Our new letterpress personalized stationery collection just launched! The designs ranges from elegant to whimsical - click here to see them all. To celebrate, we’re giving away 50 free personalized cards with plain envelopes - just e-mail us at info@hellolucky.com if you’d like to be included in the random drawing. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 12! Good luck!

Photo courtesy of Sara Remington.

Our ears are burning! We just learned that our new personalized stationery collection, which makes its debut this week, already has some celebrity fans: Eva Longoria and Molly Sims! Molly loves the Chrysanthemum design, while Eva’s a fan of a design that was inspired by her sophisticated style - we even named it Eva! Shucks, gals, we are so flattered!

We’re super excited to be participating in the Maker Faire this weekend (May 3 & 4) at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. We’ll be showing & selling a lot of our latest card designs (sneak peak coming soon!) and doing DIY cardmaking workshops featuring projects from our forthcoming book, Handmade Hellos (Chronicle Books, 2008). A highlight will be a guest workshop with contributor and cartoonist/crafter Francois Vigneault (Sunday, 11 - 12). Visit us in the Craft Corral to see a full weekend workshop schedule. Hope to see all you Bay Area folks there!

Today we continue this week’s Save the Date theme in conjunction with our promotion on Style Me Pretty! We created this intricate save the date card for a multi-cultural couple who are getting married in Lausanne, Switzerland. The pattern blends Moroccan tile work and Mexican textile patterns to reflect the couple’s travels.

Photograph courtesy of Sara Remington.

In light our current save the date give-away on Style Me Pretty, we thought we’d feature some of our latest letterpress save the date designs! This one was created for Tom and Heather (last names and details have been changed), a wonderful couple who are getting married on an apple farm in Cape Cod this fall. We designed the save the date to be reminiscent of vintage fruit crate packaging, and letterpress printed it on a natural cardstock for a weathered feel.

Photograph courtesy of Sara Remington.

We’re thrilled to announce our new line of letterpress wedding invitations, Marry Me! by Hello!Lucky. We often hear feedback about letterpress invitations being out of the range of an average wedding budget, so we decided to try and do something about it — we designed these invitations specifically be simple to print to reduce the amount of press time involved. They’re also offered in a more limited range of colors to help streamline the production process, and allow us to ship them in just 10 business days. Since letterpress is an artisanal printing method, it’s never going to be cheap, but we hope our effort helps bring stylish letterpress invitations within reach. Enjoy!
Photographs courtesy of Sara Remington.

Thanks to Julia for sending in this fab photo of the giftwrap she designed for us! Admittedly, we’re biased, but we love it! Sigh! The wrap is available here (2 19″x 27″ sheets for $5.75, or 8 assorted sheets for $19.95) along with letterpress printed cards. Enjoy!

We discovered the work of London-based illustrator Ellie Curtis on etsy and couldn’t resist her fabulously eccentric screen-printed pillows, shown above in their new home. Sadly, she’s out of stock for the time being (she’s busy “across the pond” on an artist’s residency), but check out her blog for new work and updates

We adore the work of Elisa Strauss over at Confetti Cakes! Her whimsical, lucious floral cakes are being featured in the current issue of InStyle Weddings and were featured on Bride’s 50 most beautiful wedding cakes earlier this year. These cakes make us want to design wedding invitations and stationery just to coordinate! Congratulations, Elisa!

Top two photos courtesy of Monica Buck/InStyle Weddings.

We caught up with the charming and stunningly talented Jennifer Behr this weekend - she was visiting San Francisco from her native New York for a trunk show at Neiman Marcus. Formerly the lead hair accessories designer at Frederic Fekkai, Ms. Behr launched her own collection in 2005 and has already garnered acclaim from fashionistas around the world (including style icon Natalie Portman). Her designs are perfect for everyday, as well as for weddings and parties - we want to own every piece! Check out her gorgeous collection here.