Boho, desert, ranch and Southwest

Desert Dusk

Boho, desert, ranch and Southwest weddings, West Coast celebrations and elopements.

$99 launch price, once. See it with your names before you pay.

Desert Dusk sample invitation for Sofia Cardenas & Mateo Villarreal, shown on a phone.

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The opening: “Drag the sun up”

A dark horizon with mesas. Guests drag the sun up (or tap): the sky moves from dusk through terracotta to sand, the grain fades and the names appear.

Every opening has a button and keyboard alternative and a Skip link. Guests who prefer reduced motion get a short crossfade instead.

The music

Lap steel and nylon-string guitar with soft hand percussion, dry and intimate, in a 75-second loop. Original, composed for Honored. It starts only after the guest opens the invitation, and can be muted on every screen.

Layout

An arched hero photo, woven-stripe section bands and a schedule laid out along the sun’s path.

Color modes

Sand

  • Background #F1E7DA
  • Surface #F8F2E9
  • Ink #3B2E27
  • Accent #B8623B
  • Second accent #6F6F4E
  • Muted #A79584

Night

  • Background #2B1E2E
  • Surface #36283A
  • Ink #F1E7DA
  • Accent #D9825A
  • Second accent #A3A37D
  • Muted #A79584

Type

Gloock, Mulish. All open-source (SIL Open Font License) and served from our own site, so nothing loads from a third party.

The sample couple

Sofia Cardenas & Mateo Villarreal, Rancho Lucero, outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. It shows the Mexican-American pack in English and Spanish. The couple and the venue are fictional.

Styles that use it

Make this invitation

Start with Desert Dusk, add your names and dates, and watch it open before you pay.