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Michele
Dedicated June 2014

Help with wording for thank-you cards! (for cash gifts)

Michele, on August 5, 2014 at 12:15 PM Posted in Married Life 0 10

My husband and I are having a difficult time deciding wording for our thank-you notes. I want to say 95% of our gifts were cash. Looking online, it says that we are supposed to mention what we are using the money on in the thank-you cards. However, my husband and I already owned a home and were living together long before we got married. We will not be using any of the gift money on a "down payment for our first home" or for a coffee pot, china, or bed linens. We did not go on a honeymoon either, so we cannot say that we spent it snorkeling or anything. In all honesty, the money we received is going to pay toward what we spent on our wedding.

How exactly should we word these invites without giving specifics on what we spent the money on?? I find "thanks for the generous gift of money" to be too impersonal. Any advice?

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Latest activity by LG, on August 5, 2014 at 1:31 PM
  • Michele
    Dedicated June 2014
    Michele ·
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    I would ideally like to say,

    Thank you so much for sharing our special day with us- it was everything we had hoped for and wouldn't have been the same without you there! Joe and I feel so blessed to have wonderful family and friends such as you in our lives. Thank you also for the gift- we really appreciate it.

    Love, Joe and Michele

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  • TiffanyShay
    Master October 2014
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    If I didn't have something specific to say about the gift I just said it will go to good use.... My basic thank yous were... Jane, So glad you were able to make it to the shower, hope you had a great time (or so sorry you were not able to make it, we missed you) Thank you so much for the money! It will be put to good use! Hope to see you at the wedding Love Tiffany.

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  • TiffanyShay
    Master October 2014
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    Michele, what you have is perfect also

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  • Maltese
    Master June 2015
    Maltese ·
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    Dear So and So

    Thank you for your beautiful card and the gift of cash that was enclosed. FH and I feel so blessed that you were able to spend this day with us. Your generous gift will have a very positive impact upon our plans for the future.

    Love,

    Michele and FH

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  • C
    Master July 2014
    csquid ·
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    I'm glad you asked this...I was having the same problem.

    I was going to put something like you have...thank you so much for coming, hope you enjoyed yourselves, etc. Thank you very much for the generous gift, it'll certainly be put to good use as we are starting to fix up our house.

    I wasn't sure that sounded right...

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  • Kaegurl
    Master June 2014
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    We just said something along the lines of "thank you for your generous gift".

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  • Rachey
    VIP June 2014
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    I kinda fibbed on mine a little…said that I would be using the money to purchase some lovely picture frames for wedding photos to hang in our foyer, etc (which is true, but saying that to five different people was a bit of a stretch). Also told some that we used some of the money to extend our honeymoon (which we did) and that I'm sure the money went towards a fabulous night out with a s 5 star meal at a french restaurant etc. (we were in St. Bart's and food was expensive). Some I just said I would be looking for something wonderful for our home, etc. I got creative…especially with the older ones they like to know that the money was used for something special, which it was.

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  • Gamecock Mrs.
    Master October 2014
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    Thank you for your generous gift for sure. Saying the word money is just weird to me. You could say that you are using the gift to start your lives together. Not a lie, not super specific. I think what you wrote is fine, but I would mention the gift first so they know you received it.

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  • TiffanyShay
    Master October 2014
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    GameCox is right though - money sounds a little weird.. generous gift sounds much better. Luckily I only had one all money gift so far so it's not a big deal for me.

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  • LG
    Master October 2014
    LG ·
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    I agree with not mentioning the word "money" or "monetary". If I received gifts in my life that where monetary I always just said "thank you for the generous gift", and continued on with whatever I was going to say.

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