Digital invitation for a zoo baptism: name the godparents

It's the moment the priest asks who the godparents are and half the room turns towards the wrong aunt. Your zoo baptism has a habit of going like that: the lion on the cover gets remembered, the godfather's second surname does not. A digital invitation fixes the boring part. You write the godparents' line in your browser, share one link, and everyone opens the same page on their phone — nothing to install, nothing printed, nothing posted.

You can have it out today: pick a design from the collection, fill in the fields, test the cover for free and publish the moment it reads right. What follows is the part people get wrong — the names, the two hours, and one animal.

Who holds the baby: the names a zoo baptism invitation has to spell out

Write the godparents' line the way the priest will say it out loud: "Maria and Jordi, godparents". If your invitation says "my brother" or "the aunties", nobody knows who to look at when the moment comes. The lion is a drawing on the cover, not a job. The names that carry the weight are the baby, the parents and the godparents, and if grandad carries the baby to the font, his name goes in too.

• "Maria and Jordi, godparents" — first names and surnames, spelled the way they'll be said on the day.
• Not "my brother" and not "the aunties". A role is not a name.
• Decide whether the label reads "Avis" or "Abuelos" before you write anything else, and give each piece of information its own field.
• The lion stays on the cover. It's a drawing, not a member of the family, so it doesn't belong in the text.

Pick the cover animal like a colour: one, and out of the text

If your baby sleeps folded up like a koala, the koala opens the invitation. If you want the lion, make the lion the only animal on the page — two animals competing on one cover don't read as playful, they read as crowded. A zoo gives you gates, paths, benches and a pond full of flamingos. Use one photo of the baby and one of the two of you on a bench as the decorative pictures, and let each scene have a single subject.

Then do the grandmother test. Show the cover to the family before you publish. If someone pulls a face at the lion, swap the photo in the editor — the link doesn't change and nobody has to be told twice.

Zoo at 12:00, aperitif at 14:00: both hours, one line

Write the two times together and keep them separate: "12:00, blessing in the chapel; 14:00, aperitif by the flamingos". If one of them moves, you edit the text and the link stays the same. Settle the dress code in a short line — "safari smart, no costumes" — so the aunt who calls three times already knows what to wear. If half the family is travelling in, add the exact restaurant name and the map, and set the invitation's language so nobody opens a page they can't read.

The lion is decoration. The names are the invitation.

Why a digital invitation for your zoo baptism saves the Sunday

It's a web page of its own, not a PDF and not an image: you share a link, a QR code or a message, and guests open it in any browser without installing anything. Test the design for free, then pay 29,99 EUR once — no subscription, up to six of your own photos, every scene unlocked when you buy. If the weather turns and the meal moves indoors, change the time, the place or the wording, and the same link shows the new version. No envelopes to reprint. Pick a design, write the names properly, and send it.