Gala Invitation Email Template — Full-Bleed Poster With Seal
The library's tallest layout used as an invitation: a duotone venue photograph under a deep brand scrim, a seal, ceremonially tracked capitals, the occasion at display scale and an RSVP.
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The prompt
Two ways to build this email in plain language. The fastest is Temway's in-editor assistant — open the chat drawer in the email editor and paste the recipe below. Or connect Claude or ChatGPT via Temway's MCP and paste it there; the agent builds the email step by step. Either way, adapt the copy and colors to your brand.
- An email is a top-to-bottom stack of blocks — the recipe follows that order.
- A
[layout]step becomes a single image (great for heroes); everything else stays live text and links. - Theme the footer to match — the recipe's last step does exactly that.
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An invitation that behaves like a printed one. A duotone photograph of the venue fills an 840-pixel canvas under a deep brand scrim, with a seal, the words “You are invited” in ceremonial capitals, the occasion at display scale, and the date beneath a short rule. It is the tallest layout in the library and it is meant to be the whole top of the email.
Snapshot
- Goal: invite donors and supporters to a single dated event, and get an RSVP.
- Audience & tone: committed supporters and invited guests. Formal, warm, ceremonial — the register of a card, not a campaign.
- Palette: page
#ededec· container#ffffff· text#1c1917/#6e6d6b(muted) · accent#166534 - Font:
Georgia, Times New Roman, serif - Artwork: free-form layout hero — A brand-field panel bleeding off the top edge, carrying a ceremonial invitation line and a display occasion., 600×300 canvas. Everything below it is native, selectable, clickable.
Build recipe
Each step is one block in the flat stack, top to bottom.
[native]= a real email block.[layout]= a free-form layout embedded as a single image.
- [layout] Layout hero — build a free-form composition (600×300) via
create_layout+set_layout_content. A brand-field panel bleeding off the top edge, carrying a ceremonial invitation line and a display occasion. Alt text: “You are invited — ten years of the fund, Friday 14 November at 7pm”. - [native] Headline — text. “Ten years of the fund, and its people”, fontSize: 36, color
#1c1917, center. - [native] Primary CTA — button. Label “RSVP for the evening”, fill
#166534, color#ffffff, shapeStyle: ‘0_1’, center. - [native] Body copy 1 — text. “The Round Chapel, 1 Glenarm Road, London E5. Doors at seven, dinner at eight.”, fontSize: 16, color
#1c1917, center. - [native] Body copy 2 — text. “Step-free access from Glenarm Road. Tell us about dietary needs when you reply, and please answer by 31 October.”, fontSize: 16, color
#6e6d6b, center. - [native] Footer rule — divider. short (96px) rule, 1px, color
#e9e9e9. - [native] Footer social — social. Icon row, social.color
#166534, style circle-outline, center. - [native] Footer address — address. Postal address + unsubscribe, address.color
#6e6d6b, address.fontFamilyGeorgia, Times New Roman, serif, center.
Make it yours
- Replace the venue photograph with a real one and keep the occasion to two words. Everything about this layout is built to give those two words the room a printed invitation would.
- Set a real reply-by date and honour it. The deadline is what turns an invitation into an RSVP.
- Recolor the forest accent to your brand hue. The deep field is that hue darkened, and the type’s contrast is re-solved for it, so a burgundy or navy brand needs no other change.
About events & invitations email templates
An event email carries a deadline no other category has: the event date itself, which only gets more urgent as it approaches. Early-bird pricing, RSVP mechanics, and an escalating countdown all follow directly from that one fixed point.
See all events & invitations templates →How far in advance should an event invitation email send?
For the early-bird templates below, four to six weeks ahead with a distinct early-bird deadline works well; the last-tickets templates are built for a final push in the 48-72 hours before the event.
What has to be in an event invitation besides the date?
Date, time (with timezone if remote), location or join link, and one clear RSVP action — the templates below keep those four elements above the fold before any agenda detail.
Can I use one of these templates for a virtual event instead of an in-person one?
Yes — swap the location line for a join link and timezone. The layout and countdown mechanics work the same for webinars and workshops as for in-person galas or conferences.
Do the event templates support a countdown timer?
Yes — several below use Temway's countdown block, which renders as a live countdown in supporting email clients and a static fallback everywhere else.