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Strike a Match: a proposal invitation template
A foil-stamped wedding matchbook: they open the cover, flick up the one folded match, and its flame lights the question printed inside.
The design
The whole invitation is one wedding matchbook on a dark lacquered bar, your monogram stamped in foil on the cover and their name underneath. They tap it and the cover swings up on its fold, but the inside is in shadow. One match is folded down over the striker, the old one-handed trick: they flick it up, it scrapes the strip in a spray of sparks, flares and stands lit in the comb, and its light climbs the inside of the cover until the foil catches: their name, and "will you be our maid of honour?" (or whatever role you asked them), with your personal note written underneath in pen. Everything else is printed on the same card: a few words inside the cover (your letter), loose matches on the bar for every reason it had to be them (tap one and it flares), directions for use (what the role involves), the back of the book with the date and the place, your photos printed on a set of matchbooks, and the classic fine print, close cover before striking, which here says a no is a perfectly good answer. They answer with one of two equal matches: a yes strikes one and it stands lit, "It's a match"; a no closes a little book gently over its matches, "Kept, with love".
Colours and type
Strike a Match comes in 3 colourways: Oxblood card & gold foil, Midnight card & silver foil and Forest card & copper foil, with 2 type pairings: Supper club and Deco bar. The colours and type change in the editor at any time; the layout stays its own.
Who it suits
Made for wedding party, 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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- Tick One Box: The note passed across the classroom, folded into a tight triangle with their name on it. They unfold it, read the question, and answer by ticking a box: Yes or No.
- 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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