Hi from our mini-honeymoon! Our wedding weekend is over and it truly was the absolute best weekend of our lives surrounded by and family and friends (who are like family). What a whirlwind! You all weren’t kidding when you said it FLIES by. I cannot wait to recap all of the details for you, but let’s start with the first recap, our welcome bags for our guests at the hotel!
Here’s a little glimpse of our day thanks to B-Freed Weddings!
I am so excited to share with you details from our wedding weekend, and to start, I thought I’d show you what went into our hotel welcome bags! Often wedding bags are made up of some snacks and things, so rather than buying junky items, I wanted to compile some of my absolute favorite goodies for our friends and family who came into town.
What’s inside:
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Wedding Map: My amazingly talented friend Jen, from Love Always Cards made our wedding map with highlights from where we met, to our year long distance, then our first apartment, and our home. She also added our welcome dinner, our wedding venue, and our farewell brunch! I am SO in love with this special touch. It makes such a cute framed item for the house, too!
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RXbars: I’ve talked about RXbars a TON on my social and blog, and knew they’d be a must in our welcome bags!
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Jackson’s Honest Chips: A salty snack needed to make it’s appearance in our welcome bags, and everyone loves a good chip! This is my absolute favorite brand. Ingredients? Potatoes, Coconut Oil, and Sea Salt! No junky oils here, and so beyond delicious.
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Wine Wipes: I heard about these recently and just thought it was SUCH a cute and fun idea. You know when your teeth get stained from red wine? No more with wine wipes! I know I’ll be keeping these in my purse from now on.
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VerMints: Ever since I picked up a package of VerMints at my local Whole Foods Market, I’ve been hooked. I always have them with me. I used to avoid any types of mints because they’re so obviously filled with added junk. Not these!
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Eating Evolved Chocolates: Coconut butter cups in flavors like mint and caramel. So. Good. I wanted some sort of chocolate-y goodness, and love my friends over at Eating Evolved and their chocolates (they’re from Long Island- where I grew up, too)!
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Simply Gum: Gum has been another one on my ‘not worth it’ list. Added junk, sugars, and chemicals are not my thing! I love Simply Gum because it’s made with real, good ingredients, and lasts just like conventional gum!
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Drink Maple Water: When the hangover hits, electrolytes and hydrating are a necessity. Instead of traditional bottles of water, I opted for bottles of Drink Maple. It’s a delicious alternative to traditional water that is naturally hydrating, with just a hint of maple, and is packed with nutrients. Plus, they’re local to me– in Massachusetts!
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Advil Packets: For the hangover 😉
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The Bags // The Labels // Ribbon: Pure Color Expressions in Champagne from AC Moore.
P.S. I wasn’t paid to write this post, I was however provided some product, excluding the Advil packets. I simply wanted to share some of my favorite brands with our family, friends, and all of you!
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70 comments on “Wedding Hotel Welcome Bags”
I love this post! My wedding is in December and I am looking for items for my welcome bags as well. Thanks for the suggestions and I love RX bars too!
I’m getting married in May and I love reading your posts about the little touches you’ve done! This is great inspiration!
I love Rx bars as well. I haven’t tried the other products, but they all look interesting. It looks like you had a lovely wedding!
Super cute wedding bags. I bet they guests appreciated them.
Loved seeing what you put in your bags! Lucky guests!
Congratulations on getting hitched! May your years together be filled with love, happiness and shenanigans!
I like the idea of giving your guests what you would eat, not just junk for the sake of giving something. 😉
Hope I get it too. 😀
what a great welcome bag! much better than the ones I gave out 🙂
Hi! This is my submission for your contest 🙂 I love love your blog! I have been following for a few years now and your progress is really motivating. I read your posts for new bloggers every now and then for inspiration and tips since I have just started my own blog. Keep up the amazing work and congrats on the wedding! I wish you both a lifetime of happiness and love!
Love this!! How lucky were your guests to get all of these goodies?! RXbars are my fav! I haven’t tried the chips though…I need to check them out!
Congratulations!! You look so happy!
So awesome and beautiful photo!
So happy for you! You look beautiful! And such a fun gift for your guests!
Lexi your attention to detail on your wedding day was beyond impressive !!! This is such a great idea, I never see the other end of the spectrum!
Congratulations! I love all the choices for the bags – you had some very lucky guests!
Thank you!!
What a fabulous idea!
Thanks for this post! I’m getting married in November and wanted to have a map drawn for ours too! Great tips 🙂
Mazel tov on your wedding
Thank you!!!
Suck good things. I just sent this to my sister who is getting married in a week.
These bags are absolutely adorable, and your wedding map even more so! I have never thought of the idea to map out from when you met to your wedding, but it’s brilliant. Also, you included so many items I have yet to try, especially the maple water and Eating Evolved chocolate.
