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As a professional gift designer, I often get asked for advice on what to include when curating wedding welcome gifts so I figured it was time for a three-part blog series all about these types of gifts and today is Part One! When designing wedding welcome bags, I take into consideration many factors such as location, wedding style, budget, color palette and even the personalities and interests of the couple. But overall, the most important thing is to make sure the gift are as well-balanced and as unique to the couple and their wedding as possible. Read on for some ideas today and then stay tuned because we have two more posts coming in this series later this week and next! Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Local Keepsake Including a meaningful keepsake is a fantastic way to leave your guests with something to remember your wedding by. I adore city-specific coasters or even a notecard set featuring artwork depicting landmarks of the city where you’re getting married. You can even let your gift packaging double as a keepsake by choosing a tote with a screen-printed map of the area. You can also highlight hobbies or interests that play a role in your relationship. Have fun and get creative! DOWNLOAD OUR FREE GUIDE: TOP 10 TRENDS IN WEDDING WELCOME GIFTS Sweet Treat This is a great opportunity to choose something special to you and your fiance. Do you and your fiancé have a favorite bakery nearby? Maybe an individually-wrapped brownie or cookie from this establishment would be the perfect sweet (and meaningful!) snack. Are you having a seaside wedding? Salt water taffy is a great ocean-inspired option to satisfy your guests’ sugar cravings. If you want to tie in your wedding color palette into the gift, macarons are a fantastic way to show off your wedding colors, these from Olivia Macaron. Or, perhaps you simply want to welcome your guests with a celebratory vibe. Champagne Gummy Bears or Champagne Bubbles by Sugarfina are always a Marigold & Grey favorite! Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Savory Snack Balance out the sweet with some good old-fashioned salty! Some ideas we like include salted peanuts, flavorful crackers, bagel crisps, pita chips, trail mix, popcorn, gourmet potato chips or maybe even some high-quality beef jerky. Beverage Let’s face it. It’s pretty annoying to check into a hotel and discover that bottled water isn’t included in the room. Help your guests stay hydrated especially since they’ll be enjoying cocktails and dancing the night away at your reception! For an added touch, consider sparkling water. Mini San Pellegrino bottles always look nice. Also, consider seasonally appropriate drinks such a gourmet hot chocolate for a winter wedding or a spring IPA beer from a local brewery. Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Custom Paper Goods Chances are, you have all the particulars spelled out on your wedding website as well as the invitation suite you mailed out. But, once guests arrive in town, they may not have easy access to all the info. Make it easy for them by creating a weekend timeline along with any necessary maps to help them get to where they need to be. Also, don’t forget a heartfelt message thanking your guests for making the trip. Take it a step further and create a booklet of the “who’s who” of your wedding party or even the background into your love story. Finishing Touches Lastly, pull it all together with memorable finishing touches that take the gifts to the next level and really stay in your guests memory long after the wedding is over. This means ribbon that color coordinates perfectly with your wedding palette, tied in the most perfect bow. It can even mean greenery, either inside or outside of the box or bag. Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Remember to have fun with these and create something uniquely yours! Don't have time to create welcome gifts for your guests? Find out more about our Custom Design Service here.
