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First Light: a christening invitation template
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.
The design
A christening at sunrise, and the invitation is that sunrise, painted wet in watercolour on one long sheet of paper. In the opening the dawn paints itself: the sky laid from the top, rose and gold let in wet at the rim of the world, the sun dropped in and spreading, the ridges brushed across, far to near; the morning mist between them is the white of the paper left unpainted, and the words stand in it. A real butterfly flies in and settles on a painted cosmos, its shadow on the paper; touch it and it flies off round the sheet and comes back. Touch the wet sky and a drop of clean water opens a pale bloom in the wash. Down the sheet each part is painted as it is reached: the far valley over the service, a bank of rose under the family's words, the sun climbing through the order of the day (rose, then gold, then pale), the near hill and its trees over the godparents, the photographs painted in with a wash edge, a cosmos painted in each colour to wear, and full morning gold over the verse and the reply.
Colours and type
First Light comes in 3 colourways: First light, Harvest gold and Chalk down, with 2 type pairings: Morning serif and Dawn 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.
More christening templates
- 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.
- The Shallows: 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.
- 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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