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easy, breezy, (almost) painless thank you notes
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When you need to write a thank-you note
Naturally, of course, you already know that there’s no excuse for not
writing those thank you notes for wedding gifts, shower gifts, birthday
gifts, holiday gifts and the like. Especially if the gift was sent to
you and opened from afar, rather than oohed and aahhed over in the giver’s
presence. Personally, it doesn’t bother me at all if someone skips the
note when they’ve already thanked me for the gift in person, but even
I, an avowed thank-you-note-loather, will concede that there’s little
more vexing than the lack of an acknowledgement when you’ve had a gift
sent to someone’s house – there’s always that worry that they in
fact never received it. The basic rule is this: if you haven’t
expressed your thanks in person, you’re duty-bound as a thoughtful and
considerate quasi-adult to give your thanks in writing. No excuses. In
all other instances, however, the note’s still a sweet thought, and
one that’s sure to be appreciated.
Beyond the usual gift-giving occasions, there are a few other times
that also call for a nice handwritten thank you note. It’s awfully
nice, for instance, to take the time to send a thank you note to someone
who has let you stay in their home for a visit, or if someone hosts a
get-together in your honor.
Fun ideas to make writing the dreaded thank you notes less painful
I come up with excuses aplenty to put off writing my thank you notes,
but the biggest and most common has to be the "But I don’t have
any notecards" rationalization. Always keep your desktop stocked
with thank you cards, blank cards, or pretty stationery, and you’ll
give yourself one less excuse to put off writing those thank you’s
when the occasion to do so eventually arises. Because I’m afflicted
with a strange, potentially debilitating disorder that prevents me from
just going out and buying pre-printed cards like any normal, sane
person, I force myself to make stacks of thank-you notes from time to
time, so that they’ll be ready to go when the necessity for them
arises. Looking for alternatives to the traditional note card? Some
cheap and easy ideas ...
• Say cheese: Put your digital camera or Polaroid I-Zone to use:
take a cheesy-silly-cute snapshot of you with the gift and mount it
on cardstock. Write your thank you note on the back.
• Buy yourself some pretty stationery and fold it in half to make a
card. Easy, instant note cards, with absolutely zero fuss.
• Rubber stamp it! Even if you have zero artistic ability, you can
produce some very pretty, handmade cards using rubber stamps. For
quick and easy do-it-yourself elegance, use gold or silver ink on
fancy, colored cover-weight paper.
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