Though you may have planned your wedding for months or even years and spared no expense for the finest venue, dress, flowers and food – the reality is, that wedding is for you and yours.
Watching the people you love celebrate their love is a joyous event, and most guests don’t feel as though they have to be thanked to be present. However, a little bit of gratitude goes a long way, and having a memento in the form of a photograph or postcard from the special day is invaluable for some family and close friends.
This is especially the case for extended family who might have had to travel for the occasion, and grandparents want to add another photo to their fridge door. Plus, it’s important to consider that while wonderfully enjoyable, no one has to attend your wedding, and if they do – they’re likely going to have to purchase a whole new outfit, pay for transportation and choose a gift off of that expansive registry.
Though your wedding day is rightly all about you and your partner, it’s important to thank those who agreed to be part of it for coming along for the ride. While some wedding invitation bundles come with dedicated, matching thank you cards – the vast majority of them don’t. This means you’ll have to think ahead and purchase some proper thank you cards for after the event.
Don’t shift in your seat just yet – we know it’s another expense, but it’s a worthy one. What’s more, it’s an opportunity to save on bulk buying some joint letter-writing stationery for you and your partner for future, fancy married-life correspondences. Forget something borrowed and something blue, real love is dedicated family stationery sets.
As such, we’ve rounded up a selection of the best wedding thank you cards and couples’ stationery sets on the market.
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Moo Super Postcards
Known as ‘super’ postcards for a reason, these ultra-strong yet silky smooth to the touch cards by Moo come in a variety of sizes and are endlessly customisable. Perfect wedding hosts that value high-quality products, these velvety postcards are shine-free and can be coated on both sides depending on whether you’d like the option to handwrite a message on the back.
With a hefty 380gsm paper weight and the option to add gold or silver foiling, these cards truly have it all. Prices start at 25 postcards from £25.
Buy now £25.00, Moo
Bonus Print Retro Pop Borders
Simple, personalisable and complete with a glorious yet subtle pop of colour – these value-for-money thank you cards are the final puzzle piece to completing all of your wedding preparations.
However, if you’d like the final image to be that of you and your partner on your wedding day, you’ll probably have to wait until those final photos come back before ordering. Not to worry, standard shipping with Bonus Print takes between just five to six working days.
Choose between folded photo cards or flat photo cards. Prices start from £7.19 for a set of 10 cards and 10 white envelopes.
Buy now £7.19, Bonus Print
L'Oceano Notecard Set
The master of personalised stationery, Papier has plenty of unique, contemporary designs to choose from when it comes to dedicated thank you cards. We think the L’Oceano notecard set is particularly beautiful, and very suitable for those who have held destination weddings.
However, you can browse through a variety of other designs – including a gorgeous wave border design, and a beautiful vintage-inspired combed marble design. We’d order some extra for your future married-life correspondences if we were you.
Prices start from £36 for 20 cards.
Buy now £36.00, Papier
Beyond Grateful Elegant Script Wedding Photo Thank You Card
Lost your creative spark in a post-wedding slump? Fear not, for this template from Zazzle has got you covered. Simply choose your favourite photo from your special day to adorn the front of the card and edit the typed message to suit your voice and style. A simple token of appreciation that won’t require dozens of handwritten messages and a bad case of carpal tunnel, this is also a fantastic wallet-friendly option.
Prices start from £1.68 per card.
Buy now £1.68, Zazzle
Watercolour Venue Wedding Thank You Card
Sophisticated and oh-so elegant, a watercolour illustration of your wedding venue is the perfect keep-worthy solution to prevent your thank you cards from going straight in the bin. Simply send your chosen photo to BespokeInvites via Etsy, and they’ll convert your image into a stunning watercolour illustration.
The illustration and a typeface of your choosing will be printed onto 300gsm luxury Italian textured cardstock and supplied with a matching envelope in a colour that you can also choose.
Prices start from £44 for 10 cards.
Buy now £44.00, Etsy
XO Wildflower Card Set
Whether you’re a Beyoncé fan attempting to show off your love for the artist in a subtle manner, or simply adore the floral-adorned minimalist design of this thank you card from Papier – you’re in for a winner.
Though the front of the card can’t be personalised, you can add text to the inside and craft a generalised catch-all thank you message, which can be added to with an extra hand-written note at a later date. Each card is roughly £2.24 each, depending on what kind of bundle deal you go for.
£224 for 100 cards.
Buy now £224.00, Papier
Smythson Thank You Notelets
Let everyone know just how civilized you are in married life with these thank you notelets from Smythson. Choose from an ivory-white colourway or a scarlet red peekaboo envelope depending on how dramatic you’re feeling. Though a box of 10 cards is a whopping £30, you can’t put a price on pure sophistication.
Buy now £30.00, Smythson
Retro peach pink wedding thank you card
Simple, stylish and retro – these thank you cards are a fantastic option for those who went down the 70s/80s-inspired route for their wedding theme. Choose between a squared or rounded finish and even customise the texture and thickness of your paper via Zazzle.
Prices start from £2.55 per card.
Buy now £2.55, Zazzle
Pack of 10 A7 Gold Foiled Thank You Cards - Wedding Thank You Card
You can’t go wrong with a bit of sparkly, gold foiling. These simplistic thank you cards will certainly do the trick for all your post-nuptial messages of gratitude.
£6.95 for 10 A7 cards.
Buy now £6.95, Etsy