What great gift bags!! Congratulations! 🙂
What a cute idea! I would be thrilled to receive this as a wedding guest!
Love all of these ideas! Getting married soon myself on the Cape so will definitely have to consider some of these products for our welcoming bag 🙂
Congratulations on your wedding! What a beautiful and thoughtful gift bag – I love it!
Congratulations! You look beautiful!
Great goody bag! Enjoy honeymoon!
What a wonderful gift bag! The coconut butter cups are my favorite!
You both look so happy and your gift bags super cute
What a wonderful welcome bag! Congrats on your wedding. I’d love to try some of these products!
Best wishes on your new journey. Thank you for sharing your life with us the friends by media.
Congratulations! What a great idea for a goody bag! This idea could be used for a number of special events. The coconut butter cups look amazing!
So happy for you! How considerate to provide your friends and family with healthy snacks.
Congrats! Love the bags, especially the map (I grew up just outside of Boston but haven’t lived there in six years or even been back in almost two years and have been feeling so homesick this summer)
Wow those look amazing!!!
What a cute idea!! The map looks amazing!
The wedding map idea is incredible! I love it so much. You should frame a copy of the map to hang inside your house. It’s so special 😉
Congrats, Lexi! Your bags are so practical and nourishing and the map is something I’ve never seen before! It’s great to hear your weekend was phenomenal 🙂
congrats on your wedding! what lucky wedding guests 🙂 i would love to try those things, especially the Rx bar!
Congrats and what a fun idea for your guests!! So many great details!!
Lexi, I so enjoy following your Instagram account and have made several of your recipes on several occasions.
Congratulations on your marriage and best wishes for a healthy and happy one that will last forever.
These are the greatest hotel wedding welcome bags I have ever seen! Usually I just keep the water and have to give away everything else, but this would have been amazing to receive when checking in. These products are definitely something I’d love to do one day for myself!
Congratulations!!! 🙂
Cute idea! Saving this idea for a friend’s upcoming wedding.
I live in the Boston area too! I just had my third baby and am trying to get back to my Whole 30 lifestyle, and am loving all these new snack ideas!
Congrats on your wedding! I live in the metrowest area too!. 🙂 I just had my third baby and am trying I get back to a whole 30/clean eating lifestyle but it’s hard to find time to meal prep. I am loving all these snack ideas!!
Congrats!!!
I love your Instagram feed. This looks like the best guest bag ever. I hope I get randomly picked!!
What a great idea! Love the wedding map. Congrats to you both!
What a great idea! Especially a healthy alternative! I make welcome bags for family reunion each year and look forward to using these ideas! Especially for family members who are on a healthy life track. (Might even inspire some of the others!) Thanks for the share.
Always looking for good for you and delicious things – great ideas; thanks!
Love this!! I’ve been trying out your awesome recipes and getting ideas for my upcoming wedding.
Love this!! I have 3 more months will my big day and I have pinned your bag for inspiration!
I absolutely love this idea! Usually welcome bags are filled with total junk that just goes to waste. Congrats on your wedding!
I love so many of those products. Congrats on the wedding!
This is so awesome! I have seen lots of junk in goodie bags before so seeing this is so refreshing and different! You can feel good about the things you are giving your loved ones and you are showing your lifestyle with all of these awesome treats which i think is really cool! You may even help someone make better choices in the future by showing them what’s out there in the food world! I love it!!!!
I had a huge comment written before but I’m not sure if it posted soooooo second times the charm! Haha these goodie bags are great! It’s different from the norm and kind of sheds light into your lifestyle. It’s great that you can feel good about the things you are giving to your guests and you may even help people see what’s really out there in the world of food, and help them make better choices in the future! I love it!!!!
Jennifer! You won 🙂 Please email your full name and mailing address to Lexi@Lexiscleankitchen.com!
Beautiful welcome bags!
I can’t wait to see more photos from your special day. Congratulations!
What a thoughtful welcome for your guests! I can’t think of a wedding I’ve been to where I wasn’t searching for Advil the next day. I imagine Pure Maple would work well for that, too! Congratulations on your marriage!
Your photo looks beautiful.
How adorable! I love all the tasty products you chose!
Congrats on your wedding! Thanks so much for offering to share one of your hotel welcome bags with us. Such great treats inside. Best wishes to you both!
Lexi! Your wedding sounds absolutely wonderful! I’m so happy for you and your husband. The best years are yet to come! I also loved the idea for the welcome bags. So creative and cute!
Seems like you had a phenomenal time at your wedding! Loved what you did for your guests!
Lovely wedding bag! Congratulations on the marriage!
Such a cute idea! Love love love!
Congrats on your marriage! I just found your blog from Fed & Fit podcast (I just listened to the one you were on and started following!). The wedding guest bags are super cute!! And that Eating Evolved bar looks so good!!
So glad you found me through Cassy! 🙂