Comments on: Thank You Notes: What’s Your Take?

By: Sara Grosi

Sara Grosi — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:31:04 +0000

Nothing can substitute face to face relationship! A piece of our personality is out handwritten card/letter. I believe that to dearest people in your life you should write letters yourself. But there are situation when handwritten notice is highly welcome to the person that do not know you handwrite. In that case you use ThankYouPen art iPhone application (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thank-you-pen/id432528350?mt=8#) which sends hand-written letters and greeting cards directly from iOS devices . You type your message and post team physically handwrites a message, address the envelope and mail it to the recipient.

By: Ms.Tee

Ms.Tee — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:49:54 +0000

Hey Katie! Somehow I missed this post, but I love the picture of you with your hubby. So very cute – your smile says it all. I try to send thank you notes for gifts, but I haven’t been as on top of it as I used to be. I do send e-card thank you’s sometimes, which I think is ok occasionally. :)

By: jenlynn

jenlynn — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:21:45 +0000

I am in favor of handwritten notes! The art of letter writing is a dying! I think taking a moment to handwrite a thank-you means so much more than a telephone call or a thank-you in an email. In the past – I have bought “pre-stamped” blank postcards from the post office. They are inexpensive and you have a little blank card to decorate! One way that I try to be green is to use “found paper” to make my own envelopes and stationary. Maybe it is the historian in me who sees everything as part of an “archive” to be preserved (or maybe I am just sentimental) but handwritten notes, ink on paper, opening a letter or receiving a postcard … a wonderful, simple pleasure!

By: theotherkatieinberlin

theotherkatieinberlin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:14 +0000

I also wanted to add that I am also a Southerner and because of our “Southern hospitality”, I grew up sending the cards, too. However, just because I grew up with it doesn’t mean I can’t send the recycled ones or do something else creative that is better for our environment. Like, give them a flower and just say, “Thank you.”

By: theotherkatieinberlin

theotherkatieinberlin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:10:00 +0000

I think if someone does a good deed for you, just tell them thank you by calling, emailing, face-to-face, and then do a good deed in return. I think just showing you care by doing something nice in return is enough. I don’t mean writing a letter, email, or making a call. I mean, if your friend makes you a cake for your birthday, make one for her or do something else that is equally as nice. I think people who always expect a thank you card are a bit stuffy. It’s not the 50′s anymore. Time changes trends and right now, thank you cards are on their way out. We need to be more respectful of the environment nowadays (you see where the past has brought us) and come up with more personal ways to thank people. That’s why I think the picture in an email of you holding up a “thank you” sign should mean more than a card, because you went out of your way to find a creative way to show your appreciation.

Just my two cents. :-)

By: whimsygirl

whimsygirl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:04:33 +0000

I battle my perfectionism here. I *want* to make handmade thank you cards out of recycled paper, but I will end up waiting 10 years to do it ‘right’.

Generally I email a picture of the recipients (usually kids) using the gift.