Thank-you etiquette ....

I think it's nice to do this, much more personal and shows you've put some thought into it.

I did mention gifts for the people that i could remember, i did try and write on the back of the cards what we'd had off them so that when it came to writing out the thank you cards it was a little easier.

I am very naughty though, i have a pile of about 15 thank you cards still sat in the spare room to be given out to people and i got married in august. I gave out most of them but these ones got forgotten about and now i'm thinking it's a bit too late to dish them out.

No no no! Send them! I'd rather get a card 6 months down the line than not at all.

Ok, i'll get them sent out over the weekend, if anyone asks i'll say that i've been busy with honeymoons and things.

Oh yes, definitely send them! My mum still hasn't forgiven my cousin for not sending thank you cards - and that was three years ago!!!

Definatley send them!

Its nice for your guests to know you really appreciated it!

We went to a wedding 3 weeks before ours and are still waiting on a thank you card from that couple (we got married on Sept 6th).

We had ours printed while on honeymoon (personal ones with one of our wedding pictures on it) adn wrote them when we got home. All our guests gave us money or vouchers (we didn't do a gift list or the money poem thing - we left it up to them to decide what to do) so we just put Dear X, Stephen & I would like to thank you for joining us on our special day. We also like to thank you for your kind gift, it was very much appreciated. Lots of love Mr & Mrs Doak.

HTH

Luv Victoria

xx

We recently got married on 4th October and being such an organised person i had my notebook handy. As the presents arrived before the wedding I wrote who it was from, what it was and then my final column was the date i posted the thank you card. We got loads of presents on the day, many more than i expected. I had taken the monday off work (was going on honeymoon a week later) so that I could write all the thank you cards before we went away and I could relax as everything had been done. When we opened all the presents on the Sunday evening i added these to my notebook as we went along. It meant on the Monday i had 67 thank you letters to write..... My hubby took me out for lunch in between and went over the pressies as i wrote. Everyone who was at the wedding has commented on how lovely it was that not only did we thank them so quickly we were delighted about our gift.

I varied from about 3 different phrases;

We are delighted with the money/cheque/vouchers you so kindly gave us, thanks so much. They will certainly be put too good use.

Or

Just a wee note to say a big thank you for our lovely wok/dinner set. It matches perfectly with our colours in the kitchen.

It was really time consuming but my mother, mother in law and friends have all at various stages in the last few weeks told me how lovely it was to get a real personal card instead of a "thank you for your kind gift".

I know when my father or father in law phoned in the run up to the wedding they would ask what lovely presents we had received this week and it was so easy to read from the list as a prompt.

But i am an organiser, and have lists for everything as i would never get things done, so it might not be ideal for everyone. I have just started my "list" for christmas presents ?

Sx

Hi Sands glad to see the day went well email me a piccie sorry not been around much busy and with a dholiday and not well not been up to much on here...

Thank you notes I mentioned my present to the person concerned rather than not showed i took note of what they bought us...

Good luck hun with them

nic x