Memorial invitation template

In Loving Memory Portrait memorial invitation

Olive branches, wild grasses and a low golden sun over a watercolor meadow — a memorial invitation that holds a gentle likeness of your loved one, drawn from one photo, above their name in quiet sage serif capitals.

Make yours in the Inviti AI app for iPhone.

In loving memory invitation with a sample portrait of an older woman with soft silver hair in a sage-green cardigan, set without a frame in a watercolor meadow with misty hills, a low golden sun and a few gray birds, edged by olive branches, wild grasses and small white daisies, with “In Loving Memory” in spaced capitals and “Evelyn Rose Martin” in large sage-gray serif capitals on an ivory center above the details
Sample details shown. Your names, date and place replace them.
About this design

What makes it
feel like the table.

  • Sage serif lettering
  • Olive branch
  • Misty gray-blue sky
  • Golden meadow
  • Ivory remembrance field

The portrait takes up the upper half of the card with no frame or border around it. In the sample, an older woman with soft silver hair and small pearl earrings smiles gently toward the viewer, wearing a sage-green knit cardigan over a white blouse with a lace-trimmed neckline. Behind her the landscape opens out: misty blue-gray hills on the left, and on the right a low sun glowing at the horizon above a golden meadow and a line of distant trees, under a pale sky with soft clouds and a few gray birds in flight near the top corner. Olive branches hung with green olives reach in from the top left, slender olive sprigs curve in from both sides, and tall grasses, wild seed heads and small white daisies rise along the lower edges. Below the shoulders the cardigan dissolves into a soft ivory mist at the center of the card, and that open space holds all of the wording.

Everything is painted in loose, translucent watercolor: soft washes in the sky and hills, fine strokes in the grasses, and leaves shaded from sage to gray-green. The portrait is rendered in the same light, painterly way, so the figure seems to stand in the meadow rather than sit on top of it, and in the sample the sage cardigan picks up the color of the olive leaves. The light is warm and low, gold near the sun and cool gray-blue in the hills, and the greens stay muted throughout, so the card feels peaceful and tender rather than heavy, like a quiet early walk through open country. Ivory around the wording keeps it calm and easy to read. The woman shown is fictional: your version shows a generated likeness of your loved one from your photo in her place, with a single face on the card, and the matching pieces carry the watercolor olive branches and soft palette without any portrait.

“In Loving Memory” opens the wording in widely spaced sans-serif capitals, the same deep sage-gray as the name, above a fine gold-toned rule with a small leaf sprig at its center. “Evelyn Rose Martin” follows over two lines in the largest letters on the card, classic serif capitals with tall, graceful proportions, and the birth and passing years sit just beneath in smaller serif numerals. A long, delicate vine of leaves divides the name from the details, which change to a soft slate blue that echoes the distant hills: “Sunday, January 16 · 2 PM” and “Meadow House · Boston” in spaced sans-serif capitals, separated by a hairline rule with a small gold dot at its center. “A gathering of remembrance” closes the card in smaller, lighter capitals in olive-gray, just above the grasses at the bottom edge.

Good for

Where this design fits best.

  • A celebration of life in a community hall, a garden room or the family home, with time for stories and a guest book
  • A memorial reception after a service, with tea, coffee and a light lunch for family and friends
  • A gathering on the anniversary of a passing, when family and close friends come together to remember
  • A remembrance tea at home or in a garden room, with photos and a memory book laid out for guests
  • Adult children or grandchildren hosting for a parent or grandparent, with one favorite photo that shows them as everyone remembers them
Wording ideas

What to write on a in loving memory portrait invitation.

01

Gathering of remembrance

In loving memory

Harold James Whitfield

Saturday, March 6 · 1 PM

The Orchard Room · Hartford

A gathering of remembrance

02

Celebration of life

A celebration of life

Margaret “Peggy” Delgado

Sunday, May 16 · 3 PM

Willow Creek Garden Room · Sacramento

Please bring a story to share

03

One year on

Remembering with love

Thomas Okafor

One year since we said goodbye

Saturday, October 9 · 4 PM

The Okafor home · Atlanta

Tea, photographs & stories

How it works

From this design to your invitation.

  1. Open Inviti AI on your iPhone and find In Loving Memory Portrait in Explore.
  2. Tap to use it, then add one clear photo of the person you are remembering, their full name, their real birth and passing years, the date and start time of the gathering, the venue and city, and a closing line such as “A gathering of remembrance”.
  3. Inviti generates your version in this style. Proofread every name, date and address before sharing, and ask for a change if needed.
  4. Share it as an image or as one link. With Pro RSVP, guests reply from the link in their browser and you see every response in the app.
Good to know

About this template.

Will my invitation look exactly like this one?

It will follow this design's direction: a generated likeness of your loved one without a frame, set in a watercolor meadow with misty hills, a low golden sun and gray birds in flight, olive branches and wild grasses around the edges, and their name in large sage-gray serif capitals on an ivory center above slate-blue details. Because Inviti generates each invitation with AI from your details, the arrangement and lettering can differ from this sample.

Which photo of my loved one works best?

A favorite photo where their face is clear and well lit, with nobody else in it. This design needs one personal photo of the person you are remembering, and Inviti AI won't generate it without one. The woman in the sample is fictional: Inviti AI redraws the upper half of the card with the person from your photo in her place, aiming to keep their recognizable features, hair and expression, and keeps the meadow, the olive branches, the layout and your wording around them. The portrait is an AI-drawn likeness rather than your photo placed on the card, and it shows a single face, so if the picture you love most is a family group, look for one where they appear alone. It doesn't need to be a recent or formal portrait; a clear, well-lit face matters most. Before you share it, look closely at the face, ask for a change if it doesn't look right, and read every line of wording. The matching pieces are graphics only, without the portrait. If you'd rather not use a photo, Peaceful Botanical Memorial has olive branches and birds in a similar quiet watercolor, with no portrait.

Can the wording suit a celebration of life or an anniversary gathering?

Yes. Every line on the sample is a placeholder: Evelyn Rose Martin, the years printed under her name, the January date, Meadow House in Boston and “A gathering of remembrance” are all fictional, so enter your loved one's full name and their real birth and passing years, then the date, time and place of your own gathering. The opening and closing lines can change too; “A celebration of life”, “Remembering with love” or “Please bring a story to share” all sit well in the small spaced capitals, and short lines fit best. Check every name, year and date in the version Inviti generates before you share it. Several matching pieces repeat the name, among them the cake topper, the water bottle labels and the thank-you tags, so check it on each piece you request as well.

Can I print it?

Yes. The invitation is designed at 5×7 inches, and the app's print preparation can lay out copies on A4 or US Letter with crop marks. For the sharpest print, generate at full resolution rather than the introductory 1K size.

What matching pieces are there?

With Pro you can request matching pieces such as a “Welcome” sign with “In loving memory” and the date, a milestone sign with “In loving memory” and your loved one's name, a “Gathering menu” card (the sample lists garden salad, herb tart, berry cake and tea), food labels such as “Berry cake”, water bottle labels with “In loving memory” and the name, a “Cards & memories” sign, a “Share a memory” sign and a “Memory book” sign with the name, a “Remembering” cake topper with the name, initial-letter cupcake toppers and banner flags for the reception table, “A sweet memory” chocolate bar labels, a “With gratitude” thank-you card and “Thank you” tags with the name, all drawn as graphics without the portrait. Each piece is a separate generation; the full sample set is shown below.

Begin with the moment

Your in loving memory portrait,
with your names on it.

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