50+ Printable Thank-You Cards – PSD, AI
Different situations come up every single that may need expressions of gratitude and appreciation. Be it someone who held the door open for you on your way to your office or someone who picked up an important document you accidentally left and caught up with you before you could leave. Instances like these always call for instant gratification.
It gets to be more of a cycle: people take turns in doing favors, and it returns just in the same way or even more than what has been done. Always take time to give thanks even for the lightest deed.
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Better Ways to Say “Thank You”
A simple expression of “Thank you” could go a long way. You say thanks for almost everything every day. At some point, you may be so used to hearing these words that you might think it no longer holds much meaning than it deserves. Concrete actions of gratitude like even just a word of thanks should always relay what you mean. No matter how simple and at the very least just said, never lose attachment to its genuine intention and always mean what you say.
You might want to use these expressions in your Handmade Thank-You Card if you want to express your gratitude beyond those tw common words. Step up from the cliché—here are a few better ways to say it:
“I Appreciate It a Lot”
While this may essentially just mean more words to say thank you, it actually gives the person who has done you a favor an assurance that you really did appreciate what he or she has done. It gives a feeling of greater impact to anyone, and it makes them feel honored to be of help. Hearing such words of appreciation also makes them feel better about themselves for doing others a favor.
You could even emphasize more on appreciating the particular person and make whoever he or she is realize that you do not only appreciate the efforts done, but you also greatly appreciate the person who did it.
“You Are a Lifesaver”
Hearing a positive result for your efforts with the help of someone will definitely make you feel good about yourself. But who could be someone else that makes it all better for you? This could exactly be the person who helped you and you might want to tag him or her as a lifesaver. This may only be just an expression, but it could bear so much weight that you were given a favor.
You indirectly show this person the greater impact done and how great the assistance is that you would want to make it look like this person literally or figuratively saved your life.
“How Can I Repay You?”
After someone has done you so much favor, there is nothing more relieving than giving an assurance that you will always want to return the favor anytime. To offer repay in equal or even more than just the person’s help is an act of willingness to do it more than just saying out words.
You will want to make the person who has done you a favor feel recognized and valued for the worth of whatever has been done. Do not overlook at a response that says you don’t have to worry about it; you could constantly look for ways to indirectly give appreciation to this person.
Actions over Words
This might be the most significant on top of it all. This isn’t literally saying thanks, but this is a deep-felt expression of gratitude. When you act on your gratification more than just repeating thank-you words over and over, you certainly show any person who has done you a favor that you want to return the favor in actions as well.
Give thanks even in minimal ways, and try these Christmas Thank-You Cards for acknowledging someone who has spent time with you over the holidays or to thank Aunt May for the cookies she backed for you on Christmas Eve.
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Never Forget Gratitude
Any significant occasion in your life may be upcoming soon. You could possibly be celebrating your birthday in two months time, or you will finally be marching for your graduation in about a week from now. There could be a lot of possibilities for anyone at this moment—a wedding, a thanksgiving party, or a homecoming, name it. Could you imagine how you would give thanks and show appreciation for people who will give you presents and do you a favor on these days?
You will certainly feel entitled to say thank you to a lot of people, and you will be out of gestures and ideas on how you could make these people appreciated.
What Are Thank-You Notes For?
Beyond just tradition of expressing gratitude, you will need to thank people to remind them of their acts of kindness and to make them feel that they deserve your word of thanks. Try these photo thank-you cards to keep passing on gratitude.
Know what thank-you notes are for before sending one:
- Gratitude. Presents are manifestations of devotion of time, effort, and resources. You are that important to this person who gives you presents. A simple thank-you note could mean so much to the person who has dedicated something for you. This could be your way of clearly saying you are grateful no matter how small or great a deed is.
- Communication. Whether it’s a friend you haven’t seen in so long but still haven’t forgotten to send you presents or a loved one miles away but disregarded your distance, you opt to keep the communication lines between you and the person open. Despite distance, the thought of exchanging presents and thank-you notes proves enough that you care.
