While in Denver a few weekends ago, I noticed that
Old Navy had their recycled shopping bags on sale for a buck. I thought they'd be perfect for our welcome bags! I promptly made my way to the checkout with 30 of them. I had three people ask me what I planned to do with them and got nice responses when I responded.
The purchase certainly got me excited about welcoming our guests. With less than three months left, I knew I needed to get started on ticking items off the wedding checklist. With the weather crummy this past weekend, J and I decided it was a good time to make a trip to
Costco. We picked up some bulk items to stuff the bags-- singles of chips, Austin crackers, and mini-candy bars. We have also been stocking up on water as it's come on sale at the local grocery store.
I'm also thinking of picking up some Emer-gen-C to include for high-altitude sickness and possibly some sunscreen wipes, as well. We'll include a little welcome note, itinerary and directions to the events. I plan to print off
these, too.
Did you put together welcome gifts for your guests? What did you include?
The purchase certainly got me excited about welcoming our guests. With less than three months left, I knew I needed to get started on ticking items off the wedding checklist. With the weather crummy this past weekend, J and I decided it was a good time to make a trip to Costco. We picked up some bulk items to stuff the bags-- singles of chips, Austin crackers, and mini-candy bars. We have also been stocking up on water as it's come on sale at the local grocery store.
I'm also thinking of picking up some Emer-gen-C to include for high-altitude sickness and possibly some sunscreen wipes, as well. We'll include a little welcome note, itinerary and directions to the events. I plan to print off these, too.
Did you put together welcome gifts for your guests? What did you include?
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Oooh I love those little cards! We will put together OOT bags eventually, and I have been collecting items randomly. They should be fun!
I made welcome bags at the last possible minute. They were brown bags that I stamped with leaves (it was fall and my city is known for high tourism in October because of the leaves.) We put a map of the city, details about the weekend and places to check out, bottled water, instant tea, coffee and crystal light for their hotel room, some small snack items and a magnet I had painted. I also made picture frames and painted Asheville and 2007 on the frame. The thinking was they could take a picture of the mountains and put it in their frame when they got home. The bags were a hit!
Love your ideas! I got married last August in my homestate of Louisiana. My husband is from Mobile, AL so we had lots of friends and family making their first trips to Louisiana. We made sure to include items that were local to Louisiana and specifically my hometown of Lafayette (i.e. candles made in LA, pralines made in New Iberia, Zapp's chips, etc.) It was a nice way to welcome them to my state! Good luck with yours!
Those bags are perfect - what a great idea! For our out of town bags, we included bottled water, locally made potato chips and locally made trail mix that ended up being a huge hit with the guests. We also threw in some Dove chocolates in leaf shapes, since we got married in November and had a bit of a leafy theme going on.
we also are including individual packs of tylenol & a cheap toothbrush (someone always forgets)!
We did welcome bags too. We put bottles of water, something sweet and something salty, directions to everything, a note card welcoming and thanking them, and some individual wrapped advil (from Sam's club) for the hangovers the next day.
We did welcome bags-- I'm e-mailing you pics and details now!
We did bags for family members and friends that were coming in from out of state. We included some snacky foods & water along with things that were NC/South-related (we got married in NC)like moonpies (I can't remember what else). We also included playing cards and a magnet with scenes from NC and a handwritten note to each saying how thankful we were they could attend our wedding.
Your bags are WAY cooler than ours were!! I absolutely love them!!!
I love your out of town bags and that they can be used again!!
What a great find! Those will be a big hit!
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