Digital invitation: christening photos and privacy

Two days after the christening, a photo of your baby in the white shawl is in a group chat with forty people you have never met. It is nobody's fault: sending a picture takes a second, and saying 'please don't' out loud feels rude. A digital invitation lets you settle it before anyone arrives. You can choose a design, write your privacy line and send the link today from the catalogue.

One private web page, shared only with the people who are coming. One sentence about photos, written where everyone will read it. That is the whole plan.

How to create a digital invitation with christening photo privacy

Start in the collection and try a design for free: in test mode you can edit the cover without paying, and buying unlocks the rest of the scenes. Then fill in one field per detail — the names, the date, the place, the phrase line — with a character counter so nothing runs off the screen, and add up to six of your own photos. You choose which one is the cover, and you can swap any photo later without touching the link.

• Share the link one to one: individual WhatsApp messages or a broadcast list. Not an open group, not a feed.
• Put one line in the phrase field: 'The photos from this christening are private. Please don't share them without our permission.'
• Choose a cover that shows the day, not the baby's face: the candle, the font, the lace on the shawl.
• Add a question to the RSVP: 'Will you take photos? If so, please share them in the private album we send you.'

What to write in the photo privacy clause

Keep it to two lines and put it where everyone reads it before the day. Ask people not to tag you or the baby on social media, and to send their photos to a private album you choose. You are not telling anyone to put the phone away. You are telling them where the pictures go. A line like 'If you want a photo, message me and I'll send it' works better than a rule, because it gives people something to do.

Digital invitations can also be edited after you have sent them. Change the time, the venue, the map, the dress code or the phrase line and the link stays the same, so nobody has to receive anything twice. Confirmations arrive inside the invitation, in one list you can read without chasing replies on WhatsApp. And if a grandparent or a godparent wants something on paper, go with the sensible version: the link for everyone, two or three printed copies for the people who will actually keep them.

Write the privacy line before you send the link, and pick a cover photo that shows the day instead of your baby's face.

Why a digital invitation fits a private christening

It is digital end to end: no paper, no envelopes, no trips to the post box. Guests open the link from a WhatsApp message or a QR code, in any browser, on a phone or a laptop, with nothing to install. Photos, music and RSVP questions are set up in the same editor, and the whole thing costs 29,99 EUR as a one-off payment — no subscription — with the content available in 7 languages. Build your invitation, test it for free and publish it when you are ready: the sooner the link is out, the sooner you stop worrying about where the pictures end up.