stripes

Kids, always getting tired of walking. So lazy!

I wish I had a cute pair of socks and some sewing skills lying around so I could make my own squishy friends!

Hey bird! Why are you sleeping on my cake? I mean, you coordinate with it quite well and all but this isn't a nest, it's a dessert! You can't sleep here, you just can't. You're welcome to come to the party, just stay off the food okay?

I wish the little wings on this hat could help me commute to work in the mornings. Walking is so boring.

Hello Kitty helps ring in a new and exciting year with real style. You can try to deny it, but animal prints are seriously in style and stripes are always and forever chic. Thanks Kitty, for keeping me abreast of the trends!

Every once in a while a sweet treat comes along that is so simple and gorgeous in its simplicity. Chevrons! Easy, simple, stripey, amazing!

It's rainy season for sure, but that's good because it means we have the chance to see more rainbows! Here in Seattle there isn't a lot of color yet. People here tend to dress like the weather in grays and browns and greens. On the grayest of gray days I'd like to have a few of these cookies stashed away somewhere to brighten things up a little.

Normally I'd scream overkill at a cake this busy but there is some amazing balance going on here. A striped rainbow heart inside a striped rainbow cake? A rainbow of fondant sprinkles so perfect they must have been placed there by very patient elves? I swoon for this kind of overkill.

Rainbows are seasonally appropriate for every season! They never go out of style.

Admit it, you've still got a few candy canes hanging around. You're feeling a little guilty because you know you shouldn't eat them but you don't want to save some old cheap candy until next year. Go ahead, garnish some pancakes with them. I won't tell.

This cake looks like it belongs in a baby's pack n play with the simple shapes and primary colors. This would make a nice first birthday cake. Can't you see a sweet tot smashing fistfuls of this beauty into his face? Awwww.

I want so badly to know what this tastes like! I adore lemon cheesecake with it's velvety goodness and delicate creamy texture. How on earth could someone make a cheesecake that looks like this and tastes like that? Bakers are full of magic and mysteries!

Just because you're a girly girl no one says you also can't be a badass. You show 'em, sister!

Industrious Gryffindor girls magically weave their own accessories. Can we get that spell over here? I could use a new headband!

Available at: Summergirlsbowtique http://www.etsy.com/listing/61047246/harry-potter-gryffindor-headband ($6)

I know these are simple cookies with peppermint Hershey's Kisses on them but I just couldn't resist posting them, they're so cute! I'm getting into some serious holiday spirit already, a record early cheer from me. I certainly wouldn't turn down a box of these babies!

Source: Our Best Bites http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/11/candy-cane-kiss-cookies.html

Bunny is so full of love that he's practically ripping himself off the bag to give you a hug. Awww, bunny c'mere!