It's American Chocolate Week!

Not that it will change the habits of choco-holix but just take a moment while popping bonbons by the handful to appreciate its dramatic and delish history.
Click the pic above for cuteness, cake and fun facts!

Be warned tho.. Chocolate Week does not give you permission to go wild!
"Tru TV "Fudged Operation"
Like a kid in a candy store, actually she IS in a candy store, a gal gorges on goodies!
Behave now people!!! :)

When Life Gives You Snow..

Make Ice Cream! Hey if it works when life gives you lemons make lemonade.. why not this too!
Click the picture for the recipe!

Bloooo

It's National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day :)

It's National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day! Go out and partake thereof... feel free to experiment in it's many forms..

Holiday Clean-up Made Cute :)

Finally one of those mass emails that get sent around that had a truly useful tip! :)

Busy Bee Trickery! Happy Halloween :)

The Busy Bee Dogs get caught being tricksy for treatsys!!
Have a fun Spooky Holiday Weekend!

A Life-sized Candyland

Yesterday an entire street turned into a real life Candyland! Lombard Street (you know that famous twisty turny one in San Francisco) got turned into a life sized version of the famous kid's boardgame.

To celebrate Candy Land's 60th anniversary, 575 feet of switchbacks in the Russian Hill neighborhood were transformed into a life-size version of the board game.

Kids from the UC San Francisco Children's Hospital and Friends of the Children competed in a round of Candy Land, which makes my girlhood fantasyland, FAO Schwarz, look like child's play.
Click here for all the info and a picture of the cute cake the kids got at the end of the game :)

on our way to Kandy Kastle
Originally uploaded by aaparton.


Lombard Street in San Francisco is turned into Candyland
Originally uploaded by Coyne Public Relations.


Check out many more sweet pix here :)

The Joys of Polyvore

While waiting for something to render, compress, collate or print - or anything that keeps you waiting long enough to start sighing, don't bite your fingernails- go and play on Polyvore. How to explain.. hmmm collagey fun and fashion eyecandy collide. Or just make a pretty picture and gaze on other pretty pictures. I don't know why this is fun but it is!

Flutterby by cmerry featuring Tarina Tarantino jewelry

Hope everybody has a great weekend! :)

Stealy McStealerpantz!

I am only guessing that's what this "Little Man's" name is :) He lulled them into a false sense of security.. then BAM! Plan in effect!

The cuteness of this guy should have tipped them off.. you can tell he works that cuteness for personal gain ;) Hope you are having a very gainful and ice creamy weekend :)

Happy National Donut Day!

Here in the US it's National Donut Day!
Read all about it.. then go get one :)

Fakey Friday, Gummi-flauge

Sweet Little Treats

How can you create these treats..

..and not pop them into your mouth?

Miniature Chocolates #2
Originally uploaded by PetitPlat by sk_.


I guess you just have to resist temptation! Read more about this talented artist from Paris here, and see even more delish pictures here on Flickr.
If you just can't get enough minis into your doll's diet, head over to this show in June!

via Life Craftiness & Everything Else

Sweet Dreams

An industrious Cupcake builder longs for something deeper and finds love, adventure and much more.


Gorgeous sound effects, wonderful animation and music (composed by she and her sisters), this was made in 2007, but in recent news the creator Kristin Lepore states:
""Sweet Dreams" just received a Special Jury Award at SXSW 2009!"
Subscribe to her YouTube channel here to see more of her magical and funny animated work. Visit her website here.
via even*cleveland

Cisma, Adobe “Le Sens Propre”

What starts as a little girl not feeling well turns into a beautiful fantasy.

"Q&A with Cisma
What was the brief on this project? Was it wide open, in terms of script/concept?
Basically it was a 98% open brief and the only requirement was to do everything using Adobe products exclusively.

If you wrote the script, where did you get the idea?
Since Adobe products are more about filmmaking and didn’t really need me to communicate a specific message, I took that as an opportunity to make an experimental film focused on art direction and creativity. My goal was to hold the attention of the viewer by the way the story is told and not the desire of knowing how it’s going to end."

Click here to read the whole interview and see the film by Cisma, made to show the creative abilities of the Adobe CS4. Click the photos to see production stills from the shoot.

“Le Sens Propre”
Originally uploaded by motionographer.

via NotCot

Shapely Beauty

Real Vs Fake

Hope your Fakey Friday has been a cozy one!

Viva Glam I is sooooo... your color!

Viva Glam I is sooooo... your color!
Originally uploaded by Gloomy Little Cloud.
I see I am not the only one who has a problem with candy bears getting into the lipstick! ;)

A Little Star for You

Thanks Rick for sending me the cute last picture!

Hanging Pink