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Is there a flap that you can write on or the back? I like writing a personal thank you to everyone who gave a gift.
I think you can definitely use pre-printed cards like that, but you must write a handwritten note specific to the gift they gave you. They spent all the time and money to come to the wedding/buy you a gift, I would be annoyed if someone sent me a generic thank you.
Those are cute! If you want to do them, do them, but please write out something to each guest (on the back maybe?). Thank yous should definitely be personal.
If you are just thanking them for sharing your "special day", then a generic card would be fine; however, if I was one of your guests and I gave you a gift, I would be offended if I did not receive a personal note thanking me specifically for the gift. It is always better to write a personal note; no matter the reason. It shows you care.
It can be a pre printed card but you should (atleast this is how I was raised), write something personal "Aunt Becky, We are so glad you could share in our special day. Thank you so much for your generous monetary gift, we are putting it towards a dining room set. Love Angie" or "Uncle PeScott and I were overjoyed that you were able to celebrate our wedding! Thank you for the wonderful gift, I use it everyday to make espresso! Love Angie" That sort of thing
^all names are fictional, any relation to persons living or dead is purely coincidence. LMAO
That's what I thought Bees. MOH had told me it would be ok to do generic like this. and I love the look, but would feel a little weird not saying something personal. I am definitely convinced now that personal is the way to go. Thanks a bunch!
I'm thinking of using Shutterfly (or some site like it) to make a thank you note card, so that I can have that collage thank you on the front, but also put a personal thank you note on the inside. I just feel like if people go through the time and effort to come to your wedding, and/or give you a gift then you should personally thank them for it.
I would certainly encourage you to do personalized thank yous rather than opting for a printed card.
Yeps, I am old fashioned, but I like it that way!
I'm going to be blunt and I'm sorry if I offend you...which I probably will.
This is NOT ok. You invited your guests to celebrate with you and most of them will spend A LOT of money to do so. I really feel like the least we can do as brides is send a little thank you note. These notes are super cute, but if I got one in the mail without a personalized message with it, I'd be pretty pissed.
Sorry.
I like the generic thank you note with the pictures, but i think you should put something handwritten on the card thanking them. I mean they did get you something off your registry not some generic registry.
Off-the-shelf retail TYs or photo TYs are both equally acceptable. But you MUST HAND-WRITE the "Thank You" to each person, there's no comprimising on that. They took an evening to come to your wedding, they bought you a gift, all you have to do is take 5 minutes to jot down a message to them.
Not only is it polite and the right thing to do, it goes way further in increasing people's opinion of you, especially the older generation. My grandma and some of her friends used to all go to the same hair salon (small town salon, so the owner is also the stylist). The lady got married, my grandma and h er friends all sent gifts, none of them got a Thank You, not even verbally. Not only do they remember this, they even quit going to her business after a while because they didn't feel they were appreciated and respected, they felt taken advantage of!
So ALWAYS SEND HAND-WRITTEN THANK YOUS!
You should definitely write them a personal thank you. You can divide it up with your DH if you want, but you should acknowledge everyone.
It seems like a lot of work, but I loved writing out my thank yous for my bridal shower. It just brought back all the feelings of love and gratitude that I felt at the shower. I bet you would miss feeling that if all you did was write out addresses.
I think you should do a personal thank you. I think people appreciate the time taken to do a handwritten and thoughtful thank you!
@pinkandsparkly: Yup... and that's why I in a previous post I said "That's what I thought Bees. MOH had told me it would be ok to do generic like this. and I love the look, but would feel a little weird not saying something personal. I am definitely convinced now that personal is the way to go. Thanks a bunch!"
@jo.lee: Ya I'm not scared about the time it takes to write them at all. I was just putting out a question as my MOH said it would be acceptable and I thought otherwise. So I wanted to see what people thought.
Once again... thanks Bees for proving PERSONAL HAND WRITTEN THANKS YOUS ARE NECESSARY!
Alli259 - You were right, you absolutely must write a handwritten note!
Is your MOH married? I hope she didnt send generic Thankyou notes!
@Miss Sydney: Yes she is married, and wrote over 150 hand written thank you notes. The reason she suggested this is because she said if she could do it again she would do the printed ones because she wrote pretty much the same message in each one.
@Alli259:Oh! I didn't mean to blow you up like that! I just REALLY hate those. Last year we received a generic card like that saying "thank you for coming and the gift" or something to that effect...and we hadn't given them a gift yet....not good.
I agree with others- I think that that's a neat idea, but I would make them into folded cards, or even postcards, where there's room to write a note. Personally, I like that much better. I figure, if they can travel to my wedding, give a gift, etc., I can take a moment to write a personalized note. I love the examples, though, and think they could be made into a more personal option. :)
@pinkandsparkly: Nope... no blow up at all. And I understand where you are coming from.
@misspolkadot: Well put. Glad that you like the idea.. but add some tweeks to make it more personal. Definitely am going to try to do that
I think those are super cute! Maybe use something like that and add a personal note in the envelope!
Thank you notes are the least a bride can do for the multitude of gifts she receives.
Handwritten, personal, 2-3 sentences, and doesn't have to be long.
It's a tiny, tiny price to pay given what you receive.
The above ideas would be cute for a favor at the wedding maybe.
I would never send them in lieu of a thank you note.
I've definitely had people do this in several ways:
1) The couple sent the card as you have pictured above, and wrote a personal note on the back.
2) We received a hand-written thank you note right after the wedding, and then received this kind of card around the holidays.
I would caution people who are planning to do the photo card option only, though: photos can take a while to process, so if the photo(s) you want to use for the card will take more than 6 weeks or so to retouch and finalize, send a hand-written thank you first, right after the wedding, and send the photo card whenever you get everything set up. My fiance was the best man in a wedding in laste August last year, we sent them their wedding gifts three weeks or so before the wedding, and didn't get any kind of thank you until December. I was pretty offended by that.
I think you can send out the pictures, and a "thank you" but you must also include a peice of card stock with at least SOME personal note.
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Is it appropriate to give a gerenic, pre-typed wedding thank you instead of a handwritten one.
This is what I want to do. (But also included message like "Thanks for celebrating our special day with us")
We will have a total of 150 guest (and I dont mind writting them out, but I really like the look of the below thank you cards)