Four templates to start from, more on the way

Four scenes are ready on the templates page. Each one is a save the date your guests open from a link, on their phone, with no app and no account. Each one plays with your own names, date and place, not with a demo couple.

They have one thing in common: something happens. The scene builds itself, a detail moves, and only then does your date appear. That short wait is the point; it is what makes a guest watch to the end instead of glancing and closing.

Autumn drive

A save the date that paints itself in watercolour. The road, the trees and the convertible appear stroke by stroke, the way a painter would lay them down. Once the last stroke dries, the convertible’s wheels start to turn and the road leads to your date.

It suits couples who think of their wedding as the start of a trip, and anyone getting married in the fall, when the maples turn. Guests can add the date to their calendar straight from the scene.

Lakeside Cottage

A cottage by the lake in fall, built like a toy theatre. The trees, the dock and the cottage slide into place one cut-out at a time, as if someone were setting a small stage in front of you. Then the date settles into the sky above the water.

It is the most playful of the four, and the one that feels most like a handmade object. It fits a cottage wedding, a lake wedding, or simply a couple who spent their summers by the water.

Quebec in Winter

Old Québec under snow, in oils. A street lamp lights a young couple, snow keeps falling, dusk spreads over the Château Frontenac, then the date appears above them.

This one is painted with thick, visible brushstrokes, like a canvas you could touch. It is made for winter weddings, and for anyone who has walked the old city on a cold evening and remembers the light.

Montreal

An autumn evening on the Plateau, in watercolour. A woman rides by on her bicycle, a window lights up on a couple dancing in wedding clothes, then the date appears.

It is the most urban scene, full of the staircases and brick façades of the neighbourhood. It suits couples who met in the city, live in it, or are getting married in it.

What every template includes

Whichever scene you choose, the same things come with it:

• Your details, written into the scene. Names, date and place, in the right typeface and position for that scene.
• Two languages. The scene speaks English or Canadian French, depending on the guest.
• A test before anyone else sees it. Send it to yourself by email or open it in your browser first.
• Sharp on every phone. Each scene is painted large enough to stay crisp when it zooms, and tested on mid-range phones so it stays smooth.

What comes next

We are painting more seasons and more places across Canada. The empty slots you see when you choose a save the date are waiting for them.

Next are invitations that open like paper, with the RSVP right behind them:

• an envelope that opens on your date and your place, then a reply card that flips over to the form;
• doors that swing open on your venue;
• mountains and a lake for a wedding in the Rockies.

They exist as early versions today; we will announce each one here when it is ready for your guests.

How to choose

Start with your season and your place. A winter wedding in Québec City has an obvious match; a summer wedding by a lake has another. If nothing fits exactly, choose the scene whose feeling is closest, and tell us what is missing. A lot of what we paint next comes from those messages.

Follow along on the blog or on Instagram to see each new scene as soon as it is ready.