Having dedicated a great deal of time to finding you the perfect wedding gift, your guests will be eager to find out whether you received it and how you feel about it. Let them know how grateful you are for their attendance on the day and the gift they left you, with a thank you card.

When your wedding day wraps up, your honeymoon will quickly become all you can think about. If you have a couple of weeks between your wedding day and your honeymoon getaway, you might as well write your thank you notes while all the present details are fresh in your mind. Get onto writing your thank you cards before your honeymoon preparation takes over you completely.

Keep a pen handy when you open your presents and take down the details of each present to keep track of who gives you what. It might be a good idea for one of you to open while the other records. Take turns swapping tasks so you can both share in the delight of unwrapping exciting items.

It’s highly likely that things will get mixed up in the move from the reception venue to your house, so it might be a good idea to make a miscellaneous pile for any loose cards and any unlabelled presents. If you are having trouble matching cards up with presents, you can always phone the people whose names are on these cards and politely explain your concerns. You friends will always understand the mix up if you let them know, but might not be so forgiving when their gift receives no acknowledgement without an explanation. Similarly, they wouldn’t be all that pleased if someone else were to take the credit for their hard work!

Choosing the right card design

Some couples re-approach their invitation designer to match their thank you cards up with their wedding theme, while others choose to create their own cards using a whole new theme altogether. A recent look that the Bride team loved, were a range of specially designed vintage-style postcards featuring photos of the couple’s honeymoon destinations.  A large majority of newlyweds opt to handwrite rather than print the text on their cards, so as to convey a more personal and genuine thank you message to their guests.

Fun with thank you cards

Writing thank you cards doesn’t have to be laborious. You can have a lot of fun piecing together your sentiments for your guests. More and more, couples are slipping a wedding photo in with the card to provide the guest with a pictorial memory of their big day. A photo could feature on the front cover of the card or it might be fixed to the inside jacket. You might choose to pop it into a cardboard sleeve or just slot it loosely into the envelope for the guest to frame at a later date. Professional photos of individual guests are great if you have any. Otherwise, a whole wedding group shot is a good option, as is a portrait of the newlyweds before, after or during the wedding.

A final piece of advice

Don’t throw out your address list once you’ve sent out your invitations, as you’ll need all the details again for your thank you notes!

Featured card designs by Minted.

Love the Bride team xx