Even though you'll probably be full of gratitude after your wedding day of bliss, love, and so much generosity from family and friends... you probably aren't looking forward to writing out all those thank-you cards. It's not that you're not grateful... it's just that everything is so hectic all the time nowadays. Who has the patience to sit there with a pen and note cards for all that time?
One method I had for making sure my wedding thank-you cards
went out time was to address the envelopes well in advance of the wedding.
You can tackle this project while you're sending out the
actual wedding invitations. After all, if you already have the file open
containing everyone's contact info, it's easy enough to just combine the tasks.
Some other tips for speeding up the process:
Make it a double shopping trip. If you plan to buy your
thank-you cards, table cards and maybe even your wedding invitations at a place
like Michael's craft store, then you may as well be efficient and just buy
everyone at once.
The thank-you cards don't have to match the wedding
invitations. They can, if you happen to find a set, but I wouldn't stress out
or go from store to store searching for the ideal coordinating set. This blog
is about saving time and money on your wedding, so that's the point I'm making.
The thank-you cards don't even have to be anything special,
really! I know... a lot of people pay extra for the ones with the photo of the
bride and groom. You can do that, sure... but I hate to break it to you, most
people will eventually throw out that card with your happy faces on it. So you
may as well just take the cheaper option and buy some plain and practical
thank-you cards.
Don't hand-write the thank-you envelopes. You've probably
invested enough time and energy into having your wedding invitations done. Just
get some address labels and print them out at home yourself.
Stamp them while you're stamping your wedding invitations.
What's another stamp, if you're already in the middle of the job? You can pick
up all the postage at the same time at the post office, too.
A legitimate question: but what if someone decides not to
reply yes to your wedding invite?
I say, it's worth wasting the small amount of time it takes
to write (print) their address and stamp the envelope. Because otherwise, you'd
be waiting until after the wedding.
Finally, if you really want to save time when sending out
wedding invites – do like our friends who have two kids did. Just forgo writing
the inside message, and send out a photo of the bride and groom with a generic
thank-you.
