Map Ink Blog

Meet our first featured personalized print customer Michelle! Here is Michelle is on the left with a couple, Jinnefer and Aaron, who received Michelle’s personalized city print as a wedding gift, along with her husband Ray. In Michelle’s own words: I first came across JHill Design on a blog back in 2010.  I loved her “Places I’ve Never Been” series, and was immediately drawn to her Bangkok print because I had studied abroad there, and then lived there for a year after college.  While poking around the website, I noticed the “Personalize” section with examples using different city patterns to memorialize engagements, weddings, births, etc., and I thought that one of these pieces would make such a nice wedding gift!  I love to give personal gifts when I can, especially to commemorate special occasions like weddings.  I gave my first print to a couple in 2010, and since then I would say my now husband and I have given at least 10 prints as wedding gifts.  I love choosing a pattern based on where the wedding is being held, the wedding colors, or something that is special and meaningful to the couple.  And then I try to personalize the text to match the couple as well.  The husband-to-be of one couple even said that the thing he was most excited for about his wedding (besides marrying his fiancé of course) was getting a print from me and my husband!  He couldn’t wait to see what we picked out for them.  This same couple had all their belongings in storage for a few months while house hunting, and their JHill print was the only piece of art they brought to hang in their temporary house. I continue to give JHill prints as wedding gifts (three weddings this year!) and hope to be able to continue the tradition...