Hello!Lucky
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Good Morning! Wow! We needed a pick-me-up with our coffee and these VIVID pieces did the trick. Aren't they gorgeous!? Found on Design Milk— their creators are a Swedish group called Design By Leftovers. The above piece is called San Francisco Leftovers. Yes, Ma'am!
We'll take two, please. They're small.
Sometimes one just needs a triple shot of color to get going in the morning, no?
Love this blog, designworklife. We found they had posted about our Jude Turns 1 party invitation, and in the process turned up all sorts of beautiful things! Foremost in our minds today were these amazing wee artist books by Elsa Mora (click on her name and be awed at her cut paper creations!)
Be sure not to get completely derailed by Elsa's amazing stuff, though, as there are all other sorts of goodies to see on designworklife.
Enjoy!
We spotted Papercraft over on Book by its Cover - incredible! Obviously, we love all things paper, and this book is no exception. Let the crafting begin!
The Bride's Diary in Australia featured our Tahoe design!
Goes to show you don't have to be in Tahoe to appreciate this lakeside themed invitation. Contact us, wherever you might be in the world, if you like the design but need to customize it a touch.
Craftzine recently featured a great article about our new book, Handmade Weddings!
Click here, give it a gander, and download PDF instructions for how to make this charming cupcake stand! (It's a sweet little taste of what goodies you'll find in the book.) Enjoy!
Adore Lynette Andreasen's work! She incorporates embroidery into a lot of her metal sculpture and jewelry. Love the contrast of textures.
Embroidered flowers on a pewter plate. Gorgeous and utterly fascinating! Want it!
That would be quite a piece to wear out on Valentine's Day, no?
Love the shadow, the silhouette and the softness of the fibers.
This one reminds us a touch of Joel Dewberry's Ironwork and Architecture designs. Love, love!
We were just thinking about how much we love marzipan. So tasty, so gastronomically superior to fondant.
But marzipan is one of those things that can be done really well, or can just as easily fall off the wagon into the territory of hyper-kitsch. We would like to see some cake makers bring back the art of marzipan sculpture. See how charming marzipan can be?
How 'bout them apples!?
Aren't they just edible?! (Why yes, yes they are.)
Perhaps they could be made in the style of our new Heirloom Harvest, or Lavender Harvest wedding invitation suites?
Marzipan photos found via Room Candy.
This charming variation of our rustic Heartland design was featured on Berkshire Wedding Style!
Adore the colors and the eclectic décor! And we bet the beautiful Berkshires made for the perfect backdrop. (Some of us here at Hello!Lucky can claim those pretty mountains in western Mass. as old stomping ground.)
We love doing custom designs with Heartland/Apple Farm! Keep'm comin'!
Apologies in advance but we couldn't help re-posting these ridiculously adorable Pantone Cookies featured on Design*Sponge. Designer/baker Kim Neill created the cookies as gifts for her clients, using as edible marker to delineate each spot color. Apparently, pink, red and silver were the most popular! Click here for more info.
Check out these lovely cake stands that you (yes, you!) can make with just a teeny bit of effort!
We love how sweet, yet modern, they look...
They're from table legs, plywood, and dollhouse trim!
We found these on You Are My Fave and the tutorial can be found in Bee in Our Bonnet...
How cute are these little origami boxes? We found them over on Les Surprises de Fifi Mandirac (these are her super adorable papers - love the mixed patterns). She found this on K.Design, a lovely blog with all kinds of cute origami ideas...
They would make adorable favor boxes and they look pretty easy to make! You can find the instructions here (they are very clear, but in French, so a quick translation follows, should you need it!)
Row 1: I used a piece of square origami paper (12 x 12 cm or 15 x 15 cm)
Row 2: Fold along dotted lines
Row 3: Unfold the left and right sides
Row 4: Raise the left side; bring the flap down and inside
Row 5: Repeat on the right side
Conseil: Tip: to make a cover, use a slightly larger piece of paper
Aren't these mini donuts dreamy? They would be so lovely as a little treat at a wedding - can't you just see them nested in little glassine bags? We can! And it would be gorgeous!
