Although this post is going to be pretty location specific, (I’m looking at you Pennsylvania and Michigan!) I figured that OBT member AndreaJ‘s welcome/OOT bags could be a wealth of inspiration for putting together your own location specific welcome bags. Check ’em out…
I am from Pennsylvania and he is from Michigan so we thought it would be a cute idea to make everything in our welcome bags specific to how/where we grew up.
These are tokens from the amazing arcade, Marvelous Marvin’s, that Mike grew up going to. Marvin sold us the bulk of the tokens that he had saved for himself.
These are packs of Teaberry gum. Though not exclusive to Pennsylvania, we seem to be one of the few places where you can find it in most any deli or convenience store.
Some cool vintage style Pennsylvania postcards.
Red wings Christmas ornaments.
Some pins that we designed. Pins are great, and are a throwback to all the band pins that I wore all over every messenger bag I had as a teenager.
This is the whole package, also including Middleswarth potato chips, Tastykake Kandy Kakes, and postcard from Marvin’s.
