What to Do With Your Wedding Cards: 7 Keepsake Ideas
By FONDLORE
After the confetti settles, most couples are left with a stack of wedding cards full of heartfelt messages, in-jokes and good wishes from the people they love most. It feels wrong to throw them away, yet they so often end up in a box in the loft. If you are wondering what to do with your wedding cards, here are seven ideas to keep those words close.
1. Turn them into a wedding card collage
A personalised wedding card collage brings the cards and messages from your day together in one keepsake you can actually display. Instead of hiding in a drawer, your guests’ words become part of your home, and the piece makes a meaningful first anniversary gift too.
2. Create a wedding memory box
Choose a sturdy box and keep the cards alongside your order of service, a pressed flower from the bouquet, the cake topper and any notes you wrote to each other on the morning. Label it with your names and wedding date and open it each anniversary.
3. Read them again on your first anniversary
Many couples barely have time to read every card properly on the day. Set a few aside, unopened or unread, and enjoy them together over dinner on your first anniversary. It is a lovely way to relive the celebration a year on.
4. Make a wedding scrapbook
Pair your favourite messages with photographs from the day. A simple scrapbook with one guest per page, their card and a photo of them at the wedding becomes a record of who was there to celebrate with you.
5. Keep the most special messages from family
Cards from grandparents, parents and those who could not be there often mean the most. Keep these somewhere safe and accessible, so they can be shared with children and grandchildren in years to come.
6. Use them for your thank-you notes
Before you store your cards away, use them as a checklist for thank-you notes. Mentioning something specific a guest wrote makes your thank you feel personal rather than formal.
7. Recycle the envelopes, keep the words
If space is the issue, keep the cards and messages but recycle the envelopes and any packaging. You will be surprised how much space this saves without losing anything meaningful.
Keep your wedding memories on display
Whichever idea you choose, the aim is the same: to keep the love and kindness of your wedding day close. If you would like something you can hang on the wall rather than hide in a box, explore our personalised wedding gifts.
What to Do With Your Wedding Cards: 7 Keepsake Ideas
After the confetti settles, most couples are left with a stack of wedding cards full of heartfelt messages, in-jokes and good wishes from the people they love most. It feels wrong to throw them away, yet they so often end up in a box in the loft. If you are wondering what to do with your wedding cards, here are seven ideas to keep those words close.
1. Turn them into a wedding card collage
A personalised wedding card collage brings the cards and messages from your day together in one keepsake you can actually display. Instead of hiding in a drawer, your guests’ words become part of your home, and the piece makes a meaningful first anniversary gift too.
2. Create a wedding memory box
Choose a sturdy box and keep the cards alongside your order of service, a pressed flower from the bouquet, the cake topper and any notes you wrote to each other on the morning. Label it with your names and wedding date and open it each anniversary.
3. Read them again on your first anniversary
Many couples barely have time to read every card properly on the day. Set a few aside, unopened or unread, and enjoy them together over dinner on your first anniversary. It is a lovely way to relive the celebration a year on.
4. Make a wedding scrapbook
Pair your favourite messages with photographs from the day. A simple scrapbook with one guest per page, their card and a photo of them at the wedding becomes a record of who was there to celebrate with you.
5. Keep the most special messages from family
Cards from grandparents, parents and those who could not be there often mean the most. Keep these somewhere safe and accessible, so they can be shared with children and grandchildren in years to come.
6. Use them for your thank-you notes
Before you store your cards away, use them as a checklist for thank-you notes. Mentioning something specific a guest wrote makes your thank you feel personal rather than formal.
7. Recycle the envelopes, keep the words
If space is the issue, keep the cards and messages but recycle the envelopes and any packaging. You will be surprised how much space this saves without losing anything meaningful.
Keep your wedding memories on display
Whichever idea you choose, the aim is the same: to keep the love and kindness of your wedding day close. If you would like something you can hang on the wall rather than hide in a box, explore our personalised wedding gifts.