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People call them Fruits. I don’t know how that name came about, but Fruits are creators and wearers of fabulously over-the-top fashion coming out of Tokyo’s trendy Harajuku neighborhood.
There are many substyles under the Fruit trend, the Decora style is pictured below in it’s overly accessorized glory. Sickly sweet pinks layered without restraint and cute characters all over the place. Love it!
This is a really cute and easy card idea courtesy How About Orange, probably one of the most brilliant design blogs out there. If you want to make this easy note card, download the PDF template from Jessica’s blog here and print it out. (Each sheet makes two cards.) Cut the sheet in half and fold the two cards. Attach some colorful buttons with hot glue and presto!
Tag your Christmas gifts with something made by you, now that’s impressive. Trust me, they’ll ask where you got the card and then you can say, “I made it!” *smug look on face*
Here’s another example from the lovely lady at Storybook Woods who also gave it try, but this time with fabric buttons. Pretty.
Our friend Kirsten at Rosenthal made a sock bunny while lounging on her summer holiday. He’s the tall grey one in the centre, his name is Curt and I find him rather stoic looking. We were inspired to put together a Bunny Board showing some chic yet cute monocromatic bunnies, appealing to adults as well as kids.
Clockwise from the top is Curt by Kirsten, Petit Lapin by vinyl artist Mr.Clement, a plush bunny found at Plush You, fashion inspired Fifi Lapin and the timeless Miffy. Click on the Fifi Lapin link for a compelling narrative about a bunny fashionista.
This recipe is from a kids cookbook but the results are cool enough for any adult. It’s easy to do and the result is so adorable you wont want to eat it.
You will need: a block of marzipan and red food coloring. That’s it!
Cut the block of marzipan in half.
Add 3 drops of red food coloring to the block of marzipan…
…and mash up with fingers until all the marzipan is red…
..like this.
Make the toadstool tops by shaping with your fingers. When you are done, wash your hands. This is very important because you are about to handle the non-colored marzipan.
Break off a bit of the white marzipan and roll out little dots with your fingers, and press these on to the red tops you just made. Careful to not get your hands red.
Now make the stalks, basically a cylinder with a flat bottom.
Press the tops on to the stalks and you have your toadstools!
We made a bunny friend for the toadstools.
Admire…
and eat!
We stumbled upon a blog called Ugly Overload and just had to share it with you. This delightful guy collects images of odd-looking creatures, strangely cute yet ugly. We just know Pepe and Friends lovers are going to like this, even if they are slightly repulsed.
This tiny red kangaroo was accidentally ejected from her Mom’s pouch. Don’t worry, caregivers at the Zoo sorted out the problem.
I think this is a baby Platypus. Look at his stocky arms!
Here he is again. Older, wiser, hairier.
Some sort of a baby monkey that looks like an old man. A cute old man that is.
We just had to show you these bento boxes from Japan. If you like cute stuff get ready to drool. These pictures are courtesy kawaii crazy Olga at Fashionably Cute.
Above is Hello Kitty dressed up in a bunny costume. The face is made of rice, the nose is made of a single corn kernel, the bunny ears are made of slices of cucumber. The tiny hen at her feet is made of an egg and bits of carrot.
Will someone please tell those marshmallow bunnies they are about to be attacked by deep fried crabs?
The lovely people at Rosenthal brought our characters to life with this quirky animation.
A really awesome girl we know made this Pepe inspired cake. Cute and yummy.
Our friend Julie saw Pepe and Friends lounging on some swanky furniture at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and she snapped these pictures for us. Thanks Julie!
