Baby shower invitation

The Perfect Pear Shower

Ripe pears go into a shallow bowl on the tea table before the sandwiches come out.

Baby shower invitation: Dark green suede card edged in cream pearls and gold cord. Two embroidered pears and a small gold leaf charm sit above gold script reading The Perfect Pear Shower, with the date and venue below.

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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Guests come in out of the heat, find a seat, and tea goes round while the sandwiches are cut into small triangles. There are pears in a shallow bowl, pears poached in the kitchen, and a pear tart under a cloth on the sideboard.

The gifts stack at one end of the room and get opened slowly, with someone writing down who brought what so the thank-you notes are easy later. The parents-to-be stay seated. The pot is refilled, the plates go round a second time, and the afternoon ends with everyone carrying a pear home in a paper bag.

What goes on it

Every line replaceable

The wording on this card

A gathering in honor of
BABY ASHFORD
Saturday, August 14, 2027 · 2 PM
GARDEN ROOM · 27 Orchard Row, Pomona Ridge, WA
Tea sandwiches 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

Build the menu around the fruit Pear and brie on brown bread, pears poached in white wine, a pear tart, and chilled pear nectar for anyone not drinking. Slice the fresh pears in the last twenty minutes, because cut pears brown quickly on the plate.
Set the table in green and gold A dark green cloth, cream napkins, gold flatware, and a row of whole pears down the middle instead of a tall arrangement. Keeping the center low means guests can see each other across the table while they talk.
Plan the tea in two pots One pot of strong black tea and one of caffeine-free rooibos or mint, so the guest of honor has something to drink all afternoon. Boil fresh water for the second round rather than stretching the first pot.
Send the pears home Set a stack of small paper bags by the door and let each guest take a pear and a sprig of leaves on the way out. It clears the table, and it costs less than a favor nobody keeps.

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.