Impress your Out of Town Guest
Love the “Out Of Town Bag” we are using this weekend! For some that don’t know what this means…The out of town bag (doesn’t have to be a bag) is the container you can use for goodies that you welcome your guests with who have traveled to join the bride and groom. I’m always trying to find unique ways to hold the treats.
This cool bag not only matches the couple’s black and white color theme, but it is a recycled and reusable grocery bag and or just a great tote. This is one container that won’t be left in the hotel room. Easy to fold and pack and weighs hardly nothing! You can find awesome “Green” bags on line and I have seen really cute ones at places like Ikea and Cost Plus.
Tip: don’t buy a bag or container that is too big because it will take a lot of products to fill it and this will add money to your ever growing budget.
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Thanks everyone for your comments! I’m excited about finding new sources to share with you so keep it coming…i haven’t figured out how to re-format my pctures but give me time …..
Hi Mindy! Every piece of design you’ve created is gorgeous. You are filled with talent and imagination. I have such a passion for interior design and event planning, do you have any advice for my career path? It would be great to branch off and work in a firm as entertaining as your own! Thank you for the inspiration!
Hi Jennifer thanks for your comment…i always tell those interested in the planning business to first try to get a job in catering at a 4 to 5 star hotel. Even if it is just answering phones in the catering office. You will learn so much by talking to various vendors like lighting,floral,fabric and specialty companies. At
a great hotel you will not only see how weddings are planned but corporate, birthdays and all types of other events which are very important to the learning process. Start a great source book of vendors you meet along the way. When you feel you are ready to go on your own, I promise your experience from a job like this will make it easy to get hired on several events.
Great information above for future planners. Working at a high end resort is a great way to know the industry and see if it’s a match.
Hi Mindy,
So I am 6 weeks away from my wedding. It is being held a private backyard of an amazing home in Colorado! The ceremony will be in front of a beautiful lake gifted with extraordinary trees. The reception will be on another part of the land in an elegantly created tent. So the question here is, for the entrance to the wedding that is the first impression for guests and leads them to the yard; I was leaning toward an arbor framed in flowers. It is a garden wedding…but my decor vendor feels this is not elegant enough to resonate with my overall tone. She is suggesting a portal with a square header across the top and flowing fabric down the sides. This is sort of reminding me of a stage. What are your thoughts on the two choices?
Thank you,
Tina
Mindy,
You have the cutest ideas! I like this bag idea. I’m planning an intimate baby shower for my sister this summer. I would like to have it outside with a lot of soft colors and possibly linens. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi Tina!
Your wedding sounds like it is going to be amazing! The location sounds magical and one that i’m sure a lot of brides would love to have available to them. Now here is what I think for the entrance to the garden…
I kinda agree with you about the fabric in a garden setting maybe feeling a bit wrong for the first thing the guests will see. Although I do love the element of mixing fabrics into a garden setting, I think what the guests first see shouldn’t come as much as a surprise as the rest of the day. I feel strongly that the experience has to grow from the entrance, to the ceremony, to cocktails and then the reception and even an after party if you are planning one. So with that being said, the floral entrance sounds beautiful. Maybe try hanging some rose heads from clear monofilament at different levels from the floral entrance so the guests get a whimsical feeling as they arrive. I once was able to bring in 2 large trees that we made into an arch so it felt like it was growing on the property. Our florist randomly placed florals throughout the trees, it was a great look for an outdoor entrance. Believe me, with the way you described the lake and trees all you are going to need is you and your future husband :)! The best of luck and thanks for writing! Mindy
Hi Kimberly. LOVE baby showers!
A couple fun ideas…Since the shower is outdoors it is nice to provide shade for you guests so order an umbrella to go with each guest seating table. An umbrella is perfect for hanging fun items over the tables. Take a clothes line (can also be rope) and hang across the inside of the umbrella from side to side. Buy cute inexpensive pastel colored Baby “Onesies” bibs, socks, rattles,t-shirts etc. (from places like target or babies r us) and hang from wooden clothespins attached to the rope.
Make each table one color. If you have 3 tables maybe use one table lavender, one baby blue, one yellow.
match the flowers to the tablecloth. Example: Lavender cloth, lavender flowers etc. Fold the napkins (white) to look like a diaper and pin with a real diaper pin.
You can print little menus of the food you are serving and tuck inside the diaper napkin.
Fun to buy yellow rubber duckies and float in each persons water glass.
An old but great standby is filling 4 ounce bottles with pastel jelly beans for each of your guests as a favor…or recently we gave each guest a bottle of “Milk” Bath….(get it, baby=milk) as a party favor… big hit! Hope this helped a bit…thanks for visiting my site. Mindy
Excuse my spelling errors…I write at the end of my long days and I get too pooped to spell check…Good Night
We will be selling these bags on the E-Store next week stay tuned…Mindy