Weddingbee Blog

One of the first deadlines I set for myself when we started planning our wedding was to have everything done by the Tuesday before. And, if it wasn’t done by then—then by golly, it just wasn’t going to happen. Period. It’s been a steady pace to the finish line, but thanks to the help of our amazing friends we made it! All of the little details that we wanted to incorporate to make our guests feel even more special are complete, such as the out-of-town bags:

I purchased some medium kraft bags from our local Michaels and jazzed them up with the same stamp and ink pad that we used for our wedding programs. We stuffed these babies with the following goodies:

Two bottles of water, a bag of chips, two bags of pretzels, trail mix, a pack of gum (all courtesy of Costco), and a little card inviting guests to our post-wedding brunch Saturday morning (generously hosted by BM Laura and GM Michael):

Laura designed this beautiful card herself, printed, and cut them to size for us to drop in our guests’ bags! BM Tanya and Laura were clutch in getting these finished. They organized an assembly party afternoon where we went shopping and afterward put together the OOT bags as well as bathroom baskets for the reception (huge thanks to BM Tanya for taking the initiative to purchase the majority of these items):

The ladies’ basket is also going to double as part of my emergency kit for the day, and includes:

• Hairspray
• Volumizing mousse
• Disposable emery boards
• Hand cream
• Panty liners
• Tampons
• Makeup remover/facial cleansing wipes
• Gum
• Band-Aids
• Clear nail polish
• Dental floss
• Aleve
• A Tide Stick
• Static Guard
• A hairbrush
• Bobby pins
• Hair ties
• Tums

For the guys we have:

• Mouthwash and cups
• Band-Aids
• Hair gel
• Gum
• A hair comb
• A Tide Stick
• Aleve
• Tums
• A lint roller
• Axe deodorant spray
• Hand lotion
• Static Guard
• Dental floss

We put a sign on each of the baskets so our guests knew the contents were for them to use and enjoy:

While not a planned project, over the weekend Mr. Tartlet put together a burlap liner with lace ribbon attachments to spruce up the baskets for our programs and cards. They turned out quite lovely, and I’m very fond of them now:

Personal thank you notes have been written to all of our vendors, with a little surprise inside each for them:

And with that—it’s all done. Our bags are packed, we’re ready to go, and I’m taking a day for myself to breathe, relax, and just be me—not the bride-to-be.

Was it a huge weight off your shoulders when you just declared yourself dunzo?