Scallop shells, a cockle and a slender spiral are pressed into pale linen paper along the top, their shapes picked out by shadow rather than color. At the bottom a wash of teal and sea-green watercolor rolls in like a wave. The title is set in a deep teal serif, calm and sure.
Soft, rounded teal letters with a little shine spell the mom-to-be’s name on the linen, and the date and the place follow in the same dark teal.
A good card for a beach house shower, a coastal town, or a family that spends every summer by the water. Lay shells and driftwood down the center of the table with a few pale blue hydrangeas, serve lemonade and shrimp rolls, and let each guest take a shell from the table as a keepsake.