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You may recall our recent release of our Top 10 Client Appreciation Gift Designs of 2018 but now it's time to mix it up a bit and share with you our Top 10 Wedding Welcome Gift Designs of 2018! This was really tall task to select just ten but thankfully we came together as a team and finally managed to agree... Classic and Neutral DC Wedding Welcome Boxes Since it's no secret we're fans of neutrals around here, it's probably not surprising that these elegant DC welcome boxes for a special Soco Events couple makes our list. We selected ivory deluxe gift boxes with the most gorgeous taupe ribbon along with simple gift tags and welcome booklets showing off the A + G's monogram. For sweet treats, we included US Capitol cookies by Sugar Studio and caramel popcorn packaged in clear treat boxes and tied with coordinating ribbon. The most notable part of the entire gift design was the bride's family's secret recipe for a small batch nut mix. Such a special touch! We also included water and mini amenity kits in muslin bags, custom printed with the couple's monogram. Images: Lissa Ryan Photography Orchid Inspired Wedding Welcome Gifts While these next wedding welcome gifts were for a Boston wedding with Rex & Regina Events, they weren't Boston-themed. The wedding design was inspired by orchids so we went in that direction instead. We chose crisp white gift boxes to allow the purple to pop. We included individually wrapped Godiva chocolates and sub-packaged them in a clear treat bag with a custom sticker featuring the orchid design along with flavored almonds and the best part...a custom orchid cookie by Sugar Studio. The welcome note provided the weekend itinerary and pulled through the orchid motif as well. We finished the gifts off with "Welcome to Boston" gift tags featuring....you guessed it...the orchid design again along with deep purple ribbon! Images: Lissa Ryan Photography DC Welcome Tote Bags These custom DC tote bags are proof that you don't have to fill your welcome gifts to the brim with items in order for them to be impactful. Many times, it's quality over quantity! Stephanie B Design created this adorable outline of DC with our couple's names and we had it custom printed on these sturdy canvas totes. For contents, we included a Washington DC chocolate bar in the most beautiful watercolor packaging, locally sourced Olivia Macaron treats and the most fun of all...the cookie depicting T+W's adorable goldendoodle! Stephanie B Design also created the floral inspired welcome letters with the festive greeting "Oh good, you're here!". Planning by Cheers Darling Events. Images: Abby Jiu Photography Black & White Ohio Wedding Welcome Boxes The goal for these black and white wedding welcome boxes for an Ohio wedding with MMJ Events was to offer a nod to the location of the wedding all while remaining in line with the aesthetic of the wedding. We started with matte black gift boxes and filled it with a mixture of sweet and savory treats. We chose Ohio-sourced chips and small batch seasoned peanuts along with chocolate chip cookies bars in the most perfect black and white packaging. For beverages, we opted for the black and white "Boxed Water is Better" carton style waters to round out the design. The black and white welcome notes and coordinating gift tags remained consistent with the invitation suite sent to all wedding guests and featured the couples elegant monogram. Images: Lissa Ryan Photography Christmas Inspired DC Welcome Boxes Being a huge fan of the color green, these custom wedding welcome boxes for a DC wedding with Ida Rose Events were ones we were sad to see leave the studio once they were done and ready to be delivered. We chose elegant ivory boxes to allow the rich hunter green to stand out. Deep green San Pellegrino bottles were an obvious choice because of color but also provided an upscale celebratory vibe. Custom cookies in the shape of the US Capitol dome by Sugar Studio and Virginia peanuts were included along with some nods to the couple's interests. We selected gummy horses to honor the bride's equestrian family (oh my, these were hard to find!!!) and soccer and golf ball chocolates to represent the groom. Each of these candies were sub-packaged so the aesthetic remained in line with the color palette of the gifts, the gummies in small kraft boxes tied with hunter green grosgrain ribbon and the chocolates in white bakery bags which allowed the candy wrappers to show. Images: Lissa Ryan Photography Mad-Men-Meets-West-Elm Welcome Boxes These next custom wedding welcome gifts were far from ordinary, and in the most fun way possible! Our mission was to create masculine-leaning and modern welcome boxes for a mad-men-meets-west-elm inspired wedding designed by Grit & Grace. We selected navy storage boxes from Container Store and added elements representing the couple including coffee from one of their favorite Richmond, Virginia shops, a set of German Shepherd cookies depicting their two beloved pups (by District Desserts), and even the groom's favorite....EPIC bison jerky. And can we talk about the welcome booklets?! These were, by far, my favorite part of the entire project. Claudia of Fig2 Design created luxe welcome booklets tied with silk marigold ribbon, in the same exact