What To Say In A Wedding Card

Writing the wedding cards and finding the best words for this might be a big challenge for many guests. It can be quit hard to express your support and congratulations for the happy couple and to put in that wedding card all the emotions and fulfilled desired that you wish for the young couple.

While a lot of guests usually send wedding gifts there are other guests that besides wedding gifts they also send wedding cards. In this way they can send some good thoughts to the happy couple as well, besides the present they've got from you.  They hope you are happy because of their union but a wedding card to show this isn't a bad idea at all.  So if you continue reading this article, it will give you some good ideas about what should you write in a wedding card to make it as meaningful as possible?  The wedding card for you can become a great memory for the wedding couple of course regarding you.

While there are many things that can personalize a wedding card there are some things that must be said in a wedding card:

*Wisdom: if you are a couple that's already married it is understood that you have the wisdom you need. These couples often add a little bit of marital advice to the new married couple. Even if they use it or not. It's a nice thing to do as a married couple for such a long time.
*Love: showing your love and appreciation for the couple shows the romantic side of you and the fact that you really felt the happy day.
*Welcome: if you're one of the new family that the bride will get in as the new member a welcome note will make her feel better, maybe not that shy anymore and more confident. Show her that you care and that she/he is very welcome in your family.
*Congratulations: of course congratulations are in order. A wedding is a true celebration of life, so what you must do for sure is to congratulate the happy couple for their union.

As there are things that have to be said in a wedding card, there are also things that have not to be said in a wedding card. Things like:

*Judgment: a wedding day is a day for happiness and celebrations, not for judgment. Even if it's a positive judgment you shouldn't write that on a wedding card. It will be taken at criticizing and anyway, it's not a good time at all. Keep the judgment for later if it's a must.
*Explanations: There are many guests that might not be able to afford a gift or either to be able to join the party. If this happens you shouldn't under any circumstances write apologizes or explanations on the wedding card. The wedding card is a place for sending love and appreciation, not explanations and apologizes.
*Criticism: It doesn't matter what's the state of the couple and how is the way they decide to get married, it's their business and nobody should criticize this. It's not at all what you should do. It's their problem and you should be there to make them smile and happy not to criticize them in the wedding notes you sent.
*Long letters: when writing a wedding note you should know that it has to be short and precise. Even the name: wedding note says that. Even if you are caught in deep emotion and if you like to share more of those feelings with the soon married couple, you shouldn't do this through the wedding note. Keep it simple and maybe give a couple a call after the wedding in order to share with them all your feelings.

Here are some tips of how to write the best wedding note:

-Be sincere and talk about your feelings towards the event. If you feel like you have too many things to say and you might not stop in time, find a card with a prewritten verse and send this one. Is better than a 2 pages wedding note.
-Use a not-smearing pen. You don't want any smudged ink when the wedding card is closed.
-Greed both groom of the bride, even if you are friends just with one of them it's not the best thing to forget one half of the couple, because now they are a union.
-Sign your name clearly so the couple won't have to try guessing who sent the nice wedding card.

Now that you know what to write and what not to write in the wedding card, you should also know when to send the wedding cards. So, the wedding card should be sent one or two weeks before the important event.  If there are some events that can't allow you to send the wedding card in time, you should send it as soon as possible after the wedding but not longer than 2 weeks after the event and you should write a brief apology regarding the reasons that didn't let you to send the wedding card in time. This brief apology shows respect and appreciation for the happy couple.

While there are many resources that will offer you the phrases that you need and the words you should know that is always better to come up with something yourself. It will always be more appreciated and it will always be a personal memory for the happy couple. Use those wordings as a model, but make your own and be sure that the wedding couple will notice that as fast as it will read it. A wedding note is not just a message that you want to send to the happy couple, is more than this. You can make it very personal and loving and in this is the most important thing. In the end your little attention will become one of the couple's most precious memories. Have fun writing it because that's important too!