New Jersey map, cut to the state line
In New Jersey you go "down the shore," and you always go to the same town. A laser cut New Jersey map with a heart on that shore town, or on the hometown up north, is a gift every Jersey family understands.
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Places in New Jersey people ask for
What sells in New Jersey
The Shore, by far. LBI, Ocean City, Sea Isle, Wildwood, Cape May, Point Pleasant, Asbury Park, Belmar. Each town has families who rent or own and go back for years. A city street map of a barrier island with the ocean on one side and the bay on the other is the product. Long thin islands fit a tall rectangle better than a circle.
North Jersey is towns and commuters. Hoboken and Jersey City sell as first-apartment and engagement maps, often with the Manhattan skyline across the river as context. Princeton and New Brunswick sell to alumni.
Lake Hopatcong is the lake-house market. And golfers in the state have some famous courses nearby. A golf course map of a home club is a strong gift.
Weekenders from North Jersey, New York and Philadelphia want the shore town they rent in, and year-round residents want their exact street. Offer both zooms: a whole-island view for renters and an address-level map for locals. The Pine Barrens are a quieter seller for paddlers and hikers.
Making a laser cut New Jersey ornament
New Jersey has a pinched-in middle and a long Atlantic coast running down to Cape May, with the Delaware River making the whole western edge. At 4 in tall, the shape is narrow, so keep the inside to the Turnpike, the Garden State Parkway down the coast and a heart on the town. Two lines and a heart reads as Jersey to anyone.
For a shore family, the two-pin ornament is the best seller: a star on the home town up north and a heart on the shore town. It tells the summer story.
Check coastal pins. The outline is simplified: in our check LBI, Ocean City and Asbury Park landed inside, but Cape May at the very tip fell outside. Check the outline in the Studio for any shore town before you promise it.
Questions makers ask
Can I put my home town and our shore town on one New Jersey ornament?
Yes. Drop a star on home and a heart on the shore town. It is the most popular New Jersey layout.
Is Cape May inside the New Jersey outline?
Not in our check. The tip of the state is simplified, so Cape May sits just outside the frame. Check in the Studio, or use a round frame for Cape May.
What frame works for a Long Beach Island map?
A tall rectangle. The island is long and thin, so a circle wastes most of the space.
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 Jersey piece.
Pick New Jersey as the frame, drop in the hometown, and see it in 3D before the laser does.
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