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{DIY wedding} create your own wedding map using powerpoint

Since I posted our map to ever after here, I’ve gotten a few inquiries on how I made it. But whenever I mention using Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator as the tool I used to create the wedding map, they usually dump the idea of creating one for themselves because they feel that these softwares are not for non-techies, who know nothing about graphic design and editing.

I thought of recommending other editing softwares but I realized that this DIY project can be replicated using something more familiar and easy to use: the MS PowerPoint. We know PowerPoint as the tool for creating presentations but lately, artistic DIY brides are creating beautiful monograms with it. So why not a map?

The only downside is the resulting image is not a high-resolution one, but unless you’re going to print out an enlarged version of it, I think it’ll do good for a wedding map.

So without further ado, here are the instructions on how to create your own wedding map using PowerPoint.

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the map

The map is an essential part of a wedding invitation. It will tell your guests, especially those unfamiliar to the place, how to get to the Church and to the Reception venue. However important, the map was never the highlight of an invitation. It often consists of boring arrows and straight lines and corners and an X to mark the spot.

I wanted to do away with such dullness and give the map the respect it is due. But of course, I also wanted it to be accurate and possibly show our guests the easier and faster routes to get to us. I figured the best way to start the journey was in Google Maps. And here’s what happened when I converted the map I found via Google Maps:

googlemap, carmona cavite, san pedro laguna, GMA cavite

into our very own Map To Happy Ever After:

wedding map

Makes you wanna go there, doesn’t it?

Click here for the instructions on how to create your own DIY wedding map using MS PowerPoint.