shade that we tied the boxes with. And instead of us using gift tags, Claudia created mini insert cards with "Welcome" to slide into the brackets on the storage boxes. Definitely a unique, modern spin on the traditional welcome box! Images: Lissa Ryan Photography Fall Inspired Wedding Welcome Gifts Given our obsession with all things fall, when we have a couple come to us with a vision of gifts that are completely fall-inspired, we are 150% on board! For these next set of wedding welcome boxes for an upstate New York autumn wedding, we were tasked with using traditional fall colors along with wood burned gift tags in the shape of leaves that the bride had her heart set on long before she contacted us. We selected kraft gift boxes for a warm, cozy look and finished them off with rich merlot ribbon and affixed the wood tags. (We used thinner ribbon than usual to allow the leaves to take center stage). For contents, we had a mix of sweet and savory with NY-sourced chocolate bars, flavored almonds, and popcorn that we sub-packaged in clear treat bags and finished off with rustic twine and a color coordinating wax seal. The best part was the welcome letter design featuring a mountain illustration and gorgeous script font in the matching shade of merlot, designed by Just Write Studios. Images: Lissa Ryan Photography Black Tie Wedding Welcome Boxes When we think quintessential black tie weddings and the gifts that go along with them, these DC-inspired welcome boxes immediately come to mind! For C+J's Mellon Auditorium celebration, we used elegant ivory gift boxes to allow the burgundy to pop. We included DC Capitol dome cookies by Sugar Studio, gourmet peanuts, and macrons from local Olivia Macaron. We also created mini amenity kits in drawstring bags. And the most meaningful addition of all, the custom printed chocolate boxes featuring Ethel M truffles, a family favorite of the brides. With the help of Just Write Studios, we designed classic welcome letters with ivory ink on burgundy card stock and coordinating gift tags featuring the couple's monogram. Images: Lissa Ryan Photography Destination Wedding Welcome Baskets These next gifts were a ton of work to assemble due to a large amount of sub-assembly within each gift but all the extra work was well worth it! The result was lush, tropical-inspired wedding welcome baskets for a destination wedding in the Dominican Republic for Jessica and her fiancé, co-owners of Social Supply Events. We used structured woven baskets with lids and filled them with thoughtful items that can be enjoyed on the beach such as dried mango, coconut, plantain chips, Voss water, and SPF. We even included sunglasses for each guest! The custom paper took the gifts to a whole new level with gift tags personalized with each guest's name and welcome letters featuring vellum and wax seals. Last but not least, we closed the baskets and added luxury turkish towels to the top underneath raw edge ribbon and greenery! Images: Lissa Ryan Photography Washington Nationals Inspired Wedding Welcome Bags For this project, most all guests were visiting Washington DC from outside of the US and the couple wanted to show their guests a weekend filled with elements of the American experience. Naturally, one of the main themes of the weekend was baseball. The couple treated all wedding guests to a Washington Nationals game and so we created custom-embroidered Nats hats for inclusion in the custom DC tote bags along with Nationals water bottles. (The hats featured the couple's initials with a heart and their wedding date for a sweet personalized touch) We also included custom USA cookies by Sugar Studio and Washington DC chocolate bars. The welcome booklets were more than just your average notecard with the weekend itinerary! While these did, of course, outline the schedule for the weekend's activities, we also included illustrations and step-by-step instructions for country line dancing for guests to follow during their first night in town. (Our couple rented out a popular DC barbeque restaurant and provided dance lessons for everyone!) An amazing time was had by all and we were honored to play a role in welcoming guests to town for such a fun-filled weekend in DC. Illustrations and DC skyline. Michigan-based LePenn Designs created the skyline motif for tote bags as well as the illustrations for the welcome booklets. Images: Lissa Ryan Photography We hope you've enjoyed this roundup and we can't wait to find out which one is your favorite! Comment on this post or reach out here. For more information on our Custom Gift Design Service for wedding welcome gifts, please visit here.