- Establish relationships. Your thank-you notes could help you establish relationships. In even better cases, you strengthen it. Even the simplest acts of gratitude through thank-you notes will make you create bonds. Take this as an example: you send in thank-you notes for some stranger who has helped you and you found out this person is only a block away. In that way, you have established friendship and have extended your sincere appreciation.
Your thank-you notes could definitely be done for so many reasons. And while others let go of opportunities to say thank you and be done the same favor, remind yourself to always be grateful and offer help even without expecting something in return. Thought of someone you could probably send some floral thank-you cards today? They surely deserve it!
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How to Write a Thank-You Note
There is not hard and fast rule when expressing your gratitude to someone. You could send them flowers, chocolates, or even return the favor to them. But one effective way showing them you appreciate them is through writing a thank-you note. Here are the most common ways of writing a thank-you note.
Handwritten
There is deeper meaning in handwritten notes. You could feel the connection there is with the person who has ever written you one. The level of appreciation you get from handwritten notes reminds you that you are also worth the every ounce of effort no matter how small it may seem.
It may be something you hand in informal, but the intention that there is makes will make you think someone have preferred to give you something personalized that you deserve.
Dedicate with Care
Make people smile even just through simple notes. Certain words of endearment seems to be more appropriate to use in your thank-you notes. It makes any person think your gratitude is made with sincerity and that you seem to remind the person that he or she is worth appreciating.
Be it an old friend or someone you just got recently acquainted with, write in words that you can think might lift them up by the time they get to read your note. Sounds like a simple gesture of appreciation, isn’t it? But it will certainly make anyone’s day.
These aren’t really definite ways on how you should write your thank-you note. Just do make sure your purest intentions are in it. Check out these Thank-You Card template and see some more thoughtful ways of expressing gratitude!
Expressing Gratitude for Specific Occasions
There are different types of responses that would also mean gratitude in certain occasions. Know which ones are appropriate for the right kind of occasion. Consider these and take your pick on expressing your gratitude:
- Weddings/bridal showers. You would begin to weigh how much people there will be in your wedding day. Imagine the people you need to give heartfelt and sincere gratitude to. Your wedding day is as important as your bridal shower and with so much people you will be needing, you know you wouldn’t be able to thank them enough. See these bridal shower thank-you notes to show your gratitude to those who spent these special days with you.
- Thanksgiving day. Of all days in an entire year, thanksgiving day should be a day you become aware of making the habit out of being thankful. You should be able to express your gratitude in various different ways. You get to thank a lot of people and almost everyone around you even for just mere existence in your life.
- Difficult times and times of loss. You will appreciate people who stand by you in times of loss. It will ease your mind of your worries, and it is only right to thank those who voluntarily stayed even when you do not ask them to. Appreciate those who go through tough times with you and be grateful that they spare you some of their time for your comfort.
- Guidance and assistance. Any kind of assistance or guidance deserves some of your appreciation. The thought that there are people who have given you some of your time to spend on guiding and assisting you should be enough for you to owe them some words of thanks and acts of appreciation.
- Homecoming. When you are offered hospitality in someone’s home, you just have to show appreciation even just through a simple note, and email, or a thank-you note. It is definitely pleasing for anyone who is deeply welcomed in one’s home. The hosts’ pleasant accommodation should quite impress you for entertaining you as their guest. See these housewarming party invitations and give back by helping out with the preparations soon!
Conclusion
If you have read through hard enough, you would have a grasp of how important it is to express appreciation. You must know that it is important to make gratitude an attitude. When you have it figured out on how to say thanks or how to show grateful actions, you would definitely not miss telling someone you are thankful for them. It doesn’t really require so much effort to make someone feel appreciated. You just have to keep it established and initiate actions with your sincerest intentions.
Wear a grateful heart and pass it on to anyone you would meet today—they surely need some words of appreciation too. Being grateful would not take up so much of your time. These quick two words of thanks are perfectly fine. Even a simple handwritten note would already do.
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