Apparently, they're super easy to make and delicious. You can find instructions at Such Pretty Things...
via Twig & Thistle
Ok, totally obsessing over Essimar Papel - the work of artist Esther Ramirez.
She creates all kinds of seriously cool wraps from scrap, confetti, masking tape and the like...
We happen to be working on a really cool custom invitation that is all about found paper and handmade details (gold leaf! neon pink! so exciting! - more on that later), so needless to say when we came across Esther's work we were super duper inspired!
Amazing, right?
Check out more of her projects on her blog and her etsy shop...
Via MyLittleDay
For rustic elegance for a southwestern wedding, or a beach destination wedding, we think these 50's and 60's vintage Mexican wedding dresses are muy lovely.
Found this on Ruffled. Sadly, it sold a while back on Etsy. Maybe there are others like it just waiting to be found in closets and estate sales?
Or how about this genuine 50's article. Just look at the detailing below! Methinks we're on a bit of a lace kick!
Found this dress here.
We have a new southwestern wedding invitation design coming out soon, a southwest skyline, similar to our Desert Skyline holiday card. Keep your eyes peeled for our new design launch, just around the corner. We're super excited!
Our Mi Amor and Malaga designs might also suit a southwestern style fete or fiesta. Or for beach destination weddings, our Visit Hawaii is easily adapted to other shoreline locales with a simple text customization.
Thinking warm thoughts on chilly day, and wishing warm weather your way!
Check out Lacey and Sam's charming wedding in Portland!
Everything is so beautiful and green! Looks like a perfect summer day for a beautiful wedding!
We love how they used all different colors of our Sweetheart design for their different cards and envelopes. The effect is adorable. Dig the DIY paper belly bands, ribbon and envelope liners. Beautiful, bright and summery!
Charming table settings. They used tea tins for their floral arrangements. Brilliant!
Lovely! If you would like to see more photos of the wedding, Lacey sent us a link to this Bridal Banter blog. The photography is courtesy of River Rock Studio.
Hello!Lucky was recently featured in a charming Dutch blog, 101 Woonideeën, about DIY and crafting. Though we've employed some German speaking Hello-Luckiers, none of us that we know speak Dutch. But it's awfully fun to look at their offerings. Our favorite new word: "zelfmaak." If it's a cognate we have a pretty good guess what it means. Give it a gander!
They featured our holiday cards in their "Christmas Card Countdown," including our Winter Wonderland, Woodland Friends, Festive Deer and Bird and Delicious Christmas designs.
Also found this adorable Little Golden Books poster:
Have fun browsing!
We are getting the urge to do some last minute holiday crafting after coming across these super cool Danish (or German or Moravian) paper stars! There's a handy tutorial - love this wreath idea, and these would look so great nestled into a Christmas tree, or just hanging around, being festive! And, they would be lovely as a wedding detail (since we have weddings on the brain over here) - perhaps as a cute place card holder? (Fingers tapping chin, contemplatively)...
from Jurianne Matter via Nabe Fabric
Shh! We're doing an secret book exchange for our Hello!Lucky Holiday Party. Wonder if anyone will be giving/receiving any of these?
I can name of a few of us who might fancy this one:
Ooh hoo hooo... this one looks like a REAL treat:
ACK! Scary! But full of all sorts of wisdom, no doubt. Via Found in Mom's Basement.
Check out our little DIY project on RealSimple.com!
This is a raindrop mobile that Eunice made to hang in her son's nursery - it's super easy to make and babies are mesmerized by the shifting raindrops...you can find the tutorial here.
A few of our favorite letterpress holiday greeting cards are featured on Paper Crave today! Oodles of paper goodness on their lovely blog. Also check out yesterday's post about Hanukkah Cards.
Thanks, Paper Crave!
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!
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