Why Do You E-mail Marriage Thank You Recognitions?

guest — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:16:45 +0000

Like so many things in this life, the jury remains out regarding whom wedding thank you cards should be sent to and those who, according to proper etiquette, can comfortably be left off such mailing lists.

Some people think simple attendance mandates that such cards be mailed to all. Others think it‘s only necessary to send wedding thank you’s to the bridal party, groomsmen, the individual or individuals who conducted the ceremony, and family members in attendance.

To gain the maximum from each card sent out, extend your feelings toward recipients from the heart. Those emotions will permeate any epistle you send.

Suggested times to distribute thank you cards

If the gift arrives at pre-wedding events such as bachelor parties, send a thank you as soon as possible
For gifts arriving on the day of the wedding, send thank you cards from one to three weeks later
To the host of pre-wedding parties, send your thank you within two days after the party

Pre-emptive is a term couples can use to their advantage. Since they know in advance that thank you cards later should be sent out, there‘s no reason not to do much of the work before they are married.

The two primary options available to them will be ordering cards to meet their needs, a sometimes expensive approach, or ordering free wedding thank you templates off of the Internet and completing the process with their computer and printer. The latter approach would include the cost of paper, ink, and possibly ornaments to jazz up each thank you, but more than likely be less expensive than ordering cards.

Whether you order cards from stationary stores or build them yourselves using templates imported from the Internet, courtesy suggests that you add a personal touch and sign each card.

The most important question to answer is who will truly receive pleasure from receiving your wedding thank you cards. Fulfilling everyone else’s expectations especially when it comes to your wedding plans is less important than meeting the requirements of your time and budget restrictions.

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Picking Out Wedding Cards

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:30:21 +0000

Selecting Wedding Cards Can be Difficult

I did not realize how difficult it would be to choose wedding cards until I had to do it myself. I didn’t see any reason to think that wedding invitations would be any more difficult to pick out than birthday invitations, anniversary cards, or any other routine forms of greeting for special occasions. After all, although people ideally only have one wedding, a lot of the aspects of it are still pretty routine. You hire a band just like everyone else, you dress in a similar fashion, you have similar choices for food, and you even pick out a similar location. Some people get extravagant, consulting wedding planners to help them find exotic destinations and themes, but your majority of weddings follow some pretty well set traditions. Since that is the case, why should it be so difficult to pick out a wedding card?

Deciding Which Wedding Cards to Choose

Well, in reality, wedding cards can be extremely difficult to pick out. I never really thought about it before, but there are many different fonts, many different possible wordings, and even many different styles of paper that can be used. Do you want your wedding cards to look formal, or would you prefer them to have a more modern, laid-back appearance? Do you want them to be extravagant, or do you want simple wedding greeting cards? And that doesn’t even get into wedding thank you cards. Should they match your wedding invitations, or should they be completely different? Should they come with a great deal of elegant wording, or should they be blank to allow you to come up with your own personalized response to each gift giver?

Ask Mom to Help With Selecting The Wedding Cards

To tell you the truth, it was very difficult for me to make up my mind on these issues. It isn’t that I’m very picky. I have just the opposite problem. All wedding cards look more or less the same to me, so I couldn’t choose which one to send. Since my wife is legally blind, she was not much of a help in the matter either. In the end, we decided to consult her mother and let her make the final decision. That way, at least someone would be extremely happy with the wedding invites, and it would make her feel appreciated as well. I have to say that the cards that she picked wouldn’t have been my first choice. They were a little too formal for my tastes, and seemed stilted and insincere. Even so, they were definitely appropriate for the occasion, and it was nice to have someone making the decision for us.

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