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How to: Write wedding thank you notes

2 Oct

I think a lot of brides and grooms dread writing their thank you notes, but I love everything to do with good old fashion letter-writing. I love selecting my stationery, the pen I’ll use, choosing my stamps, selecting some type of return address label, stamp or sticker and finally settling down. With a latte. Or tea.

If you read my stamp post, you know we never got around to ordering a return address stamp or return address labels, so we made sure we had some for our thank you notes.   I designed 2 different ones to match our thank you card, plus one alternate that tied-in the stripes theme from our wedding:

Don’t worry, this isn’t our real address!

I’m really happy we opted to also get the ones with “Mr. & Mrs.” and a wedding dress/tux graphic on them because they are so cute! And we’ll only be newlyweds for so long, so I figured we should enjoy it while we can.

Writing our thank you notes was basically the last “Post-Nuptial” to-do on our list, we had a lot of fun planning them out.  Wedding Paper Divas has some of the most beautiful stationery I’ve ever seen, so we knew we’d go there for the card itself, but in terms of what to put ON the card, these were really the main inspiration for ours:

wedding thank you sign ideas

I can’t thank my friend Bridget enough for copying the script font so well & carving the wood signs we held in one of the thank you note photos!

We had a lot of fun taking the pics for them. Here are some of the outtakes:
But the most important part of a thank you note is the content, which may be where a lot of couples struggle. To be honest, I spent a lot more time searching high and low for a stationery etiquette resource that would explain whether “informals” were too formal for thank you notes and whether it is OK to write on the back of the card (since brevity isn’t my strong suit).
But for those struggling with what to write, I think it always helps to imagine what you would say if you were thanking someone in person. Personally, I’d want to express how thrilled I was to have seen them on such a special day, how loved and supported they made me feel, and if a gift was given to share not only my gratitude, but how, where, or when, we’ll use that gift. I found a great resource in Southern Living magazine that should help you get started. And if all else fails, always write from the heart.
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Easy DIY wedding project: Mr. + Mrs. Postcards

19 Jul


Look what we had waiting for us when we returned from our honeymoon. Dozens of postcards from friends and family detailing their favorite memories from our wedding, advice for the future, and wishes for our new life. Possibly one of the best, easiest, most meaningful, and inexpensive little DIY projects we did for our wedding. THANK YOU ALL so much for taking the time to fill these out and return them to us. They made our return from paradise a little brighter.

How we did ours:
1. First, we  purchased an assortment of Boston postcards. If we’d thought of it sooner, we could have sought out cards from the various places we’ve traveled to together like Florence or NYC, or even Hawaii, to make it more personal.

2. Then we stamped and addressed them to ourselves. Don’t forget to write “the Newlyweds” or Mr. and Mrs. (whatever names will be). We thought our Aloha stamps were perfect.

3. Finally, we tucked a card into each hotel gift bag along with a welcome letter asking friends and family to please fill them out with and leave them at the front desk so we would have something to look forward to when we got home from our honeymoon. (Mission accomplished. We had over 30 to read through!)


A few additional tips for other brides out there:

– Destination wedding? Give TWO pre-stamped postcards. One filled out for you and one for each guest/couple

– We purposely opted to do these via our hotel gift bags and not at the wedding so friends and family wouldn’t feel rushed to fill them out or share a favorite memory from the evening before it had even ended. But with some forethought, I bet it could be done at a wedding as well.

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our wedding highlights film

18 Jul

It’s finally here!!! Ahhh! We love it and hope you do too.

Wendy & Brian from Boston Wedding Films on Vimeo.

7 fun facts about this film:

1. There were about 15 people in the room when I got dressed so I wore a robe literally right into my gown.

2. Tearfest 2012, started as soon as my dress was on and I realized I was headed to see Brian for our “first look”.

3. To stop the tears, Stacey Fruci mimed flashing me off-camera, which made me burst out laughing

4. Then you’ll hear Cait say: “Marget Thatcher, baseball, cold showers!!!”

5. We took some photos on a pretty tree-covered path at Turner Pond, near the Milton Hoosic Club. At one point, my cathedral-length veil was covered in pine needles, sticks, and other debris!

6. The guy that gets pecked on the cheek is Jeremy. Brian LOVES Jeremy. They’d heard about each other for ages but finally met at the wedding. Jeremy became engaged to his girlfriend Alysse shortly after our wedding. (Congrats, guys!)

7. Can our guests dance or what? I’m talking to you Matt & Alexa Mason, the Viteri’s, Aunt Jean (love it!), Kev & Cailyn, and at the very end, our favorite couple: Matt Mason and Matthew D’Angelo (amazing!).

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