Rose Window: a baptism invitation template

Rose Window is a christening invitation drawn as a pointed chapel window, its round rose set over two tall lancets glazed in pale blue, blush, butter and sage.

Gold leading divides the glass into petals and panes, a small cross stands on the apex, and the window rests on a plain stone sill. Your child’s name is lettered in a tall Italiana face over a blue seal, and the whole card has the hush of an empty church in morning light. Guests open a stained-glass gatefold, motes of gold dust float through, and letterpress digits count toward the service. On the invitation itself the names sit inside an arch, like the window. Each yes brings gilt flakes and a few pearls falling like light through glass. Right for a christening in an old parish church, a baptism at a cathedral, or an autumn service followed by lunch.