Pennsylvania map, cut to the state line
Pennsylvania is two cities that do not agree on much, and a whole lot of small towns between them. A laser cut Pennsylvania map with a heart on the neighborhood, the campus or the Poconos lake house brings the whole state together.
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Places in Pennsylvania people ask for
What sells in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is one of the best city maps you can cut. The rivers meet at the Point, the hills fold the streets into odd shapes, and the bridges cross everywhere. Add elevation to a city street map and the neighborhoods stand up off the board. Philadelphia sells by neighborhood too, with the grid between the Delaware and the Schuylkill.
Penn State is the next market. State College maps with a heart on Beaver Stadium or the first apartment sell to alumni everywhere.
Then the getaways: Lake Wallenpaupack and the Poconos lakes for weekenders, Lake Raystown in the middle of the state, and the golfers who want Oakmont, Merion or their home club. See golf course maps.
Hunting camps are a big part of the culture in the northern tier and the Laurel Highlands. Families keep a camp in the woods for deer season, and a map of it with the ridges in elevation and a star on the cabin is a gift for the whole crew.
Making a laser cut Pennsylvania ornament
Pennsylvania is a wide rectangle with the Delaware River making the eastern edge wavy and the little Erie notch at the top left that gives the state its lake access. At 4 in square, it sits low and wide. Inside, use the Turnpike across the state, I-80 across the north, I-81 up the valley, and the rivers: the Susquehanna through the middle and the three rivers at Pittsburgh. A heart on the hometown.
The two-city ornament is a fun seller: a star on Philly, a star on Pittsburgh, and a heart on the small town in between where the family actually lives.
Presque Isle at Erie is a peninsula that fell just outside the simplified outline in our check, while the city of Erie was inside. Check the outline in the Studio. Blue and white for Penn State is the default backer. Black and gold reads as Pittsburgh.
Questions makers ask
Can I make a Pittsburgh map with the hills?
Yes. Turn on elevation and the hills between the rivers stack into levels. It is one of the best cities for a terrain plus streets piece.
What fits inside a 4 in Pennsylvania ornament?
The Turnpike, I-80, the Susquehanna and a heart on the town. The Delaware River already forms the eastern edge.
Can I put both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh on one ornament?
Yes. Drop a star on each city and a heart on the hometown. At 4 in, they sit at opposite ends and read clearly.
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 Pennsylvania piece.
Pick Pennsylvania as the frame, drop in the hometown, and see it in 3D before the laser does.
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