New Hampshire map, cut to the state line
New Hampshire is lakes and mountains packed into a small state. A laser cut New Hampshire map of a Winnipesaukee cove, the Presidentials in stacked elevation, or a state ornament with a heart on home all sell to people who know every road.
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Places in New Hampshire people ask for
What sells in New Hampshire
Lake Winnipesaukee is the anchor. It is full of islands, bays and points, and families have summer places in Wolfeboro, Meredith, Alton Bay and Moultonborough. Zoom in to the bay they know. Where the Studio has survey data, a lake depth map adds the channels between islands. Squam, Sunapee and Newfound have their own loyal camps.
The White Mountains are the other big draw. Hikers chase the 4,000-footers, and a topographic map of the Presidentials or Franconia Ridge with their own GPX track engraved over it is a great piece. The Kancamagus Highway is a fall foliage drive people make every year.
Then the towns. Hanover for Dartmouth, Durham for UNH, Portsmouth for the harbor and the old brick downtown.
Fall foliage is the selling window. Drivers on the Kancamagus and through Franconia Notch want the route, and an engraved line through the mountains with the date makes a good keepsake. Lake families order in late summer, when they are closing up camp and thinking ahead to Christmas, so get lake listings up by August. Dartmouth alumni buy Hanover maps of the green as reunion gifts.
Making a laser cut New Hampshire ornament
New Hampshire is tall and narrow, wider at the bottom, with the Connecticut River on the western edge and a short coastline at the bottom right. At 4 in tall, it is slim, so keep the inside spare. Use I-93 up the middle through Concord, I-89 to the northwest, and Lake Winnipesaukee as a cut-out water piece. Winnipesaukee is the detail people look for.
Put a heart on the hometown or the lake place. For a hiker, swap roads for two elevation levels. The White Mountains show clearly in the north even at ornament size.
A forest green backer reads like the mountains. A deep blue backer makes Winnipesaukee pop.
Keep the frame band thin at the narrow northern tip so it does not get fragile.
Questions makers ask
Can I show Lake Winnipesaukee on a New Hampshire ornament?
Yes. It is big enough at 4 in to cut as its own water piece, and it is the detail most people look for first.
Can I add my 4,000-footer hikes to a map?
Yes. Import each hike as a GPX file and they become lines over the terrain. A White Mountains topo map with your routes is a strong piece.
What size New Hampshire ornament works best?
The state is narrow, so 4 or 5 in. At 3 in the inside gets very tight.
Keep going
Places to mapState mapsA US state outline as the shape of the piece, with highways, lakes and a heart on the home town.
Pieces to makeMap ornamentsA 4 in layered hometown ornament with a name and a year. The map most customers buy first.
GuideWhy Map Ornaments Sell (and How to Make the Math Work)Why map ornaments sell comes down to three things: a place carries a memory, the wood costs pennies, and the season does your marketing for you. Here is the math, the calendar and the ornament ideas to sell, plus the one part of the job that quietly eats your profit.Cut your first New Hampshire piece.
Pick New Hampshire as the frame, drop in the hometown, and see it in 3D before the laser does.
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