Thank You note etiquette

AllenBaker · July 2010

I'm starting the task of writing all of the thank you cards for the wedding today. Most of our guests gave us money for gifts, and I'm at a loss for how to word my thank you. Is it OK to just come out and say "thank you for the money"? I feel like putting "thank you for your generous gift" makes it seem like I am writing the same thing on every note without personalizing it. Any advice? What did you write?

danieliza1127 · July 2010

We wrote "thank you so much for the generous gift" and then wrote a line or two about what we planned to do with it (i.e. saving for landscaping for our new patio, or how my H couldn't wait to get some new tools for his workshop, etc) based on who the money was from.

pumpkinpumpkin · July 2010

Ditto Dani. You should personalize it to say what you're planning on spending the money on.

"Thank you for attending our special day, and thank you for your generous gift. We are hoping to get a new bedroom suite." or something like that.

MissLeahM · July 2010

What the PP's said..

And your poor cat looks miserable, but at the same time its kind of funny.

squirrly · July 2010

I thanked people for traveling to the wedding, thanked them for the generous gift, and mentioned something we were likely to use it for.

(Because of moving, etc., we had a big gap between when I wrote the notes and when we were going to be able to use the gifts.)

waltzingmatilda13 · July 2010

Even if you write "thank you for the generous gift" in every single thank you note, who is going to know but you? I did this and still included what we were spending the money on, which personalized them, but they were all basically the same anyways. It's not like people are going to compare thank you notes.

ohwhynot · July 2010

Ditto WaltzingMatilda. No one knows what is in other people's thank you notes. We're writing a bit more about how great it was to see them at the wedding, and thanking them for their generous gift, but not really mentioning what we're going to use the money for.

tenofcups4me · July 2010

Ours included a thank you for attending, some reference to something that happened that day or something else more personal, thank you for the generous gift, what we intended to use the money for -- a dining room table --which segued nicely into how we hope to be able to invite them for dinner in our new home soon.

The order varied, depending on exactly what we were writing writing, but most of those elements were in every thank you. His thank yous were written very similar to mine.

Thank You note etiquette

Re: Thank You note etiquette

Choose Another Board

Search Boards