Out Of Town Bags

Mrs. Corn, Newport, RI Age and Occupation in '07: 31, HR for public accounting firm Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Consultant for public accounting firm Engagement Date: October 7, 2006 Wedding Date: September, 2007 Blogging Since: June 1, 2007 Venue: North Lawn of Fort Adams State Park About Me: I am a lazy scrapbooker who loves the instant gratification of making cards and I am very easily distracted by all things shiny. In honor of my childhood nights spent hibachi BBQing on the beach with my family, we are hosting a traditional New England Clambake for our reception.

September 28th, 2007 @ 11:32 am by Mrs. Corn

The very last DIY project I had to do before the wedding was the Out-of-Town bags. I got the bags on sale a while ago at AC Moore for something like 23 cents each. They were on the small side, so we only put a few things in them. Each bag had:

A guidebook and a map of the Newport area that Mr. Corn and I picked up while we were in Newport the week earlier to get our license,
A newsletter that I designed (but mostly copied off of one I saw online) with info on the bride and groom, the bridal party, the families of the bride and groom; van pickup information; a Mr. and Miss Corn related crossword puzzle; directions to the fort and a list of things to do in Newport,
A packet of previously made Marzipan shells

Organizing which bag went where was a bit daunting, but we finally got it all figured out and split up the hotels between three different cars headed to the area, so we got them distributed pretty timely.

If I have any advice on doing this, it would be to consider putting a place on your invitation RSVP cards for people to put in where they are staying so you don’t have to call as many people to find out that information; especially if you are in a resort town with lots and lots of boutique hotels!!

6 Responses to “Out Of Town Bags”

Miss Penguin says:

AHH! Great advice! And adorable bags as well!

9/28/07 at 12:11 pm (reply)

Brandi says:

Mrs Corn:

I lokie your idea of the Newsletter. I am planning my sisters wedding that is coming this Spring ‘08 and that would be a great addition to her wedding. If possible can you please e-mail me a copyof your newletter so that I may get ideas.

Thank you

1/3/08 at 11:14 pm (reply)

kathy grant says:

I would also love to see a copy of your newsletter and any additional tips for it or the welcome bags (planning an Apr 08 wedding in TN) Thank you so much!

2/3/08 at 2:29 am (reply)

Mrs. Corn says:

I should add that one of the (many) unfortunate losses when I was fired from my job moments after landing from our honeymoon….is that they had my computer with all of my tmeplates on it. harumph.

sorry I can’t send the template along. But I do have a bunch of hard copies left over, so if you would like to at least see the hard copies, you can email me at corn@weddingbee.com with your address and i will send one along.

OR….if you are REALLY feeling inclined, you can contact me at my business, Limoncellostyle (http://www.limoncellostyle.com) and I can work with you to make one.

I will now return from the land of shameless-plugs…

2/3/08 at 9:34 am (reply)

Jennifer V. says:

I love the idea of your newsletter in the welcome bag. Would you be able to e-mail it to me to use as a guide?

3/30/08 at 3:16 pm (reply)

karen says:

Can you send me a copy of the newsletter that you used?

4/8/08 at 2:15 pm (reply)