Invitation atelier
9 invitations. Scratch, poke, unseal — or pop the balloons.
Scratch the foil
Scratch it like a lottery ticket. Gold dust, then the show.
Enter this design
Wake the lotus
Poke the petals. They bounce. Then the lake opens.
Open the envelope
A wiggly wax-seal letter. Tap it. It pops.
Light the diyas
Five lamps, a rangoli, then the mandap. A proper shaadi welcome.
Watch the mandala
A cream-paper shaadi. Scroll the palace, then the letter opens.
Part the night
The same palace, after dark. Moonlight and amethyst on a night lake.
Develop the photo
Polaroids on a line, ticket stubs, a taped-up shaadi scrapbook.
A gift, not an invite
Light paper, balloons, a cake, her letters. Made for him.
A card, then six balloons
Roses and gold leaf. Pop a numbered balloon, read the wish inside.