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Over the Crib: a proposal invitation template
A felt nursery mobile of clouds, a moon and stars hangs over the crib. They pull its string: it turns, and every hanging piece comes round to spell their name and the question.
The design
The page is the baby's mobile, sewn from felt and hung from the cot arm by cotton thread. At first every piece shows its plain back. They pull the little wooden bead on the music-box cord and the whole mobile spins, the ring of stars swinging round, the strand of clouds turning one after another, until it settles: their name stitched across the moon, the question cut out in felt on the clouds below it, the role you chose for them (godmother, godfather, godparent or your own word) on the biggest cloud, a star for the question mark and your note on a little tag. Everything else hangs from the same thread down the page: the letter on a cloud, the reasons on stars, what it means as the phases of the moon, the baby in an embroidery hoop, the day, a P.S. that makes no as easy as yes, and a sewn-in label with your names. They answer on two identical felt clouds. Yes hangs a new star with their name on it; no hangs a soft cloud that says they are always one of ours.
Colours and type
Over the Crib comes in 3 colourways: Dusk nursery, butter moon, Oat & sage felt and Blush & powder blue, with 2 type pairings: Felt & thread and Lullaby serif & pencil. The colours and type change in the editor at any time; the layout stays its own.
Who it suits
Made for godparent, in the Interactive style.
What is included
An invitation website with a page made for the one person you are asking, with your own note on why them and a reply they send with one tap. 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 10 people, with the full design.
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- The Corsage Box: A wrist corsage on satin in a clear florist's box, their name on the lid. Lift the lid and the ribbon tag slides out with the question and the occasion.
- Two Across: The weekend crossword, set by you for one solver. The starred clue is your question; the shaded answers are their name and the word date, and tapping them pens them in.
- Side B, Track Six: A mixtape made by hand. They open the clear case, the J-card folds out in marker and biro, and the last track on side B, ringed twice, is your question.
- Admit Two: A pair of cinema tickets, seats side by side. They tear off the stub to keep, turn it over, and the question is printed on the back.
- Par Avion: A paper plane folded from airmail paper waits on the desk with their name on the wing. One tap throws it: it loops the room, lands, and unfolds into the question.
- Four Flashes: A photo booth on a fairground at night. They press the button: the strip feeds out of the slot, the booth flashes four times, and the fourth frame is you holding up a card with the question.
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