Printed Christening Invitations
Our christening invitations are printed invitations to a baby's christening or baptism that you personalise online before ordering. Baptism and christening are the two words families use for this occasion, and these cards work as baptism invitations just as readily. Parents and families order them when inviting guests to the service and the gathering after it. Born of Water has a blue watercolour background with a cross and uses digital printing on Paperlust Matte at 178 x 127 mm, portrait or landscape. An order of 100 cards is A$280.
Design Ranges and Photo Options
These christening invitations include a girl range and a boy range for families picking by child.
If you want artwork that carries a cross, Boho Blooms pairs a floral wreath in teal and peach around a central cross, while Light of Christ uses a gold foil dot pattern forming a cross on the left side. Born of Water is another cross design, and these cross designs suit a Catholic or other church baptism.
For a personal centrepiece, Polaroid shows a sleeping baby in a photograph framed by green watercolour leaves and pink accents. This photo design uses digital printing at 178 x 127 mm, and 100 cards cost A$280. You upload your own photo on the customise page.
Sizes, Print Methods and Prices
These christening invitations come in three card sizes: 178 x 127 mm for Born of Water, Polaroid, Light of Christ and The New Birth, 140 x 107 mm for Boho Blooms, and 147 x 147 mm square for Pink Wreath. The table compares 100 cards of each design on that design's default paper.
| Design | Artwork | Size | Print method and paper | Production after proof approval | Price for 100 cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born of Water | cross on blue watercolour | 178 x 127 mm | Digital printing, Paperlust Matte | 3 to 5 working days | A$280 |
| Boho Blooms | floral wreath around a cross | 140 x 107 mm | Digital printing, Paperlust Matte | 3 to 5 working days | A$168 |
| Light of Christ | gold foil dot pattern forming a cross | 178 x 127 mm | Flat foil, Paperlust Matte | 7 to 10 working days | A$481 |
| The New Birth | leafy frame with gold accents | 178 x 127 mm | Foil stamp, Paperlust Wild Cotton | 20 to 23 working days | A$802 |
- Digital printing is flat, full colour printing, the simplest and fastest option at the lowest cost.
- Metallic prints a gold pigment at the same time as the colour inks for a soft shine rather than bright foil.
- Flat foil is foil laid flat on the card with no impression and no custom die.
- Foil stamp presses foil in with heat through a die made for the design, leaving an indentation, and needs a minimum of 50 cards.
Born of Water, Boho Blooms, Polaroid and Pink Wreath offer Paperlust Matte, Linen, Metallic, Luxe, Wild Cotton or Matte Double T, while Light of Christ offers Matte or Luxe and The New Birth offers the Wild Cotton and Wild Cotton Double T grades.
Wording and Customising Online
Inside the online editor you can change the event name in the wording to a baptism, a christening, a dedication or a naming day. You can edit the font and font size, add a back side card, and add or replace any photos. The wording on a baptism invitation usually carries these details:
- the service date and time
- the church or venue name and address
- the baby's name
- godparents' names, if wanted
- details of any lunch or gathering afterwards
- a reply by date plus a phone number or email
Use Add Guest Names to print a different guest's name on each card. It costs A$0.40 per card on Born of Water, Boho Blooms, Polaroid and Light of Christ, and it is not offered on The New Birth. You can still change guest names in My Order right up until the order is approved for print.
Templates, Backgrounds and Announcements
There is no downloadable or printable template or background image for these baptism invitations. Each design is a finished layout you fill in online, with the wording and any photo, and the artwork and its background come with the design. What arrives is the printed order with envelopes.
Using the wording change described above, any of these christening invitations can be worded as a baptism announcement for a service that has already taken place. If you are announcing a new baby, there is a separate baby and birth announcement cards range.
Order to Delivery Steps
A family planning christening invitations can count back from the service date using the steps below.
- Put the order in online once your edits are done.
- A designer checks your file and sends a free digital proof within 1 to 2 business days of your order.
- You can ask for further changes as often as needed before approving.
- The final proof approval is what starts printing, and the table above shows how long each design then takes.
- Your cards are printed in Melbourne and then sent free with StarTrack Premium. Delivery to metro addresses is usually the next business day after dispatch. Deliveries to regional and rural addresses need extra time.
Frequently Asked Questions
The minimum is 10 cards for digital printing, metallic and flat foil, and 50 for foil stamp. Born of Water, Light of Christ, Boho Blooms and Polaroid have a quantity selector that runs from 10 to 300 in steps of 10, while The New Birth runs from 50 to 300.
Baptism invitations with digital printing, like Born of Water, Boho Blooms and Polaroid, can be rushed in 1 to 2 working days after proof approval, while Light of Christ takes 3 to 5 working days. The New Birth cannot be expedited, and rush production is not available for metallic printing either. The fee is A$50 per order, selected at checkout when eligible, with delivery time on top.
A custom sample of Born of Water costs A$15 so you can see that design before ordering. A sample pack is A$5 and shows the papers and print methods, and a swatch kit is A$20. Regular post delivers all three in 5 to 7 business days.
Every invitation card includes a premium white envelope, and coloured envelopes cost extra. For addressing, you upload guest names and addresses after checkout, and the printing charge is A$0.20 per envelope for black and white or A$0.35 per envelope for colour. Printing starts only after every address is uploaded and confirmed.
Yes. Leave a special request note on the customise page or email support, and the change is made during proofing after the order. For a paper or envelope change after ordering, email during proofing and any extra cost is confirmed by email.
Paperlust makes no edits to your photo, and printed colours can differ slightly from your screen because each monitor is calibrated differently. The photo appears on the proof before printing so you can check its placement.
Before you approve the proof, check the baby's name, date and church address carefully, because text errors approved at that stage are not covered. For print faults, the 100% Print Happiness Guarantee gives a reprint first, then credit or a refund, provided you claim within 30 days of dispatch.
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