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Letterpress greeting cards, thank you notes, DIY projects, free printables and craft inspiration.
We came across London-based illustrator Paul Thurlby's alphabet prints on Ohdeedoh and were totally smitten by the hilarious illustrations...
Thurlby has a whole alphabet done in super cool retro kitsch style - love the vintagey beat up treatment!
Thurlby is offering his 12" x 19" alphabet giclee prints in limited editions of 200 prints of each design.
You can find his prints for sale at his Alphabet Shop.
We were so thrilled to spot our baby's first year journal and photo album making an appearance in this adorable nursery!
The nursery belongs Phoebe, the daughter of the very talented Hilary Lang. How cool is this vintage mobile?
Love the cross stitch and these teeny (and very comfy looking) booties!
Aside from having a fabulous nursery, Hilary Lang makes many, many, super cute things - such as this hilarious overall-wearin' rabbit...
The patterns for hand-sewn projects such as this charming little turtle are available in her shop...
Um, hilarious.
You can also see pictures of her many projects here...
We just did a mini video about our studio, by TurnHere, courtesy of our wedding invitation client (and TurnHere employee) Jill Simon. Thanks, Jill!
Snap Crafty is one of our very favorite places to a beautifully curated selection of cabochons, beads, and other findings - check out just a few of their fabulous bits 'n' bobs!
Love this vintage velvet ric rac...
How cute are these vintage Scotties?
Oh the possibilities!
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!
Silk-screened concert posters are a truly fabulous and inexpensive décor option and Poster Cabaret has a great selection from some of our favorite artists and designers for some of our favorite bands.
They also have some great prints by artists such as Bianca Gomez...
Love this bull with his wooden features and curtain-bangs...
The Decemberists can always be counted on to have gorgeous posters...
We love all the different, totally cool design aesthetics...so inspiring! (not to mention that these gorgeous hand-silkscreened posters will only set you back $20-$30!) Love, love, love them!
We've love the idea of eclectic collections of objects/favors that double as seating cards, like these vintage aluminum parakeet pins...
Or these vintage millinery flower seating cards (which could be transformed into stick pins for your guests by adding pin backings).
These goodies are from Tinsel Trading, but Etsy and ebay are also great online resources!
To make the strips, we just printed guest's names on text weight paper using an inkjet printer, and rubber stamped the table assignment on the reverse. Simple!
A recent fixation on this super cool set of alphabet blocks originally designed for the San Francisco MOMA has lead to a mini-obsession with Alexander Girard, famed designer for Herman Miller and collaborator of Charles and Ray Eames (and, of course, muse to our most favorite boy wonder, Jonathan Adler)...
We love these hand-made dolls, designed exclusively for House Industries by Marilyn Neuhart. They are based on dolls she sewed for the opening of Girard's Textiles & Objects Shop in New York City in 1961. How hilarious is that lion? We adore the folk art inspired motifs...
A 72-piece wood memory game, full of delightful illustrations...
Alexander Girard amassed a huge collection of nativities, most of which he spent the last years of his life curating for his wing at the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe (which is absolutely amazing!). This set is based on an original Girard illustration that hangs in his son's house.
House Industries also has a series of great Girard fonts (Girard inspired wedding invitations or birth announcements perhaps?!).
His work is available in all sorts of places - including these stylie carpet tiles from Flor..
These pillows, figurines and other items are available through maXimo — the company that distributes and manages licenses for the work of Alexander Girard.
One of the many wonderful things about being in the Bay Area is the proximity to Heath Ceramics. Their gorgeous line of pottery, tile and ceramics has been around since the mid-40's and everything is handmade in their Sausalito studio. We love their simple designs, stunning color and dependable quality. If you're not lucky enough to visit their Sausalito Factory store, or Los Angeles boutique, everything is available online. What an amazing place to register at for your upcoming wedding!
And how cute is their kids set?! Perfect for any upcoming baby showers or little ones on the way!
We just came across Kevin Waldron's absolutely wonderful illustrations via the equally wonderful blog Stickers and Stuff.
How fantastic is this lion with his snazzy pipe, turtleneck and hair nerdily combed to the side? Hilarious!
Sketch of a character named Mr. Peek...
We love the loose and charming style...
This adorable Owl & the Pussycat is genius. We are pea green with envy!
We are swooning over the adorable anniversary gift that H!L designer Shauna made for her husband for their 2nd anniversary. Traditionally, cotton is the suggested gift (ok, so this is wool, but it's still in the fiber family!) so she knit up a tiny heart using this pattern, then embroidered her and her husband's initials on the front and their 2nd anniversary date on the back. So cute!
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!
We're thrilled to announce that menu cards, place cards, thank you cards, and details (or directions) cards are now available on our website! To celebrate, we're offering 10% off your entire shopping cart through August 31st (enter code HLBLOG0809 at checkout)!
Our menu cards and place cards are pretty cool in that we can print your guests' names directly on them (you e-mail us an Excel spreadsheet after placing your order; additional fee applies). That way, your menu can do double duty as a place card, and you don't need to worry about writing guests' names by hand. We can even personalize place cards with guest's entree choices (a small icon in the corner). Oh, and matching table number cards are available to go with any of our designs!
