Sending photos along with Thank You cards

kaliyan87

This may seem like a silly question, but I am really confused about thank you cards.

I have searched all over the Internet: Yes, I know how to address them and the appropriate time in which to send them.

However, do I have to send photo(s) along with them? 

If so, should they be attached inside the card or outside the card?

I DO NOT want to make those customized thank you photos.

The cards I purchased are small, they would probably only fit a maximum of 3.5 x 5 inch photo which doesn't really exist for printing, unless I cut each photo myself. Or else I would have to buy larger envelopes.

I have been waiting patiently for my photos from the photographer because I don't think they would want a picture of just the groom and I, but the pictures with us when they were at the wedding (We had our amazing MC delegate this task for us: naming each family or group to take photos with us). What are your thoughts on receiving photos with thank you cards?

misshart00

No, they don't have to include a photo. And unless you can get all these photos within a couple weeks of your wedding, I wouldn't include a photo.

theartistformerlyknownas

Nope. I'd throw a picture away anyway unless you were a sibling.

EverAfer

You don't have to include photos.

Pictures of just the B&G, we'd look at but probably not keep.
A good photo with at least one of us is a nice touch.

At FI's friend from college wedding, the boys managed to get a photo with the groom. We received a lovely thank you note with the photo, this we'll hold on to and I know he cherish it cause it's FI and his old college buddies.

ETA: it wasn't a planned photo either, just the boys heading to the bar and running into the groom.

rajahmd

Photos are not necessary. If you can't get them soon enough to get thank you notes out within a few weeks of the wedding, skip it.

rajahmd

Also, you can always send photos later. You don't need the excuse of a thank you note to send someone a photo of them from the wedding. We have some friends that I want to surprise with framed photos of them with their spouses once we have time to pick out some frames (we just got our photo disk in May).

April192002

It s not necessary to include a photo but I think that if you got them back in time that it would be nice to send a group photo of the guest with the two of you. I'd be more likely to toss one of just the bride and groom and less likely to toss one that I was in.

If you do get them back, you could always try making them half size with 2 per photo size, sometimes easier said than done. If you have a program where you can kind of make a collage, resize two photos (proportionately) to 3x4 and put two together for a 4x6 print at Walgreeens/Walmart/etc. You would still have to cut them, but it would only be 1 cut down the middle. You can also take the printed photos to a local office supply store's Copy & Print department and have them cut them for you. I work at Staples and our area charges $2 per cut per stack there and the machine can cut at least 100 sheets at a time, but I personally wouldn't cut more than 50 in a stack. I couldn't tell you what other places or areas charge but I would think it's similar pricing.

chibiyui

Photo's are not necassary. In fact, aside from photo thank you cards, I've never seen someone send those out with general wedding thank yous. Bridesmaids, parents, yes, general guest, no/

kaliyan87

Thank you everyone! Looks like I have to get cracking on sending my cards ASAP now that I longer have an excuse to delay!

JoanE2012

Our photographer gave us our digital photos rather quickly.  I printed them off and gave group or couple shots to those applicable people.  I did have to buy bigger envelopes at Staples....I think it was the photo envelopes.  If I wasn't able to get the photos quickly from our photographer, I would've skipped it.  It's more important to get that TY card out sooner rather than later.

erollis

Sending a thank you card is huge! I didn't receive any from other weddings we attended. Sending a thank you is important.

We received our wedding photos pretty quickly. I went to walgreens or cvs for fast prints. Not great quality but the inexpensive and convenience factor won. If we had a photo of the guest/couple by themselves or with us we included it with the thank you card. We also included in every card a picture of us.

iloveotters2014

I picked a photo to have retouched by our photographer first (within a week of the wedding) and then had it printed 3.5x5 at Nations Photo Lab. Most of my wedding guests were family and I know they appreciated the photo. We just put it in with the thank you cards that i had already designed, printed and hand written. The whole process took only a few weeks.

Jen4948

You don't have to include photos, but you do have to get your thank-you notes written and sent right away.

ashleyep

I went to a wedding and they included a photo of us from the reception with the thank you card - that was really sweet. But usually you won't get them back in time.

We're not doing a photo thank you card (a photo of us I mean). We won't get our photos back in time, and it's just another expense I don't care about.