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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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Should I open and use these wedding gifts before my wedding?

We received our first registry gift (yay!) and the wedding is now two months away (eep!). The gift came wrapped, so we do not know exactly what it is, and we do know that the senders will not be able to attend the wedding. Is it okay to open the gift now, so we can write a thank-you note and send it out ASAP, or do we wait until the wedding to open it and send a thank-you? If we do open the gift early, is it bad form to start using it?

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Skip the receiving line and do photos together instead

Ah, the receiving line. That thing that many couples sorta dread, where you stand there awkwardly smiling and hugging people and maybe feeling awkward (…or worse). We loved Mary & Craig’s solution…

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I don’t know if someone got us a wedding gift… should I send a thank you card?

Now that the wedding is over, we have a list of 10 couples who came to the wedding, and did not give anything. It concerns me, because I am hoping that nothing got lost. I just don’t want to mess something up (etiquette wise). And I don’t want to ASK these people if they gave something, in case they didn’t. But the WORST would be not thanking them if they did give something but we just didn’t receive it. What do I do?

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Signs, cards, and zombies: 11 “thank yous” for post-wedding warm fuzzies

Here in the U.S. we’re celebrating Thanksgiving today. Lots of countries have a version of this holiday: Canada and Grenada’s in October, Liberia’s earlier this month, and the Netherlands shares our date. Here on Offbeat Bride we have a lot to be thankful for, like our awesome readers, supportive community, advertisers that keep us going, and amazing guest posters. From all of us, we thank you for all you do.