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thank you cards

Offbeat doesn’t mean ungrateful! While we might be all about bucking tradition in a lot of ways, we believe that thank you cards are a must, especially in this age of buying wedding gifts online, and using alternative registry options like honeymoon registries or charity registries. All this in mind, here’s Offbeat Wed’s thank you card advice…

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Wedding etiquette basics every bride, groom, and marrier should know

The guests you’re inviting to your wedding love and support you enough to take time out of their schedules to celebrate with you. Here are a few wedding etiquette basics to convey you see them and appreciate them for showing up for you.

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Copy and paste wedding Thank You note templates (with real registry items) to help get you started

More-often-than-not Thank You card-writing is seen as a tedious task. And not everyone is good at writing out their feels. So I thought I’d help you cheat a little with some Thank You card prompts. (Illustrated with the real gifts from our registry.) So feel free to copy and paste these Thank Yous, and add any of these items to your registry, then make them all your own…

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How to thank people when “thank you” isn’t enough

Everyone got thank-you notes, except the core group of five people who were instrumental in making this whole wedding happen. We’re a close-knit group of geeky, quirky friends and I’ve been at my wits end for months as to how to properly thank these folks. And at last it came to me a few days ago and I kick myself for not thinking of it sooner…

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When to send out all those damn wedding cards and invitations

Save the Dates, shower and bachelor/ette parties, wedding invitations, Thank You cards… when do you need to send out all those damn wedding things? Well, first of all, you don’t NEED to send anything (except Thank You notes), and every wedding is works differently. But here’s a super-helpful guide to when to send out wedding info for maximum efficiency purposes…