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Favor gift for friends who sent gifts but weren't invited to wedding?

posted 3 years ago in Gifts and Registries

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Worker bee

dmdwed October 4, 2008 California

We received gifts from a handful of people who were not invited to the wedding. (We did not invite due to size limit. They are friends but not close friends.) They were still generous enough to send us gifts. Since we have favors leftover from the wedding, we thought it would be nice to send them one with the thank you note. The favors are nice, leather luggage tags. It seems like it would be a nice touch. Does this sound okay or is it weird?

Inside the tag window, we have removable cards that read, "Thanks for celebrating the day with us. Enjoy an adventure of your own." We've been debating whether this phrase is still appropriate given they didn't attend but were thoughtful enough to send a gift. Is this sentence okay or should it say something simpler? Suggestions?

3 years ago

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Helper bee

bride July 2008 and December 2008 Southern California

i think a nice, heartfelt thank you card is enough. if you do decide to send the luggage tag, i would forgo the "thanks for celebrating the day with us" note. :P

3 years ago

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751 posts

Busy bee

Niki 05/31/2008

It's a really nice idea, but a nice note is enough. I think giving out the favors might be seen as an Here's-an-I'm-feeling-guilty-I-didn't-invite-you-to-the-wedding-gift.

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3 years ago

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Helper bee

MsB December 2008

I think a thank you card is sufficient. I don't think it's entirely appropriate to send the favor as it was part of the wedding - a wedding they were not invited to.

If you do decide to send the favor I think you should change the card inside for sure. Sending it as it definitly reads "this is a leftover from our wedding"

3 years ago