Eight-point star tilework for the nikah and walima
Zellige Star
Nikah and walima weekends, and any couple who loves Moorish, Andalusian or Persian geometry: garden courtyards, banquet halls and family homes.
$99 launch price, once. See it with your names before you pay.
Zellige Star sample invitation for Layla Haddad & Omar Siddiqui, shown on a phone.
Open it on this phone(opens in a new tab)The opening: “Open the courtyard door”
A carved cedar door in a pointed arch, set in a wall of star tiles. Guests drag it open to the right: the leaves swing in, daylight spills over the threshold, the fountain in the courtyard starts and your names settle in the sky above the wall.
Every opening has a button and keyboard alternative and a Skip link. Guests who prefer reduced motion get a short crossfade instead.
The music
An original courtyard tune: a nylon-string guitar in place of an oud, a ney-like flute, a harp rippling like a qanun, soft strings and a gentle hand-drum groove, in a 90-second loop. Original, composed for Honored. It starts only after the guest opens the invitation, and can be muted on every screen.
Layout
Your names in a pointed niche cut into a tiled wall, your photo through an arched window, the countdown as an arcade, the schedule as a courtyard plan with a numbered star for each event, the wedding party on star tiles and the gallery as arched windows.
Color modes
Plaster
- Background #F7F4EE
- Surface #FFFDF9
- Ink #14213D
- Accent #1F4E9C
- Second accent #C99A2E
- Muted #5E8C83
Walima night
- Background #0E1830
- Surface #16223F
- Ink #F3EEE2
- Accent #D4A845
- Second accent #4F80D1
- Muted #8796B0
Rose
- Background #F6ECE8
- Surface #FCF6F3
- Ink #2E1A1A
- Accent #B65A45
- Second accent #C99A2E
- Muted #8A6F68
Type
Reem Kufi, Readex Pro. All open-source (SIL Open Font License) and served from our own site, so nothing loads from a third party.
The sample couple
Layla Haddad & Omar Siddiqui, The Courtyard at Fairlane House, Dearborn, Michigan. It shows a henna night, the nikah, tea in the courtyard and the walima. The couple and the venue are fictional.
Styles that use it
Make this invitation
Start with Zellige Star, add your names and dates, and watch it open before you pay.