Wedding Invitations & Paper

Thank You Note Service

Hi Brides!

I am writing to get some feedback from current brides-to-be. I am thinking of starting my own service/company geared towards busy brides and/or brides who are overwhelmed at the idea of writing their own thank you notes. Essentially, my service would allow brides to provide me with a list of gifts, their personal stationary, and their mailing list, and I will persoanlize and hand write each thank you note with a heartfelt touch. Would this be anything any of you would be interested in? If so, what would you pay for such a service? I would create a website with samples of thank you notes (similar to calligraphy samples).

Your honest feedback is appreciated!!

Best wishes!

Re: Thank You Note Service

  • If a bride is too lazy to write her own thank you notes, then she doesn't deserve to receive gifts.
  • I am not being snarky at all when I say -
    Worst. Idea. Ever.

    Really.  It totally defeats the purpose of writing the thank you note, in my opinion.  And, I doubt that your handwriting matches the bride's, and I think that would be noticed by some recipients.  AND - I would imagine that your health insurance wouldn't cover carpal tunnel in this case, as you would be doing it to yourself.

    I know you mean well and are looking for a niche, and it's an interesting idea on that level, but I really think it would fall flat. 

    Better plan - learn calligraphy and address the envelopes. 
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  • i have to agree with navy and squirrly.  i'd lose respect for any bride who used your service!
  • If I found out a bride couldn't be bothered to write her own thank you notes I would be tempted to ask for my gift back. II think you had a creative idea, but I would hope that no one would ever use this service. I agree, learn calligraphy and do envelopes instead.

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  • I think anyone that would use your service is tacky and lazy, and doesn't deserve gifts.  It's not that hard to do.

    That said, there are a lot of greedy rude pigs out there.  I wouldn't set myself up to work with them, though.
  • From a business perspective, I think you would probably get customers. I can't tell you how much I'd pay though because I think it's totally wrong for someone to contract out their moment of gratitude.

    And I agree with PPs that my close friends and family at least would notice that it wasn't my handwriting/I would notice if they sent out notes in someone else's handwriting.
  • I wouldn't use the service, but I'm sure there are brides out there who would.  It would be all about finding your market and making sure you're advertising to the types of brides who would actually do something like that.  I think your better bet would be to just start the calligraphy business and offer the TY card service as an aside.

    If I found out a bride couldn't be bothered to write her own thank you notes I would be tempted to ask for my gift back. II think you had a creative idea, but I would hope that no one would ever use this service. I agree, learn calligraphy and do envelopes instead.

    I also agree with that completely.
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  • I wouldn't use it.  I dread writing thank you cards (my hand started cramping up after six Christmas cards), but I feel that I'll owe people a thoughtful and personal response to a gift.  I think I'd be more put off to get a note containing someone else's pretended gratitude than to get a thank you note with no message at all.
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  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_thank-service?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:84182c73-3f45-40fb-9f6b-d96305d21b29Post:74c57e03-d9de-4fc2-88dc-204dd90460ae">Re: Thank You Note Service</a>:
    [QUOTE]I wouldn't use it.  I dread writing thank you cards (my hand started cramping up after six Christmas cards), but I feel that I'll owe people a thoughtful and personal response to a gift.  I think I'd be more put off to get a note containing someone else's pretended gratitude than to get a thank you note with no message at all.
    Posted by aerinpegadrak[/QUOTE]

    This just brought up another point -

    Thank you cards are supposed to be personal and thoughtful. How would you know to tell my Uncle Bob that the prank he pulled on my mom at the reception was hilarious? Or to tell DH's aunt and uncle that their 11 year old daughter was the life of the party? If the bride is going to have to note all of that, it would get pointless for her to not just write the cards herself.
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