Thank you card etiquette

I think it's fine to include a picture so long as you also hand write a note. If you only do a pic to me that's rude and shows you can't be bothered to take the time. If I can take the time to get someone a gift I expect they can take the time to thank me.

That's exactly what it was! It was a picture of the bride and groom with a thank you sign lol. My one friend said how rude she thought it was. There are people who don't send thank you cards at all? That's pretty gross.

You should absolutely hand write a personal message to each person, thanking them for their specific gift. Sending only a pre-printed, impersonal message is rude, yes.

Whether or not you include a photo on the card is up to you. A personal message is most important.

I agree with PPs, those cards that are just a picture with a "thank you" sign are not very good etiquette. The picture is definitely optional, but the message should be handwritten.

You should always personalize it by something hand written. I recently received in with a beautiful photo if the bride & groom nothing handwritten nothing personal. While I loved the photo I felt offended they didn't write anything. Seemed like they just didn't care for were too lazy. Especially since this was for all 3 showers & the wedding.

I definitely feel like there should be some kind of hand-written note! I hand wrote each bridal shower thank you card. I don't know if I will be including a photo with the wedding gift cards.. but I am definitely going to write out each one thanking the guests personally.

Definitely hand write your thank you. We printed thank you cards on vistaprint with our picture on them and then hand wrote the actual thank you. It says a lot to the people receiving them that you took the time to write them.