Event Invitation Template — Formal Framed Plate

The ceremonial register is built from two things only: restraint and letterspacing. A deep field, a hairline frame inset from the edge, a tracked line above the occasion, and a short rule under it. No flourishes, no gold foil effect, no sparkles — the formality comes from what has been left out.

Snapshot

• Goal: invite, and make the invitation feel like an occasion worth clearing an evening for.
• Audience & tone: donors, patrons, and members. Formal but not stiff — a printed invitation’s voice.
• Palette: page #eeeced · container #ffffff · text #2a101b / #7b6b72 (muted) · accent #5c1f36
• Font: Palatino, Book Antiqua, Georgia, serif
• Artwork: free-form layout hero — A hairline-framed field on a deep brand ground: a crest, a ceremonially tracked invitation line, the occasion at display scale, a short rule, and the date and place beneath., 600×380 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.

1. [layout] Layout hero — build a free-form composition (600×380) via create_layout + set_layout_content. A hairline-framed field on a deep brand ground: a crest, a ceremonially tracked invitation line, the occasion at display scale, a short rule, and the date and place beneath. Alt text: “You are invited to an evening at the studio, Thursday 12 March at 7pm”.
2. [native] Headline — text. “An evening at the studio”, fontSize: 36, color #2a101b, center.
3. [native] Primary CTA — button. Label “RSVP by 5 March”, fill #5c1f36, color #ffffff, shapeStyle: ‘0_1’, center.
4. [native] Body copy 1 — text. “Thursday 12 March, 7pm — 14 Ridgeline Row, London E2 8AA.”, fontSize: 16, color #2a101b, center.
5. [native] Body copy 2 — text. “Please reply by 5 March so we can confirm numbers with the caterer.”, fontSize: 16, color #7b6b72, center.
6. [native] Rule — divider. short (96px) rule, 1px, color #e9e9e9.
7. [native] Story title — text. “The evening”, fontSize: 20, color #2a101b, center.
8. [native] Body copy 3 — text. “7pm · Drinks in the courtyard.”, fontSize: 16, color #2a101b, center.
9. [native] Body copy 4 — text. “7:45pm · A short talk from this year’s grant recipients.”, fontSize: 16, color #2a101b, center.
10. [native] Body copy 5 — text. “9pm · Carriages.”, fontSize: 16, color #2a101b, center.
11. [native] Body copy 6 — text. “Step-free access from the courtyard entrance. Dress: whatever you’d wear to a good dinner.”, fontSize: 16, color #7b6b72, center.
12. [native] Footer rule — divider. short (96px) rule, 1px, color #e9e9e9.
13. [native] Footer social — social. Icon row, social.color #5c1f36, style circle-outline, center.
14. [native] Footer address — address. Postal address + unsubscribe, address.color #7b6b72, address.fontFamily Palatino, Book Antiqua, Georgia, serif, center.

Make it yours

1. Restate the date, time and address as native text. An invitation whose details live only inside a PNG cannot be copied into a calendar, and that is the first thing a guest does.
2. Keep the plate to one occasion, one date, one place. A framed invitation listing three events is a listing, not an invitation.
3. Answer the dress-code and access questions in the practical note. Both get asked every time and both are awkward to ask.