One thing that you must take good notes on from the time you announce your wedding until the time is over is the wedding gifts that people give you. Don’t think that you will be able to remember it all. You will soon be overwhelmed with all the other wedding details and lose track of who gave you what and when.
Gifts typically start coming as soon as people know that you’re going to get married and they can continue on up till the actual wedding when people will bring their gifts to place on the wedding gift table at your wedding venue. You might even get a handful of late gifts.
That list you made of wedding gifts you received and the people who sent them to you will make it much easier when it comes time to send thank you notes. You don’t have to wait until after the wedding to begin sending the notes. In fact, it’s probably a good idea to go ahead and send thank you notes no more than three or four weeks after the gift has been set. If someone has sent you a crystal wedding gift, they may be worried as to whether or not the gift arrived safely or not.
But be sure to also send your thank you notes to those who have sent you money gifts. The thank you note can be very simple where you just thank them for the gift they gave by its name and how or why you appreciate receiving that gift. You could also add something of a personal note that relates to your connection with them specifically. And while it is often the bride who writes the thank you notes, it would be a good idea for the groom to add a note or at least sign it along with the bride.
If the gift was a bit strange and you’re not sure what in the world you would do with it, in that case you certainly don’t want to insult or offend the gift giver and therefore thank them for their thoughtfulness in giving you a wedding gift.
If you have received a wedding money gift, and who doesn’t like to receive money, you shouldn’t mention in your thank you note the amount of money but you can say how you plan to use the money.
While there are a number of task that your wedding requires that you will delegate to your helpers, this is not one of them. Imagine how you would feel if you had sent a couple of wedding gift and they did not even take the time to personally send a thank you?
And while you are sending out notes of appreciation don’t forget about all of those wedding helpers and even professional wedding vendors who you were particularly pleased with and did a great job for you. Not every couple things to do that and when these wedding service providers receive notes from satisfied clients it not only makes them so good but is something that they can use in the future for other couples who would be interested in their services.
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