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My team teases me because they claim that I declare each and every gift design my "absolute favorite". Okay, so maybe I'm guilty of this but let's face it, there's something special about getting THAT excited about each project that goes out our studio door. Which is why it was nearly impossible to select just ten gift designs for this year's "Top 10" list. We took into consideration, not only our own favorites, but also evaluated our blog posts and social media accounts to see what you all were loving as well! Southern Hat Boxes Planned and designed by Rhiannon Bosse Celebrations, S & A's vision for the wedding welcome gifts involved treating their Sea Island, Georgia guests to gifts unlike anything they'd ever seen before. The plan was to present the guests with their gifts upon arriving at the welcome dinner that kicked off the wedding weekend and from what we hear, the guests were blown away. We created a southern aesthetic using french blue on large round hat boxes along with plenty of monogramming by MMInk Studio throughout the gift for a cohesive look. Contents included tote bags featuring an artistic map of Sea Island, cashews, custom monogrammed cookies by Sugar Studio, monogrammed packages of biscotti by Buttercream Bakeshop, monogrammed packages of kettle corn popcorn, Savannah Bee honey, honey dippers, and two large bottles of water! As you can tell, the keyword here was "monogram" and we loved every bit of bringing this vision to life. Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Newport Rhode Island Baskets When NBA star Harrison Barnes and his then-fianceé Brittany were planning their Newport, Rhode Island wedding with the design and planning expertise of Couture Parties, they knew they wanted very special wedding welcome gifts to wow their guests. We selected several seaside-inspired items such as salt water taffy, local kettle corn popcorn, and last but not least, adorable sailboat cookies by Sugar Studio. However, what really set these gifts apart was the custom illustration work we commissioned Alli K Design to do for the welcome letters designed by Just Write Studios. Not only did the welcome booklets feature the normal itinerary and transportation information, but also a series of illustrations portraying "where they met", "where she said yes" and "where they'll say I Do". We used beautifully-textured baskets with luxe burgundy ribbon to perfectly mirror the organic feel of the event. We finished them off with gift tags featuring an illustration of wedding venue, Rose Cliff Mansion. Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Farm-Inspired Welcome Boxes These wedding welcome gifts are proof that relatively simple gifts can be dressed up with thoughtful, intentional details and brought to a whole new level. We used kraft tuck-top boxes for the packaging, an economical choice, but then incorporated artwork done by the mother-of-the-bride into the gift tags plus flowy ivory ribbon to take things up a notch. The contents inside these farm-inspired gift boxes were Maryland-inspired (think Bergers cookies and crab chips!) and enjoyed by all out of town guests at this late-fall Carte Blanche Events celebration. Fresh sprigs of rosemary added the perfect seasonal touch! Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography DC Chic Welcome Boxes Classic, neutral, modern, chic. All of these words describe the look we recreated in these monogrammed wedding welcome gift boxes for a lovely Soco Events couple. Perhaps you remember us telling you about them here earlier this year? We used deluxe white gift boxes, custom welcome letters with itinerary information and a DC city map, along with DC-inspired treats. Oh, and we can't forget the Garrett's popcorn, a nod to the groom's Chicago roots! Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Modern Masculine Welcome Boxes These next gift boxes were created for two ultra-fun grooms with tons of style. They let us have full creative freedom with these modern masculine gifts so we first started with Washington, DC sourced snacks to welcome the guests to their Meridien House wedding. (Think Teds Bulletin pop tarts and D.C. monument chocolates!) Then we also tied in snacks local to each of the grooms' home states, Iowa and Mississippi. But here's where it becomes fun. Because they're both mega Beyoncé fans (we're talking FRONT ROW at several shows!!) we of course couldn't resist including Bey in the form of a cookie by Sugar Studio. The cookies definitely got all of the guests talking immediately upon arriving to this flawlessly designed event by A. Dominick Events and from what we hear from the guys, guests are