Hello!Lucky
Letterpress greeting cards, thank you notes, DIY projects, free printables and craft inspiration.
Pikku is debuting some dapper, darling new tees! Some of the Hello!Lucky boys got them as a surprise gift, and we had to share a preview.
Click on the images to visit the Pikku shop.
Have you seen our Pikku baby announcements? If you like these simple, sweet patterns, peruse our Pikku birth announcement designs. With a simple change of text they can be re-purposed as a birthday invitation, too!
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!
We saw a ton of inspiring work at this past National Stationery Show, including these cheeky postcards (above) from La Familia Green. We were also pretty smitten with these adorable pencil cases and tea towels from Pie Bird Press:
Our neighbors at Egg Press wowed us with their bold colors and quirky illustrations:
Suzy Jack had these fun pencil cups:
And first time exhibitor Fig. 2 wowed us with these neon cards:
Whew! We just wrapped up another National Stationery Show - complete with old friends, new designs and lots and lots of inspiring new work. Our own booth featured a lovely felt sign made by our staff (above) and a couple projects from Handmade Weddings, like these yarn wrapped bottles...
...and fun paper link chains!
We were super excited about our new products, like this "Treat Yourself" card from Julia Rothman....
...and our reversible journals!
Some amazing people stopped by our booth to visit, but our favorite visitor was Eunice's son Jude - he really put the rest of us to shame with his amazing sales skills!
When Sarah first called us to create custom wedding invitations inspired by her gorgeous venue, the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, she had a very specific vision for what she wanted. She loved the hand-draw illustration style of our Cala Lily suite but wanted to recreate the flora and fauna depicted in the hotel's painted mural. In her words, "vintage elegance with a little bit of whimsy". Sign us right up! We don't want to steal her thunder, so here's just a glimpse at a few of our favorite bits. The details are the best part!
How cute is this little guy heading up the Particulars card?
As you may have gathered by now, we are big fans of Kate Spade. So we were super thrilled to hear that Bed Bath and Beyond is featuring a new line of bedding by Kate Spade. Picked up on it first on Family Style and we had to share.
Just love the tangy colors! Images courtesy Bed Bath and Beyond— be sure to have a look on their site as the colors are actually a little more vivid than you see here.
Or if you're more into graphic minimal, these stripes might suit splendidly.
Ooh, and these cheerful heirloom roses would surely keep a bedroom sunny! Love!
Enjoy perusing, here.
And again, a little plug, since we wouldn't want to miss you if you should happen to be in NYC:
Visit Hello!Lucky at the National Stationery Show, booth # 1536.
May 15th – 18th from 9-6
Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City
Last week Style Me Pretty featured this beautiful, rustic Hudson Valley wedding of Mary & Gregory. The photography is by the talented Maggie Harkov.Our Heartland design comes to life with this incredible old barn. A perfect venue for a fabulous party!
We absolutely love this DIY chalkboard seating chart!
Check out Style Me Pretty for more photos and inspiration!
And if you happen to be anywhere near the Hudson Valley....
Visit us at the National Stationery Show, booth # 1536.
May 15th – 18th from 9-6
Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City
Design Sponge just featured one of our all time fave designers, Julia Rothman, and her fab new fabrics!
Cloud9 is producing these rich, ornate and fun designs—all printed on organic cotton.
Be sure to check Design Sponge for more pics and for a link to more of Julia's work .
Did you know Hello!Lucky carries a line of Julia Rothman cards and gift-wrap as well as many gorgeous and whimsical wedding invitations?
One of our esteemed printers, James, has been busy making prints on off hours at Hello!Lucky. He recently had a solo show in Aspen and Hall Ready featured his work yesterday.
Love the historic Americana. Who doesn't love Babe the big blue ox? (titled Lumber)
If you're in San Francisco, check out his work at The Perish Trust at 728 Divisadero.
Rock on, James, and keep that cylinder rollin'!
Check out his statement and bio, and see more of his work here.
We'd almost forgotten this one! Waaaay back in 2008, when we'd first moved into our current studios in SOMA, we did a little interview for Craft Video Podcast. There's some great stuff toward the middle/end where James shows how the polymer plates work in the Heidelberg presses while printing some wedding invitations. Then Eunice shows some of her inspiration and drawings for a couple of the fab letterpress greeting cards we've featured on Lucky Fridays! So stay tuned, or skip ahead to those parts if you're short on time.
The video is great for its completely ad-lib, unrehearsed, unplugged honesty. :D Hopefully we won't embarrass Shauna or Eunice too much.
Easter bonnets and spring have put us in the mood for millinery, and we are agog at the extravagantly sculpted, yet surprisingly affordable offerings from Kitty Andrews.
If you prefer something a little more understated, perhaps a pillbox:
The one on the left would be a delightfully demure, mod alternative to a veil, no?
And wouldn't this be just decadent to wear to a Derby party:
Enjoy more gorgeous designs this season on the Kitty Andrews Millinery site.
Okay, okay - so we're clearly not over the Royal Wedding (and its related details)...check out this amazing plate designed by HL longtime favorite, Rob Ryan. We're also pretty smitten with these tea towels from Thornback and Peel:
Finally, there's also a print, tote, mug, and keychains from The House that Lars Built. So cute!
Here's a little teaser for an exciting upcoming crafting event:
Click on this link to the Paper Source website for more details, and to register for a workshop near you!
We're SO excited to share this sneak peak of a custom design we recently created for the lovely Katie and Gary. The concept was based on one of Katie's favorite childhood books, Katy And The Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton. We just went nuts over the super detailed illustrations and knew her invite had to be something special!
Eunice hand-drew the illustrations and scanned them in to Illustrator where she created vector artwork and "mapped out" the details of the wedding suite (pun intended - hint, hint!)
Each ink color requires a separate plate and press run and Katie was able to meet with the printers and check in as the job progressed.
As each new color is added, the illustrations start to take shape with more detail and depth.
Katie and Gary met while on vacation in San Francisco and traveled to so many exotic locales that they knew they wanted a map to be central to their wedding invitation. With so many adorable icons and illustrations is hard to choose a favorite but we have a feeling Katie's a bit partial to the Disney World flamingo - Gary proposed in the park!
And voila! The finished invitation suite - a tri-fold map invitation and rsvp set alongside its literary inspiration!
Congrats and best of luck Katie & Gary!
It may seem as though we are just a wee bit obsessed with The Royal Wedding, but when we found these plates designed by our most favorite, Jonathan Adler, we couldn't resist! They are part of a series of designer commemorative plates that will be auctioned off on April 29th to benefit Shelter, a British housing and homelessness charity.
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!
More to make us swoon today! Behold these beautiful embroidered book covers that Penguin Classics commissioned from Jillian Tamaki:
Makes us all want to curl up with cocoa and re-read these classics!
We are ooing and ahhing over this eye-feast, a new mag—Styled— on A Subtle Reverie. Gorgeous! Here's a pinkie-taste of the deliciousness:
Find fab inspiration on all styles of entertaining, from Easter egg embellishment to lemonade stands. Decadent photography and Delectable DIYs. Love it! Again, the link.
Enjoy!
Just 'cuz.
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
