Early thank yous

I would had write a thank you card and send it now, then send a photo card when you get those.

You should always send hand written thank you cards as soon as possible after receiving a gift.

I would send a hand written thank you card now, then after the wedding or whenever you get the custom ones, send those.

I think you should definitely send a thank you sooner rather than later. If you send it electronically, then I think you should make sure to say that you’ll be sending them a thank you card after the wedding, when you have the personalised cards. Otherwise, an electronic feels too informal to me. You could also send them a written thank you note now, and leave it at that.

A timely thank you card is more important than a personalized photo.

You should hand-write a thank you card now. No need to send one after the wedding, it's not a big deal to not have personalized cards.

I would hand write a thank you note to send immediately after receiving the gift. Then after the wedding you can send thank you for coming cards from your custom stack.

Hand write a thank you card now, no digital. You may enclose one of those great engagement photos.
Half to 3/4 of your gifts may come before the wedding. So if you want to get a box of thank you card blanks printed with a variety of engagement pic, I always think those are too rarely seen.

Agree with everyone.

You should hand write a thank you card now, send one immediately after receiving the gift.

I had this dilemma too as our package also comes with thank you cards with a wedding picture but after I thought about it, I think those thank you’s are more to thank guests for attending, and the thank you cards for gifts are separate. So we started sending our thank you notes and will send the thank you cards from our package to all gifts that attended the wedding.

Dang auto correct. Meant to say Guests* not gifts 😅

Thank you all for your advice! I bought plain cards and envelopes from Michael's and printed "thank you" in a nice font on the front. Inside I handwrote a small message and I sent those out.

View Quoted Comment You do not send thank you notes for attending the wedding. You send thank you notes only to those who give gifts. Sending them for attending is backwards. Ordinarily, the guests of a party all send thank you note to the host.
The wedding is the only time when every guest is expected to bring a significant gift and a card of best wishes, and that is seen as sufficient, no further thank you needed.