Anyone who knows me will be aware of how much I’m obsessed with good design and beautiful typography. In fact, in a past life I ran a design consultancy where I lived and breathed graphic design. So I’m totally thrilled to be teaming up with Illustries to give one lucky reader a stunning ‘Our Story Lifemap’ printed on deliciously thick premium paper, and beautifully framed.
So what is a Life Map? It’s essentially a completely bespoke piece of wall art using hand-drawn illustrations, funky and fun notes and designed in your wedding colour scheme, to ensure that the piece is totally personalised for you!
It would make the perfect gift to yourself and your fiancà© (or for another happy couple that you know), and I think it would also make for a really fun reception talking point.
Set up in 2011 by the lovely Emma Penrice and Samantha Smith, Illustries offer a brand new take on hip wedding keepsakes. Their beautifully designed products are fast becoming a ‘must-have’ on the list of all style savvy brides and grooms. They’d certainly be on mine!
I love their cheeky, design-led approach and attention to detail, and the fact that they capture every important detail of a wedding through interviews, story-telling and creative design concepts. As well as bespoke life maps and prints they also create stonkingly fabulous wedding albums, personalised coffee table books; and super cool flirty and fun guest books, hen party books and wedding planners. Head on over to their website to see the full array of gorgeousness!
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED
HOW TO ENTER
For your chance to win, simply hop over and like the Smashing The Glass Facebook page, then come back here and leave a comment below this post, letting me know why you want to win! It’s as easy as that!
TERMS & CONDITIONS
– Competition entries must be received by Thursday 27 November 2014 at 11.59pm. The winner will be picked at random and will be contacted by email within a week of this closing date. The name of the lucky winner may also be published on the Smashing the Glass Facebook page.
– The winner must claim their prize within 8 days of being notified and we reserve the right to select an alternative winner should the prize not be claimed.
– The winner will receive a bespoke ‘Our Story Lifemap’ in a matt white wooden frame.
– The contest is open to all Smashing The Glass readers over the age of 18, regardless of where you are in the world. If you are entering outside of the UK, shipping costs will need to be covered, and you may be liable to pay customs charges to receive your prize.
– There is no cash or prize alternative.
– Smashing The Glass’ decision and any decision taken by the promoter (Illustries and Something Blue PR) is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
– Smashing The Glass may retain the email address of all entrants for future communication use only. It will not be shared with any third party.
– No purchase necessary.
I would love to win this as it would make a really unique and fun present for my wife for Christmas. Beats another piece of Jewellery!
It’s my 10th wedding anniversary this month and I think this would be a brilliant way to mark the occasion.
such a lovely idea, my sister has just got engaged and that would make a fabulous wedding gift to her and her fiance x
mine and my partners 8 year anniversary is coming up and this would be the perfect present
A very close cousin is getting married next year and I would love it for a wedding prezzie for them. Its something differend
I would love to win as this would be a lovely gift for my fiance on our wedding day and to display it at our reception in May.
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I’m a bridesmaid for my best friend next year and this would make the PERFECT wedding present for her! She loves this kind of thing 🙂
love this prize, would make a fab christmas present for my partner, thanks.
I would love to win this as it’s been an action packed 4 years since we got married in 2010, 2 kids as well 🙂
I would love to win this for me and my hubby 🙂
I’d love to win as a gift for my husband. He’s a big romantic and this would make a great birthday gift for him.
This would make a really special present for my other half. We have had a lot of hard times recently (my Mum died and so did our son) and this would help us focus on all the positives that we have had and that are still to come.
Would love to give this to my daughter and her boyfriend super prize good luck to all
id love to win this for my fiancà© for His birthday which is right by our wedding early next year. We’ve both come through a lot ( good and very bad times) to our happy ending and this would be a perfect celebration of all that’s got us here, and the hard work of emalgamating two families. Let the celebrations begin this would take pride of place!
I’ve been tracing my family tree and I’m struck by how little is left of the story of individuals lives – it would be good to make concrete some of my story
Hi this looks perfect! My little sister (13years younger) got married to the love of her life this year, they are the couple who have practically everything! I would love this to gift to them for Christmas because it would be very unique for them to enjoy creating. They are both graphic designers so would totally relate to this gift.
It has been a really tough year filled with sadness. We are getting married in May and this would bring a lot of joy and happiness to us as a couple but most importantly to family.
Yesterday, two of my besties got married, in the best style, in lots of love, exactly how a wedding should be, modern enough to stand the challenges of the world & old fashioned enough to cherish true love! I got the hen book for a fab hen, they in turn had the guest book last night, good things come in threes & I think this illustries could be the hat trick! From a very happy modh!
I would love to win this for my hubby and for our kids to look back on in years to come
This would make a great gift for my sentimental better half
I would love to win. We have just got engaged and this would be a lovely way to celebrate
I would love to win this as it would make a really unique and fun present for my other half for Christmas
I would love to win as my husband and I celebrated out 25th wedding anniversary this year and this would be totally amazing
Wow! I would love to win this because it is so unique. My husband would love it. 10 years together and the fun never stops! Just got back from honeymoon to discover he has been made redundant! Joy! But we will laugh about it soon. xx
I’d love this as an anniversary pressie to my hubby of 13 years next month, special and unique 🙂
This is such a unique and personal gift ~ would love to win this as part of my sisters wedding gift! I’m totally stuck on what to get for her as she & her fiancà© have been together for 6 years so already have everything they need
What a novel idea, looks really good
I would love to win as after 15 years of marriage I am struggling to find my man that something special for crimbo and this is a fantastic gift
This is lovely, would be perfect present for my husband
it would make a lovely engagement gift for my sister and her new fiance
This would be a lovely anniversary present for my husband
Wow, that is the most unusual but thoughtful thing I have ever seen. What a time piece 🙂
This would make a fantastic present for my hubby, love getting him unusual gifts.
Love the idea of this gift its a testiment of a love that started your married journey together
this would be a lovely gift for my sister x
These are beautifully unique! I would love for our little boy to grow up seeing how and what bought mummy and daddy together.
I would love to win as its such a personal, sentimental gift and would go great in my new home with my partner to mark our life together.
I would love to win this as it’d be a very precious and unique keep sake for now and always and would be amazing to show our children and our great grand children etc etc
would make a great xmas present
We just got engaged so this would be lovely to have to commemorate it & like it says, would be a fab talking point at our wedding!
I would love to win this as my other half is so hard to buy for, this is so lovely and unique, its just perfect!
I would love to win this life map for my husband for our first Christmas as Man and Wife, The wedding earlier this year means no presents under the tree, A personalised print would be a lovely present to us both and a great piece to (fingers crossed) show our children one day. Love the ILLUSTRIES work. xx
We have just started planning our engagement party, what a wonderful way to tell our guests all about our rather unorthodox way of meeting! I just love it 🙂 xx