From the Bride:

“For our invites, we wanted something personal and unique.  I started by sorting through some samples in wedding magazines and sent a piece I liked as inspiration to my maid of honor, Beth Amer.  Beth is an artist whose taste and style I know and trust implicitly.  I described the setting of our wedding and asked her to draw a scene of the two of us in Wyoming surrounded by some of the animals and landmarks that remind us of being there.  Then one afternoon this winter, we rented a letterpress and Tom and I hand printed them all.  It was a fun project to do together!”

Contact Beth to create personalized art. See her “stuff” at www.bethstuffinc.com

Photography: Hannah Hardaway

Photographs: Hannah Hardaway

If there is one company that knows pretty, pretty paper goods inside and out, it’s Hello!Lucky. Not only is each and every piece coming out of their San Francisco studio insanely beautiful but they happen to  specialize in unique, creative wedding invitations using gorgeous letterpress and digital print methods on thick cotton papers.

I opened my mail today and found this great card from Lyndsey and Ryan who will be getting married this September here in Jackson. I thought it was a really great piece so I asked her where she got the inspiration for this:

“I bought that WPA postcard from the visitor’s center at the park when we were there in January. I immediately thought of it when I knew we were doing the wedding in January. It wasn’t too hard to find similar typefaces to customize it for our Save the Date, and then add the wedding couple. Easy & fast- exactly what we needed!”

They have also provided their guests with a great blog for info on their big weekend: http://gicemottlwedding.blogspot.com/

Sara and Ryan – bottom row, 3rd image (©Carrie Patterson Photography)

So here’s info from Cara on this DIY project:

Q. Who designed your invitation suite?
A. Well… I designed the entire thing! And the graphic designer here at the paper put my designs in InDesign.

Q. What inspired you?
A. They are based off a wedding I saw in Martha Stewart Weddings.

Q. Who printed the fabric invite?
A. I had a lady in Oakland do the screen printing. Her name is Karol Doi.

Q. Where did you find the paper for the reply cards and envelopes?
A. The paper stuff is from Paper Source. I ordered 260 of the enclosure cards.

Q. Who printed the reply cards?
A. The printer is in Charlotte, NC.

Q. The raffia is a nice touch. Who did you have assemble that for you?
A. My mom bought the raffia for a couple dollars form Michaels. She sewed all 130 invites, stuffed them and put the raffia around them. I have a wonderful mother!

Q. I love your vintage stamps. Where did you find those?
A. I ordered all the stamps from EBay.

Q. How much did this all cost?
A. Envelopes, folders, rsvp and event cards and printing were $200. Still, so much cheaper than letterpress but still has a huge wow factor. Cloth invites $300 (if you buy your own cloth, this goes down significantly. we paid $1 an invite. but if you have time and can cut them all yourself, you can save a lot of money). Total cost for 130 invites was $500 – $600 if you add in the calligrapher.

Thanks Cara for contributing this feature. Your invites are so incredible!

Hello!Lucky is a specialty letterpress printer and design studio. They have been creating wedding invitations, greeting cards and personalized stationery since 2003. Clients worldwide include Anthropologie, Kate’s Paperie, and Liberty of London.

Products Include:

- Letterpress wedding invitations
- Letterpress greeting cards
- Letterpress personalized stationery
- Letterpress baby announcements
- Handmade Hellos – a card-crafting book featuring leading stationery artists (published by and available through www.chroniclebooks.com)

Where you’ve heard of Hello Lucky

Hello!Lucky collaborates with leading stylists and event designers around the world. Their designs have appeared in publications including Martha Stewart Weddings, Daily Candy, InStyle, Lucky, Real Simple, Marie Claire, and InStyle Weddings.

Available at: http://www.hellolucky.com/wedding-invitations.html

Or locally in Jackson Hole at Lily & Co and/or Bloom

Carrie and Barrett’s wedding invitation suite is featured on Ritzy Bee! Congrats to Bird & Banner (My favorite invitation designers!)

“We’ve been long time fans of Bird & Banner and were so excited to see their new site update! One of our favorite invitation suites was for this Jackson Hole wedding…so many cute paper good details…”

http://ritzybee.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/bird-banner.html

I love the personality in their custom invitation suites — modern design sensibility coupled with playfulness and whimsy. Their entire portfolio is a feast for the eyes. For more info visit Bird and Banner’s website.

Designed for Carrie and Barrett: