Weddingbee Blog

Yep, like so many bees before me, we’re doing out of town boxes, to be handed out when our guests check into the hotel. Our hotel only charges if we want the boxes put in the rooms, so we’re perfectly fine with them being handed out at the front desk for free!

I found some inexpensive 9″ x 9″ x 6″ kraft gable boxes from U.S. Box, but unfortunately they only came in 50 packs, so I have some left over. I’m estimating we’ll need to give out about 24 OOT boxes (one per room), and so I made 5 extra, just in case.

And how will I decorate the boxes, you ask? With layered ribbon and paper, of course!

I didn’t do that much to decorate these, because, who am I kidding, nobody is going to save the boxes! So I just cut and ironed two layers of ribbon, and hot glued them around the boxes.

Then I made quick signs for the boxes, and glued them on, along with some punched flower embellishments.

Quick, cute, done.

Well, almost done! I still have to make a packet of information for everyone, which will include the schedule of events, maps, things to do in the area, and contact info for the wedding party. But I can’t make the packet until we nail down our rehearsal time, which we can’t do until one month prior to our wedding. As much as I’d like to have this done in advance, it’s going to have to be a somewhat last minute project.

And a month before the wedding we’ll also have to stuff these boxes with some snacks, which we’re planning to raid Costco for. I’m thinking each box will get 2 water bottles, some chips, beef jerky, gum, travel size Advil, and whatever else strikes our fancy on our Costco run.

Will you be doing OOT boxes for your guests? What ideas to you have for snacks to go in the boxes?