Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Thank You Notes By Cori Meloney or talents, hosted or entertained, or went beyond the call of duty to help you. What Thank you cards can be ordered with the invitations so the stationery coordinates or you can also buy thank you notes at any department or office supply store. Be creative! We read about one couple who collected postcards on their honeymoon to use for thank you notes. You can also use nice stationery or cards with your names, monogram or picture on them. How Thank you notes should be handwritten and personal. Your guests will welcome seeing a personal note in their daily mail of bills and flyers. In the note, reference the gift and express your appreciation. If you’ve got writer’s block, there are many books and websites out there with suggested note text and phrases. And, if it starts to feel repetitive to you, remember that your guests are only going to read the individual note. If you just can’t seem to get started, plan a special night for you and your spouse. If you work on them together, you’ll get some quality newlywed time and those notes will get done in no time! When you get back from your honeymoon, one of your first tasks as husband and wife is to send out thank you notes. Here are some guidelines. When Whether you had 50 or 250 guests, its important that these notes be sent out as soon after the wedding as possible; etiquette experts say they should arrive no later than three months after your wedding. (Though, better late than not at all if three months go by and you’re just getting started on the notes!) If you receivedd a gift before the wedding, try to send the note within two weeks of receipt of the gift. You’ll be happy you got a jump start on your notes, and your guests will know that the gift arrived safely. Who Send thank you notes to anyone who: gave a gift or money, shared their time 70 | SOUTHERN MARYLAND WEDDINGS WINTER / SPRING 2009