Wedding Blog

Monterey may be my hometown, but it’s going to be quite a destination for the majority of our invited guests. Most of those on the guest list will be travelling from LA, the Bay Area or NY/PA, and we know that it’s a bit taxing to get to our locale. So I’ve constantly kept in mind various ways of making sure our guests feel warm and welcomed, and I simply adore the idea of receiving a goodie bag upon arrival. What better way to welcome our friends and family to Monterey than with a little bag of goodies to start the trip!

But what should I put the goodies in? A bag? A box? A basket? I decided against using any paper goods long ago (gable boxes/bags), just due to the expense for a disposable container. Which quickly led me to look for tote bags and such… something that someone could pack away and possibly use for another day? Now I do recall quite the insane frenzy that tote bags generate at conventions, so perhaps someone will be overly excited to get one from me?

Flash forward to last week and my latest wedding purchase:

Harriton tote bags from BlankShirtStore in Navy/White and Royal Blue/White for a whole $2.61 each! They were shipped to me in one day, and are extremely nice and durable for the price. I only ordered 2 at first, just to check to see that I was satisfied by the color and quality of them, but I’ll be back to order more soon after the RSVPs start rolling in.

Which leads me to my next DIY project… decorating the bags! I was going to embroider the bags directly with our little rose logo, but it’s not going to work on my home machine. My next instinct is to embroider another piece of fabric, and simply attach it to the bag. I guess I’ll have to head to the fabric store to see what I can find. At least this way, I can make all of the little patches ahead of time and only worry about attaching them in the last few months… a bit easier than embroidering the whole bag.

Bag = check! Bag contents = next on the list!