Purple With Gold Type
The combination is the one most people picture when they think of a commencement, which makes it an easy match for the gown in the photographs. Gold lettering holds its own against the deeper background in daylight and under a porch light alike. For a party where nobody has settled on a color scheme, this is the one that looks deliberate.
Lawn, Fence or Garage
A porch is not the only frontage a house has. The panel spans a garage door, a fence along the drive, a window above a flower bed or a wall facing the street, and it lines up with graduation yard signs pushed into the grass below. Working out which surface guests see first from the road is worth a minute of thought.
Backdrop for the Photos
Indoors the banner becomes a backdrop. Hung behind the cake table, or along the wall where the family lines up, it puts the wording into the frame of every photograph taken that afternoon. Thirteen inches of depth is enough for the lettering to read in a picture without the banner swallowing the whole background behind the group.
High School to Doctorate
The wording leaves the level open. Congrats Grad fits a high school ceremony, a college commencement, a hooding or a doctorate, so one panel serves whichever stage of school the party is marking. In a household with two students finishing in the same year, the same scheme can be repeated at both celebrations without designing anything twice.
