Graduation Cards for Beginners

Find out what you need to know for ordering graduation announcement cards and congratulations

Graduation from high school or college is an important life event, and as such is surrounded by a great deal of decorum. Sending graduation announcement cards requires attention to several different components, including personalized name cards, response cards and envelopes. Graduation announcements also often come in large quantities, so alternative strategies are needed if you're only sending a few.

Printable graduation invitations, as well as electronic graduation greeting cards, provide a low- or no-cost alternative to costly graduation cards, but are significantly less formal. Graduates also can obtain boxed sets of graduation thank you cards through either an announcement package or separately, for acknowledging the gifts or presence of family and friends.

Although graduation can be an intimidating social event, sending graduation cards for beginners can be broken down into the following basic components:

1. Order packages of graduation announcement cards for the most convenience;
   
2. Buy graduation greeting cards to congratulate young people on their accomplishments;
3. Use boxed sets of thank you cards for graduates to follow up.
   

 

Send graduation cards for beginners with announcement packages

Graduation announcement packages include all of the components of a formal graduation announcement, including the invitation, name card of graduate, address labels, response cards and addressed return envelopes. Many packages also include formal thank you cards for graduates, and are tailored to individual school commencement date information. To save money and order time, however, printable graduation cards and e-cards are a less formal option.
Try: Jostens is a well known provider of graduation merchandise that offers a number of package options for graduation cards. You can also obtain free printable graduation announcements from American Greetings. My Expression provides tips for how to send announcements.

Congratulate graduates with graduation greeting cards

Graduation greeting cards also offer several options for individuals or businesses wishing to congratulate graduates. As with announcements, you can order graduation greeting cards as physical cards to be mailed, as printable graduation cards or as electronic cards to be sent through email, with printable and electronic cards providing lower cost, as well as less formality.
Try: Obtain personalized graduation cards from Gallery 19, or free graduation cards for email from 123greetings. You can also get suggestions for short personalized messages to include in your card from Bethany's Boutique Gift Shop.

Order sets of graduation thank you cards to send by mail

Graduation thank you cards are the final staple in the graduation card industry, and may be purchased either along with graduation announcement packages or separately from a greeting card retailer or graduation specialty store. Graduation thank you cards also can be personalized to reflect the sender's individual personality and plans after graduation using photo cards.
Try: While graduation e-cards are not recommended in the area of thank you cards, a number of options exist for ordering cards online. Ira's Peripheral Visions offers personalized photo thank you cards, while GraduationParty.com sells basic boxed sets of graduation cards. Use the tips provided by Dempsey & Carroll to determine when to send a thank you card and what to include in the message.

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