The OOT Totes

August 8th, 2008 @ 3:52 pm by Mrs. Pinot Noir

Kate Parker Weddings has over 20 great city/theme specific Out of Town Welcome Baskets. While these baskets are certainly out of my price range, ranging from $25-45 each + shipping, they are a great place to draw inspiration! Each basket is filled with locally made products and information specific to your wedding weekend.I love the “Green” Welcome Basket:

It includes a Bag of Dried Apples 100% Organic from Bare Fruit Snacks, a Bag (4.8 oz.) Garnola 70% organic from Nutty Steph, 3 oz. container of Fair Trade Certified and 100% organic tea from New World Tea (the packaging made with low carbon emissions in mind), 1 (16 oz.) Nalgene Water Bottle, Custom map including 4-5 points of interest for the wedding weekend (rehearsal, ceremony, reception, etc.) Printed on 100% Recycled Paper, and Medicine Kit including Advil, Tylenol, and Pepto-Bismol all in a Burlap pouch. $42 + shipping

I also adore the San Francisco Welcome Basket:

It includes 6 cookies from San Francisco Cookies Company, 8 squares of assorted Ghiradelli Chocolate Squares, 8 oz. bag of San Francisco coffee from Caffe Roma, 2 (11 oz.) bottles of Fiji Water, Custom map including 4-5 points of interest for the wedding weekend (rehearsal, ceremony, reception, etc.), Walking and Driving Map of San Francisco, and Medicine Kit including Advil, Tylenol, and Pepto-Bismol. $43+shipping

Since we are having a destination wedding, over 90% of our guests will be coming from out of town so we felt it was necessary to welcome our guests with a few little treats. We will be creating our own unique OOT totes, taking inspiration from the welcome baskets above.

Do your welcome baskets have a theme? Where did you find inspiration?

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6 Responses to “The OOT Totes”

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danathebride (message) 173 posts, Blushing bee

Those are super cute - though I don’t know how there’s no “Los Angeles” or “Hollywood” kind

We’re going to include some snacky treats, DIY labeled water, a CD of California themed tunes, maybe a map to star’s homes, and aromatherapy goodness….

Our theme is Magic Carpet Ride, though, so I’ve been trying to think of something relevant for that

8/8/08 @ 6:47 pm (reply)

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Claudia

This is great, thanks for the link! I’ve been looking for ideas for my OOT bags.
We still haven’t finalized what to include but since ours will be a beach side wedding, we’re definitely thinking of including:
chapstick/lip balm
aloe vera (to soothe that tanned skin!)
disposable underwater camera
money/id holder: http://www.avon.com/1/1/4087-money-id-holder.html
i would love to include water and towels but it will be crazy expensive to have that shipped to our wedding destination.

8/8/08 @ 7:05 pm (reply)

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missm (message) 811 posts, Busy bee

we’ve not gotten to filling the OOT bags yet, but are planning to provide water bottles and an assortment of home-baked treats along with a welcome note (not sure yet if this is a letter, card or postcard). love the idea of a CD!

8/8/08 @ 8:21 pm (reply)

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LaborDayBride (message) 137 posts, Blushing bee

Hey PN! Since our wedding is over Labor Day Weekend (um, obviously), we are doing a “Labor Day Picnic Basket.” I bought some very cheap baskets from lucky clover trading company that look like small picnic baskets. We are lining them with a red and white checked napkin. I’m putting Indiana popcorn in it, a local apple, a homemade chocolate race car, bottle of water, off towelettes, and a deck of cards and directions to play euchre (midwestern card game.) Probably doesn’t help with your napa valley theme… Would a bottle of wine be affordable for your welcome baskets? I bet you can get some pretty cheap openers online if needed…

8/11/08 @ 7:56 am (reply)