Promo: Hello! Lucky

We couldn't leave for the week without sharing some sort of {CINEMA} with you. Earlier this year we had the privilege of creating some promotional materials for the super swell gals Sabrina and Eunice over at Hello! Lucky.

For those of you living in a cave, Hello! Lucky is a super fun, hip and sassy letterpress and custom stationary company run by the most stylish sisters ever. Just check out their ::Blog::

This is one of two films that we created for them. We fell in love with the letterpress process while filming Eunice and Sabrina and have such a deeper respect and love for this printing technique. For us, it's very similar to the care and expertise that goes into shooting Super 8 & 16mm film. Like film, letterpress is a dying craft, but one that is being brought back to life by artists that choose to express their voice through hand crafted work rather than mass production. Though many jump on the bandwagon now, I'm sure you'll see that with Hello! Lucky, the difference is in the details and their couture approach.

{{hmmm... sounds like another company we know of ;) }}

Destination: Zihuatanejo

It's almost comical how much traveling has been going on around here...

We have spent more time on planes, buses, taxi's and tuk-tuks than we have in our own home's for the months of April and May. So with that said, we head back down to our neighbors of the South, this time to the beautiful fishing village of Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

Lots of Super 8 and 16mm film goodness will be had as well as inhalation of guacamole ala poolside when we get a chance to rest.

Our office will be closed until we return on May 27th.

Hasta Luego!

the inside scoop

{The Red Carpet Paparazzi-Fest / Modern Bride's Executive Editor: Kara Corridan & Kristen*}

Hey! Kristen* here. Wanted to share some of the photos from the Trendsetter Awards. This year was a blast as always but what made it extra special was that I was able to spend it with my good friend and 2008 Trendsetter Elizabeth Messina. So without further ado....

{Modern Bride Editor-in-Chief : Antonia van der Meer / The Swag Bags! so freakin cool}

{Table Decor: Photo 1 - Michelle Rago / Photo 2 - Antony Todd / Photo 3 - Jane Packer}

{Kristen* & NY based Event Designer Michelle Rago / Cake guru Ron-Ben Israel inhaling Michelle's table herbs}

{Daisy Fuentes presenting an award to Spanx Creator Sarah Blakely /photographer Elizabeth Messina}

{Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester / 2008 Trendsetter and make-up icon Bobbi Brown / Dancing with the Stars Maksim Chmerkovskiy and first dance choreographer to our 2006 clients Martha and Fernando Vargas}

Congratulations 2008 Trendsetters!

As promised, {drum roll please...} here is the video we produced for the 2008 Modern Bride Awards to open up the show. It features profiles of our friends at Fifty Foot Films, Back To Earth Organic, I Dream of Cake, Mark's Garden & Sasha Souza Events. 

Thanks again you guys for allowing us to follow you around for the day and make this 'behind the scenes' of your creative process. Totally inspiring!

The Wedding Oscars

We are back in the land of Carrie Bradshaw this week (NYC) to do some socialite schmoozing and fashion flaunting of our own this week. Each Spring Modern Bride Magazine has their annual "25 Trendsetters Awards" at a super fabulous hotel in Manhattan complete with red carpet, celebs, paparazzi and wedding industry heavyweights. Truly, this IS the wedding industry event of the year.

We were honored with the Trendsetter Award back in 2006 and since then, Modern Bride has commissioned us to create their "video opener" for the awards show. It's a thrilling and intimidating event because you never know who your going to see or sit next to! Last year we rubbed elbows with Deepak Chopra, met Michael J. Fox & Carolina Herrera {random?!} and in 2006 was greeted with a big kiss on the cheek from none other than Aidan himself..... John Corbett! {: Talk about a freak out! Move over Bo Derek! :}

This year is a special year for us because we actually created 2 videos for the awards one of which was a collaboration with Re:Frame, the organization we Co-Founded with 5 other companies. We can't disclose too much until the event occurs, but we will be sure to give you the inside scoop of who/what/where/huh? and post the videos once the party takes place!

Ahhh.... The Anticipation

May is a glorious month. It is the month that Carrie Bradshaw returns to our lives and brings with her a whole new ferosh + fabulous wardrobe courtesy of costume designing goddess Patricia Field. Bring on the Prada, Louboutin and V.Westwood...We're ready!



{and for the record, she should have never broken up with Aidan}

Going to Guatemala

*photo courtesy of http://antiguadailyphoto.com

Our office is closed until May 6th while Kristen* and the crew head down to La Antigua Guatemala for the wedding of one of our "elegante" NY couples. This year has been a pretty heavy travel year so far which is why the blog has not been given the love it deserves. But we promise lots of great content in the coming months.

La Antigua is this incredibly charming Spanish Colonial Town set amongst coffee plantations, flower farms and volcanoes. The city is filled with amazing ruins and hotels that are 5 century old monasteries! We are so excited and honored to be able to capture this location on 16mm film and Super 8mm. We look forward to sharing some of our journey here in the future.

Hasta Luego!