Gift and card matchup issue

Spunkykitty78 · June 2012

Have any other couples out there had a hard time figuring out which card went to a gift because the card fell off ? What did you do? It makes it very hard to write thank you cards!

karenmruff · June 2012

I had the same thing for one gift. I made a list of who we didn't already have a gift from and then tried to guess who it might be. I've enlisted my mom to ask people informally so that I can try to send a thank you.

Summer2011Bride · June 2012

For future reference if you get any other gifts or have any baby showers, etc. in your future, while we opened presents, we wrote on the back of each card what gift that person gave us, so if they did get separated, we would still know who got us what. At a shower, a friend or family member can do this if they're willing while you open gifts.

erollis · June 2012

We did have one couple that gave us two gifts. A gag gift and a practical gift. They ended up getting separated. The gag gift was unwrapped but had the card attached, by tape, to it. The wrapped gift had no card, therefore we had no idea who it came from. After looking at our list of who gave what and knowing who attended the wedding we thought it came from the one person who did not write a card (basically gift but no card). A couple of friends inquired about the gift to this one person but found out nothing was given. We wanted to make sure we didn't thank them for a gift they did not give. So we had no idea who gave us the gift. We eventually found out and have thanked the couple on a couple of occasions, through email and in person.

All you can do is have people ask around since the cards got separated from the gifts when they were moved before being unwrapped.

mattycam · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-recap-withdrawal_gift-and-card-matchup-issue?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:12Discussion:ffb883d9-f8bf-43ef-9cd1-5eec9796e25aPost:ad2dda84-070c-4585-a627-85560681b661">Re: Gift and card matchup issue</a>:
[QUOTE]For future reference if you get any other gifts or have any baby showers, etc. in your future, while we opened presents, we wrote on the back of each card what gift that person gave us, so if they did get separated, we would still know who got us what. At a shower, a friend or family member can do this if they're willing while you open gifts.
Posted by Summer2011Bride[/QUOTE]

Totally agree and will cut down the headache!

arrestclementine · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-recap-withdrawal_gift-and-card-matchup-issue?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:12Discussion:ffb883d9-f8bf-43ef-9cd1-5eec9796e25aPost:ad2dda84-070c-4585-a627-85560681b661">Re: Gift and card matchup issue</a>:
[QUOTE]For future reference if you get any other gifts or have any baby showers, etc. in your future, while we opened presents, we wrote on the back of each card what gift that person gave us, so if they did get separated, we would still know who got us what. At a shower, a friend or family member can do this if they're willing while you open gifts.
Posted by Summer2011Bride[/QUOTE]

I think she was talking about at the wedding, and the card got separated from the gift during transportation.

ajmom2two · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-recap-withdrawal_gift-and-card-matchup-issue?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:12Discussion:ffb883d9-f8bf-43ef-9cd1-5eec9796e25aPost:79b9855c-7ca5-460a-bdd0-29b5ee67da74">Re: Gift and card matchup issue</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Gift and card matchup issue : I think she was talking about at the wedding, and the card got separated from the gift during transportation.
Posted by amber0389[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>I was thinking she meant this too and wondering how you keep this from happening? </div><div>
</div><div>Also I LOVE your dress Amber and your bright shoes! I am having a tea length dress and really debated what color shoes to have and ended up going with bright pink :)

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arrestclementine · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-recap-withdrawal_gift-and-card-matchup-issue?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:12Discussion:ffb883d9-f8bf-43ef-9cd1-5eec9796e25aPost:05b0e14c-3117-4c13-b638-12975500293a">Re: Gift and card matchup issue</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Gift and card matchup issue : I was thinking she meant this too and wondering how you keep this from happening? Also I LOVE your dress Amber and your bright shoes! I am having a tea length dress and really debated what color shoes to have and ended up going with bright pink :)
Posted by ajmom2two[/QUOTE]

Thanks! I love shorter wedding dresses :) And good call on the colored shoes, i think it's fun!

I think that just being careful when moving the presents... Or if you're that worried have some extra tape around and put some on the cards/present before you move them.

Tina3104 · July 2012

We ended up with 2 gifts with no cards and 4 cards with no gifts! (We asked for no gifts since people had to travel and we are consolidating 2 full households full of stuff.) Anyway - while going through our wedding photos, our photog got a picture of the gift table and sure enough - there was one of the gifts with the card still attached. So 1 was figured out. For the other, we just asked the 3 couples. We explained the situation and so no one would feel awkward that they may have given us a card and not a gift, we said, thank you so much for the card - we ended up with a gift that got separated from its card - did you give us XYZ? When the person said no, we immediately followed up with a thank you for the lovely card and (I can't remember what he said) but somehow he tactfully said for honoring our request for no gifts. No one was insulted or embarrassed. In fact, most people said the exact same thing happened to them so they completely understood.

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