We are participating in a HUGE giveaway over at Wedding Bee featuring some of our favorite vendors, including Gia Canali and Heath Ceramics - check it out here!
Shannon and Jason's Super 8 wedding video
Check out this picturesque video (shot in Super 8!) of Shannon and Jason's Texas wedding created by filmmaker Vanessa McKellar featuring our Heartland wedding suite. So sweet!
Possibly the most perfect wedding video ever created
Apologies for the insanely long title, but this video of model Coco Rocha and designer James Conran's wedding is so stunning and beautiful that nothing less would have been appropriate. To see the longer cut, please go here.
Via Refinery 29.
Real wedding: Erin and Jeremy
We are thrilled to report that the wedding of Eunice's best friend, Erin and her new hubby, Jeremy, is featured on Style Me Pretty today!
It was a truly fabulous and fun affair, designed by Alison Events, with lots of ingenious details, including a vintage card catalog that acted as the seating guide. Each guest's card was cross-referenced with other guests according to interests, life history, etc....
...and possibly the most amazing and hilarious first dance - done to Hey Soul Sister by Train and including the Beyoncé's signature move from All the Single Ladies (need we say more?)...
...a photo booth by Magnolia Photo Booth - always a huge hit at any party...
We collaborated with Erin and Jeremy to come up with a charming array of stationery inspired by vintage ephemera and McSweeny's. The invitation was supposed to look like a page torn from a book...
The replies were Mad Libs fashioned to look like an old school Western Union telegram...
And the programs, designed to look like a vintage book...
This was one of our favorite projects so far this year! We really loved their creativity and sense of fun.
Real wedding: Martine and Fred
Crafty couple Martine and Fred used our free template to create a sign for their signature cocktail for their recent Oregon wedding. Yay! We're so pleased we could contribute to this rustic event featuring bundt cakes, show posters and a country band! See more photos from this fun wedding at the fabulously redesigned Snippet and Ink!
Check out these stunning photos from Alix (aka The Cherry Blossom Girl) and Manu's wedding in Auvergne, France. Alix designed her dress and had it made in the MLH atelier. Gorgeous!
Photos by Marianne Taylor.
Real wedding: Vanessa and Cayman
Vanessa and Cayman's beautiful Carmel Valley wedding took place at Holman Ranch and featured our Heartland design! Event planner Shannon Leahy worked with the couple to create an elegant, rustic event.
See more photos here. Photos by Emily Merrill.
A purple-themed picnic
Check out this picnic-themed inspiration shoot featured on the Southern Weddings blog! We created all the paper products to go with the floral theme.
See all the photos here.
Photos by Larissa Cleveland.
Equestrian Wedding
We were incredibly honored when photographer Larissa Cleveland and planner Shannon Leahy asked us to participate in an equestrian themed photo shoot at the stunning Arastradero Preserve in Palo Alto.
We created invitations, reply cards, place cards, programs, and pony ride tickets complete with horseshoe motifs, gingham patterns and classic fonts.
Vintage prize show ribbons added to the rustic theme.
Even the cake used horseshoes as decoration!
See more photos at Snippet & Ink (thanks Kathryn!), as well as a list of participating vendors.
Sarah & Matt on Style Me Pretty
One of our favorite wedding blogs, Style Me Pretty, recently featured Sarah and Matt's 2007 wedding showcasing their vintage style and love of tall ships. We designed and letterpress printed their invites (above) and the couple embellished them using wax paper, baker's twine and a wax seal.
See the entire gallery here. All photos by Julie Mikos.
Real Wedding: Lily and Andrew
Did you see Lily and Andrew's breathtaking wine country wedding on Style Me Pretty? Can you say gorgeous? We worked with the bride and groom to create all their paper products - from the save the dates to the place cards, and everything in between. Inspired by our Classic Cowboy, Heartland and Biltmore wedding designs, we created a unique suite that fit their rustic chic theme perfectly.
The wedding was a true family affair. Andrew's cousin Jocelyn Arelt was their wedding planner, and Andrew's aunt, Valerie Arelt, did all the flowers!
The wedding and reception took place in the Sonoma Valley, at Lily's parents ranch. It was 106 that day! The ceremony took place in the middle of an oak grove.
Guests enjoyed dinner catered by the Jimtown store in a Zephyr tent.
