{"id":5147,"date":"2013-07-16T23:17:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T23:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studiowednashville.com\/nashvilleblog\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2014-01-09T01:07:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T01:07:34","slug":"nashville-wedding-welcome-bag-ideas-for-out-of-town-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/nashville-wedding-welcome-bag-ideas-for-out-of-town-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville Wedding Welcome Bag Ideas for Out-of-Town Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;If you have many guests traveling from near and far for your wedding, it\u2019s a wonderful touch to give them a welcome bag or basket upon their arrival! These serve as a sweet \u201cthank you\u201d for coming and also ensure that your guests are comfortable while away from home.\u201d ~<a rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/simplystunningnashville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville Wedding Planner<\/a>, Kristin Kaplan of Simply Stunning Events Nashville<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, what are some good things to include in your welcome bags for guests? \u00a0Below, we have a few ideas from Kristin and <a rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/amberhousley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville wedding designer<\/a> Amber Housley:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kristin suggests starting with the basics&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two small bottles of water<\/li>\n<li>Some small sodas<\/li>\n<li>Snacks (include something sweet\u00a0<em>and<\/em> something salty)<\/li>\n<li>Individual packets of Advil or Tylenol<\/li>\n<li>A guidebook of things to do and places to eat in Nashville<\/li>\n<li>A note thanking your guests for coming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;\u2026.and to create a welcome gift bag with some Nashville flair, try including some Nashville postcards, Loveless jams, Moon Pies, Yazoo beer, Jack Daniel\u2019s whiskey, Lynchburg cakes and candy, or Goo-goo clusters.&#8221; ~Kristin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here is what Amber suggested to <a rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/iloveswmag.com\/2011\/07\/20\/southern-hospitality-nashville-tote\/\" target=\"_blank\">Southern Weddings<\/a> to add some Nashville flavor:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5150\" title=\"Print\" src=\"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nashville-Wedding-welcome-bag1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"802\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And for cute Nashville tote bags, Amber created this overlay (Download the PDF <a rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/iloveswmag.com\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CanvasToteBag_WithoutCustomSpace4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5149\" title=\"Nashville-wedding-tote\" src=\"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nashville-wedding-tote2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Another idea is to create a welcome bag that shows off what makes you unique as a couple! You can include some items that allow guests to learn a little more about you such as items native to your hometowns or the city where you met, a favorite movie to watch in the hotel room, your favorite snacks and drinks, or create a booklet that tells the story of how you met since not everyone attending may truly know the details. Symbolic items with attached notes are always fun too. For example, a couple that met in the \u201cBig Apple\u201d might include a green apple in their bag.&#8221; ~Kristin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Have any other suggestions on things to include in the Nashville tote? Leave a comment in the box below!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you have many guests traveling from near and far for your wedding, it\u2019s a wonderful touch to give them a welcome bag or basket upon their arrival! These serve as a sweet \u201cthank you\u201d for coming and also ensure that your guests are comfortable while away from home.\u201d ~Nashville Wedding Planner, Kristin Kaplan of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[20,168,223,291,315,363,370,373,374,402],"class_list":["post-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-planning-tips-advice","tag-amber-housley-designs","tag-kristin-kaplan","tag-nashville-wedding","tag-simply-stunning-events","tag-studiowed-nashville","tag-wedding-favors","tag-wedding-guest-bags","tag-wedding-guest-list","tag-wedding-hotels","tag-welcome-bags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}