Wedding Thank You Cards

ceglare4

Has anyone ordered these yet or thought about ordering them? I'm going to order the ones that match my invites but I don't know what the wording, if any, on the inside of the card should be. The outside has the pattern from our invites on it and our names, and the inside comes with sample wording that says "We sincerely thank you for adding to the joy of our special day with your presence and thoughtful gift," and then the back says "Keep in touch" and has a spot for our return address.

Personally, I think it's a bit much. Too stuffy and mushy gushy to me. What are you all doing for your cards?

LADY324

I would leave the inside of the cards blank so you can personally write out the thank you.  We are getting 150 thank you cards through our photographer that will have 1 of our favorite wedding pictures on the front of it.

dramaqueen91087

I got 100 free thank yous with my wedding invites. They just say Mr & Mrs ______________ on the outside. I don't like the ones that say stuff on the inside since I'm going to write my own message anyway. 

kidlets2

Since mine is a bit more casual, I'm just getting thank you cards at Target that say Thank You on the outside and the insides are blank. I would much rather hand write a personal note than have something already written.

Lady - that sounds like a great idea!

ceglare4

Okay, I like the idea of leaving the inside blank, I just wasn't sure if that was what you normally did!

Nancy00714

I ordered the matching ones to my invitations.  They are blank inside and have our names "Nancy & Nancy's Future Husband" on the outside.   I really don't like the ones that have a pre-printed message in them. 

I forgot who mentioned it but I like the idea of starting to address the envelopes. 

littlemoments324

We ordered some with our engagement photos on them, and we have a few blank ones....i've gotten all of our thank you cards for free if not for a $1 for a package of 8....so pretty inexpensive!  All of them are blank on the inside & the photo ones & a few others have thank you on the outside. 

BeachLover2885

We are going to do the same as LADY, but I'm not sure if we will order from our photographer or make the TY cards on a photo website.  I definitely agree that it's best to keep the inside blank! Also, I still have leftover TYs from my shower so I'm using those to send TYs to guests who have sent gifts early b/c they are unable to attend our wedding.  The more TYs I can finish before the wedding, the better! 

dawnleanna1

We ordered ours when we got our invitations. They don't match our invitations. Our invitations lady suggested we go with a cheaper style of thank you note since it's after the wedding anyway. They are blank on the inside and the outside is a fancy monogram with our first names. 

BmoreBride311

I am going to order them through VP using a favorite wedding picture, as well, and will definitely leave the inside blank. That's what I did for my thank you cards for my shower, as well.

Side question... for gifts that you have received before the wedding, but that are definitely wedding (not shower) gifts, are you waiting to send TYs until after the wedding?

ceglare4

Bmore, good question. I don't think we've receiving any wedding gifts yet (we have two waiting at my mom's that we're picking up today, but I am guessing they are late shower gifts?? I'll find out today!), but if we do, I would think that because they sent a gift, they aren't coming to the wedding? If so, I guess I would send the TY before the wedding. If I wasn't 100% sure that they weren't coming, I think I would wait until after the wedding. Does that make sense?

dawnleanna1

I was wondering the same thing. We got our first wedding gift yesterday, from a guest who will not be able to come. I will probably send a ty out soon then.

BmoreBride311

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_wedding-thank-you-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:a62241c0-b4eb-4247-a56a-e3f0fe536983Post:87e82826-1e3c-42cc-ad80-a1c31c051609">Re: Wedding Thank You Cards</a>:
[QUOTE]Bmore, good question. I don't think we've receiving any wedding gifts yet (we have two waiting at my mom's that we're picking up today, but I am guessing they are late shower gifts?? I'll find out today!), but if we do, <strong>I would think that because they sent a gift, they aren't coming to the wedding? If so, I guess I would send the TY before the wedding. If I wasn't 100% sure that they weren't coming, I think I would wait until after the wedding.</strong> Does that make sense?
Posted by ceglare4[/QUOTE]

We have received gifts from several ppl now that have RSVP'd yes to the wedding, so it's mainly those cases that I'm wondering about. But that's a good point... maybe I can use that as determining if I send the TY now or after.

If they aren't coming, and they send something, I might send them a TY now, but hold off for those who are coming. Then I can say the "It was so great seeing you at the wedding!" kind of stuff in the TY card.

ceglare4

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_wedding-thank-you-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:a62241c0-b4eb-4247-a56a-e3f0fe536983Post:d6f15516-fda1-45d1-af3d-d72e00bb163a">Re: Wedding Thank You Cards</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wedding Thank You Cards : We have received gifts from several ppl now that have RSVP'd yes to the wedding, so it's mainly those cases that I'm wondering about. But that's a good point... maybe I can use that as determining if I send the TY now or after. If they aren't coming, and they send something, I might send them a TY now, but hold off for those who are coming. <strong>Then I can say the "It was so great seeing you at the wedding!" </strong>kind of stuff in the TY card.
Posted by BmoreBride311[/QUOTE]

Yeah, this is why I would wait to send it if you know they are coming. I feel like if you send one early, you'd have to send one again just to thank them for coming to the wedding.

KatieK501

I'm also using Thank You cards from Target; they have a wood grain pattern on the front and are similar color to the invitations (which I made).  The wood grain is pretty fitting for us - my FI is a furniture designer/wood worker.  They're blank on the inside, but I may print or stamp a monogram on them.

As for gifts recieved before the wedding, including shower gifts, I plan on sending Thank You's before the wedding.  In fact - that's on my to-do list for this weekend.

bells24412

Our invitation company that we used just printed the same lettering and coloring on our Thank you's with our name on them. This way if we have extras we can use them for something else and not get stuck with them. We are probably going to add a wallet to our close family and friends of our wedding picture.

BmoreBride311

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_wedding-thank-you-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:a62241c0-b4eb-4247-a56a-e3f0fe536983Post:ee064d9c-d790-4970-a500-76f32e9bac50">Re: Wedding Thank You Cards</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wedding Thank You Cards : Yeah, this is why I would wait to send it if you know they are coming. I feel like if you send one early, you'd have to send one again just to thank them for coming to the wedding.
Posted by ceglare4[/QUOTE]

Okay, cool, I will do that!

bridetobe71412

We have also received wedding gifts early from people who have RSVP'ed yes. I just sent them a generic thank you and said "can't wait to see you at the wedding and celebrate our marriage!" or something.

But to answer your original question, I have not ordered anything yet because ditto LADY - I am going to get one of them with our photo and the inside will be blank.

I did order some TYs from VP that say "From the Future Mrs. [Newlastname]" for shower TYs and I cannot wait to use those!

mekiakoo

I'm just going to send thank you cards whenever we get a gift. We got a huge gift the other day from my aunt/uncle and they're still coming to the wedding, but we already sent them the thank you card.

We also got a check from FMIL's friend who is probably not coming to the wedding (hasn't rsvp'ed). We wrote her a thank you card, but did not mention being excited to see her at the wedding (or whatever)- we just added that we hope to meet her some day soon.

It's probably also better to get it over with and acknowledge that you got the gift and appreciate it.

toomanychoices17

I'm doing the photo cards too. A girl I work with got married last summer and sent ones that had a picture of themselves in the center and then 4 smaller pictures on the side, and they were so cute! I loved seeing pictures of the wedding and remembering how nice everything looked so I plan on buyiing those ones too.  I'm glad that means I have no pressure to address any TY envelopes yet because our invitation envelopes are killing me!

brandeeteer

Our thank you cards match the invite and say thank you on the outside with Mr. and Mrs. Last Name. The insides are blank. We considered putting a thank you picture inside but still haven't decided on it.