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Winners were determined using a random integer generator. Congratulations to Celia, Sandy, and In Honor of Design (Anna)! I will be in touch with each of your shortly. Thanks so much to all that supported and participated! It was our first giveaway and certainly wouldn’t be the last, so stay tune! :)

Let’s start the week with something lovely. I stumbled upon this UK store called Papermash last week via Jolie Jolie. I thought they have such a lovely collection of stuffs!

And this free printable for download makes me swoon… Super, super sweet.

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I’ll get back to you later today with the winners of our desk calendar giveaway! :)

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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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Giveaway has ended. Click here to see the winners.

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!

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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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.

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

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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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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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