STILL talking about these welcome boxes months later. Grey and white accordion-style welcome booklets were designed by Cheree Berry Paper along with the couple's monogram. With the monogram being a circle, we turned into gold foil medallions and affixed them to white gift tags for a three dimensional effect. Image: Marina Mauletkali Photography Image: Marina Mauletkali Photography Image: Marina Mauletkali Photography Organic Ohio Welcome Boxes These blue, white and peachy blush gifts were another example of using basic white flip top boxes and filling them to the absolute brim with goodies for the guests. Cashews, dried apricots, pretzel crisps, locally-baked confetti cookies and even a custom amenity kit. But can we talk about the gift tags and welcome letters? The couple's watercolor monogram by Lemontree Calligraphy was carried all the way through to the welcome gifts and definitely set the stage for this beautifully-designed Ohio wedding, planned by MMJ Events. Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Pippin Hill Gable Boxes These dusty blue and white gable boxes for an Easton Events Pippin Hill couple were the epitome of tasteful, southern hospitality. We included elements of both Maryland and Virginia but also a bag of pistachio nuts from the company owned by the bride's grandfather. He even had special custom packaging designed just for the pistachios so they treat bags would reflect the color palette of the wedding. What a guy, right?! For an additional meaningful touch, we added Bequet caramels from Jackson Hole, a favorite spot of the couple's. We finished the gift boxes off with flowy dusty blue ribbon by Torn & Tied which tied in perfectly with the accordian-style welcome booklets designed by Jess McSweeney. Image: Red October Photography Image: Red October Photography Image: Red October Photography Modern Metallic Welcome Boxes These particular curated gift boxes were a challenge in the best way! We knew we wanted a breakfast-in-bed concept but also had to keep everything in blacks, whites and metallics to mirror the modern design created by Grit & Grace for the couple's Mellon Auditorium wedding. For personal touches, we included tupelo honey as a nod to the bride's Tupelo Mississippi roots. With the groom's family hailing from Ireland, Irish breakfast tea was a must! Black and white modern welcome letters and matching gift tags were created by DC-based Paperzest and were the perfect finishing touch. Image: Tracey Hart Photography Image: Tracey Hart Photography DC Map Welcome Bags While it's obvious our year involved mostly gift boxes and gift baskets, we can't forget this particular Fairmont Hotel Grit & Grace wedding where we used tote bags with a custom printed illustration of Washington, DC by Dandelion Patch! Packed to the gills with all of the couple's favorite snacks, these wedding guests were definitely not going hungry! Fun snacks like Swedish Fish, M&Ms, Pirate's Booty, local trail mix and Route 11 chips were included along with custom welcome letters and tags, also by Dandelion Patch. While all of these snacks were fun, let's face it, the custom cookies resembling the couple's Old English Sheepdog (named Larry!!) absolutely stole the show. (Cookies by Sugar Studio again) Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Neutral Welcome Boxes We are rounding out our lineup with these simple, neutral, and classically beautiful DC-inspired wedding welcome gifts for a sweet Engaging Affairs couple. The goal for these gifts was to incorporate elements of DC, Maryland AND Virginia into the gifts and we did so with Virginia peanuts, Kinderhook Snacks from Baltimore and DC monument chocolates from Chouquette. The other goal was to keep the gifts neutral and without a lot bright colors to act as an extension of the muted color palette of the event. We selected deluxe white gift boxes, taupe ribbon, and white gift tags with gold ink. Even the gift contents themselves were neutral in color. It's no secret that we love working with neutrals and so this project was an absolute joy. Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography Image: Lissa Ryan Photography After revealing our top wedding welcome gift designs from 2016 and now again this year in 2017, we definitely hope to make this an annual tradition! We hope you've enjoyed the round-up and are dying to know...which one is your favorite? We'd love to know! (And if your favorite didn't make the list, we'd love to know that too!) Drop us a note in the comments. We always love hearing from you! (For information on Custom Gift Design Service, email us at [email protected])
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