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I would really appreciate your vote for my design on the Minted’s Holiday Invitation challenge! To vote, rate the design on scale of 1 to 5.

After almost a year “maternity leave” and break from designing, I’m slowly getting back on my designing feet. Today, I’m so happy to announce that we have a brand new baby shower invitation line ready for purchase at Love Ardently’s Etsy shop! These are print-yourself customized designs, but we are pleased to also offer digital printing service as well. Most of our invitation designs are illustrated, bright, modern and whimsical. Hope you enjoy!

Visit our Etsy shop for more designs!

I’ve been a long time fan of Minted and I have finally taken the plunge to submit a design for their Holiday Party invitation challenge. This is the only one I’ve done so far. I have a couple other ideas but SO LITTLE time to execute it. The first reason being my 10 months old baby boy who is going through a separation anxiety phase *gasp* and keeping my hands full all day. Another reason is that I’ve been working on a set of new designs for our baby shower & announcement collection! So excited for that and I can’t wait to give you some sneak peeks!

Meanwhile… below is my design for Minted’s Holiday Party Invitation challenge. Voting period hasn’t started yet, but I’d like to covet your vote when it starts next week! :)

A couple new handmade goodies for baby girls on Etsy! :)

HANNAH

CHLOE

I know I haven’t had too many updates lately. My life has been consumed by none other than my little one. It’s been so hard to keep a schedule throughout the day when it involves my constantly inconsistent baby boy. He’s getting so much better though. He naps longer (most times) and sleep with a pretty good stretch during the night. He is 9 months old and it seems like he’s currently going through the separation anxiety period. It’s been a tough 2 weeks for us.

But anyway… I’m getting back to design and crafting bits by bits lately, which I’m really excited about. It’s so nice to have an accomplishment other than feeding my baby 3 times a day :) My newest hobby currently is (yeah, you guessed it)… to make handmade goods for babies! I have just listed a few baby girl headbands on Etsy.

{ROSIE}

{SWEETHEART}

{TAKE A BOW}

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!

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!

After the heart button string-tie envelope DIY yesterday, it’s time to reveal the inside of the envelope that I sent to my swap buddies  at Weddingbee and Crow & Canary.

Err… this time I really have to credit the inspiration to Martha. I couldn’t find a wider solid pink grosgrain ribbon on Michaels the other day (can you believe that?!), so I just used a less wide ribbon I had on hand. I hope it resembles a candy enough :)

To open the month of February, here’s one sweet giveaway for you. This is our first ever giveaway, and I’m excited to announce it! We are giving away three desk calendars for three lucky winners! This is our way to appreciate and thank all of you, our faithful blog readers!

The giveaway will be open until midnight (CST) on Friday, February 5. We will announce the winner on Monday, February 8. To enter, simply leave a comment below with your valid e-mail address. If you also tweet about this giveaway on Twitter, mention it on your comment and you get an extra entry! :)

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Giveaway has ended. Click here to see the winners.

It’s been a while since we have a Wedding Wednesday in this blog. I promise you, you’ll love this one. Do you remember these fabric invitations we did for Jeff & Jessica’s wedding last Fall?

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Well, I was such at joy today to find out that Josh McCullock, the photographer of the big day, has posted tons of photos on his blog of the actual wedding day. Jessica was a friend of mine and it was such a bummer that I couldn’t come to the big day, but Josh did such a wonderful job capturing the day!

Jessica looks so pretty! The birdcage veil and the feathery hair accessories looks amazing on her.

She also mostly DIY the decorations. Don’t you love the old photos hung on tree bark? And of course the mason jar. Looks so lovely and really fits the vintage-barn wedding theme!

The ring-bearer also held responsible bearing a wagon filled with baby flower girls. How cute is that?! The ceremony takes place outside the barn.

Love this “tree lighting” inside the barn, which is where the reception was held. The color combination is one of my favorites! We actually did some labels too for their food buffet with matching design to their invitation. Wish I could show them to you!

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I love that last send-off picture so much. It has so much energy and just so charming! Please visit Josh’s blog to view more of this wedding photos and visit his portfolio to view more of his works!