Our thank you cards are digitally printed (or letterpress printed, if you feel like a splurge!) on nice thick cotton cardstock - perfect for written correspondence! If you just need a few and would like to indulge in letterpress, check out our non-personalized letterpress thank you cards, many of which match our invitation designs.
Our details cards are a great way to communicate directions and transportation info (e.g. where and when shuttle buses will be leaving), details on attire, children, additional weekend events (such as a post-wedding brunch or welcome reception), and wedding website. Each one is designed to match the wedding invitation suite - especially love the little double decker bus on the Visit London details card!
Hope you enjoy these stationery bits! They're the perfect way to tie your theme or style through your entire wedding!
Everyone's talking about it, but we simply can't help but join in the collective swooning over the new Kate Spade collection! While the clothes are stunning on their own, we just love the bold use of color and retro styling captured in these photos.
Take a look at the whole collection here!
The colorful tights paired with bold, graphic pieces; so simple, and yet so genius...
Truly, we would love to look like this every day! Ah, if only...
Oh, Kate - you've done it again!
We're loving these details that Chun Yee, founder of our London office, sent us of her brother's wedding! Having grown up in China & Taiwan (and being half Chinese), we love the idea of giving the traditional gold-and-red Chinese wedding palette a modern twist. Stephanie and Thomas did it to perfection! They used a folded, dual-language Cherry Blossom wedding invitation in lucky red and chocolate, and incorporated a traditional double happiness seal.
Seating cards were printed with a coordinating motif.
Beautiful cherry blossom cake adorned with paper flowers!
The getaway car!
Cute! Congratulations, Stephanie and Thomas!
One of our very favorite Bay Area event planners, Lisa Feldman, just launched her new website! Check it out - it is gorgeous!
Lisa has a way of turning every event she works on into a joyful, personalized occasion. Some of the most memorable weddings we've designed paper for are showcased on the site, including Dana & Julie's - they were married last year in Hualaiai, Hawai.
We collaborated with Lisa to create the invitations and wedding stationery details, including umbrella wraps...
Chopstick holder place cards for the rehearsal dinner (calligraphy by Papineau Calligraphy)...
...and wedding favors. As you know, all the thoughtful details are what makes a wedding special - Lisa is all about these!
Orlee & David's wedding was another wonderful event Lisa designed...
The wedding invitation suite was inspired by organic, Art Nouveau floral patterns.
One of our favorite details from the wedding - a table where guests could read love letters written between the bride and the groom, and write their own!
Lisa is also the Bay Area's go-to event designers for Bar and Bat Mitzvah's. This gorgeous reception at the St. Regis featured flowers by Kathleen Deery Design. We created the invitations, as well as personalized menu cards...
...and seating cards (calligraphy by Papineau Calligraphy).
And this is just the beginning! Find more inspiration on Lisa's website.
The site design is by the talented Deb Wagner of dstripe. Hello!Lucky designed the logo, Kenneth Sloan edited gorgeous photos, and Curt Sanburn edited the copy.
Congratulations, Lisa!
Earlier this year we were delighted to print the invitation suite for the owner of one of our favourite UK stockists, High Tea of Highgate (the fact that this is a delightful tea shop in a lovely part of London and that Georgina is a fabulous cook is entirely co-incidental!)
Georgina's wedding to Riccardo Carrelli took place in the magical setting of Burgh Island, an Art Deco hotel situated just off the coat of Devon and the setting for several Agatha Christie films. Our letterpress suite printed over images of the island set the mood for Georgina's 1920's inspired celebrations and the whole event was beautifully captured by the photographer Joanna Wilkinson
The Burgh Island hotel and the equally famous 'Sea Tractor' used to transport guests at high tide.
Georgina's fantastic dress was designed by Alice Temperley and, we are assured, was just perfect for doing the Charleston in!
...and to prove it!
A truly genius way of creating an edible centrepiece!
We just love the detail of these wedding favours a uniquely British delicacy - seaside rock from The Rock People. The couple's name runs right through it!
Congratulations, Georgina and Riccardo!
Invitation photos by yours truly, wedding photos by Joanna Wilkinson.
We were trolling Etsy and came upon these adorable Japanese country-inspired fabrics! So cute for crafting projects for a vintage wedding. Stefanie Style has a cute selection.
Also love these pretty pastels from cottonblue. So inspiring!
Thanks to Bethany for cluing us in to Dyna Moe, the amazing illustrator behind the Mad Men Yourself application we blogged about last week! She's done a ton of illustration work for Mad Men, including this incredible Joan Holloway paper doll for Season 2!
And, what's more, she does custom illustrations of couples for their save the dates and wedding invitations!
Cute, right?
Love this "Tiki Time" portrait - and the idea of doing portraits with a vintage flare a la Mad Men Yourself!
Check out all her work here and her Flickr photo stream here and read her blog here. Thanks, Bethany!
Images: Dyna Moe
This is a shout-out to interpid Hello!Lucky intern Hillary Burgess -- she recently helped create all the DIY details for her friend Lisa's bridal, including the adorable postcard invitation above (from the couple's engagement photo shoot by photographer and friend Jess Epstein). This invite is one of the top 4 finalists in The Bride's Cafe's DIY contest -- the winner will be announced on Friday! Read the how-to instructions here.
Some more DIY details from the shower!
Cute, cute favor bags! Congrats, Hillary!
Photos by Jess Epstein
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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