A Gen-Z digital invitation, built as a birthday gift for my sister.
An interactive digital invitation for a 17th birthday celebration, built with Next.js, MySQL, and Prisma to replace a physical invitation with something modern, personal, and interactive — designed around Gen-Z sensibilities from the ground up.
What needed to change
My sister wanted something different for her 17th birthday than a standard printed invitation — modern, personal, and interactive. The technical challenge was matching that ambition: smooth animations and satisfying visual feedback without sacrificing load speed, plus a guest management system that could handle RSVPs and messages cleanly behind the scenes.
I designed the UX around interactivity and visual aesthetic first, using Next.js to build a dynamic interface with fluid transitions from the RSVP button through to a live wish dashboard. Behind that interface, I used Prisma as the ORM to structure a MySQL database capable of tracking invited guests, attendance confirmations, and greeting messages in an organized way.
The most memorable piece was the auto-recap feature — the system automatically updates the attendance list in real time as guests confirm, turning what would normally be manual tracking into something that just works in the background.
Solo build, January 2025
Real-time attendance recap system
Very happy 17-year-old sister
