Thanks to The Oceanside Bride!

Jun 09 2010
Welcome Bags for Your Guests

If you’re planning a wedding that may require some of your closest friends and family to travel a good distance to your destination, why not make them feel special by welcoming them with a welcome bag, tote, or basket? It’s a simple little gesture that will show your love and appreciation for them coming to share in this memorable event with you and your husband-to-be. I found this great collage of wedding welcome bags and baskets that I thought might give you inspiration to create your own unique and fun welcome basket that your guests will love.

You can use almost anything for your bag such as a crafty and cute paper gift bag, boat shaped weaved baskets, or big beach totes that they can throw over their shoulder and head straight to the beach to catch some sun before the big event!

What are some items you might include? Anything! Sky’s the limit, but your welcome bag for a beach wedding may include….water bottles (customize the label with a picture of you and your beau for a personal touch!), sunscreen, beach towel, a local map, and a few of your favorite fruits, cookies or candies that your guests can enjoy for the weekend! For those of you who happen to be in the New York area, you could always order pre-packaged or customized gift bags from Sara’s Gracious Goodies, who provides savvy gift packaging expertise and best of all delivery to your hotel location the day of your guests arrival!

Did you or are you planning to put together an Out-of-Town Bag as part of your wedding weekend? We’d love to see your pics and hear about what you included in them!

From http://theoceansidebride.com

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Goodies

New York Brides: Give out customized welcome baskets like this one from Sara's Gracious Goodies. One idea I love--including a non-edible treat, like a magazine, in your welcome basket!

Monday, January 11, 2010
Welcome Bags for Hotel Guests by Sara's Gracious Goodies

Looking for the perfect way to welcome your out of town guests? You found it... Sara's Gracious Goodies! Located in Long Island, NY, owner Sara Mendelsohn has compiled the perfect combination of her favorite local goodies. Your guests will be thrilled when they are greeted by a beautiful box (complete with a personalized greeting card) filled with these delightful treats. There are many packages to choose from and you can even add a tote bag to package your goodies in. Don't see exactly what you are looking for... no problem, this savvy goodie expert will customize one for you. The best part... she delivers! Saving you precious time leading up to your big day.
Take a peek at all of Sara's Gracious Goodies.

Tips from ME on The Wedding Chicks!

Today it is officially Winter and hopefully all of you have your gifts in order and are ready to celebrate with family friends. I know that Amy and I are ready to do some serious gift giving.

Speaking of gifts… if you are having an out of town guest a Custom Welcome Tote is a spectacular way to greet your loved ones and thank them for sharing this special day with you.

If your are having a hard time deciding what to put in your Wedding Welcome Tote, Sara over at www.sarasgraciousgoodies.com sells great little packages all ready to put in your Welcome Totes at great prices. Since most of you chickadees are planning your spring and summer weddings Sara has some great ideas for a Summer Welcome Package.

WHAT TO PUT IN YOUR WELCOME TOTES
Start with a Sandal or Ice Cream Cone Rice Krispie Treat! Everyone will not only love this for its novelty feel but for the amazing taste! In addition to the Krispies, I like to include a box of Popcorn, a bag of Potato Chips and Cookies finished with a bottle of water. These are basic goodies everyone loves!

FREE ITEMS THAT WOULD GO GREAT IN YOUR WELCOME TOTES
It helps to include products that are signature to your home town. For example, in NY I often include a cupcake from the famous Crumbs Bakery, a Black and White Cookie that are a NY staple and popcorn from The Hampton Popcorn Factory since everyone in and outside of NY has heard the Hamptons buzz.

To add something even more special (and free!) you can include menus of some of your favorite local restaurants. An emergency kit that includes such necessities as Aspirin, Mouthwash, and a nail file would be thoughtful as well. For something DIY you can customize a personal “Do Not Disturb… recovering from Sara & Brian’s Wedding” sign for guests to use after their amazing night at your wedding! You can easily find these templates online or at your local craft store.

Thank You to Sara from www.sarasgraciousgoodies.com for the tips.

Thanks to the incredibly talented Jocey and Amy from The Wedding Chicks for the post. Make sure you check out their fabulous Custom Welcome Totes - we look forward to featuring them as a New Product on our site soon!

Blog Love

Those last few weeks in the final lead up to your Wedding day are renowned for being high-stress, time-poor days to say the least! Thankfully someone is a step ahead of us and can help alleviate some of those last minute tasks. Sara’s Gracious Goodies is a New York based service specialising in Welcome Bags for out of town Wedding guests.

