Hello!Lucky
Letterpress greeting cards, thank you notes, DIY projects, free printables and craft inspiration.
Christmas came early to the San Francisco office! A large package arrived at our studio the other day, and who could it be from? None other than our friends Iain and Hamad over in London! We were squealing like kids when we found bunches of simple brown wrapped presents, each attached with a handwritten song lyric.
Hmm, what could it be?
Scarves for all!
Thanks Iain and Hamad! Warm winter greetings to you!
Now would be an appropriate time for an "Awweee" moment! Sabrina's holiday cards just arrived off the press and they are cute as can be. Her twins Alex and James are getting so big, and we can really see the resemblances! We especially love how the boys' stripes match perfectly with the winter and spring illustrations in Susy Jack's Four Seasons accordion card. The best part is that there's no pressure to send them before Christmas because this card is perfect for any time of year!
Alex and James definitely make our list of Holiday Cuties this year!
The gorgeous photos were taken by the Sarah at Modern Kids Photography - more on this soon!
We're seeing tons of holiday orders printed and shipped from the H!L studio this week! It's definitely a peak time to order holiday cards, but there's still time to personalize your own. One of our most popular designs this year is the Greetings from San Francisco photo card. We think the kelly green and red color combination is especially festive!
Santa stopped by our studio this morning, just to say hello!
Be sure to head over to Printeresting today where they feature a studio tour of Hello!Lucky! Our printer James showed the crew around and introduced them to the pressroom and shop. We love having visitors come to the studio so feel free to come say hello any time!
Here's a little sneak peek of some new letterpress Valentine's Day cards on the press as we speak! This is just one of many new card designs making their big debut soon, so stay tuned!
Drum roll please......Introducing, the newest member of the Skyline collection, Chicago! We know all you mid-westerners have been waiting patiently for the Chicago Skyline invitation suite to arrive, and the time has finally come! The invitation, reply card, and details card have carefully selected images of Chicago's finest monuments, buildings, and railways. We are so proud to welcome the windy city to the H!L family!
We're still working on getting the invitation up on our site, so if you're interested in Chicago Skyline just give us a call and we'll tell you how to order!
One of the many perks of working in a letterpress studio is the access to the presses (and quality printers!). Kristine and Christina both fell in love with the same personal stationery design, but put their own unique twist on the concept. Christina's version (above) features a "from the desk of" line along with a feather motif, while Kristine (below) favored a more simple approach.
Both designs were hand-printed on our 1950's Vandercook press.
Now get to those handwritten notes girls!
Whether charming, rustic, romantic, or sweet, the brilliance involved with this wedding for our overseas friends, Lisa and Rory is really something! We're currently putting together their day-of wedding materials - it's really coming together!
These vintage style pub signs are getting cut out and used as table numbers!
Say cheese! These tiny cheese signs will be dashing on display.
Each guest will have a program paddle fan to keep them cool! These are really turning out to be one of our signature products!
It's summertime! For us, that means we're busy producing materials to be used at summer weddings, including programs, place cards, and table top decorations. We love to see how an invitation design can be translated to day-of wedding decor, especially when customized to match the wedding colors. Our Architecture invitation looks striking as a table number (above) and a welcome drink sign (below).
These tented signs work great as double-sided menus - one side for hors-d'oeuvres and and the other for cocktails!
We like to use a bone folder to fold each place card, guaranteeing an even score. Its all in the details, after all!
Happy birthday to Lia, happy birthday to yooouuu! The Hello!Lucky staff has quite the lineup of summer birthdays. It seems as though every week we've gathered sweet treats and savory snacks back in our break area to celebrate. Last Friday's festivities were dedicated to Lia, one of our dearest sales consultants. Lia, the head of the sales team, has been with us since 2009. We love her sparkling charm and unwavering expertise. And check out the spread! French cheeses, fresh fruit, homemade Spanish tapas (we may have to start celebrating half-birthdays, too!)
Make a wish!
Happy birthday Lia! Cheers to another fun and fabulous year!
We've always loved our Visit Series created with Lab Partners so we just about fainted when we saw these babies on press today. Watch out LA - we've got stunning 3-color letterpress Visit Los Angeles save the dates and wedding invites ready to make an impression (pun very much intended)!
This shot gets up close and personal showing an inked plate moments before it presses into the paper.
Two colors printed, and one more to go!
Each new color requires that the machine be cleaned, re-inked and fitted with a new plate. Here invites-in-progress wait patiently to be pressed into wedding perfection.
