Although I haven’t gotten all my pictures yet, I did get a sneak preview. And because I wanted to give those who couldn’t make it a wedding picture, I was overjoyed that Wedding Paper Divas has a line of photo cards to select from. Since then, I’ve been playing around with all of their beautiful, modern photo cards to see which one I might send. The fun part of it is that you can customize any photo card, not just the thank you ones. The card that I ended up choosing, however, surprised me. Because the picture I chose had so much details on it, I found that a simple card worked best and decided on the Contemporary Solid Thank You Cards: Willow. Here is the result.

We’re still waiting for our photos and since I wanted to send everyone a thank you with a picture of us at the wedding, our thank you notes are also overdue. This is definitely a lesson learned. Remember to be careful when reading your vendor contracts. I had no idea that it would take 2 months to receive our pictures! Anyway, I decided to use the time to figure out what we should do about our thank yous.

Because so many guests complimented us about our wedding music, I thought of making CD’s for them. Packaging for CD’s can be found online and several companies such as Beau-coup allow you to customize your own wedding labels.

In addition, there are a lot of gorgeous thank you cards that you can send with the CD’s. And if you’re going to use your website as a thank you website like I mentioned in my last entry, having a thank you card you can personalize is a great way to tell guests to revisit the website to view pictures from the wedding. Here is a sweet and modern thank you card that would match well with our wedding colors.

If you choose this card, it will perfectly match your wedding website, invitations and the rest of your stationery.

By guest blogger Geeta Sachdeva

Earlier this week, the DVD for ‘27 dresses was released. I decided to finally watch it having missed the 2008 flick on the big screen. While I thought it was quite entertaining, I also realized what a privilege it is to have a bridesmaid who is the epitome of selflessness and always puts your needs before her own! If this is anything like your bridesmaids, take the opportunity to thank them with a party. Whether it’s a traditional luncheon, a night on the town or a weekend stay at a resort, throwing them a party will give you time to relax and unwind and also allow your attendants to meet and get to know each other (especially any out-of-towners) before the big day!

In addition, send them a personal note with our monogrammed thank you card. They are the perfect way to say thanks!

I love getting ideas about doing traditional things in a new way. That’s why I was so excited when I came up with this idea!

You got your place cards in order but how about those table cards? If you’re like me and want something attractive, unique and functional you might want to try this.

Choose a folded thank you card and personalize the text to read Table Number instead of your names. You can fill in the table numbers by hand and then, write the names of guests who will be sitting at that table inside the card. Simply place the card near your centerpiece to beautify your table and to help guests learn who they will be sitting next to. These two are from the Wedding Paper Divas Letterpress line. Cool huh?

Romantic Rosette:Petal Pink

Garden Blooms: Antique Gold

This past weekend, a friend and I were digging through her now 10 year old treasure chest of wedding memorabilia. Magazines and invitations looked so antique even though her wedding to her seemed just a few years ago. One of the coolest treasures was finding a handwritten thank you card that never got sent. We were laughing at how in-depth and detailed this well written note was and how unfortunate that with all her husband’s hard work it never got sent.

It got me thinking about the importance of keeping track of your thank you cards and also sending them early. I remember distinctly sending a gift to a wedding I never attended and not receiving a card until several months after the event. Later, I realized that the couple wanted to wait to send pictures of their honeymoon with their card. But at the time, visions of lost packages kept me awake at night.

Etiquette says that you should send your thank you cards about two weeks after you receive your gifts. I think in the long run this makes sense since it prevents you from doing them all at once. I remember sitting next to a recently wed couple. They spent their entire return flight from their honeymoon writing all of their thank you cards! While some folks might like the idea of spending 5 hours straight doing it all at once, to me this seems like a nightmare and not the way I would want to end my much awaited honeymoon.

Whether you keep track of who gives what on your own personal created excel sheet or track them online (a variety of wedding websites and online registries gives you this option), I think planning ahead makes for a more sincere thank you card and less sleepless nights on both ends.

With so many modern and stylish cards, there’s really no excuse not to send them. Here’s a few I love.

Romantic Rosette: Lagoon

Sophisticated Monogram: Moonstruck