Lily wore a Monique Lhuillier dress and Andrew donned a Thomas Pink suit.
Many, many congrats to Lily and Andrew!!!
All photographs by Verite Photography. For more stunning images, please click here.
Magnolia Photo Booth
One of the highlights of Eunice & Daniel's wedding was the photo booth from Magnolia Photo Booth. Guests of all ages absolutely loved it! In lieu of a traditional guest book, guests put their photos into an album with photo corners -- the photos were also posted online after the wedding.
A key to the fun was providing all kinds of creative and funny props, which we hung on the trunk of a tree...
A mad hatter hat with bunny ears...
Chalk board word bubbles and mustaches designed by Hello!Lucky and fabricated by Because We Can.
The bride and groom!
Introducing Our Brand New Photo Save the Dates!
We've been having way too much fun here at Hello!Lucky with our new Photo Save the Dates! (Not to mention the added bonus of our very own in-house photo booth from Magnolia Photo Booth!)
The new save the dates are as quirky or as classic as you want to be. Use one of your own photos, or come visit us at our San Francisco studio for a nostalgic photo booth photo shoot. And don't worry, prop moustaches provided on request!
Photo credit: Adi Nevo
Real Wedding: Marnie and Brian
We were super excited to be involved in designing for this ceremony! Marni and Brian's wedding is the stuff plush Gothic romances are made of! We love the dark color palette interspersed with more traditional details.
The couple began their ceremony taking a lovers stroll through the labyrinth at San Francisco's hallmark Grace Cathedral, lighting candles as they passed.
They then met up with their guests, who had only been told they were to be driven to the woods, instructions awaiting. Each guest was then welcomed with "survival kits" of edible treats and well-stocked flasks. The understated ceremony took place beneath a simple white canopy in the redwoods of beautiful Muir Woods.
We started by creating custom designed letterpress invitations which summoned the Victorian details Marni knew she wanted--redwood trees, roses, birds, and Victorian embellishments.
Carrying Marni and Brian's Victorian Gothic theme throughout the events of this two day affair, we also worked to design letterpress programs, menus, seating cards, and cocktail napkins.
One of our absolutely favorite parts? The couple even had the redwood tree graphic from the invitation etched onto whiskey flasks! Cheers to that!
The following night, Marni and Brian gathered everyone together again, this time for a reception party held in San Francisco at Hamlin Mansion. We love the playfully rich palette of rich green and purple fabrics for the table settings. Built in 1901 in Italian Baroque style, this venue offers stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Decked out in whimsical charm, feathers, and purple and magenta accents, we're loving the floral arrangements by Cherries Flowers.
We adore the cigars and doughnut bar by Erin Bell!
Thanks to Erin Beach, who did an amazing job on photography and Moira Gubbins, the wedding coordinator from Hamlin Mansion.
San Francisco Wedding Fair
We're looking forward to the San Francisco Wedding Fair this Sunday, January 10 from 11 - 4 at Four Seasons Hotel. Let's face it: most bridal shows are a kind of lame. However, this one consistently attracts some quality vendors. If you're thinking of only hitting one of these events, it's the one to check out.
We'll be there exhibiting with partner Magnolia Photo Booth, an awesome photo booth company that just launched in the Bay Area. Magnolia will be demo-ing their booth, and we have some brand spanking new save the date designs that use the photos & photo booth pics! Magnolia keeps a booth at our studio at 977 Howard Street (between 5th and 6th), so you can drop by use it for free to make awesome save the dates, thank you cards & more (just call ahead, as it's sometimes out on loan).
A few vendors to definitely check out at the show:
Cakes & Sweets
Calligraphy
Florists
Rentals
Classic Party Rentals Hartmann Studios
Event Designers
Check out the San Francisco Wedding Fair website for a full list of exhibitors. Enjoy!
Real wedding: Lori & James
Thanks to event planner Morgan Doan and Geoff White Photographers for sharing these stunning photos from Lori and James' recent wedding at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco. For their opulent event, they chose the Chandelier wedding invitation design by EIEIO Studio in coal and a custom berry red. So lovely!
Lori looked gorgeous! (Her makeup was by Neja Cosmetics).
As did James! Elegant minimal bout and floral arrangements by Michael Daigian Floral Design.
For those of you not familiar, the Bently Reserve is a gorgeous neoclassical building near the Embarcadero. Morgan did an amazing job of transforming it into a dramatic event space for the ceremony...
