OOT Bags

OOT Bags-- If I wasn't into weddings, then I would be wondering "What in the WORLD?" :) OOT stands for Out of Town. I thought it would be nice to have a welcome bag at our out of town guest's hotel rooms or residences where they are staying.

It's a nice gesture to be greeted after a long trip by a little bag full of goodies! Here are some cute examples I have found:

I love the sand buckets!

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These personalized bags are adorable!!

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I was impressed by the goodies!

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Here's a look into our OOT bags. We don't have many out of town guests so we only prepared ten. 

2 Water Bottles (They were personalized with these labels & a monogrammed stamp ordered from Ebay.)

Brochures of our town & the park where our reception is located!

A Bookmark with our Town

Pin with our town's logo
Homemade Sweet Treats (Will add closer the week of)

The goodies in our bags.

Thanks to my fabulous Mom for putting them together!

Wedding To Do List

So excited about our long weekend. We were able to accomplish so many things off of our To Do list! This week I will be working on out Ceremony Programs, trying to find my something borrowed & old (Any Ideas??), sending our announcement to the local newspapers. 

The Rehearsal Dinner invitations were sent out last week, and my fabulous godmother is throwing my Bridal Brunch. The invitations just came in the mail literally ten minutes ago, and they are absolutely GORGEOUS! I will definitely share them shortly because I'm completely blown away by them! 

We've definitely been busy, busy around here with only 17 days left until the BIG day. Here's a look at the current "To Do" List:

 

                             o    Finalize your rental list (tables, chairs, and any other extras).  

                                           Just need a few more tablecloths! WAHOO!

o    Make all honeymoon travel reservations, including your flights and rooms. 

Just ORDER FLIGHTS!

o    Buy reception bar essentials (if you're providing your own).

o    Arrange day-of transportation for you, your wedding party, and guests.

o    Finish your ceremony programs.

o    Submit your newspaper wedding announcement (if you were planning to).

o    Confirm out-of-town guest hotel reservations. 

o    Finalize your ceremony vows.

o    Finish up your ceremony programs.

o    Send out rehearsal dinner invitations. 

o    Wrap all gifts for the wedding party and write each attendant a nice note. 

o    Brides: Get your final haircut, if necessary.  

o    If you are changing your name, work on all the paperwork to make it happen 

o    Decide on your "something old, new, borrowed, and blue.  

 o    Email your bridal party with essential wedding weekend info (dates, times, directions) 

o Call guests who haven't RSVP'd. Our date was September 1st, so we'll give them a few more days and will be contacting them.

 o Pack for the honeymoon.

Gift Tracking! AH!

After invitations are sent out and bridal showers are hosted, you have a HUGE list of Thank You Cards to write! I wanted to make sure I was organized before the time came.

I ordered monogrammed cards from Vista Print, a set with my monogram and a set with our new "married" monogram. I planned to use my monogram cards for bridal shower gifts, and pre-wedding occasions.

For wedding gifts, we would use our "married" monogrammed cards. <--that's a tongue twister "Married Monogrammed"

My guest are already listed on the Detailed Guest List. After receiving a gift, I would note what the gift was and there is a check box to check off when a thank you card was sent! FABULOUS!


It's a very overwhelming task to make sure everyone receives a thank you card, and at a decent time. This process help me a lot to stay on top of the cards, and as soon as we received a gift--I "tried" to write a thank you card right away!

Wedding Website

Our Wedding Website

One Month Checklist

We are finally at the One Month Mark! AHH--bring on the checklists! The comes a point in wedding planning about 2-3 months out that you are in a "I've got all the big things accomplished," but before the "All the small things have to be finished NOW" mood. I'm now at the second mood, where it has to be finished today! :) We are out of time, and the wedding is fast approaching! Thank You Knot for keeping me sane! Here's what left of the major checklist:

o    Finalize your rental list (tables, chairs, and any other extras). 

Just need a few more tablecloths! WAHOO!

o    Make all honeymoon travel reservations, including your flights and rooms. 

Just ORDER FLIGHTS!

o    Buy reception bar essentials (if you're providing your own).

o    Arrange day-of transportation for you, your wedding party, and guests.

o    Finish your ceremony programs.

o    Submit your newspaper wedding announcement (if you were planning to).

o    Confirm out-of-town guest hotel reservations. 

o    Finalize your ceremony vows.

o    Finish up your ceremony programs.

o    Send out rehearsal dinner invitations.

o    Wrap all gifts for the wedding party and write each attendant a nice note.

o    Brides: Get your final haircut, if necessary. 

o    If you are changing your name, work on all the paperwork to make it happen

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o    Decide on your "something old, new, borrowed, and blue. 

o    Email your bridal party with essential wedding weekend info (dates, times, directions).

Invitations, Invitations, Invitations

The largest project of a wedding...INVITATIONS! Ours finally left our home at the two and 1/2 month mark. This has been a project I've been working on for months! I found the template here. After getting the colors from our wedding (chocolate, orange, pink, & green) then adding glue plus some chocolate card stock! WA LA, our invitations were done! The response cards printed on card stock as well, and placed into hot pink envelopes! The hot pink envelopes addressed and stamped were placed into the chocolate envelopes addressed and stamped and SENT OFF!