Anniversary invitation

30th Anniversary

The pearls go on at the hallway mirror, thirty years after they were a gift.

Part of the TinselLux™ collection: invitations in stitched leather, tufted velvet, linen and satin.

The material is the card: linen with a visible weave, velvet with a nap, leather with its grain. It costs the same as every other invitation.

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An anniversary invitation for a pearl anniversary: one long table, the good glasses down from the top shelf, and dinner that starts late because people keep standing up to talk to each other. The napkins have been ironed. Someone wears the strand that was a gift the first time round, and it is remarked on within four minutes of the door.

After the plates go, the tables get pushed back. There are three toasts, one of them read off a phone, and an album from the first reception travels down the table and does not come back. Then the song from the first dance plays, and the floor belongs to the two of them for roughly thirty seconds before the grandchildren are on it.

What goes on it

Every line replaceable

The wording on this card

Please join us as we celebrate
Margaret & James Eisenhower
A pearl anniversary
Saturday, June 12, 2027 · 5 – 9 PM
The Harbor House · 18 Seaview Terrace, Anytown, CA
Dinner and dancing to follow

Every line of the wording is an example, and yours to replace. The title is painted into the artwork. Type your own and it is drawn again with your words.

What to actually tell people

Give the dress code in one line Ivory, pearl, or anything that holds up under warm light. Guests will ask either way, and one printed line answers it before the group chat gets involved.
Fix the toast order before the first course Three speakers, before dessert, two minutes each. Someone will run long, and it is better if that person goes last.
Find the song in advance Cue the first-dance song and test it on the actual speaker. Nobody should be scrolling for it while the floor stands waiting.
Put the album out early Photographs from the first reception on a side table by the door give arriving guests somewhere to stand. Accept that you will not see it again until the lights come up.

Start from this one

The artwork
Keep this one, or describe your own party and get artwork drawn for it.
The wording
Every line on this card is an example, the painted title included. Change all of it; the design holds.
Sending
By text, from your own number. Guests open a link. Nothing to download.
The price
One credit for the invitation. Six guests or sixty, the number does not move.