...and the reception.
Lovely cake by Jen's Cakes. Catering was by Taste Catering.
The invitation motif was carried through the seating cards...
and even the lighting (patterned gobos on the ceiling by Got Light?).
Congratulations, Lori and James!
Photography by Geoff White Photographers.
Real wedding: Abby & Ross
Congrats to Abby and Ross, who got married last month at Limn Gallery, a beautiful modern space in San Francisco!
It all began with this custom save the date design that we created for the couple, combining a nod to the fact that the space is a functioning art gallery, and a little bit of wit and whimsy!
Limn provided a chic, minimal backdrop for the reception. The event was catered by Jane Hammond Events.
Emily Dreblow of Soulflower Floral Design created these lovely sculptural boutonnieres, as well as the succulent centerpieces.
We revived the save the date design in a welcome sign carved by Because We Can...and a hand drawn seating chart.
The ceremony was held in gallery's outdoor courtyard.
The bride wore this gorgeous beaded shrug, custom made by seamstress Glenda Pongiglione.
The programs coordinated with their invitations (they chose the Lunaria invitation design in espresso and apple).
Promptly after the ceremony, they left for an amazing honeymoon in Greece (we're so jealous!!). Congratulations, Abby & Ross!!
Photography by Marla Aufmuth.
Real Wedding: Sarah & Patrick
We are sure there is, in some peoples' minds, the assumption that the perfect English wedding should be held in mid-summer with small bridesmaids in pink voile running over emerald green, sun-dappled lawns, bright roses on the tables, food and cake a-plenty and all to the sound of laughter and clink of champagne flutes (or - to each their own - beer glasses!). The August wedding of Sarah McKee and Patrick Barry didn't disappoint on any of the above.
Sarah chose our classic Cherry Blossom design for her wedding stationery and carried the floral theme right through the whole event, even Patrick's tie managed to co-ordinate! The wonderfully relaxed atmosphere was captured perfectly in the photographs taken by Charley Smith.
We love the way that the table plans were strung-out on a silken washing line in the gardens of the house near Windsor where the guests strolled before being seated in the marquee for the meal. A perfect opportunity for showing-off that pink voile dress! Notice the touch of the tiny gold clothes pegs holding each one up - genius!
The flowers for the day were by Richard Elder one of the country's leading floral designers who combined the hot Summer colours in these charming baskets for the bridesmaids. The fabulous and mouth-watering mini cake stack was by Peggy Porschen and the talented Dan McEvoy from Real Cooking did the rest of the catering. We just love the way that the cherry blossom flower has been picked-out again on the top of each cake!
Thank you so much to Sarah & Patrick for sharing these photos with us. Ah! roll-on next summer!!
DIY Wedding Snap Station
Another shout-out today to our talented intern Hillary Burgess for her DIY snap station, featured this week on Bride's Cafe! (Hillary won their DIY contest a few weeks back - what a star!)
The basic idea: collect some vintage cameras, and give them to guests to play with!
Accompanied by some cute signage, of course!
Congratulations, Hillary, and kudos to Jess Epstein for the fab photos!
Real wedding: Hollin + Eric
We are loving Hollin and Eric's beautiful wedding, full of sweet details and DIY elements. Hollin, along with some helpful friends and family, created most of the decorations, and it all turned out so vintage chic!
Thanks to the very talented Ben Blood for sharing his gorgeous photos of their wedding at Treehouse Point in Issaquah, Washington. Tree-filled and moss-covered, Treehouse Point offers two incredible treehouses for lodging by master treehouse builder Pete Nelson who, along with his wife Judy, host private events and overnight retreats. So natural and ethereal!
The groomsmen donned tweed and wore handmade mismatching boutineers and ties.
Hollin's vintage inspired dress was made by Portland designer Holly Stalder, who even gave Hollin extra fabric for her to make the flower on her veil! So lovely.
Hollin and her bridesmaids made their own headpieces...just gorgeous!
The bride's sister and maid of honor Keiko, hand drew and screen printed coffee and tea bags as favors for the guests.
Hollin's mom made each of the bridesmaid's dresses. We love the fabric and individual sash detailing.
Hello!Lucky designer Anna created whimsical invitations complete with illustrations of the bride and groom dancing under the trees.
What a talented group of people! Congratulations, Hollin and Eric!