Thanksgiving after the wedding – stylish ideas and tips
A thank you to each guest is simply part of it after the wedding. This takes a little effort, but also offers the opportunity to show your loved ones personal appreciation again. We will tell you how to formulate the thank you after the wedding and which tips will make writing easier.
After the stress of preparation and a lavish wedding celebration, are you on the verge of recovery? They can too, but sooner or later it will be time to face one last big wedding task – the thanksgiving after the wedding.
A small “thank you” to the guests for congratulations, gifts and happy celebrations is simply part of it and conveys that they are dear to you. Still, many couples put off saying thank you after the wedding because they don’t quite know where to start.
Write thanks for the wedding
Whether short, long or even in the form of a poem – the trick is to find a thank you text that suits you and appeals to all guests. The text can easily be printed on the cards, so all you have to do is add the guest’s name and your signature. Here are some examples of post-wedding thanksgiving inspiration:
Letters, cards, telegrams, flowers, gifts and personal words made our wedding an unforgettable day. Thank you very much!
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The honeymoon is over,
letters and cards read,
everyday life is back.
And now we say:
“Thank you”
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We accept the many kind congratulations and
attention to our wedding with great thanks. No day could have been more beautiful. It was unforgettable !
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It is a bit more complex, but also more personal, to dedicate a few handwritten lines to each guest in the thank you. So you can not only thank him for coming, but also refer to the wedding gift. Your loved ones will surely appreciate it when they find such a customized thank you in the mail a few weeks after the wedding:
Dear Aunt Marthe,
Felix and I were so happy to see you again at our wedding reception and we want to thank you again for the wonderful coffee service. We hope that you will soon inaugurate it with us – with apple pie and cream.
Kind regards
Anna & Felix
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Dear Aunt Marthe,
Thank you for your generous wedding gift. I know you don’t like giving gifts of money, but since we’re redecorating our apartment, it really suits us. Thanks to your help, we can finally treat ourselves to the cozy couch we’ve had our eyes on for a long time.
Kind regards
Anna and Felix
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Design a thank you note for the wedding
A thank you note for the wedding naturally also shines with its loving design. Use a special wedding photo to commemorate the great atmosphere of the day. This can be a classic picture of the newlywed couple, but also a detail of the wedding celebration or a photo with the wedding guest.
It is particularly harmonious when the cards for the thanksgiving after the wedding are adapted to the rest of the wedding stationery. Graphic elements or certain colors run like a red thread through wedding invitations , church books and thanksgiving after the wedding. That is why it is also advisable to have the entire wedding stationery handled by a service provider. Design and quality do not vary and a good price for the complete package can possibly be negotiated.
Thanksgiving after the wedding: tips for motivation
1) Make a list
A list with the names of the guests and their wedding gifts will help you to keep track. If you have set up a wedding table, you can ask the provider for this list. Otherwise, using the greeting cards, it shouldn’t be a problem to match each gift to the right guest. Don’t forget to tick the appropriate box after each wedding thank you note is complete.
2) Start early
All thanks in one go? With a long guest list, this can be exhausting and harbors the risk that the last cards will be “done” rather carelessly. Better start early and aim for a stack every day. However: The last thanks should be off the table no later than six to eight weeks after the wedding.
3) Be creative but also practical
An individual text in each thank you for the wedding is a sign of special appreciation. But if you rack your brains for new formulations, you may never get it done. Prepare a few “key phrases” that you can quickly combine and modify. This way you can make quick progress and still give the thank you for the wedding a personal touch.
4) Rely on teamwork
Get to work together – this way you’ll progress faster and it’s also more fun. Maybe the creative part of you both does the lyrics and the other wraps up and addresses the thanks for the wedding? Or do you share the guest list fairly among yourselves?
5) Make yourself comfortable
Reserve a corner of the household exclusively to write the post-wedding thank you note. A comfortable workplace where everything is ready to hand – pens, lists, envelopes, stamps – gives you additional motivation and armed with a hot latte or tea, the next thank you for the wedding is easier to do.