Erin Akin Carroll

Over the past two years I’ve probably drafted over 300 thank you notes. Between our engagement parties, my bridal showers, our wedding, and baby showers, we’ve received a lot of gifts. And I’ve written a lot of thank you notes.

I am in the Junior League, so I’m supposed to be a professional thank you note writer, right?

The good news is that I love to write thank you notes. I find it therapeutic. I sit in front of the TV or turn on the iPod dock and listen to my favorite music. I hold my favorite pen and pull out some gorgeous stationery and thank each person or couple in the most personal way and go on and on about the importance of the gift they gave us.

Kate Spade for Crane’s

Here’s my question of the day: if you don’t know the person that gave you the gift but your husband does, should you go ahead and write the thank you note? Or wait for him to do it?

Timeliness is very important when it comes to writing thank you notes, but it’s also difficult to write a personal thank you note that shows your appreciation for the gift giver and the gift if you don’t know that person.

My dear husband isn’t quite as interested in the hand written note as I am, unfortunately. Emily Post herself suggests organizing a household thank you note writing party with baked goods, yummy drinks, and an organized set up of thank you note writing supplies.

How do all of you get your significant others to help with thank you notes? Or do you just do it yourself?

When Todd and I registered for our every day china, we chose a pattern that I’d been in love with for years. I was so excited to finally officially choose the Juliska thread and berries pattern in white and pistachio as our every day dishes. We registered at Neiman Marcus and a local gift shop for this pattern and got almost everything we picked out.

We ended up with lots of serving pieces, but never received the pitcher– and I really wanted the pitcher.

A few months ago, my friend Cyndi invited me to join One Kings Lane, a home goods online retailer like Rue La La or Shop it to Me. A few weeks ago I got my daily email from One Kings Lane letting me know that the sale of the day was for Juliska and I hopped over there immediately! They had the pitcher and the teapot for half the retail price! I obviously ordered them right away.

To make everything even more perfect, I got an email from One Kings Lane yesterday letting me know that the shipment had been delayed for my items and they were very sorry for the delay and any inconvenience it may have caused. To make it up to me, they were crediting my account with $25.00! So I got my two gorgeous items for less than the retail price of the pitcher alone and then I got $25 back!

If you aren’t a member of One Kings Lane and want to be, just shoot me an email or go to my “contact” tab and I’ll email an invitation to you. Happy shopping!