{"id":446,"date":"2013-05-03T03:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellenza.com\/wedding-ideas\/diy-projects\/vintage-maps-add-an-elegant-flair-to-your-wedding.html"},"modified":"2013-05-03T02:57:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T09:57:31","slug":"vintage-maps-add-an-elegant-flair-to-your-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellenza.com\/wedding-ideas\/diy-projects\/vintage-maps-add-an-elegant-flair-to-your-wedding.html","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Maps Add an Elegant Flair to Your Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bellenza.com\/wedding-ideas\/bistro-images\/290\/vintage-map.jpg\" title=\"Vintage Maps Add an Elegant Flair to Your Wedding\" alt=\"Vintage map wedding seating chart\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you met while overseas? Maybe you have different cultural backgrounds? Or it could be that you&#8217;re both avid globe trotters and have selected a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellenza.com\/wedding-ideas\/decorate\/how-to-decorate-a-travel-themed-table-with-a-vintage-flair.html\">travel theme<\/a> for your wedding, it is certainly a wonderful choice. Fabulous to decorate, too! One decorating element that&#8217;s become a huge favorite for this theme are maps. And understandably so. Maps have a certain fascination\u2014whether <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellenza.com\/wedding-ideas\/tag\/vintage-weddings\">vintage<\/a> or contemporary, covering the entire globe or just the streets of your home city. So we scoured wedding blog posts and etsy sites for creative ways of incorporating maps into a wedding from seating charts to garlands to confetti and more!<\/p>\n<h2>See How Maps Can be Used from Decor to Stationery<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bellenza.com\/wedding-ideas\/bistro-images\/575\/maps-weddings.jpg\" title=\"Vintage Maps Add an Elegant Flair to Your Wedding\" alt=\"Vintage maps as table decorations for wedding\" border=\"0\" height=\"869\" width=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Colorful cardboard planes serve as escort cards pinned to a map, featured on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveandlavender.com\/2010\/03\/lucy-and-phils-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Love and Lavender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; An antique map lends definite Old World charm to a travel-themed wedding where the actual bride and groom had met on a plane, as found at <a href=\"http:\/\/ohdarlingdays.co.za\/2012\/01\/monique-and-kazlin-vintage-wedding-at.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oh Darling Wedding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211; Envelope liners crafted from maps extend the travel theme to the invites, as seen on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-do-it-yourself.com\/2009\/08\/diy-travel-inspired-invites-holly-sean\/\" target=\"_blank\">I-Do-It-Yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4 &#8211; Vintage atlas pages turn into airplane-shaped wedding confetti, available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/72878616\/100-airplanes-vintage-atlas-map-punches?ref=v1_other_1\" target=\"_blank\">etsy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5 &#8211; Significant locations and dates dot a couple&#8217;s escort card backdrop on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dseventsblog.com\/2011\/11\/jessica-sam-featured-in-san-francisco.html\" target=\"_blank\">Downey Street Events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6 &#8211; Free-standing wooden letters spell out a significant locale while decorated with its maps, an eye-catching idea from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diyinspired.com\/six-ways-to-recycle-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\">DIY Inspired<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7 &#8211; Paper globes fashioned from vintage maps make quaint hanging ornaments, again available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/61597198\/paper-globes-made-with-vintage-maps-one\" target=\"_blank\">etsy<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>More Goodies on the Web<\/h2>\n<p>Here are more creative ways of using vintage maps:<\/p>\n<p>1. Party buntig &#8211; tutorial from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaosborn.com.au\/map-bunting-tutorial\/\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">Angela Osborn<\/a><br \/>\n2. Favor paper boats &#8211; from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyatlas.com\/2011\/06\/09\/vintage-nautical-guest-dessert-feature\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">Amy Atlas&#8217;s vintage nautical feature<\/a><br \/>\n3. Table number holder &#8211; from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theknot.com\/weddings\/album\/a-vintage-formal-wedding-in-fort-worth-tx-100501\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">the Knot<\/a><br \/>\n4. Pinwheels &#8211; from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.idoityourself.com.au\/2012\/02\/steal-that-style-diy-pinwheels.html\" style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.3em\">&#8216;i do&#8217; it yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t you convinced that maps lend a romantic Old World touch to a wedding? How would you incorporate them into your decor?\u00a0 Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you met while overseas? Maybe you have different cultural backgrounds? Or it could be that you&#8217;re both avid globe trotters and have selected a travel theme for your wedding, it is certainly a wonderful choice. Fabulous to decorate, too! One decorating element that&#8217;s become a huge favorite for this theme are maps. 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