"Places I've Been" Map

Back in the spring when I started following blogs I came across this great map that Jamie at C.R.A.F.T. created where she marked the places she has been.  Filed the thought away and decided that I wanted to do something similar.

Decided this weekend I would tackle it.  I had not lucked upon the cork board she used so I went with canvas, scrapbook paper and mod podge.  Hit my scrapbook paper stash and just happened to have some travel paper that I am sure I bought with the great intention of scrapbooking a trip we'd been on.....years ago. 

I wanted to cut each state out and remembered that I had a magnetic US State puzzle that was about the size I wanted.  Now, if I had actually gone back and read Jaime's blog I would have discovered that there is a template you can print.  Oh well, hard = fun, right?

I then worked from left to right cutting the paper around the state magnet and laying them out over to the right so that I could keep up with the color pattern.  I also wrote the state on the back.  Yes, some things are obvious but I am not the neatest crafter and things tend to get mixed up....... 

When I was finished cutting them out I mod-podged Texas on my 16x20 canvas and worked from there.  There were a few little bumps along the way but for the most part I was able to correct.  I also realized I was going to have to freehand Alaska and Hawaii.

 

I let it dry and then placed pins for the places that I have been.  I have it hanging in my office and love it! 

Here are a few shots of the pins:

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