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divine sweetness.

Ivana Brata — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:40 +0000

Cute polymer clay accessories artist on Etsy. Looking at these make me smile :)

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two places i must visit before i die.

Ivana Brata — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:10:27 +0000

These adorable tea towels are by LovelyLovely.

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layered laser cut invite.

Ivana Brata — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:06:21 +0000

I was wowed by these invitations from the first sight. It’s an invitation to an annual event for interior designers and architects by The Design Institute of Australia, designed by Büro North. Because this year is Top 6×6 with six designers presenting six projects, the designers decided to emphasized on the concept of “six” and created six layered image different in color and composition, each laser-cut to create depth. The designers hand-assembled and laset-cut these by themselves. Amazing, yes?

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darling clementine.

Ivana Brata — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:36:59 +0000

A new-found favorite stationary store from Norway! Darling Clementine’s illustration style is truly darling indeed. I want everything on their Etsy store!

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jenny kim.

Ivana Brata — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:57:07 +0000

Love those hand-sculpted jewelry by Jenny Kim. So breathtaking!

it’s been two years.

Ivana Brata — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:16:53 +0000

Last week, our little family turned into 2 years old. I thank God and I feel so blessed and grateful for my amazing husband. He’s perfect for me in every way :) The husband and I decided to just go out to eat. Simple, but it was one of the most enjoyable celebration ever. We went to Daddy Jack’s, a local seafood restaurant with relaxing atmosphere, greatest service, and SUPERB food (and generous portion too!). I just loved it. The husband usually complains a bit whenever we go to a fine-dining restaurant ’cause most of their portion are tiny. He surely did not complain a bit last week.

Sorry, I didn’t even bother making sure to get the food shot perfectly ’cause all I wanted to do at the time was to start eating! And believe me, that dinner did NOT cost us a fortune. We’ll definitely be back!

Then, about a few days after, one of our good friends who has just turned into a photography aficionado offered to take our photos to build his portfolio. What a nice coincidence, so we happily agreed. I was excited because I had some cute ideas in mind to bring out our personality in the images.

So, here we go.

It’s “heartfelt” :)

The banner on the shot below came from a baby shower decoration I did last year. Remember?

Last but not least, my favorite of all, just ’cause this shot is “so us” :)

{photography by herry hwie | post editing + creative direction by me}

better living through design.

Ivana Brata — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:34:13 +0000

Hello world! I’m back. After a month and a half filled with relaxation, cheap spa, sauna, and massages, weekly trips of hair spa and manicure-pedicure, fully-fed bellies, I’m back to a lonely one bedroom apartment in the midst of ridiculously hot summer, left with 800+ unread items on my Google Reader (still working on it! :)). Here I am again, and I’m ready to be inspired and be productive!

I’m going to start by these lovely, lovely stuffs I found at BLTD, which is such a cool and addictive site. Visit them and I’m sure you’ll agree with me :)

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all my bags are packed.

Ivana Brata — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:02:58 +0000

Or not. No, really. I haven’t really packed it all.

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Hello all! I know I haven’t been blogging a lot lately. My April and May can be described as crazy and chaotic. Believe me, I feel so bad to not update, but I haven’t even been around the web very much and I haven’t checked out my Google Reader for weeks. I haven’t barely breathe just a bit and tomorrow I’ll be on a plane flying home for my summer vacation already! I. just. can’t. believe. it.

While I really can’t promise to be updating this blog until I’m back in the US (June 24), I’ll try to update as much as possible through my Twitter. It’s so much easier to have short tiny updates that way :) Also, just in case you need to reach me, I’m still not sure if I can access my hello@loveardently e-mail right now. That would not be a good idea at all, so I’m gonna try my best to find out how to set up that e-mail on another computer. If not, try to reach me through my Twitter! That’s probably the best way to reach me during my vacation.

Wishing everyone a fun, fabulous summer!

burger zines.

Ivana Brata — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:15:18 +0000

My oh my. How can I not love this? It’s burger zines. The genius designer behind it is Stephanie Anderson. One bacon and egg burger for me, please.

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all over the usa.

Ivana Brata — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:06:35 +0000

I’ve been seeing lots of cool, inspiring state-inspired design + illustration works. Here are some of my favorites:

This one is a USA map illustration covered with hand-drawn type about how neighborhoods around the U.S. got their names. How cool is that? Created by Micah Lidberg for Good magazine (found via Kitsune Noir).

This one is by Amy Ruppel, inspired by her home state, Oregon. Hope she’s making this a series with the other states, too! :)

Every designer in the blogosphere know her. This one is by the oh-so-brilliant Jessica Hische.

Last but not least, this one is illustrated by one of my favorite artist, Katie Daisy. Utterly talented and sweet!