How incredible are these paper 'dos from 
Present and Correct
If you haven't seen Present and Correct's offerings, we recommend. It's a UK retro Girl Friday's dream office supply store.
Saw this on Design Milk. And we just had to re-post-it. (Ooh! Pardon!)
We all could use some desk refurbishment, and just imagine how lovely the office would look after a week of phone calls with these babies on hand!
Figural Cameos
Figural cameos is an advertising technique in which the text is placed within the shape of the product that it is advertising. We are especially drawn to the return addresses (we are a stationery company after all!). See more 
Sparkly Goodness...
Wouldn't these Sparkling Champagne Cupcakes look lovely as part of a wedding dessert buffet? Get the recipe here!
via Erin Ever After
Unique Housewares at Pot + Pantry
A good friend of Hello!Lucky, Donna Wageman, just got a write-up in the SF Chronicle on her charming new shop, Pot + Pantry, in Noe Valley. Such a cute little store— we had to share!
So if you're in SF, wandering in the Castro/Noe/Mission area, check it out. Or make it a destination!
Or check out her website. Pot + Pantry also sells Sightglass coffee (a new Hello!Lucky favorite!) and is sure to have all manner of unique gifts for the vintage-minded among you.
Via SF Chronicle. Photos by Michael Macor.
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.
All Tomorrow's Parties
Hello!Lucky wishes you a happy and prosperous 2011 and offers the following advice to help the wish come true:
Surround yourself with friends.
Dress appropriately to the occasion.
Share a cup of kindness with elders.
Share another cup of kindness with your peers.
Have a BALL!
Photos via Photography News.
Happy Birthday, Sabrina!
It's Sabrina's birthday today!! Thinking of making her this cake - doesn't it sound delish?
Happy Birthday, Sabrina - here's to another fantabulous year!
Vintage Mexican Wedding Dresses
For rustic elegance for a southwestern wedding, or a beach destination wedding, we think these 50's and 60's vintage Mexican wedding dresses are muy lovely.
Found this on Ruffled. Sadly, it sold a while back on Etsy. Maybe there are others like it just waiting to be found in closets and estate sales?
Or how about this genuine 50's article. Just look at the detailing below! Methinks we're on a bit of a lace kick!
Found this dress here.
We have a new southwestern wedding invitation design coming out soon, a southwest skyline, similar to our Desert Skyline holiday card. Keep your eyes peeled for our new design launch, just around the corner. We're super excited!
Our Mi Amor and Malaga designs might also suit a southwestern style fete or fiesta. Or for beach destination weddings, our Visit Hawaii is easily adapted to other shoreline locales with a simple text customization.
Thinking warm thoughts on chilly day, and wishing warm weather your way!
We Heart Vintage Lace
Are there others out there who have a fabric collecting compulsion? We do, admittedly. We wonder if we could figure out how to make stuff like this:
How about this lace medallion? Absolutely gorgeous! Can you imagine how people used to craft these by hand?
And how about this swiss lace? Swoon! So sweet and simple.
And this one looks like something a Klimt lady would wear— wild!:
We'll put learning lace crochet techniques on our To-Do List. ; ) But in the meantime I wonder what sorts of amazing things we could make out of these?! All found on AntiqueFabric.com. You should visit before we buy them out!
For lovers of lace imagining a lace-filled wedding, remember our lovely Vintage Lace save the date design.
Ivy & Aster
These ethereal dresses from Ivy & Aster are stunning! We are also loving the botanical print background....wouldn't that make a pretty backdrop for a photo booth?
Via Ruby Press.
Happy holidays to you and yours!
We're taking a few days off to enjoy the holidays - hope you do the same! Some potential activities include making these cookies:
Seeing this movie:
and working on projects from this book:
Have a great holiday!!
The Humble, Well-Loved Whoopie Pie
We have a special fondness for whoopie pies at Hello!Lucky. A couple of years back one of our printers, Aaron, had a bake-off with one of our designers, who shall remain nameless. Whoopie pies were the winner— but we wouldn't say that there was any actual competition. Just fun and fabulous home-baked whoopie pies!
These dapper down-home delicacies, from WannaHavaCookie.com were mentioned in the New York Times, and most closely resemble the no-frills whoopie pies that Aaron crafted. The recipe, passed on from generations of Pennsylvania Dutch-ish lineage, is closely guarded among Aaron's sylvan clan. But we imagine that the WannaHavaCookie whoopies are fairly close to the "real thing."
Being a purist, Aaron would probably view these red-velvet variants as an abomination, but we bet they'd be pretty darn tasty.
Even a holiday whoopie pie with peppermint filling! We could go for that! WannaHavaCookie charmingly touts that whoopie pies would make great wedding favors. And we might just agree! But could they make a black-tie whoopie pie?
Su Blackwell book sculptures
Su Blackwell creates delicate whimsical paper sculptures that literally jump off the page - makes us want to curl up with a good book!
See more of her work here, and if you are in London, check out her current show at Long & Ryle.
Happy Feet!
Chilly winter days have reignited our mini-obsession with Collègien slippers from France...
How can your feet not be (warm and) happy in these puppies?
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.
Mark Shaw Fashion Photography
For a Friday fix of vintage fashion, view this jaw dropping collection of photos; we found them here. Some may be familiar to all you fashionistas and photo aficionados, but we know they'll never get old. Here's a few to whet your appetite:
Would love to have this for the holiday party, no?
Or maybe this...
And we would love to wear this any day.
Enjoy all your holiday get-togethers and festivities this weekend!
A Smidge of Woodland Lovely on Market Street
Check out these gorgeous paintings posted up on Market Street!
They're so cool and gorgeously rendered and they certainly bring some much needed flair to a somewhat manky part of town!
We have no idea who the artist is, but they are super lovely and inspiring!
101 Woonideeën Blog Feature
Hello!Lucky was recently featured in a charming Dutch blog, 101 Woonideeën, about DIY and crafting. Though we've employed some German speaking Hello-Luckiers, none of us that we know speak Dutch. But it's awfully fun to look at their offerings. Our favorite new word: "zelfmaak." If it's a cognate we have a pretty good guess what it means. Give it a gander!
They featured our holiday cards in their "Christmas Card Countdown," including our Winter Wonderland, Woodland Friends, Festive Deer and Bird and Delicious Christmas designs.
Also found this adorable Little Golden Books poster:
Have fun browsing!