Saturday, July 30, 2011

Can I email my thank-you notes?


Hey ESB,

My invites are going out electronically and people are RSVP-ing on our wedding website.  

Can I do email thank you notes or should I do paper and snail mail? The email thank yous would include a message that is personal to the recipient along with a couple photos.

Thanks!!

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Are people EMAILING YOU YOUR PRESENTS, or are they perhaps utilizing snail mail/ups?

Photo courtesy of Nasty Gal via Clara Spencer-Phillips

18 comments:

  1. what is this world coming to?

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  2. People took the time to come to your wedding and to buy you stuff. Even if it only took them 15 minutes to buy your gift online it takes less than 15 minutes to hand write a nice, sincere thank you. Just do it.

    I promise no one will be offended that you hand-wrote a thank you card.

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  3. OH MY GOODNESS. Even a handwritten "Dear ______, Thank you for the __________. It is very _________." is better than an email.

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  4. Why digital invites?
    -that bitch from Germany

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  5. Agreed, no way. My grandma and I email, but when she sends me a gift, I MUST send her a handwritten formal thank you note, snail mail style, or she will stop speaking to me. Really. It's happened.

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  6. Agreed, a written note is the least you can do for someone who has spent money on buying you a wedding gift.

    However, an email beats the hell out of a Facebook message; which I received from my ex's wife after she tried to friend me. I should have never bought them those damn wine glasses as a "nice gesture."

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  7. I made the loveliest thank you cards using Pinhole Press. We chose a photo, message, then I hand-wrote a personal note for each guest. 25 cards were around $43. Love it!

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  8. Ha @ Jess. No good deed goes unpunished. But seriously, you earned some major karma points for that 'nice gesture'. I probably would have sent them a flaming bag of poop ... in which case a facebook messaged thank-you would have been completely appropriate. ;-)

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  9. I can't believe this is a serious question

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  10. This is only acceptable if your are 16 in which case you won't know what paper and pen are.

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  11. @nikki said it best. Actually, everyone did. Especially esb, as per usual.
    What happened to basic manners and thoughtfulness????

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  12. meh, email them if you want and attach some pictures. tbh, I'd rather have a timely, thoughful email with a photo then a hastily written thank you card EIGHT MONTHS later!

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  13. i can't even believe this question was asked. yes. handwritten thank you notes are REQUIRED.

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  14. nothing is required. it's your wedding, do whatever you want.

    people used to say e-invites were tacky (but it's economical and convenient and it's definitely catching on), one of these days e-thank you cards might be accepted to

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  15. I mean, I think a handwritten thank you note is way nicer, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at a heartfelt thank you email. It's not like you keep the thank you note...

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  16. I would hand write a thank you note + e-mail some photos. Best of both worlds. My uncle actually asked me not to send him a thank you note because he prefers things that are digital. As I had already written and addressed it, I took pictures of my handwritten note and emailed them to him. And I have to agree with J &amp--I would rather get a nice email with pics than a way-too-late handwritten note. Folks, you do not get a year to write thank-yous! You get a few months, max. Better late than never, sure, but come on.

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