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I sent all of mine out a couple weeks ago, but haven't managed to get out the few that got returned. ugh. Congrats to you!
@PrncssDva: Yay!!! I just got our last couple in the mail last night. It feels SOOO good. My only problem now is that I ordered custom stamps and I have far too many. I guess that we'll be sending letters with our photos on them for a while, LOL!
@mwitter80: and @bakerella: I am so glad that you ladies understand. I thought it would be easy to get them out and all in a few weeks after the wedding, but it's NOT!! LOL
Yay.... what a good feeling I'm sure. I feel better now reading posts above. I JUSt started doing ours and our wedding was 2 months ago. Part of the delay was hadn't even opened gifts until about 1 month ago and also ordered TY cards with our wedding pics. I'm feeling motivated and goal is ALL out in the next 2 weeks.
@PrncssDva: Omg I went through THREE printers to get those mo-fo's even printed up, never mind writing notes to each person!!!! I plowed through writing them in 2 days because I was so anxious to just get them over with!!! I had to bug DH for a few days to get his done. One person has already gotten theirs and really loved the cards we had made, so mission accomplished :)
@blingybride: If you get them out in two weeks you are AWESOME!
@bakerella: I actually have been sending mine out in bunches. So, some people got theirs ages ago....up until the ones sent today. I sent out the ones for the people that gave money/checks first. Giftcards were next and then the physical gifts in groups after that.
Ugh--I have 4 left. I don't know how I forgot about them. Just came across the list a week ago. Don't know how I forgot about them. Just so many more important things to do---like watch TV, eat ice cream...
@bakerella: have you posted examples? I'm dying to see them after all you went through!
I am still working on mine....very, very, very slowly. Like at the pace of one a week....
I might do one today. Or take a nap.
I have all of my side done. DH has done zero. At what point do I just do them for him? I REALLY don't want to do that, but I am sick of hearing my voice asking him if he has started yet...
@mmsva: LOL @ the list of important things
@Lindsay12.31.2010: I like the nap
@magilnyc: I didn't separate ours. I wrote them all out and he signed his name. The end...
@magilnyc: I plan on writing them all. My husband has horrible handwriting, plus he is in Maryland. LOL. Please slow down on yours, you are making me look bad! :-)
haha i just plowed through mind in a matter of a couple nights while watching tv and made DH do all of his. We mailed ours out on 4/2 and it felt so good!!
omg congrats! ours took FOREVER. i think we got them out at around 3 months, but that was after a nagging-blow-out fight with my mother. i was glad to see those 200 little cards leave.
@CorgiTales: Are you bragging...UGH!! lol :P
@iheartnerdyboys: Thanks!! You did waaaaaay better than me. I feel lazy now, lol I am usually the planner, but when I found out that you can send them for up to 6 months...I just spread them out.
@mmsva: No! But I'll do one up for your ladies and post it tonight or tomorrow for you :) Thanks for the reminder!
On a side note, my grandfather called today, the conversation went like this:
Grandpa: I got your card today. You've been married forever. I thought you'd already sent these.
Me: Nope. We had a lot of problems with printers, so we just got through them now.
Grandpa: Well it seems like if you send them now it means you got married recently, but you didn't.
Me: Well.... Better late than never (me: don't yell at the old man... don't yell at the old man... The rule is a year, it's fine it's fine!!!)
Grandpa: Anyways, it's a very nice card. You thanked me for my generous gift. I don't remember what I gave you.
Me: Well it was very nice of you and DH and I appreciate it.
Grandpa: Well. I'm not coming to your brother-in-law's birthday.
Me: Okay.....
Grandpa: How did you get your pictures on those stamps?!
Me: You order them specially.
Grandpa: Okay. Well I better go so you can eat your dinner.
Me: Oooooooookay well talk to you later! Love you! (it's 5pm and DH isn't home, I think it's just the retirement home that eats that early, LOL!)
