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The Pearl Cord: a proposal invitation template
A strand of pearls lies coiled on white satin around a gold clasp. Touch the clasp and the strand flows out into a figure eight that holds your names in one loop and theirs in the other.
The design
In many weddings a cord, the lazo, is laid around the couple's shoulders in a figure eight by the people they chose to stand with them: the cord sponsors. The invitation is that cord. On a length of white satin a strand of pearls lies coiled around a gold clasp engraved with two interlaced rings. The guest touches the clasp and the pearls flow out of the coil, one after another, into a figure eight: your names in one loop, theirs in the other, the question set beneath the crossing. The cord carries on down the page: every part of the invitation is held inside a loop of pearls that is laid as it comes into view, your letter, why them, what the cord sponsors do, the day, the photographs, a line that makes no an easy answer. The last loop, around the answer, is left open at the top. A yes brings the clasp down to close it; a no leaves it open, kept with thanks.
Colours and type
The Pearl Cord comes in 3 colourways: Ivory satin & pearl, Blush satin & pearl and Dove satin & pearl, with 2 type pairings: Gilda & vibes and Cormorant & Allura. The colours and type change in the editor at any time; the layout stays its own.
Who it suits
Made for sponsor and 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.
More proposal templates
- Player Two: An arcade cabinet waiting in attract mode: "Player 2, press start". They press it, a little pixel scene plays, and the screen asks the question.
- 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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