diy Welcome Gifts...

Give them a baggie of stuff in the local area

We just bought the welcome bags off amazon, had custom tags made for them that matched our invitations, designed a “newsletter” flyer that had information for all the events as well as a welcome blurb on there, then bought goodies from Costco/Trader Joe’s to go in the bag.

I bought bags at Michaels and put goodies in them. I printed a list of local things to do as well as a schedule for the weekend and had a Welcome sticker on each bag.

I like the idea of gifting them snacks that may be local or specialized based off the area

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I didn't check Amazon for welcome bags. I'll try there...I've only been on sites like Etsy...Thanks!

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Hmmmm...Ok...like California Trail Mix...because we're all about nature here. Ok. Thanks!

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Ok. Thanks for the tips!

I just ordered custom fridge magnets for ours from zazzle. with our favourite picture of the location we are getting married at. I also just ordered thank you cards for the gift bag/box from zazzle too (Unfortunately I opted to leave the date off) cause we just never know,,,

My favorite items as a guest: water & snacks (local snacks would be even great). A local map or information guide available probably for free from your local city. I’d skip the cheap fun items (sunglasses, flip flops, etc) because I would just to throw them away.

View Quoted Comment Lol I'll definitely follow your advice on not including basic throw away items

View Quoted Comment Good idea. Thanks. I also thought about including our original save the dates because I love them so much. But I'm certain that'd be tacky. I just hate wasting things and we had decided to move our date the day they arrived 😥