Congrats! You did the dang thing! I hope you are enjoying your happily ever after! Now, you’re probably enjoying all the thoughtful gifts your wedding guests brought or sent you. It’s time to write your Thank You Cards! Remember, it’s a note, not a letter. By using a handful of short, well-crafted lines, you’ll be done with your notes in no time! Here are some examples from https://www.americangreetings.com/inspiration/what-to-write/thank-you-messages-wedding.
Some pointers:
ALWAYS make sure you write a personable note. If you write a generic note to all your guests, they could be offended that you did not acknowledge their thoughtful gift
Write your Thank You cards no later than 3 months after your wedding. Not only will gifts be fresh on your mind, but it will give your guests that special feeling they had for your wedding
Be thoughtful and Grateful!
Line 1-2: You should be thanking them for their attendance OR acknowledging that they were missed
Thank you for attending our wedding. You made the day even more special/beautiful/memorable.
Thank you for sharing our wedding day! It wouldn’t have been the same without you.
Thank you for making our day even more special [with your awesome dance moves, with your beautiful toast, and for all your help with…].
Thank you for making the trip to attend our wedding. That meant the world to us!
Thank you for coming to our wedding — it was wonderful to see you after all this time!
It was so special to us that you could share our day!
We’re sorry you couldn’t make it to our wedding. It was a beautiful day, and you were missed — but we hope to see you soon!
Line 3-4: Thank them for their gift and add a personal detail
Your gift was so generous and so appreciated. It will certainly help as we build our new life together.
Wow! Thank you for the generous gift. We’ll put it to good use for [insert specific goal here].
Thank you so much for the [gift] — we absolutely love it!
We were so happy to receive your [gift] and look forward to [cooking Sunday breakfasts, throwing amazing parties, making it a part of our home, using it for years to come…].
We were so excited to open your [gift] and can’t wait to [make awesome smoothies, throw a backyard barbeque, fill it with flowers/our favorite picture…].
We are so appreciative of your generous/thoughtful/beautiful/creative gift and will always think of you when we…
Thank you so much for the [gift]. What a [creative/thoughtful/generous…] gift!
Closing Lines:
We feel so lucky to have you in our lives.
We hope to see you again very soon.
You have an open invitation to visit any time — and we hope it’s very soon!
We feel so grateful to [have you as a friend/sister/neighbor, to call you family, to have known you for so long…] and we love you very much!
We’re so lucky to have such kind and generous friends.
We can’t thank you enough for your kindness.
Thank you again for everything. You mean the world to us.
Don’t forget to sign BOTH names- this is the most exciting part!