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Invitations & Thanks You Notes

 

Dear Mrs. Figgins: 

I am engaged and just beginning to plan our wedding.

Is it OK to send wedding invitations and thank you notes via email?  We want to save money wherever possible, but also want follow proper etiquette? 

Please advice. 

Cindy and Jake, Florida

 

Dear Cindy and Jake: 

Emails are not always appropriate, especially for formal affairs such as weddings. 

If your wedding is so informal that you would be comfortable extending the invitation over the phone, then an e-mail is acceptable. 

Wedding invitations:   should be printed and sent via regular mail, save highly unusual circumstances where time is of the essence.  

Thank You notes:   should be handwritten and sent for each gift received.

Best wishes!

Mrs. Figgins

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