A Meaningful Keepsake to Guide the Day and Honour Their Story
At Orchid Memories, we create beautifully bespoke funeral order of service booklets that honour a life with care, dignity and personal meaning.
An order of service is more than a guide to the ceremony — it becomes a lasting keepsake for family and friends. Through thoughtful design, carefully chosen photographs, meaningful wording and considered layout, we create something that truly reflects the person being remembered.
Why Choose Orchid Memories for Your Order Of Service Booklet?
Completely Bespoke Design
Tailored with your photographs, meaningful wording, colours, and personal themes.
Premium and Luxury Print Finished
Professionally printed on high quality digital press with the option of textured, woven or specialist boards, ribbon finished and refined detailing.
Calm, Personal One-to-One Guidance
Direct support at every stage, ensuring a clear, reassuring and carefully managed process from design through to delivery.
Designed for Your Loved One
Whether you prefer a timeless, classic style or a more personalised theme incorporating hobbies, colours or subtle motifs, every booklet is custom designed from scratch. We can include hymns, readings, tributes, charity donation details, reception information and cherished photographs – all professionally typeset and arranged with sensitivity.
Printed using high-quality digital press technology on premium and luxury substrates, your finished booklets are crisp, elegant and beautifully produced. Ribbon finishes, specialist boards and bespoke touches are also available.
With calm, one-to-one support throughout, we guide you through the process clearly and compassionately — ensuring everything feels considered, personal and just right for the day.
Additional Features
Every funeral order of service is bespoke, with a range of luxury finishing options available:
Premium, textured, woven or metallic boards
Specialist and luxury paper stocks
Ribbon bindings and tassel finishes
Diamante embellishments
Gloss or soft-touch lamination
Alternative sizes and bespoke folds
Foiling and custom detailing
If you have something specific in mind, I can usually source and create it for you.
Our Process
1
Share Your Vision
We begin with a calm conversation to understand your loved one’s personality, style and the tone you would like to create. You can share photographs, wording, hymns, poems and any special details you would like included.
2
Design & Proof
I carefully create your bespoke layout, thoughtfully arranging text, imagery and colour to reflect the life being honoured. You will receive a digital proof within 28–48 hours, with up to three rounds of revisions included to refine everything perfectly.
3
Print & Delivery
Once approved, your order of service is professionally printed on premium or luxury stock, carefully finished and either delivered to your chosen address, funeral director, or available for collection from my Medway studio.
The Care and Experience
Behind Every Design
With over 30 years of experience in the printing and graphics industry, I bring both expertise and compassion to every piece of personalised funeral stationery I create. I understand how important it is that every detail reflects the life, personality, and story of your loved one. When you’re planning a farewell, my team and I are here to guide you through the entire design process with care, empathy, and thoughtful attention to detail – taking as much of the pressure away from you as possible.
Every order is created on a truly personal basis, ensuring the design feels right for you and your family. The finished stationery is not only beautifully designed and professionally printed, but also a lasting keepsake to treasure long after the service. If you would like guidance or support at any stage, you’re always welcome to get in touch by phone, email, or via the contact page. It is always an honour to help families during such a difficult time, and we genuinely care about making the process as smooth, meaningful, and reassuring as possible.
Donna Roche
Owner and Creative Director
Let’s Create Something Special Together
Inspired by Their Story
Take a look at the designs we’ve created and discover the stories of love and legacy behind every piece.
This design incorporated a treasured wedding photograph supplied by the family as a soft faded watermark, celebrating a special moment shared together. Sunflowers were added throughout the design to reflect their mum’s love of these vibrant flowers.
Created for a gentleman with a love of astronomy, this design features soft blue masculine tones with ––subtle floral detailing and a telescope element to reflect his passion for stargazing and the night sky.
This patriotic-themed design includes a softly faded Union Jack background to honour and reflect this gentleman’s love for his country.
A soft blue floral design incorporating white roses, music notes, sailing elements and cycling silhouettes to reflect the hobbies and interests their dad enjoyed throughout his life.
Designed using soft pink tones and roses to reflect the floral tributes chosen for the service. A subtle cat silhouette was also included as a gentle nod to her love of cats and support for Cats Protection.
This spring-inspired design was created to reflect the time of year of the service, using fresh seasonal florals and a subtle bingo-themed detail as a personal touch to represent one of her favourite hobbies.
A personalised tribute featuring fishing, athletics and West Ham-inspired elements. Claret and blue tones, bubbles and hammers were incorporated alongside lakeside imagery to reflect his hobbies, sporting interests and love for football.
This bespoke design combined James Bond-inspired styling with Formula One racing imagery, music notes and vibrant red fuchsias to reflect the gentleman’s passions, hobbies and favourite flowers.
Inspired by the butterfly floral tribute chosen by the family, this design recreated the arrangement using soft purple, pink and white tones, finished with delicate butterfly details throughout.
Created for a gentleman who loved superheroes and art, this design features a superhero-inspired silhouette with artistic elements including paintbrushes and an easel. Personalised “D” shield emblems were added as a tribute to his name, David.
This bright spring floral design was created using vibrant tulips to reflect their mum’s love of colourful seasonal flowers and cheerful springtime tones.
This vibrant design was inspired by her love of bright dahlia flowers, holidays in Greece and enjoying a glass of wine. Warm pink and orange dahlia florals were combined with scenic Greek chapel imagery overlooking the ocean, finished with subtle wine-themed details to create a personal and uplifting tribute.
FAQs
No. Every order of service is individually designed to reflect your loved one’s life and personality.
Your first digital proof is sent within 28–48 hours.
Yes. Where possible, I prioritise urgent print deadlines.
Yes – including specialist boards, ribbon binding, lamination and bespoke embellishments.
Start the Conversation
Every life has a unique story, and it is always an honour to help you tell it. Please share a few initial details below, and Donna will personally be in touch to listen, learn about your loved one, and guide you through the next steps – ensuring every detail feels right.
