Cassandra Chew

Cassandra is the creative director of The Hello Bureau and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her work. With an educational background in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Styling, and Editorial Styling, she has cultivated a deep understanding of various design disciplines. For over 15 years, Cassandra has been dedicated to the art of creating beautiful stationery professionally. Through this blog, she shares her design journey, aiming to inspire and provide valuable insights into the world of creative expression.

Open Catholic wedding ceremony booklet displayed on a wooden table, showing printed A5 layout with liturgical wording for the Entrance Procession and First Reading.

Catholic Wedding Booklet Wording Example (Australia)

If you’ve been tasked with creating a Catholic wedding ceremony booklet and have no idea where to start — you’re not alone. After designing a number of Catholic ceremony booklets for couples across Australia, I know how tricky it can be to translate the full liturgy into a clear, print-ready format. This wording example is […]

A lady holding up a printed bar menu sign in a wooden frame with flowers next to it.

How to Create a Bar Menu Sign

A bar menu sign is one of those small but essential stationery items that helps your wedding or event day run smoothly. If you’ve spent weeks picking the drinks and pairing them with your menu — the last thing you want is confused guests or complaints at the bar. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you

A wooden table with a printed thank you card, next to a vase and gift box.

How to Print Thank You Cards With MOO

Whether you’ve just wrapped up a wedding, birthday, or baby shower, sending a proper thank you card is the cherry on top. And thanks to MOO’s super user-friendly system, turning your design into a real-life printed card is easy (and, dare we say, quite fun!). Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to print thank you

How to Use Our Printable Envelope Liners

This tutorial covers how to use our printable envelope liner templates, which are available for purchase in our shop. The example we’re using here is our free Baroque Bloom envelope liner template. If you haven’t already downloaded it, you’ll find it in this post. Making your own envelope liners is honestly one of the easiest

A pair of black scissors cutting out a free envelope liner template.

Baroque Bloom: Free Envelope Liner Template

There’s something unmistakably romantic about old-world florals — well, all of fine art, really. In our studio, we’re a little obsessed with weaving those details into stationery. Whether it’s a quirky hand-drawn sketch or a Renaissance still life, there’s just something about pairing fine art with paper that feels timeless. This free envelope liner template

An easel with a seating chart.

How to Edit Your Printable Seating Chart Template

Creating your own printable seating chart with our templates is pretty simple — especially when you know the copy-paste trick. This step-by-step tutorial will show you exactly how to transfer your guest list from a spreadsheet (or Word doc) into your seating chart template using Templett. Whether you’ve got 5 tables or 15, the process

A wedding invitation with a QR code on a plate next to a cup of coffee.

How to Add a QR Code to Your Template

All of our printable templates are editable in Templett, which makes it easy to personalise your design. This includes adding a QR code for things like websites, RSVP forms, maps, social media, or gift registries. There’s no need for extra apps or downloads to get a QR code. Templett has a built-in QR code generator

A side angle view of the top half of a wedding invitation

Wedding Invitation Template Wording Guide (With Examples)

If you’ve decided to DIY your invitations and have bought a template — congrats, the fun part begins now! One of the best things about using templates is that you’re free to word your invitation however you like, without worrying about designer revision limits or awkward formality. But let’s be real — even the most

A white seating chart on an easel in front of a wedding venue.

Seating Charts: 6 Reasons They are Necessary for Weddings

In our experience designing wedding stationery, one of the most common questions we get from couples is: “Do we really need a seating chart?” And honestly? If you’re assigning seats — absolutely yes. It saves confusion, awkward shuffling, and your poor nan from traversing the room to find her seat. Even if you’re going for

A welcome sign with a blue background colour on an easel in a white room.

How to Add Background Colours to Your Template

Adding a background colour to your design is a simple way to create contrast, highlight text, or match your stationery to your event’s colour palette. Just keep in mind — whatever background colour you choose will be printed. We’ll be using our Mauritius Welcome Sign template for this tutorial. The editing process is done in

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