Happy Thanksgiving!…

Our Perfect Wedding Guide teams across the country wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Head Over Heels blogging team thought today was the perfect opportunity to talk about being thankful, thank you notes and thanking guests for attending your wedding.

Here’s to the bridesmaids!

We know with the stress of work, relationships, and family all rolled into wedding planning it is sometimes difficult to fight off having a bridezilla moment.

Sometimes this stress comes out toward your bridesmaids. They are your posse, they are there for you, but they also have a lot going on in their own world. When life gets tough, take a deep breath and thank your wedding party for all of their love and support. They are in it for the long haul.

How long do we have to write thank you notes?

This question has probably been asked for as long as people have been getting married. The honest answer is ASAP!

If you write thank you notes a few at a time was engagement, shower and wedding gifts start to come in it is much easier than trying to write hundreds after your honeymoon.

People used to say that you have a year to write your thank you notes, but life moves faster, and people are used to nearly instant gratification. Your goal should be to have all of the thank you notes finished within three months of returning from your honeymoon. we’re assuming you are taking a honeymoon right after your wedding

Pick good quality stationery or thank you notes, divide and concur you can both write thank you notes, they should be signed by both of you evens bridal shower notes. No calls, no texts, and no emails!

Special Thanks

Be sure to send a special thank you note to anyone who hosted an engagement party or shower for you. Special thank you notes and gifts for your wedding party are also a lovely touch. Special, personal gifts of thanks for parents, are also a beautiful touch.

Your rehearsal dinner is the perfect opportunity to thank parents and wedding party; it is a little more private, and you have time to share what their love and support means really.

Thank you for coming!

We rarely see receiving lines after a wedding ceremony, so thanking guests for attending your wedding needs to happen at some other point in your day.

We have found that finishing wedding portraits and heading to your cocktail hour is a great thought; just keep in mind that you will typically get about five steps into the reception when you hit a wall of guests. The guests who have to see you will find you.

Most couples work their way across the reception thank guests and chatting. We have found that starting with immediate family and working your way through older guests next and then on to the party crowd works well.

A public thank you sometime in the evening is a great way to offer your appreciation to everyone at one time in case you missed someone and also recognize your parents and wedding party.

At the end of the day, have a grateful heart.

Take a minute, sit back at your wedding reception, look at the room and remember that everyone is there because they love and support you.