size of thankyou cards

nina917 · April 2012

I found these adorable cards at the store the other day they are white with silver scoll/floral embossing. The only problem is that they are ment to be place cards. They are 4" x 4" opened up but 2" X 4" when folded. I was planning on writing on the full opened up space. is this tacky/ too small?

JaxInBlue · April 2012

Are they preforated or prescored in order to make folding easier? If it's clear they are meant to be folded and that you're writing over that line, it may look odd.

I think that the overall size is okay, maybe a little small. But I'd make sure they look like flat cards, and that because of the shape and size you won't wind up paying extra for postage when you mail them.

pokepoke27 · April 2012

Well, I have pretty large handwriting so I think that would be a little too small for me. Do they come with envelopes? You'll have to make sure you can send them in the mail.

ThankfulSnail · April 2012

They sound a bit small but nothing I think I would think twice about if I received one. Ditto pokepoke on the envelopes. It also might look strange if you had to buy bigger envelopes for them, and I can't imagine where you'd find envelopes that small.

nina917 · April 2012

not perferated and the art store near my house has envolopes that will fit them with minimal room to spare, also i have small handwriting especially when i print. thank you very much for helping me

nina917 · April 2012

i acutaly found a site that i can get envolopes in my wedding colors for 20 cents a piece

so yes ill mail them also found out 5 x5 is the smallest mailable size but thats only a 1/2" on each side so i dont think that'll be to big

mica178 · April 2012

Doesn't USPS have a minimum size of envelopes that it'll mail with the normal stamp? I think it's 3.5x5". I would have your thank you cards be that size so you don't have a problem with postage or TY notes getting lost in the mail.

MrsGandthebeag · April 2012

Even if you write small, not everyone will be able to read that small of writing. I'd go with the standard size cards.

AceTT · April 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_size-of-thankyou-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:de1a42bc-17a4-4445-be91-b48f778c910bPost:f559bfcf-2b2b-4467-90ec-73ffe563aa1b">Re: size of thankyou cards</a>:
[QUOTE]Doesn't USPS have a minimum size of envelopes that it'll mail with the normal stamp? I think it's 3.5x5". I would have your thank you cards be that size so you don't have a problem with postage or TY notes getting lost in the mail.
Posted by mica178[/QUOTE]

This. I don't think your 2"x4" cards will make it to their destinations, and then you will have spent all that time writing TYs for nothing.

A friend of mine DIYed her wedding invitations. She learned after the fact that the RSVP postcards were a bit too small; quite a few of them were eaten by the postal machines and many never made it.

JanoBean75 · April 2012

Is there not a matching invitation or thank you note available?

I'd look for a normal thank you card instead of using the place cards; it's a bit weird and too small to mail.

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