map of the city- so they know where to go and other things to do when they have down time, and an agenda so they know what time to be there.  I went out and bought A9 paper at Paper Source last weekend.  
Does anyone have any good programs or suggestions for making/printing maps?  And how do you deal with the funky size of A9 paper when you're printing from home?
Any advice would be helpful.
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Re: Need help with DIY projects- Maps/Agendas

  • MoonlightSilverMoonlightSilver member
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    I used  http://www.weddingmapper.com/ to create maps for my wedding. I created the whole map I wanted on their website, then I print screen'ed and copied the map into Word (I probably did a little editing in Paint just to remove the browser window and such). I printed out one copy at home, and then printed the rest at Staples. We didn't use any special paper, so I can't help there. 
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_need-help-with-diy-projects-mapsagendas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:03f43b62-acc7-4161-98a4-91473fe770eePost:8970ff37-64e6-4901-bc6e-acea865cf5d1">Re: Need help with DIY projects- Maps/Agendas</a>:
    [QUOTE]I used  <a href="http://www.weddingmapper.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.weddingmapper.com/</a>  to create maps for my wedding. I created the whole map I wanted on their website, then I print screen'ed and copied the map into Word (I probably did a little editing in Paint just to remove the browser window and such). I printed out one copy at home, and then printed the rest at Staples. We didn't use any special paper, so I can't help there. 
    Posted by MoonlightSilver[/QUOTE]

    This is exactly what I did too.  Weddingmapper has step by step instructions on their website, very helpful.  I made the map that I wanted, hit "PrintScreen" button, pasted into Word, and cropped the image.
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  • eltar08eltar08 member
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    I did the same as PP, though it was easier for me to manipulate it in Powerpoint (more tools).  The other suggestion I have is to make the roads perpendicular vs. tracing exactly how they intersect...this allowed me to fudge the scale a bit...otherwise it would have been one big map!
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