Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m reluctantly celebrating by 31st birthday today. I don’t think I mind the age part, must be that I still haven’t gotten over being born on this holiday 😉 We are keeping it low key just like I want it. Just a nice evening with the hubby, the mutts, sushi take out and a nice bottle of wine to celebrate.
I haven’t bought the Ray a Valentine’s gift in years but I figured this year would be as good as any to change that. I bought them last month and was so excited about how they came out that I gave them to him weeks ago. I suck at keeping gifts a secret 🙂
I’ve been eyeing personalized maps from studiokmo on Etsy for a long time. Look at these amazing mapcuts and hand drawn maps. I love the intricacy of them. I’m a sucker for maps.
Karen (the artist behind the shop) added original artist trading cards to her listings. These detailed little 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ original drawings can be customized to any location. Each is an original drawing and only $22.00. That is a steal for great custom art. I ended up ordering 4 – one for where Ray was born, one from where we were married and then the two homes we have lived in together.
This is where Ray was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The white area n this one is land. On the land, the lines represent structures. His family home is the second one from the point. The rest of the lines represent the ocean. They lived on a penninsula right on the water until he came to the U.S.
This is our first place together. We lived in sin for a few years before getting married. I blurred out our address with hearts (since it is Valentine’s Day). In this one the lines represent houses/structures and the white are streets.
This is where we got married – the Red Fish Grill in Miami. Since I don’t care if you stalk our wedding location you’ll see the address is shown. I love that each of these is personalized. In this one the lines are the ocean and a few buildings inland, and the white represents the land.
And this is our current home and neighborhood. Blurred out for safety again with hearts. I don’t want anyone coming over trying to steal my craft room 😉
Karen was awesome to work with. If you like these, check out her shop – you will not be disappointed. I also ordered the mats for these and will frame them in the coming months. She has frames available but I’m still working through how I will display them so I didn’t want to commit to them yet. Best of all, Ray loved them too 🙂
Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with your loved ones!
PS – I was not compensated in any way for this post. I just liked her shop and her art and felt she needed a little love.
Nicole @My Thrafty Life says
Happy birthday! I love the maps, they are so intricate!
Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says
happy birthday!!! hope it is fabulous and just as you want it! and i think those maps are a very sweet gift!
Ange says
Happy Birthday Anna! Hope you have a wonderful day, just like you! Those maps are really cool, what a very neat and personalized gift idea.
Alison says
Happy Birthday!
My hubby would love those maps, they are fab!
Alison
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Rebecca says
Happy Birthday! I’m a fan of map art, but I’ve never seen any like this. It’s very original!
Traci says
Happy Birthday. It sounds like you have a wonderful evening planned. I hope your day and the rest of your year is fantastic.
Traci
Cristina @ RemodelandolaCasa.com says
Happy Birthday Anna!! Hope you have a lovely evening! Those maps are awesome! Hubby would love to have at least one of those!
Kelly says
Those maps are SO cool! What a great gift idea!
Emily @ EAKaHouse says
Happy Birthday! What fun presents. I love how meaningful they are to you both.
Erin @ His and Hers says
Happy, happy birthday! Those maps are adorable! How lucky are you; every year on your birthday, the whole country celebrates. 😉
DecorandtheDog says
Happy birthday!! I hope there was lots of cake eating while staring at your pretty new art!!!
preeti says
Oh!!! That’s very unique idea of a personalized gift. These maps are also unique.
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Becca says
I’ve been eying this very same thing. They are so unique and I just love me some map art! Love how yours turned out, too!