Thank you cards

What to write in a thank you card

Sometimes, it can be hard to put your gratitude into words. If you need a little help deciding what to write in your thank you card , we can help. When using one of our online cards we set you up with pre-formatted thank you card text and offer a little verbal embellishment and artwork to make your grateful notes extra graceful. All of our sample thank you cards are fully customizable, and we recommend making the thank you card text specific to the gift or act of kindness you’re thanking the recipient for. If you are sending birthday thank you cards to multiple recipients after an event, it can be helpful to use the same general format—but make sure each message acknowledges the specific gift you received from the specific guest. A personalized thank you card is always appreciated. In addition to gifts, kindness, gratitude, support, hospitality, friendship, or ‘just because’ are all good reasons to send a thank-you card and brighten up someone’s day. We also have the perfect thank you cards for teachers and thank you essential workers .

When to send thank you cards

For smaller, intimate events, best to try to send thank you notes within a week or two. For wedding thank you cards , we recommend sending within three months of the celebration.

Designing your thank you card

Choosing the perfect thank you card design is easy with help from Paperless Post. Browse whimsical hand-drawn illustrations that help express your glee or something more understated to thank those who’ve bestowed you a very rarefied kindness. Funny thank you cards offer you a few punched-up jokes, for those of us without the benefit of a writer’s room, while cards with a wide open text field give your well-written plaudits plenty of breathing room. With cards from design experts including kate spade new york and Mr. Boddington’s Studio , you’ll find cards in style as exquisite as your manners.

Send online thank you cards

Our online design tool lets you customize any thank you card text with an artist’s craft and a pit crew’s efficiency. There’s even room for stunning digital backdrops, colored envelopes, and smartly patterned envelope liners, perfect for showing off a few last bits of visual panache. Send your thank you card off to your friend—who you can add to your online address book for future missives—and enjoy the satisfaction of a good deed done well. Use our free iOS and Android apps to customize cute thank you cards on the go in minutes. It’s that easy!