jasonandlisa
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2007
A little welcome gifts update:
My parents and brother helped me put together all the welcome gifts last week when I was home in NJ. My mom had the good idea of putting all the (cardboard) boxes into plastic bags, in case of rain. Also, she grouped them so that each family/room has its own bag and labeled them with the name of the resort, to make it easier to unload them at the resorts next week. Here's part of the finished pile:
For tags, I used self-laminating sleeves and blue ribbon. Here's a pic:
My wedding planner gave me a good tip about what to put on them. Underneath the guest reservation info. (on the back of the tag), I wrote:
"If this gift cannot be delivered by 9/2/07, please call Lisa at my-cell-number."
That way, we'll at least know if guests didn't get them. Without that, they'd just go into a lost-and-found room, never to be seen again...
Another thing we did was create custom door hangers for each guest room. DF created a monogram with our initials intertwined and two little blue flowers. Here's what the door hanger looks like:
Here's DF hard at work this past weekend:
He used a wood-burner to trace each design, then stained the hanger and used paint markers to color it. (And glitter glue for the diamond at the top.) Here's the stack of unfinished hangers behind one finished one:
We only ended up needing 40 hangers, so we still have extras. DF says his aunt does a lot of crafts, so we'll probably just give them to her. They were pretty cheap, since we bought them in bulk. One last pic:
We put the hangers in manila envelopes, along with our welcome letter and itinerary. One per family instead of one per person (like the welcome boxes.)
My parents and brother helped me put together all the welcome gifts last week when I was home in NJ. My mom had the good idea of putting all the (cardboard) boxes into plastic bags, in case of rain. Also, she grouped them so that each family/room has its own bag and labeled them with the name of the resort, to make it easier to unload them at the resorts next week. Here's part of the finished pile:
For tags, I used self-laminating sleeves and blue ribbon. Here's a pic:
My wedding planner gave me a good tip about what to put on them. Underneath the guest reservation info. (on the back of the tag), I wrote:
"If this gift cannot be delivered by 9/2/07, please call Lisa at my-cell-number."
That way, we'll at least know if guests didn't get them. Without that, they'd just go into a lost-and-found room, never to be seen again...
Another thing we did was create custom door hangers for each guest room. DF created a monogram with our initials intertwined and two little blue flowers. Here's what the door hanger looks like:
Here's DF hard at work this past weekend:
He used a wood-burner to trace each design, then stained the hanger and used paint markers to color it. (And glitter glue for the diamond at the top.) Here's the stack of unfinished hangers behind one finished one:
We only ended up needing 40 hangers, so we still have extras. DF says his aunt does a lot of crafts, so we'll probably just give them to her. They were pretty cheap, since we bought them in bulk. One last pic:
We put the hangers in manila envelopes, along with our welcome letter and itinerary. One per family instead of one per person (like the welcome boxes.)
What happened with your dress when you went to get it?
Do you have pics??? I hope it all worked out! 6 more days! Bet you're excited! 
Hope your wedding is everything you've dreamed it to be! 
)
) But everything was fine that time, and the dress is now hanging safely at home at my parents' house, ready for its big trip down to Orlando in a few days!!!
It is beautiful on you and seems perfect for you! 