Sara has cleverly hand-picked a range of premium products with weary, over-travelled guests in mind as a treat for them when they arrive at their hotel. A tasty treat to make them feel more at home, as well as a thank-you for taking the time to make it to your big day. With a great range of Hotel Amenity Packages brimming with goodies from Pretzels to Popcorn… Cookies to I ♥ NY Chocolates, there’s a package to suit every style-savvy bride. There’s even a great range of New York themed Totes and Wine Bags to really personalise your gifts.

The thing I love most about the service is that Sara’s Gracious Goodies will actually hand-deliver each of the packages for you. Not only do you get the satisfaction of welcoming your guests and helping them settle-in, but you also save precious time by allowing Sara to do the hard work for you. What better way to give your guests a little taste of NYC without setting a foot out the door! ♥

For more information on Sara’s Gracious Goodies range and prices please see the website.

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Blog Love

"As a Wedding Planner my clients are always asking me about ways they can honor their guests if they are traveling. The answer is usually Goodies Bags left at the Hotels the guests are staying at. As someone who has also been on the other side and received a bag upon check-in it’s really appreciated and quite a treat….I mean who doesn’t like to come back to the hotel room and maybe after a few cocktails have a little midnight snack?

But one of the hardest parts is figuring out what to put in those bags…and how to possibly package them…and maybe a novel little trinket that your guests will remember their visit to a specific area. Well…Sara’s Gracious Goodies takes all the guessing work out of this detail for brides. Not only does she couple great snacks & beverages together…but she also does themed bags that can represent a great city such as New York (and it’s not because this is where I’m from & reside)…or a winter wedding!

And don’t think it’s just snacks that you’ll get in these goodie packages…one of my favorite ones is the NYC Treat, which includes 2 Lil Poland Spring Waters , Weekly edition of NY Magazine , NYC Traffic Treats, I LOVE NY Chocolates, Large Black and White Cookie , Kettle Korn Popcorn from The Hampton Popcorn Factory & Chocolate Chip Cookies from Tates Bakery…And they can be packaged inside your choice of a Map Tote (Queens, Bronx, NYC, Manhattan or Brooklyn)…How much more NYC can you get!? Fabulous and your guests will absolutely love it!

Her ideas bring a little more of a high end quality & representation to the classic hotel guest bag. Prices for the goodies range from $10 – $38 per package & then $10 per tote. However, if you don’t want to pay for the tote, atleast you can purchase the goodies and go with a less expensive route of a colorful paper bag from PaperMart (a great wholesale priced supplies store).

Great find…and great bargain…without the hassle!"

From Well Wed The Hamptons

Hamptons Noteworthy News: Sara's Gracious Goodies

From Opulent Homes to rustic farms stands to fresh breezes and crashing waves at the beach, spring and summer in The Hamptons provides a perfect backdrop for a romantic destination wedding. Delight your guests and keep the memory of your very special day alive with handcrafted treats from local businesses and artisans.

Offerring such stuffed treats is Sara's Gracious Goodies! People coming in from out-of-town for your wedding will delight at discovering these little surprise gifts in their hotel rooms. Sara's Gracious Goodies, a new Long Island company, will deliver the snacks right to their hotel door!

Sara's Gracious Goodies is also excited about the new Map Totes which is available in several cities and sizes (Grocery Tote as well as Wine Totes). These are amazing on their own or filled with Sara's own unique goodies!

Pitch for PR!

Sara's Gracious Goodies featured on this weeks "Pitch for PR" E-Mail!

Gift Giving Expert: Sara Mendelsohn, Founder of Sara's Gracious Goodies

Pitch: Wedding Welcome Bags are a final detail usually given to someone in the family or wedding party and let's face it-haven't they already done enough? Researching, purchasing, packing, wrapping all just days before the wedding...what's a fabulous bride to do?

They find us! And with Local Hand Delivery, you won't worry about turning into Bridezilla!

1. Alleviate last minute Bridal stress

2. Ettiquette Tips for being a Gracious Bride

3. "Fab Finds" that will keep guests talking with novelty treats like Kosher "Mashuga Nuts", "EggNog Taffy" or "Flip Flop Rice Krispies"

Contact:

Sara Mendelsohn - Knows all the best "Goodies" out there sara@sarasgraciousgoodies.com

Website: http://www.sarasgraciousgoodies.com/

Blog: http://www.sarasgraciousgoodies.blogspot.com/

Read more about us!

http://modernvintagedesigns.squarespace.com/journal/2008/10/15/saras-gracious-goodies.html

http://gettingmarriedonlongisland.com/2009/07/fun-stuff-saras-gracious-goodies/

http://www.danshamptons.com/content/danspapers/issue21_2009/newKids.html