Sigh. LOL! He's such a funny old man but I adore him.
@PrncssDva: Omg he's too funny, I love him. When my sister got married years ago she sent out her thank you cards in 2 batches a couple of days apart. He called her and told her off because he got his card but his sister or someone hadn't gotten theirs yet. Apparently the man has a thing about thank you cards...
Thank you for this post! I thought I was the only one. Our 6 month anniversary was last week. Traditional etiquette says you have a year to send a gift and a year for the note but I want these out of my hair:)
@PrncssDva: of the two of us (me and husby), i am the lazy one! he was the one who was like "shouldnt we just write them now?" :]
@PrncssDva: YAY! Congratulations!!! I thought I'd have ours out by the end of the year... but 'life' happens and thank you's didn't. I mailed the last batch of ours just shy of our 6-month mark, and it was SO LIBERATING!! We had a mini celebration - they were weighing over my head SO heavily!!
If anyone is struggling with them - i HIGHLY recommend doing them in batches. I just went down my list, skipped some of the more difficult ones or ones I wanted to write longer messages in.... DH stalled the process some (as I waited patiently -> nagged) for him to do his part in finishing them off.... I ended up doing about 3-5 a week - some week's more, some week's less - WAY more manageable that way.
In retrospect, I wish I did a photo thank you card - so those that didn't attend the wedding could see pictures.... but, ended up buying some pretty letterpress type ones and had our printer put our return address on the back... I could have ordered some picture ones and didn't ... oh well!
@oracle: I did ours in batches of 10 and it really helped. I also found that once I got on a roll and sort of developed a standardized wording it went really quickly and I could do more than 10 at a time. It also really helps to colour code your guest list in Excel when you've finished one. So I would highlight the guest in yellow when the card was done, and if I needed an updated address I would highlight their address in orange. Once I got the new address I'd highlight in in green so I would know it was done but I still needed to write a card for them. A bit anal but it really helped to keep things straight!
@bakerella: Totally agree about Excel! That really helped me too.... you were much more fancy with colors - I just added a column and put a little 'x' by it when it was done. I was so happy to put 'x's' on that stupid spreadsheet!!! :) :) It also helped me 'group' similar thank you's, if that makes any sense...
@Georgia Bee: oooh I read that it was 6 months...oh well lol
@iheartnerdyboys: I'm normally the one to get everything done, but I just was slow with these for some reason.
@oracle: I too feel like a great weight has been lifted :) I did batches also.
@bakerella: I sorta did a standard wording too.
Trying to find the right words was hard! I created a mail merge where I put names, address and gift- one to a page. Then I cut and pasted some general verbage onto each page (eg- cash gifts got one wording, gift cards another). Then I went and made changes and personalized each one. Then I printed them out. As I finished it, I folded the paper in half. The best part was I was able to sit in front of the TV and just copy without thinking.
Here is I site that was a god-send when it came to thinking of what to write...
http://www.thank-you-note-samples.com/thank-you-note-wording.html
http://www.my-thank-you-site.com/wedding-thank-you-a-to-z.html
@bakerella: Yay, on getting the thank yous out :) That sounds so much iike the conversations I would have with my grandfather before he passed away. He would go from the weather, to when I was coming to visit, to someone's birthday 6 months away, back to the weather, to if my car was running okay. We would talk in circles allll the time but I miss it so much now. I know it sounds crazy cliche, but enjoy those conversations now.
We got ours out just before the 3 month mark. :D it was NICE to be done! lol
The one year rule is only for guests GIVING gifts. For thank yous, the rule is 3 months.
http://www.emilypost.com/wedding-registries-gifts-and-thank-yous/167-wedding-thank-yous
@dodgercpkl: Good Job :)
@cakegal: I read that it was 6 months! Oh no
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whewwwwwwwww I am SO glad to be done with those. I just finished the last of the thank you cards today. Our 6 monthiversary is on Saturday....so I am just in time! Just wanted to share my relief!