Studio Snapshot: Assembling Day-of Wedding Materials

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!

Real Wedding: Erin and Nick in Sonoma

We're thrilled to share Erin and Nick's beautiful Sonoma wedding! There were bushels of beautiful photographs, taken by Kate Harrison Photography, so it was hard for us to choose! Nevertheless, we narrowed them down as best we could— all the more for you to savor!

Such a fun and stylish wedding party! The ladies have such beautiful bouquets and we love the simplicity of the boutonnieres.

Our Heartland wedding stationery was a perfect choice for the style and venue!

Love the door at the altar—this photo is so magical!

Such a fun way to escort guests to their places!

And such splendid places!

Congrats, Erin and Nick. We wish you all the best! And thanks again to Kate Harrison for sharing the beautiful images!

SFMade: Hello!Lucky at Ramp it Up!

SFMade is one of our very favorite non-profits, and we are super honored  and excited to be one of ten local businesses selected to participate in their annual fundraiser party, Ramp it Up! What's Old is New Again.

SFMade supports businesses that imagine, design and manufacture products right here in the Bay Area. May 21st-27th is SFMade week.  Food, factories and fun abound!

Here's the flier for Ramp it Up:

Check out the SFMade website for details on the week's activities and an info  page with a link to purchase tickets for Ramp It Up! And be sure to stop by and say hey to the Hello!Lucky folks at the event!

See you there!

Studio Snapshot: The Collection + A Roadtrip

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!

Studio Snapshot: Trunk Show + Bridal Tour

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!

Foodie Registry

Foodie Registry lets you register for restaurant gift certificates - best registry ever!! It's currently available in four cites - San Francisco, Denver, NYC and Chicago. Yum!

Studio Snapshot: A Soolip Wedding!

We were so excited to be part of A Soolip Wedding at the gorgeous Bentley Reserve this weekend - and what fun it was! Not one to toot our own horn *wink wink* but our booth was adorable.  And what better way to appreciate the amazing texture of letterpress wedding invitations than to see and touch them in person?

We spotted this lush frame holding business cards and imagined it as a display for escort cards at a garden wedding!

A Soolip Wedding + free tickets giveaway!

We are thrilled to be participating in A Soolip Wedding, a fabulous bridal event Sunday, March 20th at the Bently Reserve!  Soolip has been putting on gorgeous wedding events in Southern California for years (take a peek at the photos below from their recent LA soiree) and we're so excited they're making the move up to our neck of the woods.

The day promises to be a fun one filled with cake and champagne tastings, fashion shows, a raffle and tons of luxury vendors ready to chat about all aspects of that big day.  And here's the best part - we're giving away tickets to 2 lucky readers!  Just leave a comment telling us why you want to attend and winners will be selected by Monday, March 14th.  Additional tickets can be purchased by visiting A Soolip Wedding - enter discount code FRIEND for $5 off tickets purchased prior to the event!

San Francisco Brides

We love these two images of brides in our fair city! Isn't San Francisco a beautiful wedding backdrop?

Top image by Matt Miller of Our Labor of Love, bottom image from Esla Events.

Via Snippet and Ink.

Heartland Evolution

We thought y'all might be interested in seeing all the great ways we've riffed our Heartland/Apple Farm design.  So many people have adapted it to their own farm setting— so we thought it would be nice to share!   Above is our original Apple Farm design on the left and a super cute version that Melanie Case commissioned on the right. Love the apple and orange on the same branch, brilliant!

How sweet— a Michigan Cherry orchard and a ceremony in Sun Valley Idaho! Love the horseshoes and the cowboy chic.

Then Eunice did a great riff on the Sun Valley Idaho version for Shannon and Jason and their Texas ranch wedding.  It's fun to see the two versions of the trees— we got it right on the bottom RSVP with the more deciduous looking variety. Check out the adorable Super 8 film of their wedding here.

Another great aspect about Heartland is that we can often substitute motifs from our other designs with great results!  The motif from our Vintage Rose design was perfect for the garden wedding on the left, and our Mi Amor birds went wonderfully with the Mexican flags on the right!

Such a perfect design for a Napa wedding!

Let us know if you'd love any of these designs for your wedding by contacting info@hellolucky.com. Take a screen shot and send it along via e-mail, or give us a call to ask about the process of using one of these fabulous rustic wedding invitation designs.

Invitation evolution & inspiration

Many of our designs start as custom commissions created in collaboration with our clients  -- and take on a new life from there!  Our Big Day invitation is a great example -- originally created for bride Jean Weisman, a writer who wrote the invitation copy, the design was featured in Martha Stewart Weddings along with the rest of Jean & Devin's gorgeous wedding (planned by AE Planning & Design). We made a version that could be ordered on our website...

...and adapted a DIY version for our new book, Handmade Weddings...

