At a Glance
- Google’s Nano Banana Pro creates personalized event invitations from simple prompts
- The tool designed front and back layouts matching the user’s fertility-journey theme
- Finished cards export-ready for double-sided printing in under two hours
- Why it matters: Hosts can craft meaningful, story-driven invites without hiring a designer
When a long fertility journey ends in embryos with a 95% chance of live birth, a mass-text invite feels inadequate. Instead, I turned to Google’s Nano Banana Pro to design a keepsake-worthy baby-shower card that tells our story.
Getting Started
Open the Gemini Nano Banana site and bookmark the link for future projects. Scroll to the Pro tier and toggle the dropdown from standard to Pro. Click Create Image.
Before typing, decide on the vibe. I wanted minimal, meaningful, and with space to explain how our baby came to be. To speed things up, I asked ChatGPT in another tab to draft the prompt.
First Draft and Refinement
The opening result arrived in the exact shade of the first baby outfit I’d bought-an accidental but welcome coincidence. Rather than tweak text first, I locked in the visuals.
I Googled inspiration, uploaded two cards I liked, and typed: “Redesign it with these two images as inspiration.” Nano Banana merged the graphics from the second file with the name placement of the first. The mash-up looked good, though I wondered if I’d simply copied a template I could have downloaded.
Building the Back
Next came the reverse side for our fertility story. I prompted: “Fill in our name and a mock date and address.” The model placed every detail perfectly.
Then: “I want to turn this invite over and have text about our fertility journey. Keep it minimal and complement the front.” It produced a clean block of text. I swapped the placeholder copy for our own words and asked for a line break to improve readability. After two tries the break never appeared, so I left it.
| Front Design | Back Design |
|---|---|
| Soft pastel background | Plain white card |
| Stylized stroller graphic | Centered paragraph |
| Event details in serif font | Fertility-journey text |
| Room for host name | Mock date and address |
Print-Ready Export
I asked how to prep the file for double-sided printing. Nano Banana returned step-by-step instructions: export each side as PNG, align margins in the printer dialog, and use heavyweight matte cardstock. Total creation time: roughly 90 minutes.
For final tweaks-color correction or extra line breaks-drop the files into Adobe Firefly or any free editor.
Key Takeaways
- Nano Banana Pro handles both graphics and text placement
- Uploading reference images speeds up style choices
- Expect to nudge formatting details yourself
- Budget two hours start-to-finish for a polished, story-driven invite
