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The Shallows: a christening invitation template
Clear, shallow sea seen from above: small fish school over rippled sand, a turtle drifts by, and the child's name floats on the surface, its shadow on the sand below.
The design
Baptism is water, so the whole invitation is live, real-time shallow sea. The surface moves and bends the sand beneath it, nets of sunlight drift across the floor, and every touch sends out rings; small fish (a scanned fish, rendered swimming) school about and dart away from a fingertip, starfish lie on the sand, and now and then a sea turtle, a ray or a moon jelly passes underneath. The child's name floats on the surface with its shadow on the sand, and the invitation is written across a broad leaf drifting below it. Everything else has washed in on the tide: the service and the godparents on rafts of bleached driftwood, the order of the day as a line of leaves on the current (touch one and it dips and turns), the family's words as a letter in a corked bottle that comes out and unrolls when tapped, the gifts on a paper tag caught in a branch. Photographs are an album sunk on the bottom; three rocks stand in the shallows for the little one's details, what to wear and the reply.
Colours and type
The Shallows comes in 3 colourways: Morning mist, Dusk water and Wild rose bank, with 2 type pairings: River serif and Stone capitals. 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 Floral & botanical 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.
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- The Garden Gate: A garden painted in oils as your guests walk in: the white gate swings open onto lunch under the willow, the blossom drops its petals over the godparents' bench, a robin splashes in the bird bath, and the little tree planted for your child takes everyone's ribbon.
- Meadow at Knee Height: A walk through a spring meadow at knee height: grass sways all round the words, daisies open as you reach each part, and a dandelion clock waits by the reply.
- In the Olive's Shade: A lime-washed chapel wall in an olive grove, an olive branch swaying over the child's name and its shadow moving across the whole invitation.
- Pressed in Spring: A herbarium sheet: spring flowers are laid down one by one under glassine and the specimen label types itself; guests open the flower press, look through the hand lens and lay a flower of their own.
- First Light: A valley at dawn, painted wet in watercolour as you watch: the sun dropped into a rose and gold sky, ridge behind ridge, and a butterfly resting on a painted cosmos.
- Wet Watercolour: A sheet of cold-press paper that paints itself: drops of pigment fall, bloom and dry into flowers around the child's name, and the guest gets to paint too.
- The White Rose Posy: The florist's bench on the christening morning: a white rose opens in its bud vase, and the posy is made as you read, a rose set in for each godparent.
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