Other Bees (like Hawk, recently) have gone into detail on bathroom baskets and there are plenty of tutorials on out of town bags, so I decided to combine these "last minute details" into a single post.
Despite collecting materials for weeks beforehand, both these details were truly pulled together in the final days before the wedding. I kept reminding myself that they were "nice to haves" not "need to haves", which kept it pretty light.
First up...bathroom baskets.
Male version on the left, female version on the left |
I have been a frequent user of bathroom baskets and often check out the "stash" when I arrive at weddings. From band-aids to bobby pins, tic tacs to (ahem) tampons, these goodies have definitely saved me in a pinch. I felt like I needed to pay it forward...
Up close view of men's basket |
Women's basket |
I think our stiletto wearing guests will appreciate the addition |
Out of our final guest count of 184, we had 124 guests staying in hotels (67%!). So, just like our desire to ensure they had plenty to occupy their time during Saturday day, we wanted to make sure our guests had enough snacks!
I will preface this by saying we
We bought snacks... |
some water (6 feet worth)... |
and a WHOLE LOT of TastyKakes (imagine the looks I got when checking out) |
Going with our wedding colors, we purchased navy bags from Dollar Tree, white & green curling ribbon and white & green tissue paper. Two Paperdolls then created a sticker that re-used the "logo" from our Save the Dates.
Close up of the sticker |
On the plus side, the scores of bags did give me an excuse not to vacuum |
Mid day / late night snacks for EVERYONE!!! |
You can also see our welcome booklet in the mix. I'll save that for its own post, but we worked very hard on this with Two Paperdolls and it included material we put on our website...plus some extras!
A close-up of the booklet - so excited to share its contents! |
Finished bag...you can see it nearly bursting at the seams (oops) |
I purchased some of the materials (like bags, tissue paper) well in advance and although that meant I could bargain shop it also meant I had to estimate quantities. As you can see from the photo below, there were some bags that did NOT end up with green tissue paper (luckily I had some other colors on hand).
Lesson Learned: there IS such a thing as too early
For some reason, the blues are looking very purple |
Lesson learned: Save all your boxes! They will come in handy when making a drop off.
And, finally, since we had guests staying at 5(!) hotels, I had to package the gift bags in different ways for delivery. Some had tags with names, others did not. Also, some hotels had a fee for bags (whether at the front desk or dropped off in room).
Lesson learned: Reach out to your hotels early for their guest bag specifications
So, there you have it, last minute details to help improve our guests' experience and a few tips for you!
Are you doing bathroom baskets or welcome bags? Anyone else purchase 30 boxes of TastyKake's in a moment of insanity?
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