Hello!Lucky
Letterpress greeting cards, thank you notes, DIY projects, free printables and craft inspiration.
Sophie Cuvelier is a fabulous french artist we came across via frolic, who creates amazing garlands out of hand-dyed paper, feathers, and bits. We love the colors, the whimsy and imperfect charm. Adorable to hang in a playroom and how amazing would these look strung up in great quantities at a wedding? We are très inspired!
We were so excited to see our Julia Rothman Chandelier gift wrap being used for wallpaper on Design*Sponge today. So cute! The DIY bookend wall bracket project from the folks over at Curiousity Shoppe is pretty ingenious as well. Read the full post here.
Chandelier wrap is available for purchase on our website. Click here for more information.
We took a quick field trip to Scrap last week - another fantastic reason to live in the Bay Area. Scrap (Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts) is a haven for crafters. All their material is donated, so you never know what you are going to find. The idea is to provide art materials at a low cost both to encourage creativity and to prevent our overcrowded landfills from becoming even worse. There are piles of fabric, yarn, paper, household items, and building materials available.
The inventory changes constantly, so it's a new treasure hunt every time! Some of our discoveries included tiny vases, fabric and decorative metal ornaments.
Our favorite finds were needlepoint holders, perfect for displaying vintage fabric scraps, lace or a cute print.
Scrap
834 Toland Street
San Francisco, CA 94124
415.647.1746
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9-5
We love these lovely wooden sculptures from Romp! Each is beautifully handcrafted and all are just too adorable to put down.
Wall decals are all over the place these days, but we couldn't resist the idea of these custom made decals from Etsy seller Dali Decals. Personalize your reception location with your names, new monogram, or an inspirational quote or word. You could even use a decal as a backdrop for a photo booth!
Trolling Esty is dangerously addicting. But with such amazing treasures to be discovered, the hunt is to compelling to pass up. Check out this amazing paper lace from Brookerpie - just think of the possibilities!
We love how Brooklyn-based Tamar Mogendorff incorporates vintage fabrics and special details into her doll designs! We file this under just ridiculously cute.
We happened upon Paper Dragon Books on our way to the gift show. Intrigued by their antique book presses, we invited ourselves into their studio. Owner Gavin Dovey was kind enough to show us some of the projects that he was working on, including these stunning handmade boxes made to look like classic leatherbound books:
Paper Dragon hosts classes at their Chelsea studio, as well as creating their gorgeous custom work. We loved their airy studio filled with tools, buttery swatches of leather and a vintage guillotine paper cutter:
Paper Dragon Books
145 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
We love making crepe paper flowers, but artist Jude Miller takes our breath away with her delicate and intricately detailed work (via Oh Joy!).
The incredible realism and the delicate colors and details are simply stunning. So inspiring...
Her headpieces are to die for...and imagine having her fashion a gorgeous bridal bouquet that you could keep long past your wedding day!
If you're in the Bay Area and would like to learn how to make your very own crepe paper flowers, Castle in the Air in Berkeley offers a great class and carries beautiful duplex crepe paper that they import from Germany that's an absolute dream to work with, as well as all the supplies you might need to create a veritable garden of delightful paper flora.
It's a wonderful way to add floral details to your wedding design - they make great boutonnieres, table setting decor (think place cards holders, a little blossom tucked into a napkin...), hair pieces...the possibilities are endless!
Trolling Etsy is one of our favorite pastimes for wedding inspiration, and this quirky rabbit cake topper caught our eye:
Designer Jennifer Murphy specializes in wedding and baby shower products. You can visit her Etsy shop here.
We were honored to be selected by Craft Magazine to be interviewed for their blog. Witness our ascend to stardom here:
See Natalie's original post here and view her flickr photos of the studio here.
Thanks Natalie and Craft!
We are huge fans of Abigail Brown, one of the artists who contributed to our upcoming book from Chronicle Books, Handmade Hellos (in bookstores in September!) and were so excited to hear that she has launched a blog so we can keep up to date on her latest delightful creations.
Her quirky birds are so charming and full of amusing character...love the color palette - it reminds us of an especially delicious cupcake!
Wall art that would be so fanastic in a nursery...the little fox with the one crazy eye is hilarious!
Matchbox Tweeters! Each Tweeter tucked into in his own little vintage match box, decorated with bits of fabric and stitching...
The gentleman pictured above is so very appropriately named Bostwick P. Federhut. Seriously, the tiny turquoise hat and upturned snout is just too much! You can shop for more darling critters and more at her etsy shop...
We just stumbled across Spoonflower (via Stitch Lounge), a site that is in invitation only beta right now but that will some day soon be available to the rest of us (one hopes! cue bit-chomping), which allows you to print your very own fabric designs. We're *dying* with anticipation. We are simply brimming over with excitement over the opportunity to design our own textiles! Not to mention, the possibilities for creating custom textiles for your wedding (amazing coordinating table runners! Textiles for bridesmaids' gifts, guest book covers, huppahs, pocket squares, flower girl dresses...we can barely contain ourselves!)
We love the adorable dolls above and retro textiles below by June Craft - check out her Etsy shop here.
Fabric by Bezzab...
A cute purse by Marceline Smith at Asking for Trouble.
We took a trip to Golden Gate Park last weekend to visit the San Francisco Zine Fest. Some of our highlights were handmade books from Newlights Press (and Hello!Lucky printer Aaron Cohick!):
As well as zines from Family Style, and new cards from Motermouth Press:
One of our favorite booths was Pod Post, with their letterpress patch kit - too cute!
As an avid crafters, collectors of inspirational materials and fans the Japanese aesthetic, we could barely contain our glee when we spotted this new book by Naomi Ito, a Japanese textile designer on Purl Soho's (one of our all time favorite fabric and knitting shops) blog. Her new collection is absolutely gorgeous, and we love the simple, elegant silhouettes and delicate details in the patterns in this book. The book features clothing for women and girls and accessories too..
Since we're always looking for great wedding details here at H!L, these would make adorable flower girl dresses - and simple to make! None of the patterns in the book have zippers, a few of the patterns have hook and eye closures or buttons. Purl Soho also has a helpful guide to working with Japanese patterns.
And these purses would be fabulous bridesmaids' gifts...
And we just love the cool little tucks on these...
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
