Out of Town Boxes for Wedding Guests
I’ve been prepping for this post for the last four weekends. Goodness grief, that’s a long time! These out of town bags have really thrown me for a loop. I desperately wanted to give our guests bags, but we are really trying to keep our wedding costs low. I priced some things out, and everything seemed a bit too expensive.
So, I decided to go a different route. As you know by now, I LOVE to bake. That being said, I wanted the guests to be greeted with homemade treats that screamed “Syracuse!” Now, how I was going to pull that off was the problem.

After brainstorming for a while, I came up with a spin on out of town bags, and instead, went with out of town boxes! Boxes of homemade cookies, that is. So, this post has been a long time coming because I’ve been baking up a storm to get the cookies just right. I decided on half moon cookies, because they are native to upstate New York and are absolutely delicious. Not to mention, they have a black and a white side, which to me sort of signifies the bride and groom.
I went to Michaels and bought a box I thought might work. It came with a package of five for $3.99. This was cheaper than the pack of gift bags I found at the dollar store—score! Then, I went to find some ribbon to tie around the outside of the box. This was more expensive and cost about $3.99 for the spool. I tried it out when I got home, and the ribbon didn’t go very far. It only covered ...