Gifts before the wedding

Nope, you should open gifts as soon as you get them and send thank you notes right away. People want to know that you received their gift. Theoretically, you should wait to use the gifts until after the wedding, as a just in case. But you should definitely go ahead and open anything you receive, cash any checks, etc. Just make sure you send those thank you notes ASAP. Before the wedding, I think you have two weeks to get those thank you notes sent out.

You should write thank yous for anything received before the wedding, before the wedding. (2 weeks to write thank yous before the wedding!) So open it! Some people wait to use things though. If people want you to wait, they'll either send it last minute or after the wedding or bring it to the wedding themselves.

We have gotten a few gifts and we've opened them to know who they were from and sent out thank you notes. We just told them we couldn't wait until the wedding to use them at our new home and were grateful for their thoughtful gifts!

Thank you! I just didn't want to appear greedy or focused on the gifts if I sent out a thank you card now. I would definitely not use it until after the wedding. (But I can't wait to use my keurig coffee maker!)

Yup, open the gift but keep it in "returnable" condition until you tie the knot (just in case...). This is so you can write a thank you note, but if anything should happen, you can also return the gift.

I think it's best to open gifts as you receive them and send them a thank you right away. We received gifts by mail that were ordered from our registry from those that were mainly not able to attend our destination wedding. I had two bridal showers, the wedding, and a at home reception. I didn't want run the risk of forgetting to send anyone a thank you card. So anything we received a thank you card was mailed no later than a week later. Opening gifts as you receive them and sending the thank you card also let's them know that you did receive their gift.

Open them as the arrive so your guests aren't worried about them. Don't use them, but write that note right away; less to write later!

I've actually enjoyed the process of writing thank you notes ahead of time, because I can spend more time making them personal. I told the couple that gave us a $100 check that we'd use it on our Caribbean honeymoon, but we'd have to decide if we wanted to stick to snorkeling or go all out for scuba diving. I've been having a good time with it for now. I'm sure when I have a ton to do it won't be so fun!

Open gifts as they arrive.

Open gifts and write thank you notes as they arrive...otherwise people will worry you didnt recieve it. you are though, technically supposed to wait to use it until after the wedding. whether you actually do that though, is up to you, just word stuff in the thank yous as though you are waiting

Thanks ladies. I received 2 packages this week and promptly mailed out my thank you's. It is nice to send a few thank you's out early before the mass of thank you notes begin.