stripes

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

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

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Is it a mousse cake? A torte? What is the shiny goodness on top? How did they get all those crazy designs inside? I want to cut all my cakes in curved slices! There is too much going on here, I can't focus!

Anybody else got a sock monkey in a costume? Let's get a little gallery going!

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.

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.

This is pretty much a room in a cake for me. The yellow walls, the stripes, I'd like that on a bedspread please.

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.

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

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?

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!

I'm not sure my legs could handle this kind of cute. They might just fall off.

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

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!

Kids, always getting tired of walking. So lazy!