Can you guess which designs these will turn out to be? Okay we'll spill, its Visit Texas and Visit Chicago!
Adding the second color to Visit Chicago brings out details in the train and fountain.
We can't wait to see what new details will come out when the third color is added!
Eunice and Sabrina are featured in the latest issue of Anthology, and we had to share a little taste!
The article shares a snippet of how the sisters' distinct personalities and tastes have molded their work and living spaces.
Did you notice the Joel Dewberry-designed backdrop from Eunice and Daniel's wedding? That's part of our Woodland Damask wedding invitation design— how great that she's re-purposed it as a bohemian-style faux window in her living room. Love it!
Sabrina's style is more graphic modern, and a lovely contrast.
There's so much more to read and see at the Anthology site.
Enjoy!
Its no secret how much we love the Alameda Flea Market, but when we saw the photos of Les Puces from Lia's recent trip to Paris - we were très jaloux indeed! An endless maze of vintage clothes, books, housewares and enough retro packaging and ephemera to make your head spin!
There were even a few pieces that looked like they could have held court at Versailles. Move over Marie Antoinette, we may need to borrow your fainting couch. Swoon!
We love when sweet Charlie dog comes to visit us in the studio, who can resist those come-pet-me eyes? He proved to be such a hard worker we decided to make Mr. Charlie an honorary employee.
Charlie's job at Hello!Lucky is T-Rex impersonator and prowler growler. His favorite part of his job is sniffing around the lunchroom. When he was a puppy, he wanted to herd cows when he grew up. Now, he just wants to lay in sunny spots and eat snacks. His best quality is his ability to sit + stay, which shines through most of the time, except when there are more interesting things to inspect. He's happiest when he has all the attention, and would love to spend the rest of his life having his belly rubbed.
We indulged our sweet tooth a bit today with these too-cute-for-words tiny chocolate animals.
Who wouldn't love to find these guys peeking out of their Easter basket?
Our printers have been busy cranking out a delicious new crop of letterpress greeting cards including some adorable designs by Esther Aarts.
Max adjusts a plate to ready it for the press.
Stacks of printed cards await their turn for trimming and folding.
We're so excited to send these out - Christmas in July maybe?
We're thrilled to be teaming up with The Collection Event Studio a gorgeous design studio, retail shop and meeting space in downtown Sonoma. Always up for a mini road trip, we jumped into the car, iced coffee in-hand and took off for wine country!
The girls at The Collection have curated a wonderful assortment of products and vendors and showcase them so beautifully in their space. Its like a one-stop shop for planning the most perfect rustic chic wedding!
We couldn't leave Sonoma without a quick peek into the Church Mouse Thrift Shop where we gazed with envy upon shelf after shelf of vintage china and stemware. Lillian found a perfect silver cocktail shaker!
How great is the pattern on these cups and saucers? Inspiration is everywhere!
What a busy weekend we've had! On Saturday Hello!Lucky played host to two of Portland's finest clothing designers - Duchess, a company that crafts retro inspired bespoke suits (grooms, take note!) and Elizabeth Dye who seemed to float into our space with clouds of vintage silk and lace - her wedding dresses are to die for! Then on Sunday we opened our doors to the Dream A Little Dream bridal tour and met a fabulous group of new brides-to-be!
San Francisco has been drenched in buckets of rain this past week and our cool exposed beam warehouse-style roof has sprung a leak! Secretly we liked the romantic "ping-ping" of water catching in this tin pail, but a company that specializes in paper certainly needs a more long term solution. Enter James, our intrepid press-man and sailor extraordinaire (note the yellow rain pants) who with Stewey's bucket-lifting assistance, is brave enough to climb up on the roof and fix the leak!
Ahoy there!
The rest of stayed cozy and dry under the roof and chose instead to snack on soul-warming Pho and grilled pork sandwiches from Tin, the ridiculously delicious Vietnamese restaurant that just so happens to be our neighbor. Love them so much!
At Hello!Lucky we specialize in Letterpress greeting cards, as well offer DIY step by steps & free printables. Led by sisters Eunice and Sabrina Moyle, our small team of expert designers and artisan letterpress printers specialize in creating neon & foil, holiday cards, birthday cards, & thank you cards, that are full of creativity and whimsy. We've been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, Design Sponge, Style Me Pretty, Real Simple, and many other leading publications. Please feel feel to contact us via chat, phone or e-mail - we'd be happy to assist you!
Hello!Lucky | P.O. Box 17605, San Francisco, California
