How long is too long to send out thank yous?

I did mine right away...but was because I had time and didn't want to forget. Two weeks does seem a little long but a late thank you is better than no thank you

I think 2 weeks is fine especially if you are including something special in return.

I would send them right away. I would also then send a second card with the photo "just because". Thank you cards for wedding gifts are the only time where you can get a "pass" in sending them 2 weeks late since many people go on a honeymoon immediately after the wedding and don't open gifts until they return.

You have a year to send thank yous. I'm sending all my shower thank yous a week or so after my shower, using a generic card, then after the wedding may make cards with a wedding photo and send those. You absolutely have enough time if you wait a week or 3. just so long as you send them!! I've been to weddings and showers and received nothing which I think is so rude.

@graycatvinyage- I like your idea. Thanks this is why I ask!

Two weeks sounds fine to me. I'd just write the cards immediately after the shower, but not seal the envelopes, then you can pop the pictures in when they come and drop them in the mail-- if something else comes up in between, it won't take you long at all to get them out!

Start writing them now, have them ready to send out as soon as the pictures come back. If the photographer doesn't get you pictures within two weeks, send the cards without them.

I no longer agree with that "year" timeline. I had mine on a Saturday. I wrote them all on that evening because I was on such a high and grateful. I mailed them all out Monday morning.

My friend's shower was a month ago and I still haven't received anything. I am a little peeved.

I wouldn't recommend waiting until after the wedding when you get your photos back to send Thank You cards for your bridal shower.

Not a good plan because you'll only have a CRAP TON more to write, and it'll be too overwhelming.

Look at your list, and break up these cards into different chunks. Here's what I did:

My first bridal shower was on April 6th (a week ago from yesterday, Sunday):

I didn't write any that night, but I counted that I'd have 33 cards to write. My goal was to get them out by last Friday, April 11.

I wrote 11 cards per night from Monday, Tuesday, and lunch break on Thursday. They all went out one day earlier than my goal.

I have another shower this weekend. I will follow the same process.

Break these down into chunks over a few days, and be disciplined about it. Send them all out at once.. I wouldn't send them as you finish them, personally.

My 3rd (final) bridal shower is April 26th with a wedding May 17, so it'll be interesting to see if I can follow the same pattern when the wedding's 2 weeks out, haha!

ETA: Your photograher is full swing into wedding season by now, so I wouldn't back that they'd have the photos back to you in that length of time unless it's specifically written in your contract. Besides, your family and friends will see your wedding photos on many different social mediums online by sharing them with this person/that person, going to your photographer's site, etc. I wouldn't wait to send those out in the Thank You cards, but that's just me.

I waited about 1.5 months. My showers was very small, so I just waited until after the wedding to do them all. Two weeks should be just fine. A day or two after the shower sounds exhausting.

I sent out my wedding shower thank-yous on Saturday, exactly two weeks after my shower.

I had my first shower on Saturday and wrote them all last night while watching tv! I know there will be a ton going on so wanted to get them finished as soon as possible. Going to address them tonight to go out tomorrow :0)

For a shower you get a week - 2 weeks max for thank you notes.

For a wedding you have a few months of leniency.

Argh, one of my pet peeves: To the anonymous person who said you have a year to write thank you notes. This is FALSE. You do NOT have a year to write thank-you notes for ANY reason. People have a YEAR to send gifts after a wedding, but thank you notes should ALWAYS go out as soon as a gift is received.

As for the shower thank you's, I would send them right away and then send another card later with the pictures. I personally wouldn't wait more than a week to send out thanks. Guests will start to think you're not sending them at all.

Please don't wait a year for thank you notes. That is seriously rude. You can spare 5 minutes a day to write thank you notes - it should never take you a whole freaking year.

If you'll have your pro pics back (and I'm assuming you mean engagement pics at this point), then I think its ok to wait 2 weeks to send them. If you mean 2 weeks after the wedding, then I think you shouldn't wait and go ahead and send them now.

I was planning on sending mine out asap (My shower was April 6th), but FH's grandfather passed away 3 days later and we had been dealing with the wake/funeral/etc. Now that all that has passed, I'm planning on writing them out and sending them out now.