Desert Dream: Map Guest Book

Map Sign-In Board/Art for Your Future Home!
The items you need: a canvas the size of your liking (keep in mind tags hanging off map will be large enough for people to write on and depending on the number of guests may make it hard to see the actual map in the end), embroidery floss, needle, ultra fine tip sharpie, glue gun, a yard of linen fabric (or faux linen like I used!), and a graphic map of the US enlarged to fill the canvas, tags. Prep fabric by cutting it about 3 inches larger on all sides than your canvas (keep this in mind when you buy the fabric), cut out the map

STEP 1: Hot glue top center, then bottom center, then the centers on of the other sides, then glue around the corners, pulling fabric taught on each side.
STEP 2: Turn the canvas over and place the map in the place you want on the canvas, making sure you leave room for Alaska and Hawaii, outline the entire US with sharpie with dotted line (cause it’s cute!)
STEP 3: Begin cutting out a few states at a time and tracing around them with a dotted line on the map. I did this with only a couple at a time to be sure I put them all in the right places.
STEP 4: Write on the tag a message to your fiance and make a stitch in the place you met. Then each guest can tie on a stitch and mark where they met with a tagged message to the newlyweds!

For easiest results use a very graphic map. Also this is a great job to give to junior bridesmaids or friends not in the bridal party, help guests make their stitch in the place they met and tell them out to do it, or even do the stitch for them.