photo only thank you cards

sweetestlife28 · September 2013

do these exist or did i create them in my head?

i want to order thank you cards to send out after my son's birthday. ideally i'd like it to be a photo of him with a pre-printed thank you message on it so i don't have to handwrite every card (i have always sent hand written ones but really want to save time and effort).

most of the photo cards i see are actual cards, so the photo is on the front but then the card opens and is blank inside,

any suggestions on where i should look?

Wipz · September 2013

How about the flat cards on shutterfly or walgreens.. even if they call them birth announcements cards on the freebie offer you can use them for other things..I made my thank you cards with the free birth announcement offer.

Katie829 · September 2013

We got ours from walmart.com. You can get them anywhere- CVS, Tinyprints, shutterfly, etc.

Wipz · September 2013

LalaMama81 said:

Please don't do this. It does not take that much time to write a thank you note. The whole point is to heartfully thank the giver for their gift and thoughtfulness.

I left mine blank on the rear for just that reason..

jnnfrrose6 · September 2013

LalaMama81 said:

Please don't do this. It does not take that much time to write a thank you note. The whole point is to heartfully thank the giver for their gift and thoughtfulness.

Agree. It really doesn't take that long to write a short note thanking someone for the gift. Do it during nap time or at night if you need to.

allardr · September 2013

Wipz said:

How about the flat cards on shutterfly or walgreens.. even if they call them birth announcements cards on the freebie offer you can use them for other things..I made my thank you cards with the free birth announcement offer.

This, shutterfly flat cards can be used for anything & everything! I do suggest though photo on front and on back even just 2-3 sentence hand written thank you. I generally spread writing them out over a few days so like every day I write 3-4 at nap time. Not bad done that way.

FemShep · September 2013

OP, just to share a perspective, I've been pretty offended when I received just photo cards in the past. I feel like I take the time to select a gift I think you'd like and make sure it gets to you-and you can't be bothered to spend two minutes to write a simple, "FemShep, thanks so much for the wonderful play grocery cart. Little OP loves playing with it, and it meant so much to us that you helped celebrate his birthday! Love, OP". I know I'm a hardass about this, but I frankly think any gift you receive is worth a genuine thank you-and generic cards don't cut it. Please rethink your plans, the two minutes you'd spend on a personal note mean a tremendous amount.

melody921 · September 2013

FemShep said:

OP, just to share a perspective, I've been pretty offended when I received just photo cards in the past. I feel like I take the time to select a gift I think you'd like and make sure it gets to you-and you can't be bothered to spend two minutes to write a simple, "FemShep, thanks so much for the wonderful play grocery cart. Little OP loves playing with it, and it meant so much to us that you helped celebrate his birthday! Love, OP". I know I'm a hardass about this, but I frankly think any gift you receive is worth a genuine thank you-and generic cards don't cut it. Please rethink your plans, the two minutes you'd spend on a personal note mean a tremendous amount.

Guess I'm a hardass too, bc I'd also write actual notes. Flat photo cards with a short note on the back sounds like an easy plan.

tbmadeamistake · September 2013

I agree that a personal note is nice, but I'm also of the "anything is better than nothing" camp. If this is what you have the time to do, great.

Also, for my daughter's first birthday thank you cards, I wrote super generic messages and had C scribble all over the bottom of the card, her own little thank you. People loved it and it took me ten minutes to hand her a card, let her scribble, replace, and repeat until done. You could order the picture cards, write "Thanks from DS" on the back, and then have him scribble on them

PetuniaFeatherbottom · September 2013

A photo card is a...postcard? Not sure. And yeah, write two sentences.

Netty_3 · September 2013

I've ordered them on etsy. I wrote a short note on the back

lageorgiapaperie · September 2013

I did this for thank you notes last year:

https://www.theaccidentalwallflower.com/2012/12/photo-thank-you-cards.html

With the pictures I sent an actual thank you card. I just wanted a way to share the photos I took from our cake smash. I made the "thank you" and "love Harry" pictures in PhotoShop and put the card together in PicMonkey. Then printed them at Walgreens for super cheap.

HTH!

cmt115 · September 2013

thanks for the info. good idea to switch up the birth announcements to what I'm looking for.

i knew this would draw some opinions but since i handwrite thank you's for everything i don't think sending a pre printed thank you one time will be the end of the world.

maybe i'd even hand write a thank you on the back and trace my son's hand or something - i think thats creative and fun and a better option than writing a redundant message!

mommymegan831 · September 2013

cmt115 said:

thanks for the info. good idea to switch up the birth announcements to what I'm looking for.
i knew this would draw some opinions but since i handwrite thank you's for everything i don't think sending a pre printed thank you one time will be the end of the world.
maybe i'd even hand write a thank you on the back and trace my son's hand or something - i think thats creative and fun and a better option than writing a redundant message!

I disagree, I'd rather a redundant message than an outline of your son's hand, but I'd expect a thank you for the actual gift I gave, not a redundant message.

I recently went to a bridal shower, about 2 days after the shower I got a card with a pre-written message something like "written, spoken, or given thank you for your generosity love bride and groom's name. It really wanted to cut their wedding gift in half I was so offended, if it was my family I would have, but DH insisted on giving a regular gift, nothing outstanding, but fair.

[Deleted User] · September 2013

Really, how hard is it to just write a genuine thank you? Please don't do this. It's thoughtless and tacky.

BabyB&B · September 2013

In our group of close friends and family, we all have many kids and little time! We don't even send thank you cards after birthdays or Christmas (although we do for everything else) and everyone is just fine with that because that is what is appropriate for us! The one page "flat" cards are great, though. We generally do invites and Christmas cards that way. I keep all of them in an album so I can watch all the little ones grow up!

CutiesMommy420 · September 2013

I agree... I am not big on just photo only and a generic couple of words. For my daughters 1st birthday I actually DIY the cards... I got blank fold-over note cards, I stamped the front with "Thank you" in pink ink and then slit openings on the front and placed a wallet sized professional photo of my daughter's cake smash. Doing this allows each guest to remove the photo from the card and frame it or put it on their fridge, etc. Inside the note card I wrote out to each and every single person... I had about 20 of these to do. I just think its tacky and I am not a fan when I receive them in the mail....

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