Thank You for Traveling

We knew we wanted to do something nice for our out of town guests, since they were going to be traveling to our wedding. And what better way to show that than by treating them to a guest bag filled with goodies and helpful information.

Here are the bags mostly filled and ready to go...

For starters, I knew I wanted to use tote bags because they are environmentally friendly which means our guests can use them after the wedding. Which they were, I saw with my own eyes.
So, what did we include in our Out-of-Town bags?!?! I'm glad you asked.


A small bottle of champagne that we bought at our local Total Wine. I took tissue paper and wrapped each bottle individually.

And attached a little tag that said Cheers!

Next, we wanted to include some information about the city and places to visit if anyone was interested and/or had extra time to spend in Richmond.

And a staple item -- Virginia Peanuts. Each bag had 2 packages of peanuts because I wasnt sure how many were actually in the package.

We also included 2 bottles of water and not pictured is a chocolate bar with a wrapper that has the state slogan -- Virginia is for Lovers. I found them at a local sandwich shop and had to include them. I cant believe I forgot to take a picture of them.

Here's the semi-finished product...

After the bags were assembled, I printed out little notes thanking the guests for making the trip. I bought some shiny silver envelopes from PaperSource for the notes and printed "For Our Guests" on the outside of the envelope. I punched a hole in the flap and using some purple ribbon, tied them to the straps of each bag. Also, I typed up a word document that included the schedule for the weekend and information about the hotel shuttle. Each page had 3 schedules that I cut and attached to some left over flatcards that I had from the save the dates. I tucked those into the front pocket of each bag.

And I had one more treat I wanted to put in the bags. But its so cute that it deserves its own post.