color love: seafoam
It’s no longer a secret that I’ve been in love with the color seafoam recently. When I own a house, it will certainly be my first color pick for our bedroom’s wall. It has that warm and inviting character that is so charming. It can be so easily paired with chartreuse, brown, yellow, or the bolder teal.
{photo sources: left side 1, 2, 3, 4 via | right side 1, 2, 3 via}
show sneak peek.
We were at a bridal show on Sunday and had a good time. We met a lot of great people! I didn’t bring a proper camera with me and so the picture above is from my iPhone + Poladroid. You can probably see a bit of our brand new flat-printed signature wedding collection.
Because it was our first bridal show, to say that we were busier than usual is an understatement. I’m taking today off from blogging to catch up with my classes, work on our portfolio website (which needs MAJOR revamping and updating), and look for a nice, cheap pedicure so my feet and my pocket will thank me. I will see you with a blog post tomorrow!
draw and cook.
Those are two of my favorite things to do. I haven’t been doing both of those this past couple of weeks. We’ve been eating Panda Express, KFC, and frozen dinners (my poor hubby!), because I’ve been really busy preparing for our first show (which is this coming weekend!).
That’s why looking at these charming recipe illustrations from they draw and cook makes me want to go through this week quickly so I can go back to cooking and eating home-made meal again. And of course drawing as well :)
{source: they draw and cook}
upon a fold…
…has the most adorable new goodies in their shop. I just love their super adorable shop and blog. Their product selection is everything I want in a store! I’m so in love with their new ferris wheel pop-up card kit.
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wedding wednesday: ila + hiroki
I love Ila + Hiroki’s wedding details seen over at Broke Ass Bride! Moreover, with all these gorgeousness, their wedding only cost a $10k!
{photography by picotte photography | found via broke ass bride}
ikea’s homemade is best.
I was helping a friend the other day styling a food photography session, but what we did is just so different with what Evelina Bratell did with the food photography for IKEA’s baking book “Hembakat är Bäst” (Homemade is Best)! When I saw these I was blown away. She is a genius. These are phenomenal! I think I’d love to own the book even though I wouldn’t understand a word! All of the recipes are Swedish desserts.
Pepparkakor – Ginger Thins
Mandelmusslor – Almond Shell
Vaniljhorn – Vanilla Horn cookies
Prinsesstårta – Princess Cake
Schwartzwaldtårta – Blackforest Cake
Lingon Peparkaka - Lingon Berries Cookies
{photography by Carl Kleiner | styling by Evelina Bratell | found via all the mountains}
ideas by heart.
I was at Amy Moss’ Eat Drink Chic the other day and she shared this cool and lovely video created by an advertising student, Annika Bäckström, in collaboration with Oscar Söderberg and Michael Sipos. I’m not a motion picture savvy kind of person, so this kind of thing really amazes me. The whole concept is so inspiring as well!
Ideas by heart from annika bäckström on Vimeo.
(via Eat Drink Chic)
news + updates.
Hello friends! So sorry for the hiatus! I have been really swamped with work and haven’t been able to even browse the net for inspiration. My life lately has been consumed and spent in front of the computer. The good thing is, some new and exciting things are coming to Love Ardently!
First of all, in case you haven’t noticed yet, we are getting a blog makeover! Please excuse our mess, since we are still currently in the process of finalizing everything. You might noticed that things changed here and there. I am so excited to FINALLY do this. I’ve been putting this off for months and months, and last week, I finally got to start on it. In the process of the makeover, I came to realize that writing and maintaining this blog is often times a “getaway” or a “distraction” for me from doing our actually design works. The word daydream can be described as “a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one’s attention from the present”. I like to think of this blog as my daily daydreams, and therefore we have a new little name for the blog! :)
In addition to that, you might also have noticed that we have a different logo as well! I have been struggling with our logo for quite a while, and trust me, I almost pulled my hair out for the past few months thinking about this logo alone. It is so hard to design for yourself. Well, I have made my peace with myself and put my best effort and as a result, we now have a simpler, more straightforward logo. Yep, the birdie’s gone (which I am a bit sad about, but trying to cope with). We have decided to go with something that represents our image better and something that is more “us”.
We are also preparing for our first ever bridal show! *gasp* Yes, exactly in one week, we’ll be having our first ever bridal show in Fort Worth, TX hosted by 809 at Vickery. If you are planning your wedding and live around the DFW Metro area, you are more than welcome to attend this FREE Bridal Show! It’s geared towards couples whom are planning their wedding with $10,000 budget or less. We will also be launching our new flat-printed wedding signature collection at the show!
Alright, enough rants. If you look at the time stamp on my last twitter post, you’ll agree that I should quickly get some sleep now. Have a good Sunday everybody!
