I found some ideas on-line and originally thought I would use the entire map, so I bought a large frame for it at Goodwill. After playing around with it for a while, I decided to cut up the map and do something a bit smaller. This way, the art could go on any wall, any shelf, alone or with other frames, etc.
Here are some of the ideas I found on-line:
All super cute and really good ideas. I already had some 10x10
corkboard, so I went to the store and purchased a 10x10 shadow box and
short pins. Then I got to work. I decided to cut out hearts of where
they met (using a cookie cutter), where they were married, and where
they live. Luckily all were in Portland. I was very careful about truly
finding the right street on the map as so many of the streets in
Portland are called the same thing, but don't continue through, so it is
easy to think you have the right street when you don't. I even got on
the computer a couple of times to check directions and the computer's
map to make sure I was right.
I gave it to my sister and she really really liked it. She shared with me
later that her husband couldn't believe that I had made it. Well good, I am
glad they have something to also remember where they first lived
together.
