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Tied with Satin: a christening invitation template
A heavy ivory card tied with a wide satin bow: pull a tail to untie it, then follow the ribbon through the whole day.
The design
The invitation arrives as a thick ivory card wrapped crosswise in wide double-faced satin, finished with a hand-tied bow and a little tag carrying the child's name. The guest pulls one tail: the ribbon follows the finger, the loops slip through the knot and the satin slides off the card. Inside, the ribbon is everywhere, because the stationer threaded it through the card itself: every heading is printed in foil on a length of satin pulled through two slits; the child's headline sits on a band whose sheen follows the finger; the birth details hide under a satin sash you slide aside; the godparents wear pleated ribbon rosettes that turn when touched; the order of the day is printed on a long ribbon that unrolls from its spool as you scroll; the photographs hang from a ribbon garland you pull sideways; the dress colours are a haberdasher's spools, each unrolling a length when touched; the questions are bookmark ribbons; and when a guest replies, a bow ties itself around their reply card.
Colours and type
Tied with Satin comes in 4 colourways: Ivory & oyster satin, Blush satin, Powder blue satin and Midnight satin on ivory, with 2 type pairings: Couture and Atelier. The colours and type change in the editor at any time; the layout stays its own.
Who it suits
Made for christening / baptism, baby dedication and naming day, in the Envelope & stationery style.
What is included
An invitation website with the church and the celebration after, the godparents, your photos, a song if you want one, and the RSVP with the number of adults and children coming. You write your own words and add your photos in the live editor, send every guest a personal link by email or any messaging app, and follow the replies as they come in. Free for up to 20 guests, with the full design.
More christening templates
- Painted Tiles: A wall of hand-painted blue-and-white tiles: the panel is set tile by tile, the name goes in last, and guests turn crooked tiles, fire the glaze and repaint the frieze.
- Christening Bells: Two polished brass handbells tied with satin ribbon on white linen: tap one to ring it and the name appears, then polish the tarnish off the brass to reveal the engraving.
- The Christening Cake: A three-tier christening cake in white fondant and sugar roses on a porcelain stand: turn it with a finger, watch the name piped onto a sugar plaque, and cut a slice at the close.
- Written by Hand: A calligrapher's desk: the child's name is written live in pointed-pen copperplate, and the guest changes the nib, blots the ink, tests the colours and tries the pen.
- The Certificate: An engraved baptismal certificate on a leather writing desk: press the brass stamp into the molten wax to seal it, and watch the godparents sign in ink.
- Blind Dove: A thick white cotton card with a dove pressed in without ink: the light rakes across as you scroll, and the dove rises out of the white.
- The Favour Table: The bomboniere table on the christening morning, seen from above: one satin ribbon unspools down the table as you read, threading every favour and tag of the day, and ends tied to your own.
- Fresco Under Plaster: An old chapel wall: a fresco of a May sky and olive trees comes out from under the whitewash, patch by patch, with the child's name painted in the band beneath.
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