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Or should I say boxes.
This has been done time and time again; Mrs. Lemon, Mrs. Hydrangea, Mrs. Onion, Mrs. Cream Puff, to name a few. If budget wasn’t an issue I’d wow our guests with Lauhala Tote Bags to hold our welcome bag contents.
But budget is an issue, so instead I’ll wow them with the affordable, ever so popular, gable boxes. Now before the wonderful world of weddingbee and the knot, I had never in my life ever heard of a gable box or knew what hell a gable was. I was lucky enough to buy a knottie’s left over gable boxes and paid about $ .76 a box (that includes shipping).
Now for my “wow”. Jon, who also did an illustration for our STD’s, made these ohhh sooo cute “cut out” cartoons of Mr. Sushi and I.
I love being clipart! I threw this illustration over an old postcard I had scanned in (I lowered the opacity of the postcard) and ta da…
Well… there was some ribbon added for pizazz.
Close up of the illustration. It’s about 4×5 in size and I printed 4 on 8×10 label sheets.
This photo is for aesthetics, I used double sided tape to attach the ribbon to the box.
Future Posts:
OOT box contents
How did you personalize your OOT bags?
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TOO CUTE! I love your style - this wedding will be fantastic. I love the clipart SO much! Rawk.
We are using these as welcome boxes for our Hawaii wedding too - I love your ribbon and art! Mine are left overs from a friend’s wedding - very grateful that she is helping us stay within out (tight) budget!
So cute! We are doing gable boxes, too. I got 100 for $49 at http://www.uline.com. They are the medium-large size. Hope this helps someone! I think the website price is in the $50 range (we get volume pricing) but I still think it’s a great deal 
How are you going to get these to Hawaii? Do they fold flat? and are you picking up items from Hawaii to go in them?
@hawt691: I did get your PM, don’t worry I’ll message you back here shortly
@TBerry: I’m actually going to put them together in Hawaii; some of my contents will be from Hawaii too..more to come on that later.
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I love this idea! Brides in Hawaii certainly love their lauhala details at weddings but I love this modern, funky idea much more. Too cute!
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Mrs. Sushi, Hershey/Hawaii
Age and Occupation: 27, Graphic Designer/Photographer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Laborer/Aspiring Hip Hop Producer
Engagement Date: December 25, 2007
Wedding Date: March 2009
Blogging Since: October 9, 2006
Venue: Byodo-In Temple, Luau Reception
About Me: I’m a notorious people-watcher who loves all things paper, food, traveling, grubbin’ on food, gossip magazines, food, sock monkeys…did I mention food?! Mr. Sushi and I are both haolepinos (half Filipino, half Caucasian) and hope to be able to somehow incorporate our cultures at our destination wedding in Hawaii. All while planning from the sweetest place in earth, Hershey!
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