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We did them in batches, but not based on any groups. We mailed them as we finished them. I don't think you need to worry about it too much. I still have a few to do (2 months out, yikes!), they get harder the longer you wait! I suggest sitting down with your list, a bottle of wine, and a movie and just pumping them out. It's fine to write the same thing for everyone. No one is going to compare!
I would just send them out as you get them done - frees up space, and gets the majority of them out sooner!
I did mine in batches. Although it backfired a little when sil got hers and told me how cute it was in front of my mil and I hasn't done hers yet. I was saving the hard ones for last so I could write nice stuff. I was definitely going 'yeah I decided I couldn't stare at the pile anymore so I mailed them out in chynks' FYI if you do cool shutterfly ones like I did ;)
Send them as you get the done. People know youve got lots to write and just love getting the thank you.
I would feel more motivated if I sent them off as I completed them! Would feel like small victories here and there :)
I've been stock piling ours and haven't sent a one out yet. I ordered 3.5 by 5 prints for each thank you, one of us full-length that I like. I plan on putting one in each thank you and the photos haven't arrived yet, but will soon. We are probably 70 percent done writing them, so we'll probably wait to finish them all, stuff the cards with the photos and send them off all at once.
I agree with the small victories idea about sending a few at a time, but I also think sending them all at once will also feel great. Good luck finishing them up!
Ooohhh july09bridetobe - i love the idea of including a picture of us!!! Well I think today I mailed like 7 or 8 thank you's, so maybe I will hold off on the rest and do the same thing!
i finished them all in one night and sent them out the next day, i didn't want people receiving weeks after one another.
I think the most important thing is to just get them out. I had so many people ask me about my brother's thank you cards. It took them 4 months to get theirs done. Mostly because they had 200 to do and they put a picture in with each one so they waited till they got the pictures from the photographer. They were really nice, actually the nicest I think most guests have gotten. Or at least that was the comments back!
I could imagine this becoming a nightmare in my group ... like some get thank you's and others dont and they all find out and are like GRRRRRRRRRRRR and it all turns to madness.
Or maybe not. I think that to keep everything smooth, I will only mail them once I have them all completed!
I would send them as you finish, then you won't feel as guilty with them sitting there.
Once I got started I finished mine within a few days. I sent them all out together in one batch because I wanted them to be postmarked on the same day, one month exaclty from the wedding, but then again, I am a nutjob ;)
I'd say do whatever makes you feel most motivated to finish them.
I'd go with the, send the out as you finish them. My friend did her's this way and helped her keep her sanity.
I am doing them in batches too. That was I feel like I accomplished something without getting overwhelmed.
I sent mine out as I finished them, but I did them in batches. For example, I wrote thank yous to all members of a group that gave us a combined gift because I knew those folks would talk to each other. So I did my mom's side first, then my dad's, then friends. I also made sure to write thank yous for money gifts before cashing the checks.
I would definitely send them as I finished them...that way they get out to the guests faster and they're not sitting on your table/couch/desk staring at you.
But that's just me!
I did all of my shower ones at once, so I can't imagine trying to do all 150 for the wedding and sending them out at once! I'd go with sending them as I finished them!
We sent them out as we finished them. We broke them up--I did my side, he did his side, we divided up our friends. My family got sent out sooner, because I did them earlier than he did.
I mailed them as I finished them. And we're still doing them. (oopps) but it took awhile to get the pictures and the custom cards...at least I'm going with that excuse.
I did about 15-20 at a time and sent them as they were finished. Now I have most finished but have not bought stamps so we have about 50 just sitting waiting to be mailed. I had one person where her son got a thank you and she didnt yet because I was doing them in batches - she mentioned something to her son but wasnt upset.
I think you can mail them as you finish them, but only if you finish them in a relatively short amount of time, like a few weeks. If you take too long, people might start to wonder what's going on, like if one relative gets one but another one doesn't (yet).
I opted to mail them all at once, though.
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Hypothetically let's say it takes me a month to get them all done... do I send them as I complete them, or do I wait til they are ALL done and send them, or somewhere in between - once I have done the thank yous for a group of people who all know each other, then send those?
I am way overthinking this... newlyweds, how did you do it?