Weddingbee Blog

Our out of town bags were a labor of love, but lacked a plan of delivery! Sadly, I think half of our guests went home without them because we forgot to drop them off at the hotels, and then forgot to bring them to the reception! Luckily we were able to pass some of the baggies out, so it wasn’t a total failure of delivery! We also ended up having favors at the wedding, so hopefully everyone left with a little something.

We purchased 50 8″x 10″muslin bags online and decorated each bag with a custom stamp I had ordered from Impress Rubber Stamps of our invitation motif. Then came the fun part - filling the bags!

Each bag contained the following:

• From a favorite vacation spot, saltwater taffy from Shrivers.
• From San Francisco, macarons from Paulette Macarons.
• From our hometown, nuts and wasabi peas from Here’s Howe.
• From my childhood, wintergreen Lifesavers (I used to line my locker with the wrappers since I ate so many).
• From my great grandma, M&Ms.
• A map we designed that was also included in our invitations, just incase anyone forgot to bring it.
• Bottled water.

I purchased things like the nuts and peas in bulk, I think it was something like 5-6 pounds of each, and portioned them into inexpensive sandwich bags without a zip top. I then tied the baggies closed with a piece of cotton string. Simple and easy! Here are the bags stuffed and ready to (not) be delivered!

The leftover baggies did not go to waste! We brought a few with us on our honeymoon and our parents planned to pass out the rest. Remember to delegate OOT bag delivery to someone!

Are you making OOT bags, or have you received one? What’s a favorite item that you included or received in one?