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Wedding etiquette writing thank you notes

It may seem like you just finished addressing all the wedding invitations, and now you have to start in on thank you notes. Where is the time going? Don’t worry. With the following wedding etiquette for thank you notes, you’ll have them finished in no time at all.

With showers and parties and gifts arriving in the weeks before the wedding, you may be overwhelmed with trying to keep everything organized. First, keep a notepad handy so that you can quickly jot down when a gift comes in, what it is exactly, and whom it is from.

At a shower or party, one of the hostesses usually arranges for someone to keep track of this for you, but you can keep one on the desk at home for those that are delivered to you house. Between fittings and appointments to the bakery and florist, you may forget the details if you don’t write them down.

When do you need to send out those thank you notes? Wedding etiquette has different time frames for when the gift was given. If it is delivered to your house, you should try to send the note out immediately, at least within the next few days.

If it was given at a shower, you have 10 days to get them all mailed out. If the gift was brought to the wedding or reception, the acceptable period of time is two weeks after you get home from the honeymoon.

Most will not feel slighted if they arrived within four weeks since everyone knows setting up a new home and settling in after the honeymoon can be a busy time. Don’t forget a note to all the hostesses thanking them for giving you the party.

Other wedding etiquette for thank you notes suggests that you handwrite every note in easily read blue or blank ink. It is good form to make mention of the gift specifically and even refer to how you intend to use it.

As a nice touch, you can also add an extra thank you if they had to travel a long way or a “we wished you could have been here” if they were unable to attend.

Remember that if the same person gave you a gift at a shower and another wedding gift at the reception or at your home, you should send a separate thank you note for each gift.

Also to show good etiquette in your thank you notes, refrain from mentioning “I” too much. The focus should be on the gift giver with “you” being the most used pronoun. You might also want to be considerate by including your new mailing address.

Don’t let time get away from you. Stay organized and work on the thank you notes as the gifts come in so that you don’t find yourself 6 weeks after wedding scrambling to get the notes out even though they are late.

However, if you do find yourself in that situation, send them anyway. It is true the old saying “better late than never” especially when talking about wedding etiquette for thank you notes.

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