Friday 28 December 2012

A Continental romance mapped for a London couple


Stuart and Kate were enjoying one too many glasses of red wine at Parisian bar, La Palette – once the haunt of Picasso and Matisse, when they decided that after many years together, they’d get married. A year later, they tied the knot and celebrated with a series of events in London - a ceremony at Islington Town Hall, Lunch at The Connaught and an after party at Hoxton Hall. Once they’d recovered from all the excitement and celebration, the couple made their way back to Paris to stay at the Hotel du Petit Moulin, designed by Christian Lacroix. As a memorable gift to his new wife, Stuart commissioned Bespoke Gift Maps to record the couple’s romantic series of marital events. The map depicts the streets of London at the top half, with all the wedding destinations labelled and points of interest highlighted. Beautiful illustrations of La Palette and the Hotel du Petit Moulin nestle in the bottom corners of the map surrounded by a unique depiction of Paris. A small illustration of the eurostar snakes down towards Paris past the couples names and the date of the wedding in the centre of the map. Now Kate can frame the memories of the wedding and remember them every day as she embarks on married life with Stuart.

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Tuesday 18 December 2012

Wedding Ring of Kerry

The beautiful Bay of Dingle and Ring of Kerry is the Irish home to bride, Fiona. Fiona loves it so much that she chose it for the venue of her wedding to groom, Richard. The bride and groom wanted a traditional, worldly map with a Celtic feel that would represent this part of Ireland. Some touching family references were included such as an illustration of Fiona’s Uncle’s boat, Fergus the Dolphin and the bride and groom’s favourite pub.

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Friday 12 October 2012

Barnsley House Wedding venue map



As wedding venue's go Barnsley House set in postcard-pretty Cotswold countryside, ticks all the right boxes for a boutique country wedding. Perfect to escape to for your wedding day, get married in the beautiful village church or tie the knot in The Potager Restaurant. Your guest can enjoy the Hotel or Village pub with rooms while you can just enjoy your own special day with them. Being even more relaxed knowing that everyone followed the directions carefully to this celeb hang-out in the Cotswolds thanks to Bespoke Gift Maps.
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Thursday 4 October 2012

Wedding March


Bespoke Gift Maps recently produced a classic black and white map for the wedding of Sarah and Stuart for their tour of the borough of Islington. The starting point is Islington Town Hall, then the map suggests a route through the area for the guests to take on the day. The suggested path guides the guests from venue to venue – from ceremony, to drink, to dinner. Presumably everyone found their own way home, so long as they hadn’t had too much to drink!
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Special London Wedding Venue.


Dominic and Caroline are very lucky to be able to get married in one of England's finest and most iconic churches, St Paul's Cathedral. The couple just wanted a simple but classic black and white illustrated map to go along with the invites. The map is a mixture of decorative elements along with key information on tubes, trains and parking. The  maps also shows the relationship of  the venues and easy access routes between them.

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Sri Lankan Birthday Party


Our recent map of Sri Lanka, created for a guy’s 30th Birthday party, has to be one of our favourite hand drawn maps to date. The week long party took place in Sri Lanka at the famous Villa Thalassa on the south coast of the island. The celebrations also included a trip to watch England play Sri Lanka at cricket in Galle. The client wanted a retro feel to the map. We achieved this through the muted colours and the use of French for some of the place names.

Party invite anyone?



Bespoke Gift and Wedding Maps have been working with Kasimira Part Organisers for a couple of years. On two occasion they asked us if we could create invites for parties, one Christmas and one Midsummer party, using our unique hand drawn calligraphy.  As the designs developed we added illustrations of wizards, elves, fairies and toadstools to enhance the invites and to capture some of the themes and events taking place at the parties.If you are hosting a party, why not start it off with a beautifully illustrated invite that can be sent digitally or through the post.

Love the shoes!


One brides passion for shoes provided the perfect inspiration for her wedding stationary. It was only fair that her first love was present on the day too. The image of a trainer and a Manolo high heel represented the couple on their save the day cards and for a more formal tone, a pair of brogues on the order of service. For the leaving party and honeymoon, they returned to a more casual feel with the image of a flip flop and flipper. The footwear besotted bride may have committed to the other love in her life, but there’s always room for an extra pair.

Emergency 999 – Ambulance, please


Together with renowned illustrator Michael A Hill, Bespoke Gift and Wedding Maps recently produced a series of images for the wedding of Gary and Sophie, a London based couple. Gary and Sophie are both ambulance drivers, so celebrated their wedding by arriving and departing in nothing other than a bright fluorescent London ambulance. The image of the happy couple departing the church in the ‘Just Married’ ambulance complete with cans tied on with string was used on the order of service and menu cards. 

Not Just Maps


Earlier this year, we worked with Orchid Events to produce a series of black and white images for a well travelled couple to use on their wedding day. The imagery was used across their wedding stationery, on name cards at tables and on leather luggage tags for the guests. Having travelled all over the world, the quirky couple returned to London to wed. The images, from a badger with a bunch of roses, to a kiwi bird, to a hibiscus flower, to a Taj Mahal, represented their vast travelling experience. As well as sharing travelling experiences with wedding guests on the day, the beautiful images will continue to serve as personal reminders of the couple’s travels as well as of the wedding day. 

Sunday 15 January 2012

Bespoke Gift Maps Interviewed!

Read All about it! Read All about it! Kent's Own Bespoke Gift Maps company interviewed by Penny's Wedding Website, read a little bit more about our wonderful maps and gift maps.
http://www.pennyswedding.com/?p=3721

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A Passport to Love


No, not a Mills & Boon novel, but a recent commission for the wedding of Holly Branson (Sir Richard's daughter) and her groom Freddie Andrewes. The bespoke passport had its own idiosyncratic crest featuring a llama, a flamingo, a turtle on top with some gecko's on the shield. Inside there was a hand drawn map showing the exact location of Necker Island, for those guests who mistakenly thought it was just a location from Pirates of the Caribbean. Our special crest was used again in the Order of Service. More photos of the wedding (and the passport to love) are in this week's Hello! magazine and website.
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