Etiquette when writing thank you notes

Wedding Thank You Notes should be sent as quickly as possible. Standard wedding thank you notes etiquette says gifts received at the wedding shower and before the wedding day should be acknowledged within two weeks of their receipt.

A couple of do’s and don’ts will help you get away from troubles that may arise in writing wedding thank you notes. It is not enough that you show up efforts to sincerely thank and appreciate the presence and gifts accorded to your romantic wedding.

Wedding etiquette have it that thank you notes should be written appropriately. There are some cases where email is acceptable, but never type an email on your computer, print, and send via mail. If it is going in the real mail, it should have your handwriting.

Even the paper used for the notes should be written on white or ivory-colored paper. Some couple prefer to have their thank you notes monogrammed, but others feel its just okay if everything is handwritten. Also, use dark blue or black ink over colored ink. It is more easily readable and you are probably not a 10-year-old girl.

Below are some guidelines that adhere to wedding etiquette when it comes to sending out thank you notes:

• Remember to send Wedding thank you notes to relatives and people who coordinated showers and parties for the both of you. It would be okay if you thank them for the efforts within the same card sent to them for their gifts. While you have up to 3 months to send a socially acceptable “Thank You” note for a wedding gift, it is best to get them out within 2 weeks of returning from the honeymoon.
• Advanced wedding gifts or gifts that arrived before the wedding you must be immediately responded to so you will never have the chance to forget sending out thank you notes for them.
• Wedding etiquette suggest that you appreciate each gift you have received. That means each and every gift should be recognized through its own thank you note. If a person sent you two gifts, for example, send two thank you notes for each gift. The same treatment should be given to gifts received during the shower or even stag party.
• Not Advised to send a pre-printed “Thank You”! Along these same lines, don’t use email or a generic thank you on a wedding website. Nothing is more impersonal than this! People got dressed up, took a day out of their lives, and stuffed an envelope with cash or spent their hard earned money on a gift for you. Proper etiquette says that you send a handwritten “Thank You” note in return.
• Write your thank you note message in blue or black ink. It is for the simple reason that the colors are far more readable.
• Personalize your thank you note by handwriting the message. Warm but short thank you notes are better than longer but non-personalized or insincere notes. Handwritten notes express sincerity. There is no exception to this rule!
• It is in accordance to proper wedding etiquettes that you put or include your new return address on every thank you note you have sent. The recipients will greatly appreciate the gesture if he or she is informed or posted of your new and correct address.
• Never start the thank you note with the pronoun “I.” To create a good and lasting impression use “You” as often throughout the note instead of “I” or “me.”