The Perfect Pear Wishing Cards*

• Weddings a guest book alternative that gets more people writing than a single book at a table ever does.
• Bridesmaids and groomsmen a card each for the wedding party to write the things they would not say into a microphone.
• Anniversaries fifty cards for a milestone anniversary party, read aloud over dessert.
• Birthdays a milestone birthday where every guest leaves a written wish instead of signing a card.
• Baby and bridal showers wishes and advice for the guest of honor, written on the card and dropped in the jar.
• Best friend a set of cards for friends to fill in as a memory gift for someone about to marry.
• Graduation notes of advice from family and teachers, kept together instead of scattered.
• Retirement a room full of colleagues writing what they never got round to saying.
• Housewarming wishes for the new home that the couple can keep in a box by the door.
• Corporate and client gifts a company milestone or farewell where every attendee leaves a written line.

Care and use

• The cards are printed on high quality paper materials, so they hold ink from an ordinary pen without bleeding through to the ruled side.
• The back of each card is ruled for guided writing, which keeps the messages legible when fifty people write in fifty different hands.
• Store the finished cards with a rubber band or in a small box; they take up much less room than a guest book.

1. Work out how many cards you need, counting one per guest with a few spare, and order in packages of fifty.
2. Set the cards out at the reception with pens beside them and the perfect pear wish jar alongside, so guests write a wish and drop the card straight in.
3. After the day, take the cards out, read them, and store them with a rubber band or in a small box, which leaves the jar free for cookies, treats or everyday storage.

• As a guest book alternative: a card and a pen at every place setting, and the wish jar on the gift table.
• As a prompt card at a shower, where guests write a piece of advice rather than a signature.
• As a first-anniversary read, pulling out the cards a year later to relive the day in other people's words.
• As part of a keepsake box, banded together and kept with the photographs instead of a bulky book.
• As a place card at a small reception, written on the blank front side and later added to the jar.

The choice is between one book that a few people sign and fifty cards that nearly everybody writes on.

For a reception where guests are standing, holding drinks and moving around, the cards collect far more handwriting than a book does.

Ordering the Perfect Pear Wishing Cards for a wedding, a shower or a company event is simple. Each package holds fifty cards, so count one card per guest with a handful spare for the people who want to write twice, and order the number of packages that covers it. There is no minimum. If you also want custom or logo printing on a piece for the same event, that is handled as a custom order: send a vector file (.eps, .ai, .cdr, .pdf or .svg) or a high-resolution image to [email protected], where a logo setup fee applies and not every logo can be reproduced. Standard production is 5–10 business days, rush 3–5 and expedite 1–3, plus 2–5 days US shipping, and weddings should be ordered 3–6 months ahead. For bulk pricing, please contact [email protected].

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Updated September 2026 by the HansonEllis personalization team.