Santa stopped by our studio this morning, just to say hello!
Happy Independence Day!
YAY for the Fourth of July weekend! Our employees are getting ready to celebrate our country's independence, and we're showing our true colors! Lot's of reds, whites and blues popped up in shop today, and we just had to share!
You can write down your Big Ideas for a patriotic theme party!
Many Thanks to our H!L readers! Hope you have a terrific (and safe!) holiday weekend!
Our shop will be closed Monday, July 4th but back in action on the 5th. See you then!
Classic Cookie Cutters
Sock Monkey Ornaments
Sock Monkey ornaments!! We can't imagine anything more perfect for the holidays!
Available at Crate and Barrel. Via BB-links.
Letterpress Holiday Cards on Paper Crave
A few of our favorite letterpress holiday greeting cards are featured on Paper Crave today! Oodles of paper goodness on their lovely blog. Also check out yesterday's post about Hanukkah Cards.
Thanks, Paper Crave!
Style Me Pretty Holiday Card Feature
We were remiss in giving props to one of our favorite wedding blogs, Style me Pretty, for doing such a lovely feature of our holiday cards.
Check out Style me Pretty's blog to get your daily eye-candy fix. Today they have a gorgeous spread about wedding welcome bags for destination weddings, among other tasty offerings.
Oh! And about that holiday card feature, did we mention there's a promo code?
Esther Aarts exhibit
One of our favorite illustrators, Esther Aarts, is currently exhibiting at the Arnhem Museum of Modern Arts in the Netherlands. She was sweet enough to send us a photo of the exhibition, featuring her Season's Salutations and Retro Christmas greeting cards! Congrats Esther!
The Mrs. Shoppe!
Stylist extraordinaire Kelley Lilien (Mrs. Lilien as she's known!) has expanded her online presence to include a perfectly curated online shop - just in time for the holidays! Her fabulous selections range from homeware (like these Mr. and Mrs. glasses and colorful ice bucket) to jewelry (those crystal earrings are divine!).
Personalized coasters add an elegant flair to any holiday party...there's even a set of holiday crackers!
Be sure to swing by her equally fabulous blog!
Design Milk Giveaway
Design Milk featured Hello!Lucky's Hometown Holiday Cards yesterday-- and we wanted to let you in on the secret. Going on now, there is a giveaway of our most popular holiday card designs. Click on the link, craft your comment and cross your fingers! Best of luck!
Our TOP TEN Customers!
We are SO impressed by our clever clientele! Read below to ROTFL!
Totally Hilarious!
Thanks so much Debbie, Chris, Zippy and Delilah, from all of us at the H!L office! And thanks for letting us share!
We couldn't show just one, so here's the original list to inspire the aspiring:
Now, if this is all news to you and you haven't yet seen our TOP TEN holiday newsletter design, find it here.
Or, for even more fun ideas for creative holiday cards, take a peek at our other styles of holiday newsletters.
Pillows in love
Looking for a sweet wedding, anniversary or holiday gift? These king and queen pillowcases are lovely.
This customizable pillow goes perfectly with our Home Sweet Home wedding suite!
Via AT.
Warm Things.
It will be snowing soon for some of us. We thought we'd revisit this great idea to warm your cockles. Warm things and caffeine do wonders to brighten an evening, particularly post daylight savings time.
Not just a chocolate lolly, hot chocolate on a stick. A taste-tempting D.I.Y, which also could mean Drink It Yourself. Maybe curled up with a good book?
Recipes, ideas, and all sorts of chocolaty savvy featured on a great blog called Giver's Log. Which we found via Sew, Mama, Sew.
And wouldn't it be a lovely after dinner cup for a winter wedding?
Holiday stamps!
Don't forget the details when selecting your custom holiday photo cards this year! Holiday themed postage stamps are a must!
Via AT.
Haunted by the Holidays? See our Spooky Promo Below!
The Handmade Hellos Crafting Party!
The crafting party last night was a smash hit!
All of our demo stations were full of ambitious crafters–Hello!Lucky's snowy variation on Petra Boase’s Owl-y Friend yielded many colorful results! You can download the template here to try it out for yourself!
Our Handmade Hellos contributors demonstrated various craft projects. François Vigneault instructed guests on how to make postcards composed of found maps, a fun and easy project for anyone with a crafty eye.
Sarah Adler's magical banner project used dainty little boxes to enclose a quirky greeting one letter at a time!
Stacy and Nicole (above) from Pancake & Franks had a station devoted to their accordion card, which uses durable board ends to make up a booklet.
Jody Warshaw, Christina Loff, Kate Woodrow from Chronicle Books showing off their projects!
Happy crafters!
Jeffrey McGrew from Because We Can fashioned his card into part of his ensemble!
Nancy Deane from Chronicle Books shows off her owl.
Sarah Adler watches as one of her students displays her very own magical banner.
The Hello!Lucky staff were, of course, busy at work! Pictured above, Max Koch and Shauna Leytus were the studio bartenders while, below, James Tucker and Alex Ewers greeted incoming crafters!
Aaron Cohick, our lead pressman, was kind enough to demonstrate the ins-and-outs of our vintage Heidelberg presses throughout the evening.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
