Save the Evening

Save the Evening is an invitation that people keep on the fridge. It uses the ivory paper colour, light garamond type and thin gold rules of the wedding style, but it works just as well for an engagement dinner, an anniversary, a christening or a milestone birthday. The front is a photo with the invitation line underneath and space for a short subtitle. Inside left is a single framed photo, the two of you, the venue, or the place where it all started.

Inside right carries the details in the order guests look for them: what the event is, the date and time on their own line, a block for the place and anything they should know, and an RSVP line at the bottom. Write the date the way you would say it, Saturday 14 June at seven, rather than in numbers; it reads more like an invitation and less like a ticket. Print as many copies as you need in one run so the colour matches, and use a cream or ivory card if your printer takes it.

The card prints on one side of a single portrait sheet, so any home printer works and nothing has to line up on the back. The inside half prints upside down along the top of the sheet; that is correct, because the first fold turns it the right way up. Print at 100% or Actual size, never Fit to page. Card of 160 to 200 gsm stands up on a shelf; plain paper works but feels like a leaflet. Fold the top half behind, then the left half behind the right, crease with a ruler and press it under a book. This card holds 2 photos.