All things MN...

Liberty27

I am from the cities, Fi isn't, but wedding is in Stillwater next July.  Can you ladies help me with some "Minnesota-y" things for the oot bags, and to put on our website for things to do/ places to eat.  Here is what I have so far:

Of course, MOA

Caribou Coffee

Acapulco Mexican Resturant

Ikea

Target bags (as oot bags)

Lift Bridge Brewery Beer

The guests aren't really the artsy-types, so more attraction type things would really help.  TIA!

sclo0801

anything German-maybe some Glueks beer?
Grainbelt or Summit
wild rice
3M products
General Mills-give them a individual size box of cereal!
Land O' Lakes
anything having to do with the Mississippi, lakes, outdoor activities, etc
How about a Twins, vikings or Gopher keychain or sporting schedule?
Map of attractions inclugind the MIll City Museum, Science Museum, Target Field, Stone Arch Bridge, Xcel Energy Center, MN Zoo, State Parks, etc.

I would suggest going on the explore MN website.  that should give you a good idea of what kind of stuff you can highlight about MN. 

Hope this helps!

Liberty27

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[QUOTE]anything German-maybe some Glueks beer? Grainbelt or Summit wild rice 3M products <strong>General Mills-give them a individual size box of cereal</strong>! Land O' Lakes anything having to do with the Mississippi, lakes, outdoor activities, etc How about a Twins, vikings or Gopher keychain or sporting schedule? Map of attractions inclugind the MIll City Museum, Science Museum, Target Field, Stone Arch Bridge, Xcel Energy Center, MN Zoo, State Parks, etc. I would suggest going on the explore MN website.  that should give you a good idea of what kind of stuff you can highlight about MN.  Hope this helps!
Posted by sclo0801@stcloudstate.edu[/QUOTE]

<div>Love this!</div>

Steph0871

FWIW, IKEA isn't a MN company?  Here's our list

~Grain Belt
~Summit
~Pearson's Candy (Salted Nut Roll? Mint Patties?)
~Honeycrisp apples
~SPAM
~Old Dutch potato chips
~3M Lint Roller
~Archer Farms snack

~Gardettos

~Caribou Coffee

~GM cereal?

Steph0871

Oops. Missed the part about things to do.  On our website, we have a few of our favorite websites (local places.... a few smaller diners...) and other stuff. We included Como Park/Zoo, The Science Museum of Minnesota, and Guthrie.  All places that have special meaning to us

If you pm me your email, I'd be happy to share our website wtih you! 

Liberty27

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[QUOTE]FWIW,<strong> IKEA isn't a MN company?  Here's our list :)</strong> ~Grain Belt ~Summit ~Pearson's Candy (Salted Nut Roll? Mint Patties?) ~Honeycrisp apples ~SPAM ~Old Dutch potato chips ~3M Lint Roller ~Archer Farms snack ~Gardettos ~Caribou Coffee ~GM cereal?
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

<div>I know, ha ha.  We just don't have one here, but we always bring furniture home from there so everyone wants to know, "where we got our unique stuff."</div><div>
</div><div>Also, YGPM</div>

dcprep

We did a lot of those products for our OOT bags. We had:
-GM cereal (small boxes)
-Old Dutch chips (small bags)
-Grain Belt Premium beer
-Summit EPA beer
-Pearson's Nut Roll
-Pearson's Nut Goodie
-Pearson's peppermint patties
-Caribou Coffee
-Target reusable bag (for the actual bag)
-bottled water
-welcome letter (with important numbers, like cab companies, and suggested local restaurants)

We also got the MOA brochures that they have at the airport. I put tons of suggested activities on our wedding website for our guests. Some ideas are Fort Snelling, Minnehaha Falls, Lake Calhoun, etc.

I Want Cake

Ditto on the Old Dutch chips!  I love 'em!

For attractions:

Walker/sculpture garden
Grand Ave in St. Paul
Taste of MN (depending on what week your wedding is)
MN Landscape Arboretum (a bit of a drive from the cities, but pretty cool)
Dunn Bros Coffee (I personally can't stand Caribou, it's not strong enough)
Green Mill

Steph0871

Sorry Liberty. I thought you were asking for MN companies.  I only pointed it due to a recent conversation with a friend... she refused to believe me that IKEA was, in fact, a Swedish company

Definitely direct visitors to IKEA! I love that store so much.

I didn't get your PM, either.  You can just email me too. steph0871 (at) gmail