A bride in Brooklyn loved the design but wanted us to replace the Golden Gate with the Brooklyn Bridge, and put her own unique spin on the text...

... and we created an invitation in a similar style for Bear Flag Farm...

Here's a save the date variation with photos and cute flags!

Today we spotted this design on Brooklyn Bride and this design by Kenzie Kate -- more designs inspired by Big Day?

Regardless, this is a shout-out to all of our awesome, creative clients, who give us the opportunity to create new designs every day!

Photo credit (top): Sabine Scherer

Real Wedding: Chelsea & Scott

We had the great pleasure of creating the stationery for Chelsea & Scott's gorgeous wedding held at Black Swan Lake...to be married under a weeping willow on the banks of a lake...just dreamy!

The invitation suite...

Every detail was so elegant and thoughtful - love the way these escort cards came together...

Such a sweet couple - how cute was their Flowery Fields photo save the date?

These beautiful photos were taken by Lisa Lefkowitz. More photos and details to be found on her site as well as on Snippet & Ink...

AE Planning + Design Holiday Greetings!

We're a wee bit tardy on this (ha!) but check out this interactive map we designed for the ever marvelous Alison Events.

They traveled something like 84 (!) days out of the year last year, orchestrating fab destination weddings the world over.   Each icon opens up stunning photos from each destination.  Check it out in action here!

25 Year Anniversary: Tina & Rudy

We are always so pleased to be a part of our client's celebrations - especially a celebration like this one.  Tina & Rudy renewed their vows after 25 years of marriage! The happy couple then...

and now!

A few pieces of stationery we did for their gorgeous event...

See all the details here!

Real Wedding: EJ and Linh

EJ and Linh's wedding was featured on Style Unveiled! We worked with one of our favorite florists, Nancy Liu Chin, to create a custom design to go with the couple's modern theme. Read more about their spectacular day at Villa Montalvo here.

Real Wedding: Lee & Sean

We were so thrilled to be a part of the wedding of Lee & Sean - check out their gorgeous wedding that took place at Barn Diva in Healdsburg (love Barn Diva!)...

We designed her wedding invitations and day of stationery - the wedding invitations were especially cool as our design was laser engraved onto wood veneer by Oslo Press.  It really added to the modern organic feel of the invitation...

We made these paddle fans too! Cute, right?  Love the yay flags!  Genius idea...

A few more lovely details...

More photos and details to be found at Bride's Cafe

Fab photos by Sylvie Gil Photography.

Real Wedding: Camilla and Hank

What a beautiful backdrop! This fantastic San Francisco Wedding was just featured on Snippet and Ink.

Love the pairing of our place cards/escort cards with the Russian Dolls. Such rich colors. And Bimbo's 365 Club was just the right venue for retro ambiance. We adore Bimbo's delicate pink monogrammed plates with the menus, too! Fab photos by Our Labor of Love.

New Destination Wedding Save the Dates, Featured in Martha Stewart Weddings

'Tis the season for Save the Dates!  Haven't seen our new Lab Partners' Destination Wedding designs yet? Scroll and behold...

Makes us wish for warm, sunny SoCal.

Love the style but it's not your color palette?  Click for other Los Angeles Save the Dates colorways.  And if you're looking for matching Los Angeles Wedding Invitations, find them here!

If you favor the Northern California for your wedding, click on our San Francisco Save the Dates and San Francisco Wedding invitations. And if you're dreaming of Hawaii, or a similar beach setting, browse these beautiful Hawaii Save the Dates and Hawaii Wedding Invitations.

Traveling east a tad... we find our fabulous Las Vegas Save the Dates. Vintage Vegas, anyone? Oh, me, please!

If you've done Save the Dates, you can find Las Vegas Wedding Invitations as well— and they're pretty swell, too!

Chicago Save the Dates, featuring Grant Park against the skyline. Lovely! With matching Chicago Wedding Invitations.

Now, New Yorkers, we wouldn't leave you out—we go way back.  Browse our beautiful New York Save the Dates and New York Wedding Invitations. And, London, we love you! And your London Wedding Invitations!

Et finalement, Paris!

Picturesque Parisian perfection, non? Here are matching Paris Wedding Invitations and other colorways of Paris Save the Dates.

See them all on the Martha Stewart Weddings, here.

Daily Candy wedding pick!

Thanks Daily Candy for choosing us as one of their favorite San Francisco wedding vendors!!

Real wedding: Nicole and Wolfgang

Nicole and Wolfgang's gorgeous wedding is featured on Martha Stewart Weddings! The couple choose our Orchid design for their Napa Valley wedding, featuring real orchids by Sharla Flock Designs.

The wedding took place at a private home of a friend of the couple. Dinner was served in the remodeled barn on the property, with catering from The Girl and The Fig, a local Sonoma eatery.

The couple choose Alison Events to help with the design and coordination of their wedding.

All photos by Anna Kuperberg. More photos here.