{Daily Wedding Bits} Kentucky-Inspired Welcome Guest Bag

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If you have wedding guests driving or flying in from out-of-town, be sure to treat them as a very special and important person and one way to express your gratitude towards them is by greeting them with beautiful welcome bags or gift bags or gift buckets. They are a great way to give them necessary information about the wedding events and venues in an around Louisville.

Here's a quick DIY about these wedding bags. Read on.

First, you need a welcome bag to fill up. You can find and purchase online personalized canvas totes at the AmericanBridal.com or Beau-coup. To give it a Kentucky twist, I'd be interesting to use a KFC Bucket. If you can splurge a little, you can get gourmet food or wine baskets or you can do-it-yourself! Either way, you can personalize the bag to match the locality, your personalities, wedding colors and style.

Photo via The Red Brick Cottage

 
Second, fill the bags with goodies. If your wondering what to put in the bag here is a list of items you can choose from

• A Thank You card.
• A Welcome note.
• Map and a Welcome to Louisville Guide (They're often free at the Louisville Visitors Center)
• Mini Louisville Slugger Bat
• Kentucky made Bourbon Balls
• Mini-bottle of Bourbon or Mint Julep
• Chocolate Horseshoe
• Packets of Breath Mints, Chewing Gum, Snacks and Treats
• Advil/ Tylenol
• Bottled Water (You can have it with personalized labels.)
• A weekend timeline if guests are invited to rehearsal dinner and other wedding events.

   
If you'd prefer to buy Kentucky-themed goodie bags, you can get them at The Goody Bag.