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A few weeks ago I was looking at my Pinterest account and thinking about how I had pinned all of these fun things to do around the house, but hadn't done any of them. Motivation knocked and I answered. Here's my version of the pin...
Sean and I live in the same town that we married in, which happens to be my hometown so I knew I couldn't follow the original exactly. I found a frame at Michael's (on sale - score!) and went from there.
Here's what I decided to do...
Step 1: I went to Google Maps and typed in the name of my hometown. I took a screen shot and then opened Paint. I clicked "Control + V" to paste the map's screenshot and cropped the map to include just the areas I wanted to see. This is what it looked like when I was done.
Step 2: I repeated Step 1 for Sean's hometown. Thank goodness Google Maps is global. This is what Sean's hometown map looked like.
Step 3: I wanted a quote about love traveling across miles and I found the perfect one on Goodreads after a Google search.
Step 4: I decided to add a wedding photo to the collage as our fourth image. We hung it on the wall in our living room with other photos of our family.
I love how this turned out! I am so glad I decided to go back through my Pinterest account to see what I have pinned over the past few years. I wonder what other great ideas I have lurking in there.
Have you created something inspired by one of your pins?
Happy Pinning and Creating,
Hi Amanda!
ReplyDeleteI have totally done this craft! I was inspired by the same pin :) I did state maps of our "first date," "first dance" (wedding), and "first home." Here's the blog post if you want to see how it turned out:
Joy in the Journey Crafty Creations
I *LOVE* your photo collage on your wall - it has such personality! I am going to need to do that in my living room too!
~Jessica
Joy in the Journey