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Friday’s Favorite Five

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I’m so, so glad it’s Friday. Here are some Valentine-themed links for you.

. Flower Patch Farm Girl’s DIY Valentine’s Book Wreath. Need I say more?

. William Sonoma’s Message in a Cookie cutters. Too cute for words!

. Mint Design Blog’s five days of Valentine DIY, to include ours: Red Velvet Cookie Sandwich! :)

. Nonpareil, a new online wedding magazine for weddings in a budget! I love it.

. Valentine’s organic wrist warmers on etsy (via In Honor of Design).

Also, don’t forget, today’s the last day to enter our desk calendar giveaway! Happy Friday! :)

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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18 Comments February 2, 2010

Red Velvet sandwich cookies with printable box sleeves

The first day of February! Valentine’s day is just around the corner, and today I had the honor of guest-blogging a Valentine themed DIY project over at Mint. I’m so excited to share it with you!

Thank you SO MUCH Ellie and Mint readers for having me!

2 Comments February 1, 2010

Friends of Type

Can’t believe that this is my first time discovering this magnificent typography blog. Friends of Type is a collection of type-related sketches and works in progress of three designers: Erik, Aaron, and Jason. From one blog post to another, they continue to amaze me!

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1 Comment February 1, 2010

Friday’s Favorite Five

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This week is the second week of school and life has been pretty crazy. I only finished ONE, i repeat, one Love Ardently project this week. Time has been consumed by school stuffs, and I really didn’t anticipate this to happen. :( This explains why I haven’t been on LOD as well, sorry! Anyway, Friday’s here and this is my catching up day. Lots and lots of things need to be done, but I’m gonna take a breath for a bit and present you my FFF :)

+ Helvetica Cookies over at Hello Typo. Am I dreaming?

+ Heart Home Rug at Design Milk. Lovely and just in time for Valentine’s day :)

+ Letterpress Drop Cap by Jessica Hische. The price is far out of my reach, but i love everything about this print!

+ Think of Me handkerchief by Bird and Banner.

+ Wedding Scrapbook on OSBP by The Haystack Needle. So lovely! Err… which is a reminder for me to do (begin) mine.

Food Illustration by Claudia Pearson

So inspired by these food illustration from Claudia Pearson’s etsy shop. Lovely illustration style :)

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365 ampersand

Thanks to Kristina at My Heart Behaves, I stumbled upon the Ampersand Ampersand project. Celebrating the beauty of the ampersand, one ampersand is posted each day in this blog, along with a link to the foundry’s website. I can’t keep my eyes off of this blog!

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2 Comments January 26, 2010

Austen for Valentine

The last week of January! How fast time flies. Valentine’s day is just around the corner, and most people know that I’m a big fan of romantic novels especially those written by Jane Austen. If you haven’t figured out yet, the name “Love Ardently” actually was inspired by a quote in Pride and Prejudice said by Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth, “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you“.

So, when I found Brookish on Etsy, I was almost jumping off my chair, literally. I think these are the most perfect Valentine’s gift for a romantic who loves Jane Austen’s quotes (such as moi :)). How can one not love these?

And these are my favorites. :)

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Tulle, I’m in love

I’ve been a big fan of Ouma, an etsy shop selling feminine, poofy dresses with vintage look. I love how they combine the casual striped tees with the dressy feminine tulle. Not to mention, a pair of shiny stilettos. It’s casual meeting classic and romantic! Love, love, love the photo styling and of course the dresses!

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1 Comment January 22, 2010

Missed Connections

I had no idea that something on Craiglist can turned into such beautiful arts. If you are as clueless as I was, read the article right here.

Sophie Blackall, an editorial + children’s book illustrator, was inspired by the heartfelt messages on Craiglist New York’s missed connection forum and thus the Missed Connections project was born. It is basically an ongoing series of paintings based on real, anonymous messages posted online by lovelorn strangers. I love her illustration style and the way she convey some regular messages into a work of art. Besides, all these true stories are just so interesting.

All of these beautiful illustrations are on sale over at her Etsy shop.