What could be romantic than a wedding in the Riviera?! Our most recent collaboration with Lab Partners features bougainvillea, yachts, postcards and suntans! See the whole suite here.
Hot off the Presses: Visit Boston!
Brides in Beantown will be so happy! We've added Lab Partners' beautiful Visit Boston wedding invitations and save the dates to our collection. Get a closer look here, and stay tuned for more to come!
Hot off the presses: Visit Miami!
It may be cold and rainy here in San Francisco, but it's bright and warm in Miami! We are thrilled to showcase our newest collaboration with our friends at Lab Partners - Visit Miami. See the whole suite here.
Stay tuned for more destinations!
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!
Double-decker mugs
Spotted some cute double-decker bus mugs on a fun UK design store called Our Shop. Naturally it made us think of our Visit London save the dates and wedding invitations.
Fancy a cup, eh?
Be sure to have a peek at all our destination wedding invitations. More cities coming soon!
Studio Snapshot: Moving Day!
We all love to know what goes on behind the scenes - a glimpse into the kitchen of that hot new restaurant or the chance to sit at the drawing board of our favorite fashion designer... we're giddy at the thought! So in the spirit of sharing, we welcome you to our latest weekly feature - Studio Snapshot. You might get a sneak peek at a snazzy new design we're dreaming up, hear about fun happenings around the studio, or meet some of the awesome people who make Hello!Lucky a super fun place to work!
Our current project is a little office makeover and here Lillian organizes samples in preparation for their shift across the studio. How gorgeous is that shelf with its lacy carved details? It was custom made just for us by our lovely and talented friends at Because We Can!
The result of all that hard work is a bright and airy space where customers can browse stationery, buy the latest greeting card or discuss custom wedding invitations with our helpful staff. Pop in and say hello!
We adore this charming turquoise settee for spontaneous client chats and our giant farmhouse table is just the place for full scale design brainstorming!
Rows and rows of organized samples make it easy to spot favorite designs and gather inspiration!
A letterpress dress? Oh yes! This festive number was handmade by one of our crafty employees with Cherry Blossom save the date and RSVP cards. Could there be a new trend in paper bridesmaid dresses?
A travel themed display showcases some adorable variations on our Destination Series created with local design duo Lab Partners.
With so many vivid colors and sweet little details its hard to pick a favorite but we're always going to be partial to our home sweet home - good old San Francisco!
We hope to see you soon!
New Garden of Love Stamps
We're excited about the new Garden of Love stamp design by José Ortega. Love the whimsical illustrations! Coming out May 19th, it will be a beautiful embellishment for wedding invitations and wedding rsvp cards!
Good for just about anything one might wish to mail, but we think it'd be extra wonderful for garden wedding invitations and floral wedding invitations.
Sweet vintage button designs!
Swooning over these particularly gorgeous edible sugar buttons from andiespecialtysweets.
They come in chocolate for those who like a little kick, and a little more of a rustic feel.
They make us recall of one our sweetest custom save the date designs— a darling variation on Big Day! Drop us a line if you're interested in this design for your wedding:
Julia's Super Gorgeous Invitation!
We are thrilled to welcome the very talented Julia Kostreva to our fab design team. She designed this gorgeous invitation suite...
Don't you just love the split fountain printing (that super cool blend from limey green to orange)...
...and the hand drawn type? We do!
This was printed by the always fantastic Studio on Fire...
Trunk Show with Duchess + Elizabeth Dye!
We are thrilled to announce that we are hosting a trunk show with Duchess Custom Clothier (sartorial splendor!) and Elizabeth Dye (dreamy dresses!) Please join us!
Elizabeth will be showing her full 2011 collection as well as some unique pieces, and Duchess will be showcasing gorgeous custom suits. Both are based in Portland so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to meet them in SF!
Hello!Lucky will be previewing new wedding stationery designs and offering free wedding invitation samples.
For more information or to book an appointment, please e-mail info@hellolucky.com
Let it Never be Said...
That we are not deeply dedicated to our clients! This is the result of a bag of confetti and brief moment of distraction while assembling wedding invitations - clearly he is a future artist, expressing his creativity in all it's glory!
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...
Beautiful Berkshires Wedding: Peyton and Liz
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'!
Handmade Weddings!
We are SUPER excited to report that our new book, Handmade Weddings, created with the extra fabulous Shana Faust, is here!!
The book includes over 50 delightful (if we do say so ourselves! ) projects designed to inspire, whether your look is modern classic or retro homespun along with lots of guidance on choosing a look, sourcing materials, and working out timelines.
Better yet, 100 Layer Cake is giving away 5 copies (as we speak!) to lucky readers as well as a discount on the book!
Here's the cute trailer for the book! Woot! (very excited!)
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: Lacey and Sam
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.
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.