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dream
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: Please help with wedding gift thank you cards.? |
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| I have a really great saying to put into the thank yous. It goes as:Dear _______,We were so happy you were there to share our day with us! Family and friends are what made our wedding day so special. Thank you so much for your generous gift. We're looking forward to starting our new life together and your gift will certainly help us do so.Love,Mr. and Mrs. ____________Is it okay to type and fill in the blanks then paste them into the thank you cards? I have about 100 thank you cards to send out and I really don't have the time/patience to sit down and write it out over and over. Do you have to personally write what each person gave you? I don't want to upset anyone by not personalizing them.Thanks for the help! |
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boofles100
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| It's best to personalise the thankyou cards. Instead of leaving blanks why not do a mail-merge in your word processing document.You basically make up a list of all the people and their addresses and then a master document that will be like what you have typed. It is also worth adding the actual gift to the list and making a place for it on the document.You can print out envelopes this way too.Its pretty tacky having fill in the blank cards |
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iloveweddings
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| No....please don't. Have your husband help you. Each of you do about 10 a night (20 total each night) and in no time they will be done!Really, your guests deserve something HANDWRITTEN (not typed and pasted). It is just in good taste to do it that way.Congratulations on your recent marriage! |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| i think you should personalize them. did you ever think about doing them on your computer. Than you can use that saying with a little of personalization. |
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Good♥Gyrl
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| No, absolutely not okay. How would you feel if you got a "form" thank you note. You'd know that they sent the exact same impersonal note to everyone, so the "thank you so much for your generous gift" is so generic, you wouldn't even know if they knew what gift you got them.Definitely personalize the cards, even if it takes you a little longer than the etiquette-correct-no-more-than-a-month-after requirement. Get your new husband to help you write the cards ... why should he be off the hook? He benefitted from the "generous" gifts, too. |
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justsomegirl310035
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| hand write them so they are a real thank you. What's the point in making thank you cards if you pint them all of at once? Think of them as the price you pay for the gift they gave you. Nobody expects them the next day so do a few everyday and just try to get them out in the next week. You just don't want to cheat your generous guests because remember they could have just bought you a card. |
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ShrinkyDink
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It would really be ill received if you sent a generic note like that and it would be even worse if it wasn't hand written. The gift giver had to take the time out of his/her day to go buy the gift (or choose it form an online registry and fill out all the forms, etc), it seems only appropriate to take a few minutes of your own time to say thank you.You really only need 3 or 4 lines of a rather generic format. [opening] Dear Aunt Jane and Uncle John, [Thank you for specific gift] Thank you so much for the feather quilt. [How you will use or enjoy it] It is sure to keep us warm during the upcoming snowy Chicago Winter. [An optional line of wishes for the future] We enjoyed spending time with you at the wedding and hope we can get together again soon. [Closing] Love, Lucy and Linus |
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Bella
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I also agree with the other people who have answered, a generic "fill in the black" card is not polite. That's not to say that you can't do them on the computer, but either way they should be all typed or all hand written. When my fiance and I sent our thank you cards for our engagement party we created templates, and then mixed and matched depending on what people bought us, and how close we are to them. This meant minimal effort. The only real effort was to personalise them by mentioning the gift. A lot of them could be copied and pasted. Some of the standard lines we used are below. Hope this helps!For someone who came and gave us money:Thank you for joining us on the ? of ? to celebrate our engagement and for your generous gift of money! We plan to use the money towards our honeymoon which we hope will be the first of many overseas adventures.For someone who came and gave us a gift:Thank you for joining us on the ? of ? to celebrate our engagement and for your thoughtful and generous gift! We are both looking forward to using the Bamix to make smoothies and to trying out all of its extra functionalities! Thank you for joining us on the ? of ? to celebrate our engagement and for the Russell Hobbs kettle! The kettle will be a practical and stylish addition to our kitchen.For someone who was invited but couldn't come:Thank you so much for the champagne glasses you sent us as an engagement gift! The glasses are lovely and we can’t wait to use them. We’re so sorry that you couldn’t attend the engagement – it was a wonderful night and a shame that you couldn’t be there to share it with us. We’ll have to catch up next time you’re in ? so you can see the pictures! For someone who gave a gift but wasn't invited:Thank you so much for the Alessi serving platter that you gave us as an engagement gift! The platter is absolutely stunning and we can’t wait to use it!Anyway, I'm sure you get the idea. We basically mixed and matched standard sentences as required and finished them all within a night.Hope this helps! |
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Cat Lover
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| So you don't have the patience and time to write 100 thank you notes! Well, maybe those 100 people shouldn't have taken the time to buy you the gifts either. Thank you notes must be hand written, the gift named and told how you will use it or how you will enjoy it. And never sign them Mr. and Mrs.! Use your first names. There are many things in life that take time and patience, and this is just one of them. Be an adult and do the right thing. |
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Lydia
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| NO!They must be handwritten. Keep it short, since you have 100 (I had over 200!). You don't have to mention the specific gift.What you wrote is just lovely. However, you sign it with your first names. |
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