Help! Late thank you's

Yep, get over the embarrassment and send personalized notes asap.

And please don't make excuses like "we got caught up in our first year" - that is lame and doesn't make it any better. You can briefly apologize for being late but make the note more about how grateful you are for their gift.

You send personalized thank yous now. It's embarrassing, but you did it to yourself tbh. Don't send a postcard because it's not cute to wait a full year after you cashed/used someone's gift to thank them. Don't send something pre-written because that makes you look lazy and rude af. Sit down tonight and write them out and stop procrastinating on it.

Do it now

Send them now! Better late than never. I like your option 3 idea as long as you do a personal note for each one.

No postcards. Real, handwritten, personalized, specific notes.

Bad form @OP this things happens but better late than never.

Hand write them and maybe say something like "As we celebrate our first year of marriage, we look back and remember how happy we were with your presence in our wedding a year ago ..etc etc..

Anyway, do it pronto and don't wait for September to pass by.

I'm always amazed at these threads. People who have SUCH a busy life that they can't prioritize writing thank you notes in one whole year, but can take the time to think of alternatives and post about it online.

Write your thank-you notes asap and be embarassed as well you should.

I like the year down a lifetime to go it won't look like the plan overall but it's cute and won't make the it's so late vibe seem so obvious

Still send them thou I would

Send them now

Send them.

I would send them now. I still remember the 3 wedding/showers where I didn't receive thank-yous.. still upsets me a little bit.

I seriously had no idea how important thank you cards were to people until I got on here. Just because you might not think much into it, some DEFINITELY do. I already have all mine pre-addressed to my guests, so I only have to write my notes, and drop them in the mail. I'm definitely really bad about responses, but after the last 8 months I've spent on WW I know there's no way I can let them slip.

Definitely send them ASAP. Your sister is wrong. People do remember. Even if a thank you card is late, I'd still appreciate it.

We just got a thank you in the mail today. The wedding was December 3, 2016. The card had a picture on the front of them on their wedding day, so I know those take a lot longer to get printed.

#3 since you mentioned a more personalized message in addition to the generalized thank you. Tell your sister people do notice when thank you cards are not sent. I always notice. ETA: I hate when people try to explain why they're late, especially by saying "we've been so busy" or "caught up in xyz." Do you think all other married couples are just sitting on their asses for the first year? We took an immediate honeymoon, had to move since we didn't live together before the wedding, had another wedding to travel to the week we got back from the honeymoon... the list goes on and on, yet we've already finished and mailed our thank you cards. It's really not that hard.

NOPE @Wanda. It doesn't take 9 months to print a thank you card with a picture on it. lol

I put a picture on the front of our thank you cards (I ordered through Minted). Took less than 10 business days to receive them in the mail, complete with free recipient address printing. Our thank you cards were sent out within 3 months.

I emailed our photographer to ask him to send me a good one I could use for the thank you cards. Thank goodness I did that because we didn't receive our pro pics until 14 weeks after the wedding.

Yes please send the thank you notes now. Pull an all nighter if you have to and get them out ASAP. Our thank you notes were done and in the mail before the one-month married mark. I will agree with PP that people absolutely notice. I went to my cousin's wedding on April 26, 2015 and I never got a thank you note. To boot it was actually one of the nicer weddings I've been to. I didn't forget.

Get them done as soon as possible. I still remember weddings that I attended and never received a thank you card.

I just got a thank you card from a wedding we attended in June 2016. LOL!! They had a picture from the wedding, pregnancy picture and picture of their baby. I didn't mind that it was so late.

Yikes. Do it, do it handwritten, and do it now. Like others have pointed out...I'm sure you were able to find time to cash their checks...make sure they feel appreciated!