| If you have a large wedding you might be inundated by | | | | process out. |
| how many gifts you receive. It can be overwhelming | | | | Don't be short. Since your friends and family took time |
| to get so many presents at one time, in the middle of | | | | out of their busy lives to not only show up to your |
| all of the planning and running around that a wedding | | | | wedding and your reception, but also put some money |
| entails. What you'll want to do is be very organized | | | | and thought into a gift you'll want to try to give |
| about how you handle the incoming of gifts. Don't let | | | | something back in the thank you note. You can do this |
| them pile up because you'll get confused at some point | | | | by writing personalized heartfelt messages to each |
| and this can lead to big trouble. Since you'll want to | | | | and every guest. If they open up a thank you note to |
| personally thank everyone that gave you a gift, you | | | | find one or two sentences with a generic message |
| should follow these steps to Thank You success: | | | | they may feel a little cheated. Try to share a personal |
| Set up a file. When you have all of the information at | | | | story from the wedding, like if you danced with them |
| your fingertips you can write more detailed thank you | | | | to a specific song you could include that you had a |
| notes by including the gift in the thank you note. You | | | | nice time dancing, or you liked doing The Hustle with |
| can say how much you enjoy it, or how much you will | | | | them. Anything to make it more meaningful. |
| enjoy it. | | | | What you can't do is not send thank you notes. It's bad |
| Write them early. Try to get as many notes written | | | | karma at the very least. Your guests took the time |
| before the wedding as possible. Write them as you | | | | and the expense of buying you a gift, so even if you |
| receive the gifts because that way the joy of getting | | | | don't like it, send a heartfelt thank you. Focus on the |
| the gift will be fresh in your mind. You don't have to | | | | time and care that went into getting you the gift and |
| send them out until after the wedding but writing them | | | | feel a sense of obligation to thank them properly. Even |
| as they come in is the best policy. If you can't get to | | | | though it may seem like a daunting task, once you |
| them before the wedding, start on them immediately | | | | finish writing all of your thank you notes you will feel |
| after. Well, not immediately after, but after the | | | | really good that the process is completed. |
| honeymoon at least. You don't want to drag this | | | | |