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I’m finally finished with my thank you cards! It takes only 4 steps to create this simple pop-up, here’s how:
1. Trim liner to fit inside card as desired:
2. Fold liner in half and make 2 parallel cuts perpendicular to the fold line (size and location as desired, I chose 1/2″ to 2/3″ cuts with matching lengths apart):
3. Open liner and push in fold from the cuts:
4. Glue on desired cut out on the fold’s front face:
The front of a couple of our cards:
They open up like this (yes, one of them says ’many thanks… for being Awesomest Prime!’):
Photo+Quote cards from the Marriage Celebration Tree were also included with the corresponding TY cards:
I recycled as many materials as I could from the wedding. The signs contributed much to this project:
I used tape instead of glue to secure the signs so that I could reuse the paper and ribbons:
I tried several looks before I ended up with the relatively-easy-to-mass-produce versions you see above. Sewing paper is a huge pain in the butt!
We sealed them with some leftover wedding stickers from my cousin’s wedding. 
Paper is my least favorite craft so I procrastinated on these forever (in hindsight, I really should have outsourced this). It’s 5+ months after the wedding and I’m just now sending these out! I once heard that I had up to a year to send them out, so I’ve been holding on to that excuse all this time. It ain’t pretty, but it’s done! Woot!
When do you consider a TY card late? Are you giving yourself a time limit for sending out thank you cards?
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Is this a Penguin post, or a Green Tea post?
I’ll try to do them all in a month, but if my semester gets too busy, it might be 3-4
Where’d you get those crafty ideas? Were they brewing (hehe) up in your own mind?
Dang. I was going to write about my thank you cards, but now you just make mine look stupid. I mean they kind of were, stupidly simple, but that’s how I do things. You do things in the “super creative recycled chic” way.
Ditto @Mrs. Avocado. These are just way too gosh darned cute.
I love the pop ups! These cards are so cute and I think 5 months after is perfectly okay.
Just an FYI - etiquette says you have a year to SEND a present. Thank you notes are expected to be sent promptly - although a grace period is acceptable for presents given at the wedding on account of the fact that nobody should have to write Thank You notes on their honeymoon.
very nice job - so simple but it looks so good. For handmade cards, i think you get 5 months no problem. I was so exhausted from making the invites, menu cards, programmes, replies etc. that I used some simple and pretty Thank You note cards that I picked up at Michaels (Brides Magazine line, I think).
We got married Sept 6th and we made it our mission to have the cards out before we sent the Christmas cards out….. so 3 months?
Those are so cute! And mine are written, but 3 months after the wedding we still have not handed some out (we are hand-delivering, just as we did with the invites).
Wow, I would’ve never come up with an idea like this. They look great! And I love that you were able to recycle paper and ribbon you used before.
The TY cards turned out great. I wouldn’t have guessed paper was your least favorite craft
I think 5 months is OK, a year seems too long.
Those are AMAZING! I’m bookmarking this one. They’re much more involved than my stamped and embossed thank yous!
Those look great!
BTW, its 3 months from the wedding that you’re supposed to send them out. I don’t know where this 1 year business came from. Someone quoted Emily Post and if you go to the website it says 3 months, not 1 year.
I love the craftiness!
Those look GREAT! I love how they’re all a little different I think your guests will see how much time you put into these and understand why they are late.
These are fab! I love the stickers on the envelopes, too.
(Why is everyone thinking this is Mrs. Penguin, btw? Am I missing something??)
I love how resourceful you are by recycling your wedding material. Those are just about the cutest DIY thank you cards ever, and I love the addition of Optimus Prime.
Great idea!!! And I love the repurposing of the ribbon…you are one smart cup of tea! heh heh.
Got the card today in the mail! Thank you… your the role model that everyone needs in their wedding planning! hehe. miss u lots!
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Mrs. Green Tea, Sacramento
Age and Occupation: 30, Tea Analyst
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Coffee Critic
Engagement Date: November 17, 2006
Wedding Date: August 23, 2008
Blogging Since: June 10, 2008
Venue: Vineyard on the Delta
About Me: I'm just your average obsessive compulsive, arts & crafts loving, funky-on-the-inside/boring-on-the-outside girl, who dares to say 'Hey! I can make that!' Nerdy professional by day, goofy won-ton by night. The won-ton sometimes comes out during the day when I'm fed the dollar breakfast at Ikea. Since our engagement, wedding planning has put me on high alert for bargains and I've been pushing my nimble fingers through callous building experiments!
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