{"id":2925,"date":"2011-04-20T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonweddingblog.com\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2011-04-17T20:53:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T03:53:17","slug":"mapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/mapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lhcalligraphy.com\/homepage\/homepage.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2926\" title=\"Laura Hooper Calligraphy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Laura-Hooper-Maps.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Map\" width=\"660\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Laura-Hooper-Maps.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Laura-Hooper-Maps-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many a visiting wedding guest has checked into a local <a title=\"Houston Wedding Guest Hotels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Houston_TX\/houston_wedding_guest_accommodations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">hotel<\/a> only to find themselves turned around in the vastness that is Houston, trying to figure out which way is which. Even if you plan to provide transportation to all the events associated with your wedding, it\u2019s nice to let your guests know what direction they\u2019re facing, and where they\u2019re at in relation to major highways, the airport, and the locations of your wedding <a title=\"Houston Wedding Venues\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Houston_TX\/houston_wedding_ceremony_receptions_locations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">celebrations<\/a>\u2014rehearsal dinner, ceremony, reception, day-after brunch, etc.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t think of a lovelier way to orient out-of-towners than with a hand-drawn map from <a title=\"Laura Hooper Calligraphy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lhcalligraphy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Hooper Calligraphy<\/a>. The Southern California based artist and expert calligrapher creates chic and charming little lay-of-the-land <a title=\"Laura Hooper Calligraphy Maps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lhcalligraphy.com\/maps\/maps_home.htm\" target=\"_blank\">maps<\/a> and peppers them with sweet touches like clinking Champagne glasses, snuggling dolphins and cute cars trailing \u201cJust Married\u201d banners. SO perfect as part of an in-room welcome gift. Hooper also uses maps to make uniquely adorable save-the-dates. And she&#8217;s got a couture <a title=\"Lucky Orchid Invitations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lhcalligraphy.com\/invitations\/invitations_home.html\" target=\"_blank\">line<\/a> of letterpress invitations and stationery, all hand-lettered and printed on eco-friendly cotton papers. Know what else she&#8217;s got? Our love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many a visiting wedding guest has checked into a local hotel only to find themselves turned around in the vastness that is Houston, trying to figure out which way is which. Even if you plan to provide transportation to all the events associated with your wedding, it\u2019s nice to let your guests know what direction<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/mapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map\/\"> Click here to read the rest of this post \u00bb<\/a> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/mapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div style='clear: both'><\/div><div style=\"float: right\" class='the_champ_sharing_container the_champ_horizontal_sharing' super-socializer-data-href='https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/mapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map\/'><div class='the_champ_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" >Share this post<\/div><ul  class=\"the_champ_sharing_ul\"><li class=\"theChampSharingRound\"><i style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:999px;\" alt=\"Facebook\" Title=\"Facebook\" class=\"theChampSharing theChampFacebookBackground\" onclick='theChampPopup(\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.weddingsinhouston.com%2Fblog%2Fmapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map%2F\")'><ss style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;\" class=\"theChampSharingSvg theChampFacebookSvg\"><\/ss><\/i><\/li><li class=\"theChampSharingRound\"><i style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:999px;\" alt=\"Instagram\" Title=\"Instagram\" class=\"theChampSharing theChampInstagramBackground\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><ss style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;\" class=\"theChampSharingSvg theChampInstagramSvg\"><\/ss><\/a><\/i><\/li><li class=\"theChampSharingRound\"><i style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:999px;\" alt=\"Pinterest\" Title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"theChampSharing theChampPinterestBackground\" onclick=\"javascript:void((function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"><ss style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;\" class=\"theChampSharingSvg theChampPinterestSvg\"><\/ss><\/i><\/li><li class=\"theChampSharingRound\"><i style=\"width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:999px;\" alt=\"Email\" Title=\"Email\" class=\"theChampSharing theChampEmailBackground\" onclick=\"window.location.href = 'mailto:?subject=' + decodeURIComponent('Mapmaker%2C%20Mapmaker%2C%20Make%20Me%20a%20Map' ).replace('&', '%26') + '&body=' + decodeURIComponent('https%3A%2F%2Fwww.weddingsinhouston.com%2Fblog%2Fmapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map%2F' )\"><ss style=\"display:block\" class=\"theChampSharingSvg theChampEmailSvg\"><\/ss><\/i><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div><div style='clear: both'><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,39],"tags":[262],"yst_prominent_words":[5258,3481,5259,5260,2914],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2925"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}