Welcome Brochures for OOT bags??

jessj336

Did any of you include Welcome Brochures or letters in your OOT bags?? If so what did you include in them?? Does anyone have an example that they would care to share with me??

Thanks in Advance,
Jess

mauidandy

I made up a little welcome packet....a greeting from the bride and groom, wedding events (since I knew nobody would remember their invitation insert and would be asking me the same questions over and over!), directions to Olowalu and a map of Maui. I emailed it to you just now!

kaesha

We did a very silly (but totally our style) news letter in publisher. I can send you that if you want.

jessj336

Kaesha,

I would love it if you could send it to me.

Thanks!!

dianalynm

I would love to see them as well of you don't mind! thank you! I'll PM my email address.

kimmykupcakes

Hi. My name's Kimmy and I'm an overachiever. I'm mailing out a welcome brochure with a welcome letter when guests RSVP yes. The letter is done on letterhead that matches the wedding and is done in a font to look like it was done on a type writer. Thanks them for RSVPing, asks them to not forget to send us they travel information and gives them information on Maui. I just finished those today, so I don't have pictures of them, yet. The brochure I'm including has a little welcome, contact information for us, information on things to do on Maui, Maui tips, information on what to pack, information on what to wear to the wedding and checklists on what guests need to do to come to the wedding and what not to forget. In their OOT bags will be a welcome to Maui letter and a brochure with another little welcome, a wedding weekend timeline, how to pronounce main Maui towns, more Maui tips and local eats and stores in Paia.

kimmykupcakes

Here's pictures of the first brochure. The other will look pretty much the same, but will have different pictures of us and of course, different information. 

twie3230

Hey Jess,

We made a little wedding info pdf after we sent out the STDs, giving people some info on the wedding weekend timeline, airlines, the hotel, and a brief list of things to do in Maui with a map. If you want a copy just PM me your email. Actually, I'm going to PM you my email now as I would love a copy of your CostCo pricing list.

-Tanya

kaesha

I'm  happy to email to whomever wants it, just PM me with your email addresses! It's bigger than Kimmy's is - we wanted it to look more like a broadsheet newspaper. Like her, we did the whole matching fonts, colours thing, but those may not show up for you if you don't have the fonts yourselves.

Also, because we're pretty ridiculous people (my husband had a blog at the time called the Imaginary Review, in which he reviewed things that were imaginary), be prepared for fake-The Onion-style horoscopes, made-up history and whatnot. So, ignore that if you like!!

There was a welcome section, an "our favourite things" section, a calendar of events on the island, details for the welcome bbq, a wedding day timeline (plus promo for Extreme Adventure Croquet), a bit on Kona coffee, post wedding activities and the aforementioned horoscopes. We considered doing a crossword and stuff too, but that just got too messy.

kaesha

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_hawaii_welcome-brochures-oot-bags?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:73Discussion:0490abce-914b-4363-98eb-728289aef060Post:e9e07c0b-16eb-4057-a12e-f4d2f64d0d75">Re: Welcome Brochures for OOT bags??</a>:
[QUOTE]Oh, that sounds a bit like our Good Morning News that we did.<strong> Damn, overachievers we are! </strong>But, ours doesn't have the fake stuff in it.  We did them like a newspaper for each day.
Posted by kimmykupcakes[/QUOTE]

It's not overachieving. It's just achieving a whole new level of awesome. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /> The paper stuff consumed most of my life throughout most of 2008-2009. And honestly, at the time on these boards, it was totally the norm. We had a bunch of designers (font, paper, stationary, web amongst others) here so the ideas that were flying around were insane. The board had a repuatation for its DIY skills! I learned SO much, even though my stuff really paled in comparision. I'm a self-taught user of all the programs - it took me FOREVER to do that map of Maui  in our invites in photoshop, but I think the whole creative process is really rewarding. Especially when it saves you a ton of money so you can spend more on your guests, KWIM?

Edit: Plus, I think you're like me Kimmy, I had 20 months of being engaged. I wasn't good at sitting still with nothing to work on!

twie3230

Kaesha, 

I loved that map you did! I was thinking of trying to do one as well, but I'm not sure if I have the patience... DIY is not one of my strong points

flash8785

I would LOVE copies of any brochures/letters/etc. that people designed for the Welcome bags/OOT bags.  Having a general template would be such a big help!!!

If any of you have made one, can you please email me at:

flash8785@hotmail.com

Thank you!

Kristy

feistymega

Hi, I am recently engaged and planning a destination wedding in Hawaii from Australia. I would love it ifsomeonee can send me any of the brochures/welcome letters/ maps they have made for the welcome packs. Thank you, Lara