Thank you cards

I would write a handwritten note in each, since it's a little more personal. It doesn't have to be a super long or detailed note, but a nice "thank you for attending, we enjoyed celebrating with you, thank you for the gift" type of note would be appreciated by your guests. It takes a little more time, but if you work on 5-10 thank you notes per day, you can get through them within a week or two (depending on how many you have to write).

Handwritten thank you cards are a must!! For thank you's, I follow a little formula which can be customized depending on the occasion:

Dear ____, thank you for celebrating our special day with us, and thank you for your generous gift! We're grateful for your friendship, and for you taking the time to celebrate with us! With love, ____

I usually express how I can't wait to use it to do certain things. For example: if we were gifted a new coffee maker, I would write how we can't wait to drink our weekend coffee in the mornings using it. This isn't necessary, but I like how it makes it more personal and shows that you remember what they gifted you and that it's appreciated.

Someone is giving you a gift, it would be extremely rude to give them an insincere generic thank you.

Definitely hand written notes! Bulk cards where you only sign your name are incredibly rude, in my opinion

Can’t edit original posts, but when I say writing our names, I mean getting a card and adding a small “Thank you for the *blank*! We are so excited to *________*. With love, *our names*. With the amount of guests we have it would take us years to hand write long notes for everyone.

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As long as the part you mentioned would be the part you wrote out, and it specified what you're thanking them for (gift or attendance), then I think that's fine!

When I read your original post, I read it as buying bulk cards with a thank you note inside and just signing your names under that!

I believe you should right personal thank you cards. If someone is taking the time to give you a gift the least you can do is thank them in a personal way versus a generic card.

Handwritten is a must. You can keep it short and sweet.

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I'm going to be honest here, but having pre-written cards where you add the item in the blank space reminds me of thank you notes from a 5-year-old child's birthday party, i.e. someone who can't write complete complete sentences yet and their mommy has them fill in the blanks.

My advice would be to fully write out your thank you notes. Filling in the blanks is still pretty rude. No need to wait until after the wedding to send them. Write and send them as you receive the gifts. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes per thank you note.

View Quoted Comment So...just a normal thank you card?

What makes the thank you card special is that it is handwritten. It doesn't have to be a long message. Just a quick "thank you for xyz".

I recommend doing personalized handwritten notes.

Each needs a hand written note. Mention the gift, that you like it or what you will do with it. A little chat, It was nice to see you, or will see you over the holidays, whatever. You only send cards to those who give gifts, or do some major service to thank them for.
( There is a persistent error, that you send thank you cards to all who come, but that is wrong, backwards. ) Just write thank you notes for gifts.

I prefer personalized Thank You cards. When people take the time out of their busy lives and buy you and your future spouse a wedding gift, I think the least you can do is send a handwritten, personalized card.

We had custom thank you cards made, through Minted. They were personalized to us by design, then we wrote a personalized thank you to each guest/household.

I would say handwrite them, its okay if you have to stagger them and send them out at different times if its alot.

How many are we talking?

We hand wrote all of our thank you cards. I believe if you get a gift from someone (whether a physical item or cash or check) the least you can do is send them a sincere, personalized card. Unless you have a reason to not hand write them all (like you have a medical issue or completely illegible handwriting), I would do them by hand as it is more personal that way. You can stagger them if needed.

The envelopes don't need to be hand addressed if that saves your hands a bit.