Card styles
Fourteen card styles. twelve palettes.
Each one sets the artwork on the envelope, the opening card and the closing, and the typeface your names are set in. Open any of them to see the whole invitation in it — and change your mind whenever you like, even after it has been sent.
Classic Floral
Botanical line art and drifting petals.
The one to choose if you are not sure. Botanical line art and drifting petals suit a garden Mehendi as well as a hotel reception, and it sits happily in almost any palette.
Royal Jharokha
A palace arch, engraved capitals and gold.
For a wedding that feels like a palace, or is in one. The jharokha arch and engraved capitals are drawn from Rajasthani architecture, and look their best in maroon and gold.
Gopuram
A temple tower in tiers, over a kolam of dots.
A temple tower in tiers over a kolam of dots, drawn from South Indian temple architecture. Suited to a temple wedding, and to sandalwood and gold.
Jaali
A pierced marble screen, geometry all the way down.
A pierced marble screen, geometry all the way down. Quiet, elegant and at home at a Nikah, a reception, or anywhere Mughal architecture is the backdrop.
Mandala
Sacred geometry, turning slowly behind your names.
Sacred geometry turning slowly behind your names. Calm, symmetrical and devotional without being any one tradition's — serene from the first ceremony to the last.
Genda Phool
A marigold toran and a shower of petals.
A genda phool toran across the top and a shower of petals — the look of every Indian doorway on a wedding day. Bright, warm and made for a Haldi.
Phulkari
Darned zigzags in silk thread, loud and Punjabi.
Darned zigzags in silk thread, drawn from Punjabi phulkari embroidery. Loud in the best way — for a Sangeet, a Jaggo, or an Anand Karaj with a dhol waiting outside.
Bandhani
A border of tie-dyed dots, with the middle left clear.
A border of tie-dyed dots and tied flowers, drawn from Gujarati and Rajasthani bandhani, with the middle left as plain paper for the words. Colourful without getting in the way, and very good in rani pink.
Madhubani
A fish pair and a hatched border, painted as in Mithila.
Drawn from Mithila painting in Bihar: bold double outlines, a border of hatched bands, and the fish pair that Mithila paints for a marriage, for fertility and good fortune. The brightest style here, and happiest in marigold or rani.
Rangoli
Layered petals in colour at the doorway, and at each corner.
The coloured floor art drawn at the doorway for a festival or a wedding: rings of petals at the top and foot of the page and a quarter-rangoli in each corner, the middle left clear. Joyful, and made for a wedding in the Diwali season.
Mayur
A peacock's tail fanned over your names, eyes and all.
The peacock, India's national bird and an old emblem of grace and of Krishna: its tail fanned over your names, and its eyes down both sides. Rich blues and greens with gold, regal without needing a palace.
Pichwai
A lotus pond along the foot, under a temple hanging's scallops.
From the painted temple hangings of Nathdwara: a lotus pond along the foot of the page and a hanging's scalloped edge along the top, lotuses and buds among the leaves. Lush and devotional — lovely in emerald, rani or jamun.
Bombay Deco
A sunburst and stepped corners, 1930s Marine Drive.
A sunburst and stepped corners, from the 1930s buildings along Marine Drive. For a city wedding, a cocktail evening, or a couple who would rather not look traditional.
Modern Minimal
Letterpress borders and nothing more.
Letterpress borders and nothing more. For a small wedding, a registry and dinner, or a couple who want the words to do the work.
Sample cards — the names are ours, not a real couple’s.