Mother's Day invitations
A day that is straightforwardly lovely for some families and quietly difficult for others, and the wording can hold both.
$65
Your details set by hand, usually back the same day. $145 to rebuild it in your own colours.
Most Mother's Day gatherings are small and warm: a brunch, an afternoon tea, a lunch where somebody who normally cooks is finally not cooking. The invitation is doing less logistical work than almost anything else in this studio, and more emotional work. It is often the gift, or part of it, which changes what it should feel like in the hand.
That means the register is worth thinking about. A card that says "you are not cooking today" is more specific and more affectionate than a card that says "Happy Mother's Day", because it names the actual gift. The best of these read as though one person wrote them to another person, which they did.
For families where the day is complicated, by loss, by estrangement, by fertility, the same invitation can be sent with the holiday not named at all. "Lunch at ours on Sunday, just because" does the whole job without asking anybody to perform a feeling they do not have. It is a small kindness and it is the reason a designed card beats a shop-bought one for a lot of families.
What changes for this one
Small, tactile, and closer to a card than a party invitation. Handwriting-adjacent type suits it, and there is usually room for a longer personal message than any other invitation carries. If it is being framed as a gift, it should be designed to be kept rather than to be replied to.
When to send
Two weeks out is plenty for family. If people are travelling in, three to four. If it is a surprise, coordinate with whoever else is arranging things before anything is sent.
Colours that work
Whatever she actually likes, which is the only real rule here. Failing that, soft rose and cream, garden greens, or a warm neutral with one strong accent.
Questions people ask about mother's day invitations
Can it work as the gift itself?
Yes, and it often does. A designed card with a real message inside, given rather than posted, is a keepsake. It should be built to be kept rather than to be replied to.
How do we word it for a family where the day is hard?
Do not name the holiday. "Lunch at ours on Sunday" invites everybody without asking anyone to mark an occasion they would rather not.
Do you do Father's Day too?
Yes, same collection, different design. The register is usually plainer and the practical details, especially timing, matter more.
Should it be printed or digital?
Printed, if it is functioning as a gift. Digital is fine for coordinating a large family lunch, but it will not be kept.
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US searches a month for mother's day invitations, measured rather than guessed. Nearly every page here targets a term almost nobody is defending properly.
- tea party invitation — 480/mo
- brunch invitation — 1,000/mo
- fathers day invitation — 210/mo
How to have this made
Custom invitation design
Designed from nothing for one event. No template underneath.
From $285
Digital and paperless invitations
Designed to be texted, emailed or posted. Not an Evite template.
From $225
Start with a First Look
$45 for one finished concept designed for your event, back in three days. It comes off whatever you book, and if you do not love it you keep the file and owe nothing.